PROUD TO PARTNER WITH ARDENT LOANS

Ardent Loans is a small, boutique, family-owned business. We know how important a home is to you and your family. With decades of experience, we are here to ensure your home loan is right for you. We shop multiple banks for the best rates, low closing costs and fast, common-sense underwriting. With over $800 million in closed loans and hundreds of repeat clients, we work hard to ensure we will be your go to mortgage lender for life. 100% of our business is repeat client and referrals based which tells you our service is second to none.

Kallos, President

Stylish

40 FASHION Push Start

A local jewelry brand made for new moms

42 BEAUTY Water, Water… Nowhere? Waterless beauty products making waves

44 WELLNESS Give It Some Muscle Nutrition and workout advice for toning and building

46 TASTEMAKER Hair Raising Success

For Ceata Lash, necessity was the mother of invention

Family

48 KIDS

Chores Chart

Tips for assigning age-appropriate household tasks to kids

50 PETS Canines to the Rescue

A dog’s sense helps the lost become found

52 STRATEGIES Bet Your Bottom Dollar

A Buckhead wealth management advisor offers tips for taking control of your small business finances

Culture

54 ON STAGE

From Los Angeles to Atlanta Entertainment industry couple settle in Brookhaven

56 LITERARY Funny, snarky, provocative parents Author Jenifer Goldin probes the online lives of moms

58 TASTEMAKER Flashing Talent

Neville Forbes brings a sense of fashion to the camera and a new book

59 EVENTS Places to go and things to do

Cover Story

64 Giving Back Exploring the local philanthropy scene

Delicious

74 REVIEW Star Quality

Be kind and unwind at Postino WineCafe

78 DRINKS

Simply Balanced May is for margaritas in all their forms

80 FOODIE JOURNAL New Beginnings

Decatur’s Brush Sushi comes to Buckhead, bringing artfully crafted cuisine and chef-driven omakase

TASTEMAKER

Son of a Baker Man

Johnny Di Palma brings panini and pastries to Buckhead at Pala Bakery Charitable

A spotlight on philanthropic and social gatherings

Behind The Cover

Giving back to the community is fun, and we couldn’t think of a better way to illustrate this than a playful photo shoot at Atlanta Community Food Bank. For cover models, we tapped popular 11Alive WXIA meteorologist Chesley McNeil and anchor Aisha Howard, both of whom serve as on-stage hosts for the nonprofit’s annual Hunger Walk Run. The Simply Buckhead team created a striking, colorful wall of cans, and photographer Erik Meadows captured the action for our pages. The timing was perfect: The week after we photographed our cover, the ACFB announced that it provided its billionth meal since its founding in 1979.

Photographer: Erik Meadows

Producer: Jennifer Bradley Franklin

Makeup: Nyssa Green (for Chesley), Cherie Cook (for Aisha)

Hair: Brandi Frye-Odom (for Aisha)

Special thanks to Atlanta Community Food Bank and 11Alive.

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