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HOME: NEUTRAL TERRITORY

12 EDITOR’S LETTER

45 SIMPLY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ashley Schoenith’s Brookhaven home is a haven for her company’s sweet Southern aesthetic

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51 SIMPLY DELICIOUS

31 SIMPLY STYLISH

71 SIMPLY HAPPENING

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A weekend of R&R at The Palms Hotel & Spa

Unplug from life at Caneel Bay Resort in St. John

SOUL SISTER Shari L. Fox helps you find your authentic self

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MBA? ME? TOTALLY. Comedianturned-author offers semi-serious tips about going back to school

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52 BONA FIDE BBQ Smokebelly wafts over Buckhead with old-school tradition

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No time for yoga, to cook or take a photography class. So when I started reading about the CEOs in this issue who train for Ironman races, write short stories and go shooting, I realized that it’s not about if you have the time, but if you make the time. After all, these executives go from meeting to meeting and get more emails in a day than I probably get in a week. Still, many of them confess that their out-of-office pursuits help relieve the stress and pressure associated with being the big boss and, in fact, make them better at their jobs.

It doesn’t have to be an overachieving endurance race like an Ironman (the hobbies of three CEOs featured in our cover story). PS Energy CEO Livia Whisenhunt takes time each month to gather with the Annie Oakley Shooters for target practice and often goes hunting with her husband, also an avid shooter, at their Morgan County farm. When traveling, Ted Wright, CEO of global marketing firm Fizz, photographs the colorful street areas of destinations such as Berlin, New York and Rio de Janeiro. Although Diana Keough leads a busy life as CEO and founder of website ShareWIK Media, she is never too busy to take a week-long vacation to a far flung locale with her family, including her four grown sons. Then there is Choate Construction President Millard Choate, a self-proclaimed “car nut,” and Anna Brumby, CEO of The Brumby Chair Company, who dedicates her leisure time to reading and writing.

So, if some of the busiest CEOs in Buckhead can fit in interesting off-the-clock pursuits, then I can make it to that yoga class. After all, it will make me a better “boss,” right?

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weet and savory small-batch pies have landed in Buckhead Commons at Southern Baked Pie Company. Launched

by University of Georgia graduate and entrepreneur Amanda Wilbanks, the shop offers traditional dessert pies alongside ready-made dinner varieties, such as chicken pot pies and tomato pies—easy weeknight pick-ups for busy families.

Wilbanks opened her first location in Gainesville, but when choosing her

second, she says Buckhead was an obvious choice. “We love that Buckhead is located in the heart of Atlanta and has a welcoming, supportive community that values shopping locally and supporting small business owners.”

Southern Baked Pie Company highlights other local small businesses and products, such as Springer Mountain Farms chicken, Jittery Joe’s coffee and Atlanta’s High Road Craft ice cream.

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PIE SHOP WHISKS INTO BUCKHEAD One menu item not to be missed: Pie Creams, a combination of High Road Craft ice cream and Southern Baked pie.

Other fall options include pumpkin pie with pecan streusel, caramel pecan pie and Southwestern taco pie.

The shop also houses the Southern Baked Home Collection with aprons for children and adults, T-shirts, pie cutters and various other pie-related specialty goods. n

Buckhead welcomes Gainesville-based Southern Baked Pie Company to its food scene just in time for fall.

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NEWS BITES DUSTY GRIFFITH EXHIBIT OPENS AT PRYOR FINE ART Visit Pryor Fine Art for Southern encaustic artist Dusty Griffith’s latest exhibition this month. Through a heating process, the Atlanta-based Griffith transform found materials such as embedded glass, plexi and barn salvages into stunning works of art using beeswax. A sought-

after talent, his art can be found in the homes of celebrities such as Halle Barry and in the designs of renowned Atlanta interior designer Suzanne Kasler.

The exhibition begins Oct. 13 and runs through Nov. 12.

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CYCLEBAR ARRIVES CycleBar Buckhead is now open. The premium indoor cycling studio’s 50-minute classes take place in the CycleTheater, a tiered-room featuring 50 bikes, LED lighting, state-of-theart audio and widescreen graphics that allow cyclists to track their performances.

Riders can download their class playlists following each session.

With top-of-the-line facilities and amenities such as complimentary water bottles and icecold, post-class towels, CycleBar offers a pampered workout experience. No membership is necessary, and guests are welcome to drop in for $22 per ride.

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Members old and new will celebrate the 90th anniversary of Covenant Presbyterian Church on Nov. 13.

Marking 90 Years of Service Buckhead church welcomes all When Covenant Presbyterian Church U.S.A. celebrates its 90th anniversary on Nov. 13, Buckhead resident Charlotte Cook will help blow out the candles on the cake.

A member for 77 years, Cook was just 8 years old when her family joined the congregation. It was one of the area’s first religious institutions to move from downtown into Buckhead, a brazen move in 1926 when the area north of Peachtree Creek was outside the city limits.

“Covenant has always played an important role in my life,” Cook says. “I was baptized and married at the church, taught Sunday school, moderated the women’s group, became a trustee and have remained active. My three children followed in my footsteps.”

The church was founded in 1874 and met in borrowed space

until the congregation built a sanctuary at the corner of Harris and Spring streets in 1904. Known for its open-door policy, the congregation welcomed World War I soldiers of all faiths and supported congregants during the Great Depression. Beginning in 1930, Reverend Dr. Herman L. Turner served for three decades and garnered national recognition for his support of Civil Rights.

After worship serves on Nov. 13, Covenant will officially celebrate its big anniversary with remarks by the clergy, recognition of longtime members like Cook and refreshments. Though it’s geared toward members, Covenant welcomes guests to attend. l For more information, visit covpresatlanta.org.

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Supporting Women in STEM Careers

Women in Technologies' Julie Fare advocates for female students and professionals in STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and math).

From the classroom to the boardroom Julia Fare of Buckhead joined Women in Technology (WIT) in 1996 and has been a board member for the last two years. “WIT is a unique opportunity for girls and women to get involved in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” says Fare, who works at Salesforce. “I’m proud to serve as an advocate for students.”

Founded in 1992, WIT recruits girls beginning junior high and partners with high schools to give them hands on experience shadowing successful women so they can see what STEM careers look like. “As women graduate and go to college, WIT continues to be an important resource by partnering with companies like Cox Automotive and NCR (National Cash Register) to bring events

to campus,” says Sandy Welfare, executive director. Programs showcase job opportunities and demonstrate how women can break the glass ceiling. WIT’s goal is to achieve 50/50 parity in STEM fields by 2020.

“Today, technology is so much more than coding,” Welfare says. “It includes graphic design, gaming and connecting with end users like hospital patients who benefit from software innovations.”

Each year, the organization celebrates women executives in STEM fields at the Women of the Year Awards, presented by Cox Automotive. Winners will be announced at the Nov. 10 event at the Georgia Aquarium. l For more information, visit mywit.org.

Helping Women Through Pregnancy and Beyond Pregnancy Aid Clinic provides free services For the last 30 years, the Pregnancy Aid Clinic has been helping women make informed decisions about their pregnancies. “Our mission is to support families,” says Buckhead resident Julie Ostrowski, board president of the organization that is supported by donations and an annual fundraising gala. “We offer free, confidential pregnancy tests and ultrasounds and help defray some of the financial cost involved with having a new baby.”

The clinic doesn’t provide medical care or perform abortions.

Today, the independent group has clinics in Hapeville and Roswell that are open four days a week.

The mobile clinic is open six days a week and travels to several locations in Atlanta, as well as Hapeville and Morrow. Days, times of operation and locations are listed on the website.

Expectant parents who participate in “Earn as You Learn” classes receive points toward free car seats, baby and maternity clothing and toys from Pregnancy Aid Clinic boutiques at both locations. “The

stores are filled with new and lightly used clothing and baby items donated through the generosity of the local communities,” Ostrowski says.

“Reward credits can also be used to get clothing for other children in the family up to size 24 months.”

To provide services for parents who do not attend the free classes, the Roswell store is open to the public and offers deeply reduced prices. l For more information, visit pregnancyaidclinic.org.

Led by Julie Ostrowski, the Pregnancy Aid Clinic helps families defray the cost of parenthood.

Want to nominate a volunteer, company or nonprofit that makes Buckhead, Sandy Springs or Brookhaven a better place to live?

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Above: Head to Wunderbar at The Palms' sister hotel Circa 39 to sip on an Oriental Crush and snack on Carne Con Queso egg rolls.

Left: The Palms Hotel & Spa is a boutique hotel in Miami Beach located just minutes from South Beach.

Palm perfection A weekend of R&R at The Palms Hotel & Spa

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s I crawled into the HydroCapsule pod that encased my body from the neck down, I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d committed to a skin rejuvenating spa treatment or a trip to outer space. But as the tiny droplets of warm water and steam started to melt away the salt scrub that had been applied to my skin, leaving it feeling like silk, the answer came to me: This was easily one of the best spa treatments I’d ever experienced.

Welcome to the relaxation and pleasure that went hand in hand with my long weekend visit to The Palms Hotel & Spa, a boutique hotel in Miami Beach located just minutes from South Beach. Read on to find out why I think this spot might be the perfect home base the next time you’re in need of a little South Florida R&R.

Friday. My partner in crime for the weekend, my good friend, Lane, and I got into town just in time for dinner.

We dropped our bags in our ocean view room, which was appointed with luxe touches such as Egyptian cotton bed linens and rain forest shower heads.

Then we headed down to the hotel’s restaurant, Essensia, where we toasted our arrival with a bottle of rosé and dined on tuna with compressed watermelon and ceviche. Since it was our first night in town, we decided to close it out with a few glasses of prosecco at the open

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air bar at Hyde Beach in the SLS South Beach Hotel, just a quick Uber ride away from The Palms. We had arrived.

Saturday. Lane and I were thrilled to see a made-to-order omelet station that included everything from pastries to fresh fruit as part of the breakfast spread at Essensia. After stuffing ourselves, we headed down to the hotel’s beach area where an attendant promptly set up two chairs and an umbrella for us. One of the things I enjoyed most about this property is that the beach is peaceful and walkable, but it’s close enough to the chaos of South Beach if you need a little action. We spent the day strolling on the sand, taking dips in the water to cool off, munching salads and sipping drinks that were delivered to our chairs by the attendants.

Before we knew it, it was time to eat again.

We hopped in an Uber and ventured into the heart of South Beach for dinner at Red, The Steakhouse. Here, we enjoyed tastes ranging from lemon garlic shrimp to an assortment of every cut of steak under the sun, including Japanese Kobe. By the end of the meal, you could stick a fork in us ’cause we were done for the night.

Sunday. Instead of spending the entire day beachside, Lane and I switched it up and hung out by the pool. A few hours into our lazing about, I left Lane dozing

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in her chair and checked into the spa.

(I was signed up for the 80-minute Palms signature massage.) As mentioned, the process started with a full-body exfoliation in the space-age pod. When I stepped out of it, my skin was super smooth. But the magic didn’t stop there.

The exfoliation was followed with a much-needed massage. I think I was floating when I rejoined Lane at the pool.

Happy hour snuck up on us, but we already had a spot picked out: Wunderbar at Circa 39, the sister hotel to The Palms.

We made the 10-minute walk over to the colorful and cozy bar where we sipped on the Oriental Crush, the bar’s twist on a mojito. And the bites (Carne Con Queso egg rolls and the “Floribbean” glazed wings) were the perfect comfort food after a long pool and spa day.

It was another satisfying meal to top off a memorable Miami day.

Monday. Thanks to an afternoon flight, Lane and I had plenty of time to enjoy one more poolside breakfast on the terrace and a few more hours of sun next to the teal water. And as we sat in the Delta Sky Club lounge with our last girl’s weekend cocktail, I thought back on the trip that was. It was the ideal balance of relaxation and enjoying all the energy that Miami has to offer. Lane and I had found perfection among the palms. n

Above: The HydroCapsule at The Palms Hotel & Spa offers an exfoliation experience that will leave your skin feeling silky smooth.

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Above: There is no wet or dry season so weather conditions are pretty much gorgeous all year round at Caneel Bay Resort.

Right: Catch glimpses of sea turtles just off the resort's beaches.

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ftentimes one of the joys of traveling someplace new is in the arrival adventure; other times, you just want to get where you’re going.

To my delight, the trip from Atlanta to Caneel Bay Resort in St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands was a bit of both. The 3.5-hour direct flight to St. Thomas that requires no passport for U.S. citizens was a breeze. Upon arrival, the resort scooped hotel guests up by baggage claim and shuttled us to a private ferry for a 30minute boat ride to St. John. With a coconut-rum drink in hand (served onboard), sea breeze in hair and island landscape in sight, vacation had officially begun.

Set on a private peninsula within 170 acres of Virgin Islands National Park, Caneel Bay is its own little world with perfectly coiffed lawns, pristine natural surroundings, seven white-sand beaches and views of the crystal-clear blue Caribbean Ocean from every corner. The way the 166 rooms are spread out over the various beaches and tropical gardens makes it seem even more exclusive and secluded than it already is. Each room, low-key in its luxury with mint green accents, light wood furniture and tiled floors, comes with a private patio or balcony to

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enjoy—just make sure to pack your Kindle, as there’s no TV. If ultimate privacy is what you’re after, stay in the famed fivebedroom “Cottage 7” that was once the island home of the Rockefeller family who “discovered” Caneel Bay in the 1950s.

Being a beach bum for at least a day should be a prerequisite, but plenty of activities, namely watersports, will keep you busy. I enjoyed a combined kayak, snorkeling and nature tour with Virgin Island EcoTours. The highlight was spotting sea turtles, blowfish and packs of wild donkeys roaming around as if they owned the place. (No petting!) Looking to flex my diving muscles, I also embarked on an easygoing half-day, two-stop scuba excursion with Patagon Dive Center that visited coral gardens teeming with fish and manta rays. The excellent visibility, warm ocean water and convivial personalities of the Patagon guys enhanced the diving experience even further.

For those looking to keep to higher ground, the property has tennis, basketball, croquet, a yoga and Pilates studio and a few hiking trails. One morning, I gave myself a good mosquito-spray dousing (Zika, be damned) and traversed the scenic Mary’s Trail. Named in honor of Mary

Rockefeller, this half-mile, 30-minute loop boasts stunning views of the tiny islands off the north shore.

All that activity gave me a great excuse to indulge at the resort’s restaurants. For lunch, don’t miss the sushi menu of fresh, quality rolls and sashimi at Caneel Beach Bar and Grill. A must-visit for dinner is ZoZo’s that serves northern Italian fare such as 28-day wet-aged beef tenderloin, grilled octopus and fresh pappardelle with wild mushrooms. Perched atop 18thcentury sugar mill ruins—remnants of the area’s sugarcane plantation past life— it’s the perfect place for a sunset, too.

My entire stay was a flawless exercise in unplugging. Just when I thought a deeper level of relaxation couldn’t be attained, I had a soothing 50-minute massage. In one of the two spa cabanas that open up to Hawksnest Beach, I was lulled into a blissful state by the sound of the ocean and my therapist’s sore-muscle-penetrating maneuvers.

High on life after a few days of St. John’s hospitality, I reluctantly headed home.

On the bright side, a renovation is in the works to modernize and refresh all of the accommodations, giving me a pretext to return sooner rather than later. n

Above: Enjoy an evening breeze and sunset views at open-air ZoZo's restaurant.

DETAILS: Caneel Bay Resort P.O. Box 720, Cruz Bay St. John U.S. Virgin Islands 00831-0720 340.776.6111 caneelbay.com Rates start at $429 per night Patagon Dive Center 340.776.6111, ext. 7290 patagondivecenter.com Virgin Island EcoTours 340.779.2155 viecotours.com

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Above: Atmosphere Rooftop Bar at The RitzCarlton Vienna is the perfect spot to take in sweeping views of the city over a cocktail.

Above: The Mystic Grill is just one of the great places to stop for a bite in downtown Covington.

Above: Relax in style at the charming Twelve Oaks B&B, an 1836 estate that has been lovingly restored to its former glory.

Right: Grab a bottle or two of your favorite wines at the Cork Boutique.

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON IN COVINGTON This quaint Georgia town will both entertain and refresh

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raffic. Deadlines at work. Presidential campaign overload. You name it: Sometimes the stresses of life can get a bit too much, and we just need to get away. Luckily, a place just down the road provides Atlantans an escape to a quiet, relaxed retreat.

Covington, Georgia, is a charming little spot of around 13,000 residents just off Interstate 20 about an hour east of Buckhead. Incorporated in 1822, it is a quintessential Southern town, boasting an old-fashioned downtown square and broad, oak-lined avenues dotted with majestic antebellum estates.

One such estate has been transformed into a luxurious bed-and-breakfast that makes the perfect home base for your Covington exploration. The 1836 Twelve Oaks B&B is a three-story, white-columned former residence with an interesting claim to fame: It inspired the look of the Wilkes family’s plantation home, Twelve Oaks, in the movie Gone With the Wind. Nicole and John Munn are the inn’s charming proprietors, and they’ve gone to great lengths to make sure your stay is as perfect as possible, from adding design touches like the ribcage shower in

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the Katherine’s Mirror Image Grand Suite (that shoots water at you from three sides) to whipping up mouthwatering home-cooked dishes.

The Twelve Oaks isn’t the only place in Covington that might look familiar from the movies. Dubbed the Hollywood of the South, Covington has been the site of more than 60 film and TV shoots over the years, making an appearance in “The Dukes of Hazzard” and My Cousin Vinny.

Twice it has served as a fictional TV town. In the 1990s, it was Sparta, Mississippi, for the series “In the Heat of the Night.” Most recently, it has doubled as Mystic Falls, Virginia, in the hit show “The Vampire Diaries,” and fans of the show can view iconic set locations as part of the Mystic Falls Tours held several times each week.

Included in the tour is a visit to the Mystic Grill, where you should stop for lunch or dinner even if you’ve never heard of “The Vampire Diaries.” Its Southern-inspired menu includes starters of fried dill pickles and entrees of sweet tea-brined fried chicken breast with andouille red-eye gravy.

If the weather is nice, head upstairs

Above: Fans of "The Vampire Diaries" flock to Covington to tour locations where the hit series is filmed.

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to the rooftop patio, and enjoy a cocktail and view of the downtown square that’s part of the Covington Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The square is the happening place to be, and the parking is free, so be sure to check out some of the shops and other establishments that call it home. The Cork Boutique and Gifts, for instance, stocks a nice selection of quality wines, craft beers, cigars and gourmet food items. If you time it just right, you can join one of the popular wine tastings they hold each month. Over at WildArt, you can browse the work of local artisans or create your own masterpiece at one of the weekly paint parties. At Scoops, a cup or cone of hand-dipped ice cream will satisfy your sweet tooth.

Other notable activities include playing a round at The Oaks golf course, taking a scenic stroll around Turner Lake or exploring the city’s haunted history with Covington Ghost Tours.

The town’s beauty, though, is its easygoing pace, so if the goal is to get a break from the everyday grind, then this is the place for you. n

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Where to Eat Mystic Grill 770.728.1670 mysticgrill.restaurant Scoops 770.787.0807 scoopssweettreats.com

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1. Buckhead Bread Company: Walnut Raisin Loaf ($6.15) Head baker Cristobal Miranda leads a team of 10 bakers at the Buckhead Bread Company who work in shifts around the clock. This European-style bakery, located next to Corner Café, not only supplies the bread for your favorite Buckhead Life Restaurants; it also produces breads and pastries on site, available to munch there, to-go or to use for your favorite in-house sandwich. Shelves are stocked with top sellers such as the rustic walnut raisin loaf, filled with the ingredients it’s named for. A word to the wise: Get here early as most of the breads sell out before 3 p.m.

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2. Panera: Sourdough Bread ($2 to $4, depending on size) The Panera Bread legacy began in 1981 and now consists of nearly 2,000 bakery-cafes in the U.S. Of course, the best sandwiches start with great bread, and to ensure that you get

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only the freshest slices, Panera bakers hand-shape the dough from scratch every day. The company recently implemented a “no no” list, which means its breads and foods are free of artificial ingredients and are all made with unbleached flour. One best seller is the artisan sourdough bread, made from Panera’s original sourdough starter that doesn’t contain oil, sugar or cholesterol. This hard, crusty bread with a tangy taste is available to go as a bread bowl, roll, or large or small loaf.

for Shabbat meals or for feasts during the Jewish holidays. But it's so versatile it also can be eaten with pretty much anything. The soft, pillowy bread can be sliced for sandwiches and makes a delicious grilled cheese or panini.

Lenox Square 3393 Peachtree Road Atlanta 30326 404.848.9997 panerabread.com

This breakfast and lunch restaurant from “Chopped” champion chef Suzanne Vizethann serves traditional and non-traditional breakfast and lunch recipes in a charming old Southern-house atmosphere.

One of the more popular menu items is the made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuit. It’s on the crunchy side by most Southern standards, but highly addictive, with a crisp buttery exterior and dense, fluffy interior.

It is equally delicious served plain, with butter, honey or pepper jelly, or as part of the signature fried chicken biscuit meal. Succulent sweet teabrined chicken is double-dredged

3. Henri’s Bakery: Challah ($3.99) This Buckhead institution was founded

by French chef Henri Fiscus and has served the community as a bakery and deli since 1969. It still uses original recipes to make its famous breads and pastries, and many loaves are the base of hearty sandwiches.

Among the various types of madefresh daily breads is the challah, a beautiful braided loaf often used

6289 Roswell Road N.E. Sandy Springs 30328 404.256.7934 henrisbakery.com

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5. Whole Foods: Jalapeno Cheddar Loaf ($2.99) This artisanal bread has a lot of character with a south-of-the-border personality. Inside, you'll find a soft, fluffy blend of jalapenos and cheddar; outside is a crisp, golden crust speckled with baked cheese. The kick comes from the jalapenos, and the mild cheddar adds a nice balance to smooth out the flavor. Eat it alone or pair it with basic ingredients such as beans, olives, tomato and avocado. It also adds some spice to a variety of sandwich combinations, can be served toasted for breakfast with eggs and stands up to dark beer, hearty soups and stews.

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he air has finally turned a bit crisper. The leaves are beginning to change, and the best part of fall, for some, is Halloween.

Buckhead residents and businesses go all out for this spooky holiday. Just drive through any of the neighborhoods, and you’re bound to see everything from whimsical yard displays to downright eerie haunts. To get the most out of this popular season, we’ve summoned the spirits to come up with some of the best places to celebrate Halloween, beyond just trick or treating.

To be Haunted Visit a turn-of-thecentury carnival with ghoulish games, haunted mansions and terrifying trails at the Atlanta History Center on Oct. 21 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Then, if you dare, return on Oct. 30 between noon and 5:30 p.m. for Day of the Dead, a traditional Mexican festival.

Guests will enjoy dancing, crafts and authentic Mexican food. Be sure to view the display of altars decorated with flowers that honor lost family and friends. Haunted Halloween is $8 for children and $15 for adults. Admission is free for Day of the Dead.

For Halloween Treats Whether you are looking for pumpkins, gourds or a monster cookie for the school party, the Peachtree Road Farmers Market is the place to go. Grab a little dinner and listen to the live bands, or catch a chef’s demonstration Peachtree Road Farmers Market while the kids romp on the play2744 Peachtree Road N.W. ground. The market is every WednesAtlanta 30305 day from 4:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 404.365.1078 8:30 a.m. to noon through Oct. 26. peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com

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Find a babysitter, and head out for an adult evening at the Center for Puppetry Arts and the muchanticipated return of “The Ghastly Dreadfuls,” a ghostly jamboree that is part-puppet, part-stage show. It runs Oct. 12 to 29, and tickets are $25.

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To get a Costume: Sure, you can go to the nearby pop-up costume store for the same Pokémon getup all the kids in the neighborhood will be wearing, but Goodwill on Roswell Road is an affordable place where kids can get creative and come up with their own creations. You never know what you’ll find, and the treasure hunt is part of the fun.

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f you’ve lived in the South and been paying attention to interior décor for the past 10 years, chances are you’ve seen one of Heirloomed owner Ashley Schoenith’s agrestic artisan products. You may have even used one of the watercolor botanical prints that float about Pinterest or a sashed linen apron like those beloved by editors of Better Homes and Gardens, O and Real Simple.

Ashley Schoenith is the brains and beauty behind Heirloomed artisan products and the homemaker behind this charming Brookhaven residence.

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Following a childhood surrounded by her grandmother’s well-loved wares, the Tallahassee native grabbed a degree from UGA then moved to Atlanta to kick off a career in the advertising industry before founding a manufacturing company and blog that’s become a household name with Southerners. Business has boomed since she officially changed the moniker from IceMilk Aprons to Heirloomed in early 2015 and added additional product lines—all handmade goods based on the concepts of scratch, simplicity, storytelling ability and inheritability. You can find anything from a live-edge wooden chopping board to a ceramic oyster dish on Schoenith’s website, Heirloomedcollection.com.

After several years in Brookhaven, she and husband Shane have added three kiddos to their brood (Wyatt, 4, Sawyer, 2, and Waylan, 1).

So the pair set out to create their dream home, working with architect Donald Cole, of Creative Concepts Studio, and builder Sean Doughtie, of Schilling & Company, to create a floor plan perfectly suited to their lives together.

After selecting a lush Brookhaven lot where they razed the existing ranch, the Schoeniths built a two-story residence with wide hallways and a basement for Schoenith’s Heirloomed business needs as well as incorporating clas-

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sic Southern hallmarks, from the 12-foot-deep front porch—complete with rocking chairs—to the long gravel walkway surrounded by herbs, fig trees, blueberry bushes and white hydrangeas. “What we loved most about the lot were the woods in the back,” Schoenith says. “We love being in the middle of the city, but still having room for the kids to run around.”

Over the past year, Schoenith has cultivated the home’s interiors with a quintessential Heirloomed aesthetic: ultra-neutral and decorated with loads of antique and vintage objects culled from favorite flea markets and roadside pit stops. Shiplap walls (a woodpaneled treatment), old-fashioned six-panel doors, industrial sinks, local reclaimed-wood beams and a chicken wire-inspired stairwell railing all pop against grounding gray-washed oak floors, laid in varying widths to impart a visual rhythm. “[The floor] stays crazy trampled on, so we wanted something that would stand up to that,” Schoenith says.

The​ ​Schoeniths​​ ​like to ​mix masculine moments into the design. The b ​ road entryway is punctuated by one of Shane’s handsome hunting mounts a ​ nd is flanked by two mirroring spaces: the sitting room and dining room, both painted in a moody shade of gray that adds gravitas to the home’s formal spaces.

Right: The spacious kitchen has all the features Ashley dreamed of and then some (including an island countertop with nothing to clutter her prep space—not even a sink!).

Above: A weathered horse trough picked up at a shop in Serenbe serves as a corner cabinet for the Schoeniths’ collections of silver and pewter.

Below: The atmospheric dining room features slipcovered-linen high-back chairs from Restoration Hardware, a felled-pecan wood dining table made by Shane’s company, WoodKith, and a wine barrel-stave chandelier by BoBo Intriguing Objects.

“We love being in the middle of the city, but still having room for the kids to run around.”” – Ashley Schoenith in honor of anniversaries. The room also features a peaceful painting by Schoenith’s mother, Tallahassee artist Judy Leckey, and a 3-foot-wide dining table made from a felled pecan tree by Shane’s Brookhaven woodworking company, WoodKith. “’People don’t believe us when we say it’s pecan, but it really is,” Schoenith says. “The slabs were huge.” This exceptional wood specimen is surrounded by six linen-slipcovered wingback chairs from Restoration Hardware and accented by ceramic design objects the kids are actually allowed to touch. Nothing is overly precious here.

“I do a lot of coffee meetings and larger work meetings in this room, probably

more so than actual dining, but we love it for dinner parties,” Schoenith says.

Meals with the kids are more often enjoyed on the sturdy picnic table, also designed and crafted by WoodKith, that separates the kitchen from an open family room marked by built-in bookshelves, a white-brick fireplace and a roomy sofa.

The cooking space is spacious enough for all of Schoenith’s culinary activities, whether she’s making a pot of warm leek risotto or throwing flour on the island to make cinnamon buns for a big weekend breakfast. “We had no counter space in our previous kitchen, so in this one, I didn’t want a thing on the island—not even a sink,” Schoenith explains.

(Find her whimsical recipes on her blog.)

Caesarstone countertops in a color called pebble achieve the look of honed concrete and are virtually impervious to damage. The Schoeniths paired them with square white tiles and angular cup hardware in a textured

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In the sitting room, low-slung chairs are paired with an antique safe bearing the word Monticello—the same Georgia town where Shane’s family’s farm is located. A tall steel cabinet accommodates cocktail-making accoutrements, while the antique-reproduction fireplace features a bowl of old-fashioned brass doorknobs collected from the home that previously existed on this property.

A BoBo Intriguing Objects reclaimed wine barrel-stave chandelier illuminates everything.

In one corner of the dining room, a cabinet made from an old horse trough is stacked with antique sterling and Match pewter pieces (most recently procured from Steve McKenzie’s) that the Schoeniths give each other

Above: The keeping room directly to the left of the foyer features dark gray walls and low-slung chairs that invite visitors to settle in for a few cocktails from the industrial bar cabinet behind them.

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iron finish, which contributes another masculine moment.

And since they were creating the kitchen of their wildest dreams, Schoenith made sure to include both open and closed storage on the integrated refrigerator wall, allowing her to showcase all the pretty white dishes in her ever-growing collection.

Around the corner, a mudroom boasts convenient built-in cubbies and herringbone brick floors, plus a spacious pantry built to spec, accommodating everything from cookbooks to super-tall vases.

Upstairs, the home’s square-shaped layout wraps around a central stair hall.

This floor accommodates a roomy laundry space and four sizable bedrooms, including a lofty master with exposed rafters. The room’s rustic decor features a metal-frame king bed, card catalogue-inspired tall chest and handsome writing desk, with elements like primitive farm tools imparting whimsy.

Adjoining the master bedroom is both the master bath, with its glass shower stall and bold black and white tiles, and Waylan’s nursery. The baby’s room contains a Hollywood Regency chest, weathered Asian console, giant stuffed giraffes and an Heirloomed felt pennant flag bearing his moniker.

The other kids’ rooms are equally cute. Eldest son Wyatt’s boasts a bunk bed, glossy forest green Marais chairs and a woodcut of woodland scenery picked up in Nashville.

Sawyer’s room revolves around a rose painting by Schoenith’s greatgreat aunt. It’s femme, but in the floral sense; there’s not a wealth of pink, but there are touches of gold and old-fashioned glamour. “With Sawyer being the only girl, I wanted her room

Left: The exposed rafters in the master gives the space lots of breathing room and adds to the early Americana effect imparted by all their rustic furniture.

to be really light and pretty,” Schoenith says. “This was my one shot at being as girly as we could be.”

Besides Sawyer’s forthcoming transition to a “big girl bed,” the Schoenith house will see many more fun changes in the coming months. “We will soon renovate our basement into a family space and studio for our business, as well as finish our back yard [landscaping].” Just another day in paradise! n

Hunting is one of Shane’s favorite pastimes, so the iconography appears throughout the residence—in everything from antlers and mounts to artful tributes.

Left: Daughter Sawyer’s bedroom displays a certain restrained old-world glamour, imparted partly by a vintage painting by a relative and a pair of mercury-glass lamps.

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Peaches to Pearls is an Atlanta food and fashion lifestyle blog. Its creator, Buckhead resident Luisa Hammett, graduated with a master’s in clinical nutrition from Georgia State University and engages reader with her in-depth food knowledge.

She also shares her passion for affordable, feminine fashion by featuring a new outfit every week.

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PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST SHIVANI BHATIA IS A GIRLY GIRL AT HEART STORY:

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andy Springs resident Dr. Shivani Bhatia claims she’s just “a regular girl,” but she’s a rock star in our book. Bhatia, a double-board certified pediatric anesthesiologist, keeps a full-time schedule at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital and has a busy family life with three sons, ages 11, 9 and 7. As if that juggling act weren’t enough to make a “regular” person’s head spin, she launched two beauty businesses over the last three years.

Bhatia’s appreciation for beauty began decades ago with InStyle magazine’s “best beauty buys” issue.

“I used to cut pages out and run out to buy items that I thought would make me feel more like a girl. [Doctor’s] scrubs are not very feminine, and there has always been a part of me that is a girly girl,” she explains.

When Bhatia turned 40 in 2013, she knew she wanted to start a beauty business. “All of a sudden, you’re bombarded with this message that, as a woman, you’re not good enough because you’re aging. I wanted women to have a place where they could come and feel comfortable and beautiful,” Bhatia says.

Inspired by the Drybar concept, Bhatia opened B. You Beauty, a boutique beauty bar in Sandy Springs that offers blowouts, waxing, makeup, chemical peels, injectables and medical-grade skincare products.

She trained extensively to become an Allergan-certified Master Injector to personally administer Botox,

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Juvederm, Kybella and Voluma to her patients. The doc works around her hospital schedule, coming in on days off and late in the evening to accommodate clients seeking her knack for creating natural-looking results.

Recognizing another need for her clients, this year, Bhatia launched Beauty Box MD, a subscription service that delivers product samples to your doorstep every quarter for $25. “It’s a way for people to try out medical-grade skincare products for their skin type before buying the full-size product,” Bhatia says. After selecting your skin type, such as normal to dry or sensitive, online, you’ll receive a skin care regimen of four products from the same brand as well as a “bonus” product.

Bhatia acknowledges that she isn’t a dermatologist. But as a doctor, she prides herself on doing extensive research—including testing skin care products on herself or hospital colleagues—to provide quality offerings with potent active ingredients from brands such as SkinCeuticals and Neocutis.

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“Hearing my story seemed to comfort [my patients], so I decided to write it down and publish it.”

Health for her Dr. Lillian Schapiro is making her mark on Atlanta, one woman at a time STORY:

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elivering more than 2,000 babies over 20 years of practicing medicine in Atlanta means that Dr. Lillian Schapiro is forever seeing the fruits of her own—and others’—labor.

“One of my favorite things about Atlanta is summer swim league, which my three daughters have participated in over the years,” says Schapiro, who attended Yale University before going on to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. “We’ve lived in the Brookwood Hills neighborhood since coming to Atlanta 20 years ago. And I get to see so many of the babies I’ve delivered because now they’re on either our neighborhood team or the other team.”

Schapiro opted to go into obstetrics and gynecology because that allowed her to develop lifetime relationships

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with patients. “If a problem requires patience, I offer support.

If a problem requires surgery, I can do that also,” she explains.

“When a new patient or a patient I have seen for years starts to have terrible periods, I discuss all of their options with them. I am there for my patients as their lives and bodies change and as their first choices change.”

Over the years, Schapiro, who is on the board of the Piedmont Clinic, has become skilled in using the da Vinci robot for surgeries and specializes in minimally invasive hysterectomies and myomectomies (a procedure to remove uterine fibroids). But her passion for the practice extends beyond the walls of hospitals and clinics.

Schapiro shared her struggles with fertility in Tick Tock, a book she wrote while on bed-rest with her now 13-year-old and youngest child. “Hearing my story seemed to comfort [my patients],

so I decided to write it down and publish it,” she explains.

The doctor has also been involved with international outreach work since she was in medical school, getting her feet wet working at a hospital in Kenya where she studied maternal outcomes, such as preeclampsia.

“In recent years, I’ve been to Nepal to teach safe birth practices and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with [retired professional basketball player] Dikembe Mutombo to do fibroid surgery, train residents and work with midwives,” she adds. “The most rewarding part of this work has been teaching local doctors and midwives, and knowing that even after I was home, some surgeries and births would be safer.”

This fall, Schapiro will open her own practice, Ideal Gynecology, which will be located off Howell Mill near Northside Parkway.

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of gynecological services from annual exams to strategies for dealing with menopause.

What Schapiro is looking forward to most about the practice is being able to create a welcoming atmosphere where the little things are being done to make patients feel more comfortable.

This includes smartphone plug-ins in the waiting room, soft gowns for the exam rooms and staying open on Wednesday evenings to accommodate working women’s schedules.

“I get that going to the gynecologist isn’t anyone’s favorite. I really hope to make this a pleasant and easy experience,” she says. n

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What does your title of Soul Teacher mean to you?

To me, a soul teacher addresses a deep, hungry and brilliant part of ourselves that yearns to come out and play. I help my clients through life’s transitions that make us wonder, “Who am I? What am I here for? What does it take to be fulfilled?”

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re you soul-searching? Stuck in a rut? Shari L. Fox gets it.

She’s been there.

Before starting her business in 2012 as a “Soul Teacher,” a.k.a. personal growth facilitator, Fox had tried just about every selfhelp technique on the market—energy work, therapy, coaching, cleansing, vision boarding, you name it—to feel good and be happy.

“At the root of it, I guess I was searching for a deeper connection to myself, to know what I wanted, the courage to speak my truth and to feel like I was part of something greater,” she explains. “I didn’t know this at the time, though. I just thought I was lonely and stuck.”

What finally clicked was training by The Enneagram Institute. The Enneagram method, which she now integrates into her teachings, is a system of understanding how we’re wired, and it starts with a personality test. “It’s skillful, effective and tried-and-true around the world. I’ve found that until you understand your specific, individual psychological make-up, you aren’t able to create any lasting change.

The Enneagram was the first concrete tool I found that could underlie all of the other things that I tried.”

For the last four years, Fox has been focused on collaborative, one-on-one sessions with clients and workshops in Sandy Springs, Decatur and Palm Beach. Through her Soul Nourish Institute, she and fellow yoga teacher Mandy Roberts also lead retreats in places such as the Blue Ridge Mountains, Costa Rica, Mexico and Hawaii that incorporate yoga and other activities.

Here, Fox shares more about how she helps people develop tools to lead their most authentic lives and to get out of a rut.

How would you describe the kind of work you do with your clients?

It’s fun. It’s liberating. I get to share things with my clients that they’ve maybe never heard somewhere else, but they’ve always wanted to know about themselves, such as why they get along with people in certain ways or how to treat people differently. And when they see the truth, it’s not scary. It’s empowering.

What types of exercises do you facilitate in your workshops?

Meditation, embodied movement and sharing your experience with a partner.

Until we notice what we’re doing, we can’t assess if what we’re doing is successful and if it’s something we want to keep doing.

Once we notice what our patterns are, we have a choice to see if they’re helping us, or if they’re keeping us stuck.

Why do you think change is so terrifying?

On a cellular level, change is terrifying because our biology has created homeostasis in the tension that we’re experiencing. We’ve become addicted to adrenaline and accustomed to not breathing fully. We hold our bellies in to protect ourselves emotionally. We actually become physiologically wired to prevent it from happening.

So how do you rewire your brain to get out of a rut?

We get present so we can actually learn something new. First, it is noticing the rut that you’re in. Second, it is recognizing, “I don’t like this; this does not feel like ease; this is not the way I want to be.” After that, we learn how to become more aware and test out new ways of being, so whenever the time comes in our lives that we’re faced with our habitual reaction, we’ve practiced how to make that leap in a quarter of a second. Whenever we get into a rut, it’s kind of our soul’s way of telling us, “This isn’t working.”

What’s your daily ritual that makes you the happiest?

The thing that makes me the happiest, my ritual, is sitting down and having a glass of wine with my husband. Relaxing and talking—that, to me, is quality time.

And I love that, but if it weren’t for my morning meditation exercise that always starts my day, I’d be too busy thinking about work, worrying about something I had to do the next day or caught up in an emotional conflict to be present to enjoy that glass of wine. n Find out more about Fox’s upcoming workshops (Springs Yoga in Sandy Springs in October), retreats (Blue Ridge Mountains and Hawaii in 2017) and moreby visiting Soulnourishretreats.com and Sharilfox.com.

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The art of capturing faces draws painters and aficionados alike to an exhibit by members of the Portrait Society of Atlanta.

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Branding a network PR exec moves south to oversee Turner communications STORY:

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ames Anderson always knew he wanted to wind up in arts and entertainment. He wasn’t sure in what capacity, but he knew it was his calling.

Now as an adult, he’s found his footing as an executive at Turner Broadcasting, overseeing the network’s communications.

His initial interest was the stage. After growing up in Baltimore, Anderson attended Dennison College in Ohio as a theater major from 1981 to 1985, where he performed in a few shows and stage managed some others. The day after he graduated, he took off to New York and landed a job with Carsey-Werner, a production company prominent in the ’80s and ’90s that produced series such as “Third Rock from the Sun” and “The Cosby Show.” He eventually became a production assistant with the Cosby sitcom.

Two years later, he moved to Los Angeles with the company and became assistant to the producer for “A Different World.” “My PR career took off then,” he recalls. “PR found me.” It wasn’t a field he had ever envisioned working in, but he excelled at fielding media requests and press efforts.

Anderson was happy in California, but when he received a job offer to work for Atlanta’s Turner Broadcasting in 2005, he realized he had to consider it. He didn’t know much about Atlanta outside of the Olympics, sports teams and the city’s civil rights history. To help make up his mind, he turned to a college friend, the Alliance Theatre’s Artistic Director Susan Booth. She encouraged him to take the plunge, and he did so later that year. The tipping point was realizing the move would be the next progression in his career and that he could always go back to Los Angeles if it didn’t work out.

Now Anderson has been with Turner for 10 years and has moved from being the vice president for public relations to senior vice president for communications, serving as the chief spokesperson, supervising all communications and oversee-

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ing PR efforts for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, among other tasks.

When he moved here, Cartoon Network was well established, but Turner had just launched Adult Swim, a risqué, bolder brand. “The initial challenge was to get people to pay attention to it and know what it was,” he says.

Another challenge has been getting news out in the faster digital age.

Anderson, 53, is single and lives in an area that straddles Buckhead and Brookhaven, near North Druid Hills and Buford Highway. He says living in Atlanta makes it easy to travel to Baltimore to visit his mother and two brothers.

He also travels a lot for work, mostly to New York and Los Angeles, but when home, Anderson frequents the city’s cultural offerings, such as the High Museum of Art and the Atlanta Symphony. One ex-

perience early on that made the city feel like home was his first visit to the annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. “Along with the great music, it is just a wonderful and fun time, with different communities across the city coming together to socialize,” he says.

He also enjoys attending sporting events and dining out with friends; some of his favorites are Negril Village, Serpas, Le Petit Marche, Cape Dutch and Barcelona.

While he’s gotten used to living in the South, there was a learning curve. His first faux pas as an Atlantan occurred when he pitched a cover of a celeb to a magazine editor, only to find that the cover had already been decided around UGA football season. Anderson asked his editor to re-consider and got a long stare.

“James, nothing bumps the Georgia Bulldog,” he was told. Anderson got his cover—but for a different month. n

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The eyes have it Portrait painting is a niche art form for this local society

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or Denise Jennings, painting a portrait requires a concentrated attention to detail unlike other art forms. The Sandy Springs resident and former art curriculum coordinator for the Fulton County Schools puts it this way: “If you’re painting a vase, so what if you make it a little narrower than it really is? But if you’re painting a person, and you’re off by an eighth of an inch, well, that’s huge.”

Jennings has found kindred souls who understand the demands of the craft in the Portrait Society of Atlanta, an organization founded in 1979 that claims the distinction as the oldest portrait society in the country. Its 135 members hail from around the state and beyond, but they all head to Heritage Sandy Springs for their

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five annual meetings. They also gather throughout the year for exhibits that highlight members’ creations and workshops that help them hone skills and techniques.

“The programming at the meetings is almost always educational,” says Jennings, who joined the group about two years ago after learning about it from one of her painting teachers. “The workshops bring in strong teachers who are exceptional portraitists. And we also have some nice juried exhibits that give you the benefit of having your work seen and reviewed against your peers.

For me, that’s always a valuable learning experience.”

The Society’s exhibits and workshops are also the main way in which the group attracts

H.M. Cauley new members, says Michele Smither, the current president who has been a member for about 20 years. “We always try to have well-known, sometimes nationally-known speakers who give lectures or demonstrations.

And everything we do is open to the public, so it’s also a way for us to promote public awareness of portraits as a valuable art form.”

Smither, who holds a degree in graphic design from the University of Georgia, was drawn to painting portraits after taking a class at the Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody. Through wordof-mouth about her work she’s earned several commissions, including a few to paint pets. But all her past experience comes into play when creating a portrait.

Members of the Portrait Society of Atlanta take a lesson from master artists during a workshop on how to capture their subjects.

“A lot of portraiture requires a background, such as a judge sitting in his office,” she explains. “You still need to be able to do a still life or landscape. Most portrait artists keep their hands in all of that.”

Many members have made a living specializing in portraits, though Jennings doesn’t count herself among them. “If my husband and I were relying on my art income, we’d probably be living in a tent.” n

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MBA? Me? Totally.

Comedian-turnedauthor offers semi-serious tips about going back to school STORY:

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rom the outset, Paul Ollinger admits he’s “very pro-MBA because of what it did for me—despite the fact that I’m now a struggling comic.” What the degree did was convince the Brookhaven resident that he had a future in stand-up.

“I finished Dartmouth’s MBA program in 1997, seeking a better job so I could make more money,” says Ollinger, who grew up in Dunwoody. “In my first semester, I participated in a talent show and told jokes in front of an audience for the first time and loved it.

For about five seconds I wanted to be a stand-up comedian. Then I remembered I’d borrowed $80,000 to go to school.”

Ollinger went into the digital media business in New York, working for four years before moving to California when his company was bought by Yahoo. By 2005, he’d saved enough money to quit. With no family and “no excuses not to pursue comedy,” he started emceeing at improv clubs in L.A. Life was good for about 10 years, but Ollinger knew breaking into the next level of comedy meant hitting the road. When a friend asked if he’d be interested in a steady-income sales job with a fledgling company called Facebook, Ollinger went back to the digital media world.

“If I’d been funnier, I’d have gone on the road

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and wouldn’t have gotten the chance to work there,” he says. But after four years of running a West Coast sales team, he was ready to come home, a move he made in 2011.

“I was waiting for someone to tell me what to do with my life, and I realized I wanted to do comedy,” he says. “I was just afraid to admit it for a long time. It’s a very nontraditional way of making a living.

There’s a lot to figure out on your own.

And it’s scary starting over again.”

Now married with two young children, Ollinger’s career is comedy, working clubs around Atlanta and the country. “Mostly I talk about my family and what a knucklehead I am and that I do have an MBA,” he says.

“Then I started thinking of my unique position as someone with a lot of experience in business and comedy and started writing a funny book I thought might be helpful to someone considering getting an MBA–someone like me who might not be coming from Wall Street or a fancy strategy consulting firm and who doesn’t have the same base of knowledge as some of my classmates would.”

You Should Totally Get an MBA: A Comedian’s Guide to Top U.S. Business Schools hits on topics from what grads can do with a degree, why they should consider it and

how to get started in the process. As part of his research, Ollinger retook the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and found it frightening. “The first time I took it, I was pretty darn serious about getting into a great school, so I really prepared. Now, 21 years later, what geometry I knew went the way of my hairline. And the print was really small. The thing I learned was the application process is about who wants it most.”

But the book is just as much for people who aren’t sure an MBA is in their future, he says. “Part of writing this was to get people to take a look at what they want to do with their lives. An MBA may not be the best thing.

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Healthful sides and salads are perfect cohorts to traditional low and slow barbecue in au courant surroundings.

Smokebelly takes barbecue classics in new directions like this skillet mac-n-cheese with Buffalo smoked turkey, blue cheese and hot sauce drizzle.

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Above: Nutritious and tasty sides are a hallmark here, such as the sweet corn edamame succotash and quinoa salad (which is also a zesty entrée).

Right: Thick slices of smoked brisket and turkey on a Delta Double combo plate.

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riving through Buckhead, past the posh retailers of The Shops Buckhead Atlanta and the swanky St. Regis hotel, I pull into, of all places, a barbecue joint. Talk of barbecue ignites a passion in people, and often the most lauded spots are out of the way roadside shacks. They are the kind of places where servings come in Styrofoam containers or on flimsy paper plates, and side dishes are an afterthought.

Smack in the heart of Buckhead on East Andrews Drive, Smokebelly BBQ isn’t a roadside shack by any means, but it instantly reminds me of local poet Kevin Young’s “Ode to Pork.” His poem ends with the line “I want my cake and to barbecue too,” evocative of traditional barbecue in these exclusive surroundings. One of seven restaurant concepts of Southern Proper Hospitality Group (that also includes The Big Ketch Buckhead, The Blind Pig Parlour Bar, The Southern Gentleman and Gypsy Kitchen), Smokebelly has an interior that’s rustic yet elevated. Wood is not only for smoking here. The floors are wood, planks line the walls and Mason jars suspended from pal-

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Smokebelly wafts over Buckhead with old-school tradition STORY:

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lets hang from the ceiling. A sun-washed, faded mural of peaches on a brick wall appears like the outside of an old building, paying homage to those roadside shacks.

A large porch is retrofitted with artificial turf where stylish, young professionals unwind.

Smokebelly doesn’t adhere to any distinct style of barbecue. The menu is made up of old-school Southern barbecue staples put forth in new directions. Five different proteins come off the Southern Pride rotisserie smoker, stoked with hickory wood. You’ll find tapas, BBQ plates, sandwiches and salads.

Standout tapas include the smoked brisket and sofrito empanadas that arrive steaming hot and crisp. The flaky, hand-forked crust yields a tender and juicy meat bomb of flavor—so much so that the chipotle dipping sauce isn’t needed. The creamy pimento cheese comes with a choice of pork rinds or house-made crackers to use as a vehicle. I chose the thick crackers that have a bite much like that of sourdough. It’s tangy paired with the sharp cheddar, but I could have done with less mayo in the mixture.

Large, meaty wings are rubbed with spices,

smoked and then flash-fried; even so, the smoke comes through in the moist meat.

A couple of the tapas are entrée worthy.

Served in a cast iron skillet, mac and cheese has three preparations: Porky Pig with smoked pork, buffalo with smoked turkey and bacon with smoked feta, all meaty and all piled high. I went for the Porky Pig— molten, creamy macaroni with a crown of pulled pork, sprinkles of green onion, and crumbs made of pork cracklins.

It’s a fun play on texture as well as taste.

Fun choices need to be made when considering plates and combo platters.

Metal trays come loaded with meats from the smoker, two sides and a thick slab of Texas toast. Ordering brisket requires an additional choice: lean or fatty. Choosing the latter yields generous slabs of meat with a caramelized cap of fat arching across the top. Although brisket is among the tougher cuts, the slow and low cooking process marinates the marbled meat. The outer bark lends crunch, and the dry rub delivers just the right amount of seasoning.

The opposite of brisket is probably lean

Above: Choose from pork rinds or house-made crackers to accompany the creamy pimento cheese.

Above: Chicken wings lacquered and imbued with smoke.

Below: Start a meal with brisket-filled crispy empanadas.

Above: Sandwiches are hearty, including this BBQ chicken with avocado, arugula and tomato.

Left: The spiced, mapley flavors of bourbon flatter barbecue, making an old fashioned a good choice.

The menu is made up of old-school Southern barbecue staples put forth in new directions. turkey breast, an often less flavorful and drier selection. Here, the hickory wood imbues its flavor with a deeply smoked essence, and the meat remains moist, tender and juicy.

The menu includes almost a dozen sandwiches. The BBQ chicken sandwich with pulled chicken, slices of avocado and tomato, and leaves of peppery arugula make a great combo. The only downfall is the excessive amount of sauce that overpowers the flavor of the chicken. I tried to order the pressed banh mi, but they were out of the Ratio Bakeshop baguettes that our server said makes it so good.

Instead, she suggested the Smokebelly stack.

It’s a tall mess of pork and brisket slices, tomato, onion, arugula and lots of chipotle aioli—tough to eat, and nothing like a banh mi.

I rarely look to barbecue joints for memorable sides or salads, but here, Smokebelly sets itself apart. The quinoa and mixed vegetable salad is both my favorite side and favorite

entrée (called quinoa super food salad on the menu). It’s a zesty bowl of shredded and sliced veggies nestled around a mound of chilled quinoa on a bed of young greens. The black pepper-honey vinaigrette adds tang and punch.

Portions are generous so it’s difficult to save room for dessert, but piecrust lovers will dig the tiny pecan pie with a high crust-to-pie ratio.

It pairs well with a house Old Fashioned and the spice notes of its bourbon. I found most of the cocktails on the sweet side, but there’s also 20 beers on draft. A Creature Comforts Tropicalia has all the right fruit-forward and hop notes to go with barbecue. And this is the place where a glass of rosé feels fitting.

Those out of the way roadside barbecue shacks have a certain sanctity, but here, you can get deliciously smoked meats with craft cocktails in a chic interior that corresponds with the upscale neighborhood surroundings So you can have your cake and barbecue, too. n

Above: As adorable as it is scrumptious—tiny pecan pie.

SMOKEBELLY BBQ 128 E. Andrews, Atlanta 30305 404.848.9100 smokebellybbq.com Prices: Cocktails $4-$10. Tapas $4.50-$11.50.

Sandwiches and salads $6.50- $12.50.

Barbecue plates $14-$27. Dessert $7.

Recommended: Sofrito empanadas, quinoa mixed vegetable salad, smoked turkey plate, brisket plate, pimento cheese.

Bottom line: Classic barbecue staples with healthful sides and salads that shine.

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Above: The Sherry Hills Cocktail at 1Kept is made with Lustau East India Solera Sherry, Old Forester Straight Bourbon Whisky, Ron Abuelo 7-Year Rum, Luxardo Maraschino Cherries, housemade peach shrub and housemade chai bitters.

Sherry Sampler LEARN TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE FOUR MAIN TYPES OF SHERRY

SHERRY AMOUR

Above: The KYK Cocktail at Gypsy Kitchen, made with bourbon, Lustau East India Solera Sherry, quince and lemon.

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nless you’re a character from “Downton Abbey,” a glass of sherry after dinner may not sound particularly modern.

This fortified wine, produced in Spain’s Andalucia province, traces its history back at least 3,000 years, after all. However, if you have ordered a cocktail in Buckhead lately, there’s a good chance sherry popped up as a central ingredient in at least one of the drinks on the menu.

“It adds fruitiness and has a lot of fun characteristics to it,” says Brent Hesse, bar lead and sherry aficionado at Buckhead’s 1Kept.

Hesse often finds himself swapping sherry for standard ingredients in classic cocktails. “If someone isn’t

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drinking straight whiskey all the time, a Manhattan is strong. It’s boozy and bitter.

So I’ll switch out vermouth with a darker sherry, so it’s a fun, sweeter and more approachable drink.”

A quick tour of Buckhead illustrates that Hesse isn’t the only bartender thinking this way. Gypsy Kitchen offers a KYX cocktail with bourbon, East India Lustau sherry, quince and lemon. Vine and Tap serves a sangria with red wine, Spanish brandy, Manzanilla sherry and Combier. “I think you can attribute a lot of [this renewed interest in sherry] to the cocktail movement,” Hesse says. “Everyone is starting to build their own bars at home and to make their own cocktails. Sherry is

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essentially a fruity, delicious vermouth replacement that’s great quality for an affordable price tag—$30 is a solid average price.” n

DETAILS: 1Kept 2293 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite B Atlanta 30309 404.254.1973 1kept.com Gypsy Kitchen 3035 Peachtree Road Atlanta 30305 404.939.9840 gk-atl.com Vine and Tap 2770 Lenox Road N.E. Atlanta 30324 404.600.5820 vineandtapatl.com

Sherry can be categorized into a variety of styles, depending on how the wine is produced and aged—either with flor yeast or without:

flor), Amontillado continues to age after the flor begins to break up for a total aging time of two to three years. The end product is a darker, drier wine with umami flavoring.

FINO Made from the Palomino grape, this golden-hued wine is biologically aged beneath a layer of flor and typically matures in oak barrels for four to seven years. The flavor profile is crisp and dry with notes of flor.

Use it in a cocktail: This well-rounded sherry holds up well to darker liquors such as whiskey, mezcal and rum. Hesse enjoys whipping up a Whiskey Sour with Amontillado (1.5 oz. whiskey, .75 oz. lemon juice, .75 oz. sherry, .75 oz. egg whites and a few dashes of peach bitters).

Use it in a cocktail: This light sherry is a versatile option. Use it in place of vermouth in your favorite gin, vodka or tequila cocktail.

MANZANILLA This fortified sipper follows the same process as fino wine but is produced and aged in Sanlucar de Barrameda near the coast of Spain. Due to its location, manzanilla picks up seaside aromas and is the lightest sherry style.

Use it in a cocktail: The saltiness in manzanillas makes them a natural choice for martinis. Also try them in a gin cocktail.

AMONTILLADO Beginning as either a fino or manzanilla (it is first aged with

OLOROSO This wine is intentionally aged without flor and develops a full body with a light sweetness. More sweetened versions are called “cream” sherries. This style has the highest alcohol content of all with 18 to 20 percent.

Use it in a cocktail: Oloroso does well in boozier, stirred cocktails and is a flavorful substitute for sweet vermouth. Use oloroso in a Manhattan or in a Vieux Carre as Hesse does (he makes his with .75 oz. rye whiskey, .75 oz. cognac, .75 oz. Oloroso, a barspoon of Bénédictine liqueur, 2 dashes Peychauds bitters and 2 dashes Angostura bitters).

SIP SAFELY The alcohol level in sherry is sky-high: in the 15 percent range and up. Pace yourself, and plan ahead with your favorite taxi/transportation app if you plan on sipping sherry outside your home cocktail bar.

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Culinary News & Notes

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TALKING TASTE

When and where will you be at Taste of Atlanta?

I’ll be participating on both Saturday and Sunday.

This year’s Taste of Atlanta returns to Technology Square in the heart of Midtown on Oct. 21, 22 and 23 for its 15th year. More than 90 Atlanta restaurants will be there, serving up their best bites and beverages. Among those culinary savants are some of our favorite Buckhead chefs. We chatted with three of them to see what they’re most looking forward to about this annual fall foodie event.

What are you most looking forward to?

Every year, I find it interesting to see what each of us brings to showcase. Everyone is so talented; it makes the event so much fun to walk around and mingle and taste the chefs’ creations.

Drew Van Leuvan

The Friday Night VIP Party is always fun because it’s competitive among all the chefs.

Everyone is trying to win, so we tend to pull out all the stops. There’s always some really tasty food!

What do you like most about this festival?

I enjoy watching and interacting with many people about what I take for granted—cooking.

Taste of Atlanta offers people a wonderful opportunity to learn from professional chefs and beverage managers from around the South.

Chef/partner, Saltyard When and where will you be at Taste of Atlanta?

This year, I’m doing the wing competition on the Thursday night in conjunction with Springer Mountain. I’m also doing the Friday Night Kickoff Party.

What do you like most about this festival?

I love the organizers. They really reach out and try to

Timothy Magee, Executive chef, Davio’s

It’s very chef- and fooddriven, and you get to sample some of the best food from the entire city in one place. We really look forward to it each year.

The food! And seeing all of our guests. We mostly want people to enjoy the food. n Seven Lamps 3400 Around Lenox Road Atlanta 30326 404.467.8950 sevenlampsatl.com Saltyard 1820 Peachtree St. Atlanta 30309 404.382.8088 saltyardatlanta.com Davio’s Phipps Plaza 3500 Peachtree Road Atlanta 30326 404.844.4810 davios.com/atl

n Fans who had to say good-bye to Sandy Springs’ Double Zero earlier this year can get their fill of Executive Chef Edwin Molina’s Italian dishes once again.

The restaurant’s new Emory Village location opened last month with the same imported, tile ovens, but with a renewed menu focusing on dishes you can share—think pork belly corndog served with raspberry mostarda aioli. You can still get pizzas and pastas, such as ravioli stuffed with Bellamy blue cheese.

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FOOD NEWS

American Cut 3035 Peachtree Road Atlanta 30305 770.415.9766 americancutsteakhouse.com/ buckhead

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When and where will you be at Taste of Atlanta?

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A CUT ABOVE Another meat-driven member has joined the ranks of Buckhead’s powerhouse, steak-serving scene.

American Cut, which already has two restaurants in New York City, one in New Jersey and Puerto Rico, opened its Atlanta location last month at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta.

It’s a glam, multi-level space with a downstairs lounge and bar, and upstairs dining room. The menu includes dry- and wet-aged steaks, such as a 40-ounce tomahawk chop, as well as a signature chili lobster and the OG 1924 Hotel Caesar salad, prepared tableside. A third floor features a huge rooftop deck and terrace bar, dubbed The Regent Cocktail Club. It has wraparound views of the skyline, and you can sip on craft cocktails while you enjoy live music from local bands.

What are you most looking forward to?

Nick Leahy

What do you like most about this festival?

What are you most looking forward to?

Executive chef, Seven Lamps

Seven Lamps will be participating in two events: the Friday Night Kick-Off Party, and we’ll be doing a demo Saturday at 12:45 p.m. about how to prepare, cook and serve chicken sausage.

s From top: American Cut’s Tomahawk steak and Chili Lobster are two of the new Buckhead restaurant’s signature dishes.

tailor the experience to fit the participants. I love the camaraderie among all of the industry folks who are involved. And it’s great getting to connect with the public in a less formal setting. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve done Taste of Atlanta, but it’s always a blast.

What are you serving?

Traditional cavatelli Bolognese—cavatelli pasta [a thick and chewy ribbed shell] with Bolognese sauce.

n Eclipse di Luna Buckhead tapped veteran chef Brian Owen to revamp its menu and serve as new executive chef. Shan Holler, who has worked in the kitchen for both Eclipse di Luna locations, will now run the Dunwoody spot full-time. Owen debuted his menu in late August with new dishes of ensalada de aguacate y sandia (salad with fresh avocado and watermelon—pictured left) and hongos coca (roasted mushrooms, grilled scallions, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil and goat cheese on flatbread).

Double Zero’s halibut is served with farro, broccolini, parsley, hearts of palm and beef fat foam.

Double Zero 1577 North Decatur Road Atlanta 30307 404.991.3666 doublezeroatl.com Eclipse di Luna Buckhead 764 Miami Circle Atlanta 30324 404.846.0449 eclipsediluna.com

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RESTAURATEUR BY DAY, MUSICIAN BY NIGHT Brookhaven bassist Doug Gross opens Jefe’s Tacos & Tequilas STORY:

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ormer Sublime cover band member, music teacher, Kaleidoscope Bistro & Pub owner: These are just a few things that define Doug Gross. Now, the musician and restaurateur has opened a second restaurant in Town Brookhaven.

Replacing Noche, Jefe’s Tacos & Tequilas serves lunch and dinner in a lively space with a large patio.

Gross and Executive Chef Joey Riley met while both were working at the Buckhead Diner and became buddies living on the same street in Brookhaven.

“We had hoped for a restaurant or bar in the neighborhood. I didn’t know much about restaurant ownership, but we felt the neighborhood was primed and ready,” Gross explains. “I turned to Joey and said I could be front of house, and he could create an awesome menu.

Kaleidoscope started as a pipe dream and turned into reality.”

Six years later, Gross reveals Jefe’s and how he continues to fit music into his busy life.

Why open another restaurant now?

It’s all about Brookhaven for [Joey and me].

We really love the neighborhood. Last year, we expanded [Kaleidoscope] into the space next door. We’ve had this progression of growing, and it seemed like [opening Jefe’s nearby] was the next step.

What are the menu highlights at Jefe’s?

We’ve tried everything from pozole to sopas to fajitas, quesadillas and steak tacos. The tacos are a big focus. We have certified Angus beef tri-tip fajitas and steak tacos with habanero salsa and pineapple pico de gallo.

What about the bar?

It has a very extensive tequila menu, a lot of margaritas and cocktails with a focus on fresh juices. We have a nice selection of Mexican beers, like Pacifico, Sol and Bohemia.

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What’s the décor like?

A lot of bright, bold colors and tons of Mexican tile, community-style wooden tables with inlaid Mexican tiles and a cobalt blue bar with yellow-gold bar stools.

How does music fit into your life?

My main focus is the bass (both upright and electric) but I also play the drums, guitar and keyboard. I’ve played in orchestras in the Southeast, various jazz groups and rock bands. Even though I’d already been playing music professionally, it all really took off while I was in college and working at The Grill in Athens. At our annual Christmas party, we would put a band together to play live karaoke …

One year, a local club owner was at the party and he heard us perform a Sublime song. He asked us if we could

put together a whole set of Sublime to play at his venue. We did and that first show was a success! Within two months we were on the road as Wrong Way (like the Sublime song), playing 120 to 130 shows a year. I still play with them on occasion, as well as book them at other venues around town.

What else do you do in your spare time?

I’m a contractor for Cobb County public schools and teach kids the bass. I teach private lessons on Thursdays—everything from classical and rock to jazz. I love teaching music. I can’t give it up, JEFE’S TACOS & TEQUILA even though 705 Town Blvd., Suite Q310 the restaurant Atlanta 30319 business is 404.474.9600 more than a jefestacos.com full-time job. n

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FEATURED RESTAURANTS A sampling of great eats in and around Buckhead BY: Wendell PHOTOS:

Brock and Angela Hansberger

Sara Hanna

1KEPT KITCHEN & BAR This hidden, club-like space took over the home of old-school French restaurant Toulouse in 2013. Manned by a trio of chefs with equal authority, the collaborative kitchen strives to keep up with the contemporary culinary game. When they nail it—with the likes of pimento cheese boards, fresh seasonal salads, old-fashioned pecan pies, killer brownies and what is surely the best steak-frites in town— you’ll find yourself sated and happy.

Start with a classic Sazerac. Then drink in the ambience. Proprietor Thaddeus Keefe attended Buckhead’s Atlanta International School as a lad, and this is his vision of the neighborhood of today: young, prosperous and ready to embrace the good life.

Salads, starters and flatbreads: $6-$14 Entrees; $20-$27 1kept.com

BABYLON CAFÉ When Iraqi native Saad Marwad and his wife, Kelly Rafia, opened Babylon Café in 2014, the city’s foodie community started to buzz about the couple’s fresh, flavorful repertoire of Middle Eastern classics, from falafel and hummus to kebabs and baklava. While the starters are quite good—try the fattoush salad, the lentil soup and the eggplant badenjan—the earthy, long-simmered stews are unlike anything else in town.

We like the herb-based qurma sabzi with super-tender lamb shank and the bamia (okra and tomatoes) with oxtail.

Don’t leave with out a sip of the aniseflavored aperitif called “arak” and a bite of kanafeh, a sweet made of shredded phyllo, housemade sweet cheese, roseand orange-water syrup and pistachios.

Appetizers and sides: $2-$7 Entrées: $12-$20 babyloncafeatl.com

CAFÉ AT PHARR New Orleans owns the po’boy. Philadelphia has its cheese steaks. Maine gave us the lobster roll. So … what about Buckhead? I’d have to say that the neighborhood’s defining dish is chicken salad, the classic bird-andmayo spread that can be crammed in your mouth between slices of bread or eaten daintily with a fork. Thanks to the entrepreneurial zeal of Johnny Liu—whose Taiwanese immigrant parents opened the original Café at Pharr in 1993—this comfort food has become a new fast food. You have to love the story of Café at Pharr. An enterprising family comes up with a formula that charms and beguiles the locals: Fresh food served in an accessible and unfussy environment that never loses its friendly neighborhood feel.

Entrée sandwiches and salads: $7.50-$9.50 cafeatpharr.com

A KR SteakBar signature, the “shell steak” is an 8-ounce New York strip perked up with shaved fresh horseradish and espresso sauce.

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE With its handmade pasta, terrific steaks and foundation of classic Italian dishes, the Atlanta outpost of Massachusetts-based chef-preneur Steve DiFillippo sets a higher-thanusual standard for a mall restaurant.

Fine-food lovers flock to Phipps Plaza for Davio’s delicious fried calamari, tagliatelle Bolognese, and warm spinach salad like ravenous shoppers on the hunt for Louis Vuitton bags, Tiffany silver and Dior gowns. And they can do no better than the buttery medallion of impeccably grilled top sirloin, slathered with Gorgonzola and paired with wilted spinach and sea-salt-andtruffle-oil fries. No wonder the Davio’s menu is as tantalizing as the shoe department at Nordstrom.

Appetizers and salads: $9-$16 Pastas, entrées and steaks: $18-$48 davios.com/atl

HOUSTON’S

1Kept’s chicken schnitzel and herbed spaetzle is comfort food with a German accent; here it’s sauced with caramelized onion cream and served atop a pile of braised red cabbage and haricots verts.

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Houston’s probably won’t make the list of any highfalutin, big-city critic. And yet the Beverly Hills-based chain, which has had an Atlanta presence since 1978,has a devoted following, thanks to its consistently good, all-American food; its commitment to customer

comforts; and its flagrant disregard for culinary razzle-dazzle. While the gooey spinach-and-artichoke dip and the Famous French Dip are the stuff of legend, we are crazy about the Thai steak and noodle salad, the crispy-skinned rotisserie chicken and the warm, five-nut brownie with vanilla ice cream. At Houston’s, every table is bolted to the floor so it won’t wobble, servers bring chilled glasses so your drink never gets tired and napkins have buttonholes so the white-shirt crowd can save its ties. We can only hope this classic sticks around for a few more decades.

Starters: $4-$15. Salads, $13-$20 Burgers and sandwiches: $18-$20 Entrees: $25-$45 hillstone.com/houstons

JOY CAFÉ Every Sunday at sunrise, Joy Austin Beber goes to her Buckhead café and makes a whopping pile of her greatgrandmother’s biscuits. After church, she serves a hallelujah chorus of a brunch: fluffy buttermilk pancakes; eggs Benedict; and those famous biscuits topped with gravy, sausage and scrambled eggs. I arrived at the 3 p.m. cutoff for the breakfast-y brunch items, and enjoyed a terrific cobb salad with loads of blue cheese, bacon, avocado,

boiled egg and grilled chicken. The Joy’s pièce de résistance, though, is the Crack Pie, with its oatmeal-cookie crust and gooey interior. Joy got a kick out of hearing that I am wack for her crack. This self-taught chef keeps it simple and fresh.

Brunch: $7-$14 Lunch: $8-$12 joycafeatl.com

KR STEAKBAR Atlanta chef Kevin Rathbun’s only Buckhead restaurant feels customtailored for the community. A contemporary nocturnal cubbyhole where small plates rule, wine flows and the air bristles with excitement, the fashionable “steakbar” concept finds Rathbun and chef de cuisine Jessica Gamble fusing two venerable concepts: meat and Italian. Here, nearly everything speaks with a perky Mediterranean lilt: amari-kissed cocktails; steak doused with espresso sauce; heavenly olive-oil cake with almond brittle and citrus cream. (Pastry chef Kylie Akiyama is terrific.) Hidden touches, like the speakeasy-style bar behind the kitchen and a patio that feels like a sunken garden, make us want to continue to explore this romantic spot.

Antipasti: $6-$19 Pasta: $12-$16 Entrées: $18-$68 krsteakbar.com

The One Sushi Plus Sashimi platters are stunning with minimalist simplicity.

selection of sake, shochu and whisky.

We recommend the smoked toro, tender slices of tuna served under a dome of hickory smoke and the bulgogi-like Gangnam style roll.

Dinner: $6-$37 theonesushiplus.com

beer to wash down the highly appealing biryanis, kormas, tandooris and other delights of the Bengali table, including many here with beef.

Appetizers: $4-$6 Mains: $11-$15 panaharbangladeshi.com

ONE SUSHI PLUS This glam space wedged in the back corner of Brookhaven’s Town Village is a neighborhood hotspot for Japanese small plates. The freshest fish flown in from Japan’s Tsukiji Market will impress the discerning sushi eater, while colorful rolls with clever names please the occasional dabbler. Sharable offerings and inspired snacks of zesty, yellowtail jalapeno shots and crispy fried bang bang rock shrimp are as fun as they are tasty. The drinking experience is worth celebrating as well, with a large

PANAHAR BANGLADESHI CUISINE Anyone who has a passing familiarity with Indian food will feel right at home at this exotic-yet-homespun Buford Highway hole-in-the-wall. The $9.99 lunch buffet is a delicious way to sample the flavorful, aromatic cuisine of Bangladesh, which often uses less spice and more coconut milk than its sister region in Northern India.

At dinner, you may take advantage of the BYOB policy, bringing wine or

WHITE HOUSE RESTAURANT At this venerated breakfast nook, you’ll find Atlanta movers and shakers in ties and starched shirts huddled over omelets and pancakes.

But regardless of a guest’s status, owner Demos Galaktiadis, who came to America from Greece in 1966, treats everyone the same. He has run this Peachtree Road institution for 45 of its 68 years, and over time, the food has evolved into a unique combination of home-style Southern and

Greek standards. At lunch, you might have moussaka and collards or fried grouper and a Greek salad, finished off with a dish of banana pudding.

But breakfast is king here. We recommend the Olympic omelet, stuffed with spinach, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms and peppers and served with a side of tzatziki, or a breakfast sandwich laden with sausage, cheese and egg.

Breakfast: $6.40-$15.30 Lunch: $6-$16.70 whitehousediner.com

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CEOs

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Leading a business or corporation can easily become an all-consuming job, requiring mental and physical agility to balance a myriad of responsibilities. The demands of employees, stockholders, the market and, in many cases, a family, can take their toll. For five area executives, having a hobby or activity that has nothing to do with their boardroom jobs is the best way to unwind.

For this story, Simply Buckhead goes along with them to explore their lives outside the office.

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s chief of Fizz, a global marketing firm with clients from AT&T to Vespa, Brookhaven’s Ted Wright often finds himself in a foreign city, working in a different time zone while trying to keep to an Atlanta schedule. “I may be in a country for 72 hours before flying home for my son’s soccer game, so I try to stay on Atlanta time,” he says.

“Sometimes I’m in Tel Aviv or Tokyo, and I’m up at 4 in the morning when it’s 3 in my afternoon. So I started dragging a camera with me and taking pictures of street art.”

Wright, an eighth-generation Atlantan, says his fascination with outdoor art dates back to the day his Boy Scout troop was returning from camp in North Georgia and stopped at Paradise Garden, the collection of folk art pieces created by self-taught artist Howard Finster.

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CEO, Fizz

“I was like, ‘Whoa, this is super cool,’ and I immediately got interested,” Wright says. “I feel the same way about street art. It’s cool that artists just paint things on the sides of buildings because their hearts will break if they don’t get it out.

There’s so much passion they have to share, and you can see that come out in the art.”

Wright says he often takes a cab to find an eye-catching piece of art then snaps his own photos to add to a growing collection. “There are places I’ve stopped the taxi and gotten out and found really good things that brilliant artists have put up. Often there’s great street art in areas that are marginal, but in the early hours of the morning, I often have the streets to myself.”

Wright snapped his favorite photos in Berlin, New York and Brazil, from the Amazon to down-

No matter what country he’s visiting, CEO Ted Wright seeks out the street art that defines the city.

town Rio. “Israel has great political art, and even though I don’t read Arabic, people will stop and tell me what it says, and it’s often hilarious. There’s also very good street art in Atlanta with different kids finding their own styles.”

Wright doesn’t display his photos, but he enjoys the memories they invoke. “I do it because I get such a kick out of it. I’m not an artist, but in my own way, I’m an artistic supporter. I think it’s neat that other people can do this stuff.” n

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rowing up on a farm outside of Nashville, Millard Choate began building things at an early age. That skill led to him launching his own construction firm, but he still gets a kick out of taking on DIY projects around his houses in Sandy Springs and Lake Lanier that he shares with his wife, Sue. “I like to work with my hands, so on weekends, I still do projects,” he says. “I do everything: I’ve laid brick flooring, done some roofing, put in an irrigation system and handled all the maintenance and repairs.

I like good, hot, sweaty work.”

But Choate has another passion beyond building that he indulges as a hobby. A self-proclaimed “car nut,” he’s crazy about slipping behind the wheel of one of the vintage cars in his ever-revolving collection. It’s also a fascination that dates back to his Tennessee childhood: He learned about mechanics and cars while working

at a neighbor’s gas station.

“I have an innate love for muscle and classic cars,” he confesses.

“I love the design and mechanics.

I’ve had many of them for years; some of them I bought back in the 1970s, including a restored original ’55 Chevrolet Bel Air and a ’66 Corvette that were collector cars when I got them. I’ve also got an old Jaguar and a Buick roadster. But my heart goes more toward the mid-1930s; I’m looking now for a Packard.”

Keeping with his hands-on approach, Choate does most of the mechanical maintenance himself. He’s even planning to build a maintenance garage behind his Sandy Springs house for just that purpose. He usually keeps two cars at the lake and the others at home, but he’s always switching them out.

And there’s just never enough time to do all the tinkering he enjoys.“Even something as simple as detailing or waxing the car,

then standing back to see the result is big for me,” he says.

Choate has shared the car bug with his daughter, Emily, the company’s marketing director who owns a ’69 Camaro. In April, the two hosted Cars & ’Q for the Cause, a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, at the firm’s Sandy Springs headquarters. The event drew hundreds of antique car owners and fans, and left Choate

Milliard Choate has passed his passion for car collecting onto his daughter, Emily.

gawking at the impressive array of classic and collectible autos.

“I don’t sky dive; I haven’t found a cure for cancer,” Choate says. “But I like to get things accomplished, and with cars, we can help the cause.” n

MILLARD CHOATE President, Choate Construction

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LIVIA WHISENHUNT CEO, PS Energy Group

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Livia Whisenhunt packs a wallop as a CEO and an expert skeet shooter and hunter.

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’m quite a tomboy,” admits Livia Whisenhunt, who founded her own company in 1985. So it comes as no surprise to those who know the energetic CEO and Sandy Springs resident that her favorite pastimes beyond the boardroom are hunting and skeet shooting.

“I’ve always shot and handled guns, and I love sporting clays because no matter how bad you are, it’s not embarrassing—everyone’s shot is the same,” she says. “There’s no ball in the woods or water to chase, but you’re always competing because you shoot in a squad, like golf, and you keep score and try to improve yourself.”

Whisenhunt is a member of the Annie Oakley Shooters, an informal group of women who gather once a month, usually at The Burge Club, a 1,000-acre private farm in Mansfield, about 45 minutes east of Buckhead on I-20. “All of them, including me, shoot on their own, and some even travel around to registered shoots,” Whisenhunt says. “Many women don’t play golf, so this is a way to network. In fact, I was introduced to sporting clays through a charity event when someone invited me.”

Whisenhunt now mixes business with pleasure by inviting other women execs to The Burge where she first discovered the “Annies.”

“I went to a business function there and learned that it’s their home course, so I joined,” she recalls. “The whole idea is to engage women in the sport and have fun doing it. I enjoy the ‘holy cow— was that cool’ response after taking a group of women to shoot for the first time.”

Whisenhunt keeps a collection of guns, including some vintage ones, that she describes as “tools.” “Depending on what you’re doing, you need a different one.

If I’m pheasant hunting in the woods, I might take one; for shooting sporting clays, I use another. For clays, I use a customfitted one that’s easier to hit the targets with.

Guns are not really made for women, so if you aspire to shoot and be competitive, you get one that’s fitted.”

Although she doesn’t compete, Whisenhunt hunts and shoots at a farm in Morgan County that she’s owned for more than 20 years. (“In DeKalb and Fulton counties,” she notes, “you can’t shoot in your backyard.”)

While there, she’ll squeeze in a bike ride and some fishing as well. Her fellow hunter is often her husband of 26 years, Dewey Johnson, who is also an avid shooter.

“Believe it or not, on our first date, he said, ‘Let’s go skeet shooting,’ and I had no idea he shot,” says Whisenhunt with a laugh.

“I now affectionately refer to him as Wild Bill. We’ve had fun ever since.” n

ANNA BRUMBY CEO, The Brumby Chair Company

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riting and rockers are two common threads that spool through Anna Brumby’s family history.

The Buckhead resident was raised in Marietta, where her grandfather bought the Marietta Daily Journal in the 1940s and bequeathed it to her father, Otis Jr. “My dad was a great storyteller and writer, and my mother was, too,” recalls Brumby.

“Writing has been a natural part of my childhood.”

The family’s other interest also tapped into her writing skills. The Brumby Chair Company was founded by her ancestors in the 1870s but was managed by people outside the family until her father took it over in the early 1990s. As a teen, Brumby and her dad wrote a video script about the company history. When he died in 2012, she left a consulting career to take over the reins. While her time is now devoted to the rocking chair business, she hasn’t left writing and reading behind.

“I love a good fiction story and writing my own,” Brumby says.

“I typically read or write late at night before bed. I have four or five good books on the bedside table— Stephen King’s latest and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. I usually pick up and put down several books at a time.”

Brumby started writing her own tales while working in London in 2004 after graduating from UGA’s business school. “I created a story out of my life there, writing down what happened each day,” she says. “It was a unique time, and writing about it helped me be in the moment. When I came back to the States, I continued taking home a nugget of something I’d heard or seen during the day.”

Brumby has been back in the area and living in Buckhead since 2013 and continues to write regularly. She also runs, plays ALTA tennis and arranges “play dates” for

“My dad was a great storyteller and writer, and my mother was, too...Writing has been a natural part of my childhood.”

George, her 2-year-old English lab.

“When I took over the chair company and wasn’t traveling each week, I went to a breeder in north Georgia and found George,” she says. “He’s very sweet, and

I often set up play dates with my friends and their dogs.”

George also plays prominently in a story idea Brumby has for a children’s book. “For the past few years, I’ve been so involved with

the chair company that I haven’t had much time to work on it, but I’d love to have a book one day if I’m brave enough to publish.

I think it takes a very brave person to put their writing out there.” n

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DIANA KEOUGH

CEO and Founder, ShareWIK Media

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iana Keough had a busy career as a journalist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and that city’s local NPR station when her husband’s job brought the couple to Atlanta 10 years ago.

Instead of starting her career over, she became a long-distance commuter between Atlanta and Cleveland. Her precious free time was dedicated solely to her four sons, Sean, Bret, Tommy and Robby.

“I never missed anything my kids did,” she says. “The state track meet, the tennis tournament, National Honors Society induction—I was there. But after about a year, I just couldn’t do it anymore.”

In 2007, Keough decided to stay in Atlanta full-time and began teaching journalism at Emory University while exploring career options. Her talent for storytelling led her to create ShareWik, a website that disseminates health and wellness content. This year,

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Healthcare Solution and Services, a division of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., became a shareholder.

“So a company I started in my bedroom is now part of a Fortune 100,” Keough says. And even though her unmarried sons now range in age from 20 to 29, they remain the focus of her free time.

“It sounds slightly neurotic, but to get them all to myself, we have to keep coming up with exotic places to take them,” she says with a laugh. “We’ve always been a very physically active family; they’re all tennis players and golfers. I was always in the driveway playing basketball because that’s how you get boys to talk to you.”

Planning the family excursions takes most of the year and ends with memory-making trips that usually last a week to 10 days: an African safari, hiking the Inca trail, a Habitat for Humanity build in Ethiopia. “We love doing stuff like

that,” she says. “And I love seeing how much they enjoy it. The safari was particularly special; I could see how deeply touched they were by seeing all the nature, the giraffes.

It’s great to see them filled with joy by something so simple. Hiking the Inca trail was great because no one had cell service, and the boys talked openly. It was eight to 10 hours a day of walking, which meant there was enough time for me to hear their hearts, something that doesn't happen much anymore now that they're all grown men. It was really special.”

When not planning family outings, the Buckhead resident has smaller-scale ways to relax.

“I’m in a book club, I walk the dog every day for a couple of miles. But I’m already thinking about what we should do next summer: Hike a volcano in Guatamala? Climb Kilimanjaro?

I’m constantly floating ideas.” n

Diana Keough with two of her four sons: Bret (left) and Sean (right).

They may be all grown up, but Diana Keough’s brood of four boys still get together with mom and dad for action adventures. Above the family with some of their feet in Kenya and some in Tanzania. Below, at Macchu Picchu after hiking the Inca Trail.

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ou might not envision lap lanes in a swimming pool as an ideal spot to socialize. But three area executives found time between breaths to discover their shared passion: participating in Ironman competitions that require a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile race—in that order, without resting in between.

Chris Keysor, president and CEO of Lenbrook, a 500-resident senior living community in Buckhead, met Chris Johnson, the owner of three Buckhead and two Stone Mountain McDonald’s franchises, in the water at Dynamo Swim Center in Chamblee. Brad Buie, principal and vice president of Atlanta Capital, is a friend of both who shares their dedication to training for the water leg of competitions. And all share a drive to be physically fit with activities that help them shake off the stress of work.

“It’s fantastic to get my blood pressure up without being mad at someone,” says Johnson with a laugh. “It’s a stress reliever. I can be alone in the pool, on a bike or a run listening to music. It’s therapeutic.”

Johnson, 39, has competed in three full Ironman competitions and nine half-length contests. And the toughest part is still the swimming.

“I’m used to being on two feet rather than in the water, so I have to work at it. My favorite distance is the halfIronman, 70.3 miles. The last one I competed in was last year in Chattanooga, and I won my age group, 35 to 39. So I’m getting better.”

A former football player at Stanford in California who now lives in the West Paces Ferry-Northside area, Johnson enjoys keeping a competitive edge. “I like challenging myself and pushing my body. And before we had kids, it became our travel. I did destination races in New York, D.C., Chicago, Alcatraz, all over. Now, it’s a good example for my kids (5-year-old Eliza and 7-year-old Zaeem). They’ve even done some kid triathlons. So we’ve turned it into a family event.”

Chris Keysor, who turns 50 this month, has completed one Ironman and tries to squeeze two or three half-marathons into his schedule each year. The competitions are often an event for his wife, Jolie, and their kids, 12-year-old Zoe and 9-year-old Aiden, to attend and watch. They’ve accompanied him to events, and the kids have even joined him across the finish line a few times.

“My son is starting to run with me now, so that’s fun. Last year, I was in an Ironman in the United Kingdom,

BRAD BUIE and the whole family got to go, and we spent a week in London and a week in Paris. I also get to share [experiences] with my extended family at Lenbrook: Co-workers have put notices about my races on the doors, and the residents make me tell stories about what I’m doing.”

Keysor, who grew up in Florida, says his best sport is biking, and he works at it on a trainer in his basement for more than four hours most Saturdays. “I’ve also spent the last few years working on my run, but it’s the swimming that continues to be elusive.”

Buie, who lives in Brookhaven with his wife, Nicole, 12-year-old Kaitlyn and 9-year-old Will, also makes triathlons something for the entire family to share. “The kids got into it as I did, and they also compete,” says Buie, 45. “We don’t work out together, but I do run with my daughter in the neighborhood.”

A long-distance runner as a teen, Buie decided to try triathlons in 2010

CHRIS KEYSOR after seeing an Ironman championship in Hawaii. “I thought it would be something I’d like to try someday, so when I turned 40, I thought it was a good time to mix it up and not put as much stress on my body from just running. But running is my strength; I had no experience with swimming, so that’s my learning curve.”

In the three contests he’s entered, Buie says his performance has been “okay, but not as good as I’d like. “In most races I’m typically in the top 5 percent of my age group. My goal is to be in the top 2 percent.”

And he also wouldn’t mind beating his buddy, Keysor.

“We’ve done two races together, and he’s beaten me both times.

But I wasn’t too far behind!” n

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all brings a lot of things to look forward to: Monday Night Football, sweater weather and a blaze of colorful foliage. Add to the list the annual Brookhaven Chili Cook Off. The competition will take place Oct. 8 at Brookhaven Park with more than 75 amateur and restaurant teams flaring up their burners and cooking their tastiest chili and Brunswick stew recipes. Sample it all until supplies run out and, along with the panel of official judges, pick your favorites.

Your taste buds will also help choose the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Once you’ve filled your belly with all that spicy stew, enjoy a rousing game of cornhole, jam to two live bands and a DJ or run after the young’uns at the Kid Zone—working off some of those calories you just consumed in the process. – Jill Becker

BROOKHAVEN CHILI COOK OFF Oct. 8, 12:30-6 p.m.

Tasting spoon: adults $10-$20, 12 & under free Brookhaven Park 2660 Obsorne Road Brookhaven 30319 404.640.4393 brookhavenchilicookoff.com

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THOMAS STRUTH: NATURE & POLITICS

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Fans clap, sing and dance along to the stellar lineup of bands who take to the stage each October for the Rock Chastain fundraiser.

A ROCKIN’ NIGHT BENEFITS A BELOVED PARK

Oct. 16 404.733.4400 high.org The High Museum will be the first museum in the United States to present a new body of work from Thomas Struth, the German photographer known for his large-scale color photography of cityscapes, architecture, portraits, landscapes and more. Tickets to the exhibit “Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics” cost $12 for children ages 6 to 12 and $19.50 for adults.

WHISKIES OF THE WORLD Having a name like Ed Roland, best known as the lead vocalist of Collective Soul, on the concert lineup is itself worth the price of admission. But when it comes to this year’s third annual Rock Chastain event that Roland is headlining, several more noteworthy musicians are performing, too. Fans will fill Chastain Park Amphitheater on Oct. 15 for a rollicking performance featuring John Driskell Hopkins of the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band; Brian Collins, an artist making waves on MusicRow’s Country

Breakout Chart; Atlanta’s own Southern rock superstars Drivin’ N’ Cryin’; country/ folk favorite The Whiskey Gentry; and Roland, who’ll be there with his band, the Sweet Tea Project. Roland, who lives in the Chastain Park area, is staging the event to raise funds for Atlanta’s largest park so it remains a viable refuge for the 2 million visitors who take advantage of its 268 acres each year. Funds will go toward improvements such as the new 40,000-square-foot playground that opened this year. – JB

ROCK CHASTAIN Oct. 15, 7-11 p.m. $30-$150 Chastain Park Amphitheater 4469 Stella Drive N.W. Atlanta 30342 404.237.2177 chastainparkconservancy.org/ events/rock-chastain

Oct. 22 404.474.0168 whiskiesoftheworld.com/atlanta One of the largest whiskey-tasting events in the United States, Whiskies of the World is coming to the InterContinental Buckhead Oct. 22 from 7 to 11 p.m. The event draws more than 200 exhibitors from around the world and will feature food and cigar pairings.

Tickets cost $140.

LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION SPANISH CLASSES Oct. 29 404.638.1800 thelaa.org Whether you’ve never spoken a word of Spanish before, or you took four years in high school, Atlanta’s Latin American Association has classes for you, hosted in a fun and relaxed environment. Saturday classes start on Oct. 29 and last seven weeks.

Weekday classes begin Oct. 31 and meet twice a week for five weeks.

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Fair Play A FESTIVAL FOR ALL AGES ON THE GROUNDS OF PACE ACADEMY Each October, some 8,000 visitors descend on the campus of Pace Academy preparatory school for its annual Fall Fair. The event, which started back in the 1960s, has blossomed into a hugely popular family affair. Attendees show up, rain or shine, for the dozens of inflatables and rides, the cupcake walk, rock climbing wall, obstacle course, jousting,

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bungee jumping, visits from area athletes and a variety of other activities. Adding an extra-fun twist is this year’s ’80s theme, so break out your acid-washed jeans and partake of the retro treats in the candy house, ’80s tunes in the karaoke booth and throwback nails and hair in the Glamourama tent. A totally tubular time will be had by all. – JB

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During its annual Fall Fair, Pace Academy transforms from an institute of higher learning to a fairgrounds of fun and games.

PACE ACADEMY’S DAY OFF, A TOTALLY ’80S FALL FAIR Oct. 29, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. rain or shine Free admission; ticket packages available for activities and rides Pace Academy 966 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W. Atlanta 30327 404.262.1345 paceacademy.org/fallfair

HADASSAH ATLANTA’S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Oct. 30 678.443.2961 hadassah.org Hadassah Atlanta, one of the city’s largest women’s organizations, is celebrating its 100th year of serving the community with a gala on Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead. The evening will honor three important members: Rae Frank, Virginia Saul and Renee Rosenheck. Tickets start at $225.

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String Fling attendees enjoyed a three-course meal, auctions and “Out of this World” festivities.

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS’ STRING FLING

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Bob Morris (left) and Christina Mimms (right) pose with an “Out of this World” character.

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String Fling committee member Vir Nanda and his guests.

tring Fling, the Center for Puppetry Arts’ 22nd annual fundraising gala, delighted crowds who engaged in hands-on puppetry experiences, indulged in a three-course meal and participated in live and silent auctions offering items such as golf experiences, wine baskets, a behind-the-scenes tour of MercedesBenz Stadium and workshop tour of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in New York. Following the “Out of this World” theme, 330 guests interacted with puppeteers throughout cocktail hour, and many created their own alien puppets. This black tie event also featured short puppetry performances. The meal by Grand Hyatt Buckhead Executive Chef Jesse McDannell included a salad of bibb and artisanal greens with heirloom tomatoes, Parmesan and roasted garlic dressing, herb-crusted chicken breast with a port reduction, asparagus spears and Gouda-whipped mashed potatoes, all capped with a gourmet dessert trio and a flowing supply of Barefoot wine, one of the evening’s sponsors. The center, which provides more than 70,000 tickets annually to children and groups who may not otherwise be able to visit, raised $200,000 from the gala to financially support the arts-infused program, primarily for schools and community groups. - Jordana Klein

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he Jewish Educational Loan Fund (JELF) grants interest-free loans to Jewish students from five southeast states, including Georgia, who are seeking higher education. This year, the nonprofit’s August fundraiser surpassed expectations with a lavish Buckhead venue and premier guest appearances that contributed to sold-out tickets and a waiting list weeks before the event. The 660 guests in attendance at Legendary Events’ Flourish Buckhead were greeted with an hour of networking accompanied by an open bar of top-shelf liquor and abundant food stations. Following the reception, attendees enjoyed an evening of speeches, including an appearance

by Jesse Itzler, owner of the Atlanta Hawks, co-owner of Marquis Jet, partner of Zico Coconut Water and author of Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet. JELF’s Board President, Marianne Garber, and her husband, Stephen, a JELF past president, were honored and spoke about their family’s 80-year history with the organization. The evening concluded with coffee, desserts, book sales and signings from Itzler, with proceeds benefitting JELF. The event raised $215,000 in addition to moneys donated prior to the event through sponsorships and ticket sales. - Jordana Klein

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t takes two to tango, but sometimes, it’s just one. For every $1 raised from the Tangerine Tango Fashion Show in September, four meals were provided to families in North Georgia and metro Atlanta. More than 100 guests, dressed in orange to support Hunger Action Month, enjoyed an evening of specialty cocktails created by Wrecking Bar Brewpub, heavy hors d’oeuvres provided

by Proof of the Pudding and fall fashion designed by BCBGMaxazria, Hugo Boss, Theory and others, while fund-raising to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Attendees weren’t the only ones dressed in orange, however. Each drink, fashion piece and decor item showcased the hue to honor the mission. The third annual fashion event took place at Lenox Square in Bloomingdale’s second-floor New View area (next to the handbag department).

The Food Bank and a host committee of volunteers raised more than $16,300 from the soiree. Raffles and silent auction items, including Alliance Theatre passes and Total Wine, Seven Lamps, Maggiano’s, California Pizza Kitchen and CorePower Yoga gift cards, rounded out the evening. - Jordana Klein

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