January 2020
Features
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For sheriffs, healthcare for inmates can be a burden. For one doctor, it has been the opportunity of a lifetime.
Many Sheriffs across the Southeast see medical care for their inmates as a burden and liability. For doctor Carlo Musso of CorrectHealth, it’s been the business opportunity of a lifetime.
Who lives in Atlanta? Who will be here in the future? A look at the data
Race has always been the throughline in every significant discussion about Atlanta, but as the metro area grows ever more diverse, the story is much more than black and white
You know when you’re an Atlantan when . . .
We posed this question to our readers. Here’s what they told us.
It’s the best time to be an Atlantan. It might also be the worst.
In the city’s constant compulsion to reinvent itself, it lost an important part of itself instead.
What makes us Atlantans
Our transience and Atlanta’s sprawling geography make it challenging to define what unites us, especially as an ever-widening array of nationalities and ethnicities embraces the metro area. Yet there’s no doubt something holds us together and keeps us here.
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The Connector
A disability advocate explains the joys—and challenges—of navigating Atlanta
“When I was nine, I was diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness. I’ve probably uploaded a few hundred pictures of inaccessible sidewalks to Atlanta’s 311 app. The city is typically good about responding. Still, we need to be more proactive than reactive.”
Don’t Miss List: Our top 4 event picks for January
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs David Bowie, eat traditional Jewish food at Atlanta Jewish Life Festival, and more.
The 40-day headache: Your guide to the 2020 Georgia General Assembly
On January 13, lawmakers from across Georgia will converge under the Gold Dome downtown for the annual session of the General Assembly. Here are the major issues they’ll be discussing in 2020.
Could the next big K-pop star be a student from Atlanta?
In January 2019, Heather Kim held a press conference in Norcross to announce the launch of YMG Entertainment—claiming to be the first K-pop label out of metro Atlanta, home to 51,000 Korean Americans.
A new exhibition at the Atlanta History Center documents Georgia’s earliest civil rights heroes
Starting January 18, the Atlanta History Center will honor Campbell, one of the first black men elected to the General Assembly, and more of the state’s pre–World War I civil rights advocates as part of the New-York Historical Society’s Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow.
The Bite
Review: Redbird stands out among the Westside’s high-end restaurants
The arrival of chef Zeb Stevenson’s Redbird—which has landed in the former home of fine-dining bastion Bacchanalia—signals a new era for the Westside’s restaurant scene.
The verdict on 4 new Atlanta restaurants: Supremo Taco, Forza Storico, Le Colonial, Pantry & Provisions
Second-act Italian at Forza Storico, epic sandwiches at The Pantry & Provisions, high-end Vietnamese at Le Colonial, and game-changing tacos at Supremo Taco.
Is it Google-able? Memorable? Easy to pronounce? How to name a restaurant.
Like naming a baby, picking the right name for a restaurant can trigger high-level anxiety. Will the name be easy to pronounce and remember? Will it stand out from the others? How Google-able is it?
How to make a proper cup of chai
“Chai tea lattes” served at corporate coffee shops differ from a proper cup of chai. In fact, the term “chai tea” is redundant; chai itself is a tea blend.
The Goods
3 treatments to pamper your feet this winter
When temperatures drop, it’s easy to slip your feet inside some cozy slippers and forget about them. But according to Abby Ellis, a massage therapist and co-owner of Future Perfect Massage in Cabbagetown, taking care of your feet is even more critical in winter.
My Style: Ohso, event producer and DJ
When Ohso was told, girls don’t, the Atlanta-based event producer and DJ thought, I can and I will.
At Lenox Square, plus-size shop Eloquii shows off its Insta-famous style
When the Limited shuttered its plus-size store, Eloquii, not even two years after its 2011 launch, a few of its creators were so devoted to the concept that they broke off and took it online. Its seventh brick-and-mortar opened at Lenox Square this winter.
An Atlanta designer turns ikat remnants into scrunchies, headbands, and handbags
After launching her own to-the-trade fabric company, Mollie Nitzken started creating scrunchies from remnants and selling them to friends, eventually offering them on Instagram. Now, Maas by Slightly East sells scrunchies, headbands, scarves, and turbans.
This renovated bathroom in Sandy Springs is inspired by the owner’s lush backyard
Inspired by the trees in his wooded Sandy Springs backyard, architect Daniel Martin renovated the master bath to connect to the outdoors.
Miscellaneous
Flashback: January 18, 1982, when Georgians urged lawmakers to pass the Equal Rights Amendment
A decade after Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 guaranteeing women the same legal protections as men, Georgia remained on the fence.
