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ISSUE 18 • FREE September/October 2013 YOUR GUIDE TO LIVING WELL IN ATLANTA e = m c 2 d = π r 2 h /2 ( b 1 + b 2 ) a x 2 + b x + c = 0 a 2 + b 2 = c 2 i 2 = - 1 e i π = 1 d F = 0 e = m c 2 d = π r 2 h / 2 ( b 1 + b 2 ) a x 2 + b x + c = 0 a 2 + b 2 = c 2 i 2 = 1 e i π = 1 d F = 0 , V E + F = χ Ode to Joy: BUCKHEAD’S JOY CAFÉ A LENOX MALL VALET SPILLS HIS SECRETS Meet a local Jeopardy! Teen Tournament winner and 9 more rising stars BUCKHEAD’S YOUTH PRODIGIES

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Simply Buckhead is the definitive resource for Atlanta's most dynamic intown neighborhood. With a commitment to journalistic excellence, the magazine serves as the authority on who to know, what to do and where to go in Buckhead and its surrounding communities. Simply Buckhead focuses on exposing the neighborhood's best and brightest, especially those typically ignored by other media outlets. It is published 6 times a year, distributing 13,000 copies to more than eight zip codes, and is also available in its entirety online at www.simplybuckhead.com.

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Issue 18 • free

September/October 2013

Your Guide to LivinG WeLL in AtLAntA

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Ode to Joy:Buckhead’s Joy cafÉ

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Meet a local Jeopardy! Teen

Tournament winner and 9 more rising stars

BuCKHeAD’s youTH ProDIGIes

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Christin Nally ViolaSenior Mortgage Consultant

LeeHester RhodesSenior Vice President

Branch Manager

Seth GraySenior Vice President Commercial Lending

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September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

RyAN HuNteR-ReAy JoiNS CuRe

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and indyCar Series Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay has joined the fight. Having lost his mother in 2010 to colon cancer, Ryan is committed to helping in the global fight against cancer. He is partnering with CuRe this September along with his sponsor AutoNation to help raise awareness of childhood cancer and funds for life-saving research.

tune in to NBC’s 11Alive this September to hear Ryan talk about his passion for finding a cure and visit his fundraising page at curechildhoodcancer.org/events/cures-kids-conquer-cancer.

A tRiBute to ouR Quiet HeRoeS

to know a family who has fallen victim to childhood cancer is to know a mother with an unbearable burden to hold her family together. Hosted by Chris Glavine, “A tribute to our Quiet Heroes” is an annual luncheon, auction, and program to honor mothers of children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Since its inception in 2005, the event has raised more than $2 million for pediatric cancer research. Join us September 28, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead for

the 9th annual “A tribute to our Quiet Heroes.” Visit quietheroes.org to purchase tickets or bid on auction items.

PReSeNtiNG SPoNSoRS

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tHANK you to tHe GeNeRouS SPoNSoRS oF “A tRiBute to ouR Quiet HeRoeS”

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each day in September, CuRe will highlight a very special child who has been affected by cancer. We will share their stories of diagnosis, treatment and courage. We will share stories of survivorship and loss. Please start your day on curechildhoodcancer.org, read their stories and share them via Facebook and email. if a story

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/// DEPARTMENTS

15 LETTERS

17 SIMPLY NOW

31 SIMPLY STYLISH

43 SIMPLY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

51 SIMPLY DELICIOUS

73 SIMPLY HAPPENING

S I M P L Y B UC K H E A D ® | S E P t E M B E r / O C t O B E r 2 0 1 3

ContentsPhoto: Sara Hanna Photography

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

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/// HOME

/// COVER STORY

/// FEATURES

63 no kiddingBuckhead is bursting with bright young people, but these prodigies really stand out.

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TRAVEL NEAR: Destin-ation Unknown A beachside B&B offers a taste of New England on the Florida Panhandle

keeping Up with the JoneSeS An interior designer gives her own Buckhead home some TLC

TRAVEL fAR: alaSka at laSt All aboard for a trip to the final frontier

44 Joy of cookingBuckhead’s Joy Café a haven for fresh homespun food

a melodioUS marriageA Brookhaven couple shares a passion for music

Our picks around the neighborhood for this all-American dessert

28 Simply approved

Sweet aS pie

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P.O. Box 11633, Atlanta, GA 30355www.simplybuckhead.com

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We welcome all contributions, but we assume no responsibility for unsolicited material. No portion of this publication can be reproduced in whole or in part without prior written permission.

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SeptemBer/octoBer 2013 | ISSUE 18

yoUr gUide to living well in atlanta

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/// BEHIND THE COVER

Nilai Sarda is so committed to his studies, he almost turned down the chance to appear on our cover. “I have a lot of homework to do,” he told us when we tried to set up a time to photograph him. It took some convincing, but the high school sophomore finally agreed to meet us at The Westminster Schools between study sessions. When we arrived, Sarda was all smiles, happily showing us his books while his mother looked on. We hope Sarda is pleased with the final cover—and that he still got As on his tests the next day.

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

Publisher and founderJoanne Hayes

Editor-In-ChiefAllison Weiss Entrekin

Creative DirectorAlan Platten

Creative Production Assistant Sandra Platten

Senior Account Executive Cheryl Isaacs [email protected]

Account Executives Dee Flores [email protected]

Kyle Wilcox Garges [email protected]

Susan Vara [email protected]

Associate EditorGiannina Smith Bedford

Contributing WritersKate Abney Wendell Brock H.M. Cauley Carly Cooper Jennifer Bradley Franklin Ashley Hesseltine Curt Holman Catherine O’Connor Hough Amanda Matte Olivia Putnal Kelly Skinner Phebe Wahl

Chief PhotographerSara Hanna www.sarahanna.com

PhotographersScott Asano Tyler Welbron

Graphic DesignerMichael Baker

Copy Editor Ellen Glass

Legal CounselScott I. Zucker

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Writer Phebe Wahl began her career in magazines in New York City at Vogue, but relocated to Atlanta to raise her family. For this month’s issue, she interviews Atlanta’s next generation of leaders. “These kids would make any parent proud—not only for their obvious talents, but for their poise and professionalism as they climb their way to the top of their fields,” Wahl says. A mom of three young children herself, Wahl has been an editor or contributing editor to The Atlantan, Men’s Book, JEZEBEL, Atlanta Peach, PaperCity, flower magazine, DailyCandy Kids and Time Out New York. Currently, Wahl is the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantan Brides and the Atlanta Editor of Red Tricycle.

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Thank you for including the great article about Boxing Chicks and Buckhead Fight Club in your July/August issue! It was awesome that the author came out to the club and joined us for a workout, rather than just looking on. I think she captured a great picture of what it’s like for us.

–Kelsey Smith

[The new issue] looks amazing! Not that I expected anything less.

–Amy Howard, sales manager, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

at Phipps Plaza

Love, love, love the magazine. Please keep me on your mailing list.

–Gayle Ford

i am convinced my children are

prodigies.

Greer, 3, spends at least two hours every day drawing, and she’s already creating shapes, experimenting with shading and making bold decisions—like giving Cinderella light green hair with purple roots. The High might want to prepare a wing for Greer’s forthcoming collection. And my 18-month-old son, Trace, is my musician. He started snapping his fingers before he was 1, and whenever he hears a song, that kid bops with some serious rhythm.

Prodigies. Geniuses.OK, roll your eyes. In all seriousness, every child

has a gift (or two). Our neighborhoods are filled with budding inventors, performers, artists, Olympians, scientists, philanthropists, musicians. In our cover story on Buckhead’s youth prodigies, we simply highlight a few of the young people in this area who have tapped into their talents and shared the results with the world.

I hope you enjoy reading about these inspiring young people. In the meantime, I’ll be snapping my fingers and coloring away with my little prodigies.

/// EDITOR’S LETTER

Letters

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Tell us what you think! Send your comments, compliments and criticisms to [email protected]. All letters will be considered for publication and may be edited for length and clarity.

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GREAT issue!–Linda Diack via Facebook

@SimplyBuckhead, loved the pic and partnering with ya’ll on the event! Picked up a copy of the new “Night Life” edition today. Good stuff!

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Love the article about Disco Kroger and Limelight nightclub … it looked incredible!

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Both Simply Buckhead and Tom Glavine are huge supporters of us. Only appro-priate that the two would work together!

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Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

Left: Trace Entrekin (AKA “Mozart”)Below: An abstract drawing by Greer

Entrekin (AKA “Georgia O’Keeffe”)

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Warm up your paddle and build an appetite for No. 246’s Sunday Ping-Pong tournaments. The free matches take place in the backyard area of the Decatur restaurant from 5 to 8 p.m., where table-tennis aficionados are invited to showcase their skills, Forrest Gump-style. (Novices can also participate.) While sweating through the throes of competition, enjoy a specially priced menu of bites and beverages, including a selection of toasts ($5-$13) with toppings like arugula almond pesto and house ricotta. Crowd members can also help keep

score with one hand and feast on the No. 246 meatball and salt-Parmesan French fries with the other. Wash it all down with a beer or 1-ounce shot of rye whiskey or Fernet Branca ($3 apiece). Tournaments will likely go through October, but they are dependent on weather, so call 678.399.8246 or email [email protected] for more information or to sign up to play. – Giannina Smith Bedford

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Crowds gather in No. 246’s light-strewn backyard to cheer on ping-pong tournament participants. Photo: Courtesy of No. 246

If each picture is worth a thousand words, Atlanta has a lot to say as

Atlanta Celebrates Photography de-scends on the city through November. Whether you’re a collector, an admirer, an award-winning photographer or a self-taught hopeful, there’s something here for everyone. After all, it is the big-gest community-oriented photography festival in the country. This year marks the festival’s 15th birthday, so expect a calendar chock full of photo-centric

activities, exhibits and talks citywide throughout the fall. On the docket? Photo exhibitions at more than 100 local galleries and venues (including Buck-head’s Mason Murer Fine Art, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery and Lumiere), a commissioned public art display along the Atlanta BeltLine by Gregor Turk, visiting lecturers, a film series and even a portfolio review (offering aspiring photographers the chance to receive critiques on their work at the Georgia

Tech Hotel & Conference Center Oct. 12). Here are a few of the festival highlights:

HometowN Pride Admire the works of Atlanta-based artists Tierney Gearon and Jeannette Montgomery Barron during Buckhead gallery Jackson Fine Art’s opening reception running Sept. 6-Nov. 2. See Barron’s celebrity portraiture from the 1980s in Scene—featuring cult icons like Andy Warhol and Willem Dafoe—and

admire Gearon’s plexiglass-encased children and animals in Shapes.

PaddleS UP! Dress to the nines and mingle with likeminded art aficionados and collec-tors at the ACP Fundraiser Photography Auction Gala Sept. 20 at King Plow Arts Center on the Westside. This gala serves as a mega money-raising event for the festival. Attendees can bid on covet-able pieces and dine on a three-course seated dinner. Tickets begin at $150.

daNCiNG QUeeNS Promising to be one of the festival’s most engaging events, Legendary Chil-dren impels you to immerse yourself in Atlanta’s drag scene as you follow 10 queens through the exhibit. Showing at Gallery 1526 in Candler Park, catch the closing reception featuring a live drag show on Sept. 28.

NatUre CallS Listen to renowned National Geographic photographer Alison Wright speak about her process—and her career—at Buckhead’s Pace Academy Oct. 3 and admire the globe-spanning portraits in her exhibit, Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit. While you’re there, make sure to pick up a signed copy of her riv-eting memoir, Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival. – Kelly Skinner

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Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the popular Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise might have brought piracy back into the lives of adults, but children have never lacked enthusiasm for tales of swash-buckling adventures on the high seas. No one needs to break that news to the Maine-based Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, who have performed their popular puppet show Everybody Loves Pirates to enthusiastic crowds across the country for years.

After a visit in 2010, the group brings the show back to Atlanta this fall. Part of the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Family Series, the performance follows the story of Lucy and Little Chucky on a treasure map-led adven-ture that brings them into the hands (and onto the plank!) of a few pesky but loveable pirates. This show is rec-ommended for children 4 and older. Tickets (required for anyone over 2) cost $9.25 for members and $16.50

for nonmembers; admission includes the performance, entrance to the Center’s museum and the opportu-nity to take part in their interactive Create-A-Puppet Workshop. Tickets can be purchased in person, over the phone at 404.873.3391 or online at www.puppet.org/ticket_prices.shtml. –Catherine o’Connor Hough

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Everybody Loves Pirates is a production of The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, a small troupe comprised of three

siblings who write all their shows and perform using handmade puppets. Photo: Frogtown mountain Puppeteers

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On the first Thursday of every month, about 45 Atlantans gather at Druid Hills Baptist Church at 1085 Ponce de Leon Avenue for a movie night. They eat popcorn, watch an action flick and hang out. It’s a setup many of us enjoy in our homes on a regular basis; the only difference is these attendees are homeless.

Led by volunteers like Chuck War-ren, division director for the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia and a Decatur resident, the ministry movie nights offer a sense of normalcy for those who often go without proper food or a roof over their heads.

“They seem to really enjoy having a structured opportunity that’s clean, dry

and safe,” Warren says. “You see a lot of the same folks time after time.”

The doors open at 7 p.m. By that time, Warren and the other volunteers have made chicken salad and tuna salad sandwiches, prepared popcorn, and set out bananas, drinks and des-serts. Attendees are served dinner and then sit down to watch a pre-selected DVD—usually an action movie.

“You kind of get to know some of them,” Warren says. “My wife and I had two over for Thanksgiving.”

Sandy Springs resident Joe Blumberg is executive director of Men’s Health & Wellness Center (MHWC), a nonprofit organization that educates men about disease prevention and supports them through health crises. Blumberg helped found the group in 2007 after undergo-ing a robotic prostatectomy, and stepped into his current role in 2010.

“Men are a neglected group in most health care programs,” he explains. “Eighty percent of funding, research and education-al publications are for women and children.”

He points out that men often don’t take care of themselves as well as women do, live seven years less on average, and “thus

impact the community with a disproportionate expenditure for medical conditions that could have been prevented.”

For that reason, MHWC has a 24-physician Medical Advisory Board that connects its mem-bers with medical contacts and resources in the community. The organization also hosts fundrais-ers and events to raise awareness of men’s health issues, provides educational newsletters, free screenings and a prostate cancer support group.

“We want men to know their numbers and track their health, starting as soon as possible,” he says.

For more information, visit www.menshealthandwellness.org

A Buckhead resident for the past three years, Lulu Vilas moved from New York, where she volunteered walking shelter dogs at animal con-trol. When she came to Atlanta, she was looking for similar opportuni-ties and came across Atlanta Boxer Rescue, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue and adop-tion of boxers in the metro area.

Since then, Vilas has volunteered for everything from conducting home visits to performing tem-

perament tests at animal control. She’s transported foster dogs to veterinary appointments, manned booths at events and served as the adoption coordinator.

“There are more dogs being abandoned every day than people realize—good dogs, not just prob-lem dogs,” she says. “Atlanta Boxer Rescue seeks to rescue as many family dogs as we can from animal control and looks to give them a second chance.”

In addition to owning two boxers, Carter and Lucy, Vilas has fostered 11 or 12 dogs. (Lucy was originally a foster.) Together, Vilas, Carter and Lucy will volunteer at Boxer-stock, a dog-friendly music festival held at Jim Miller Park in Marietta on Oct. 20.

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A Sense of Normalcy

Fostering Four-Legged FriendsLulu Vilas is one of the Atlanta Boxer Rescue’s prize volunteers

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Man to ManSandy Springs resident educates males about wellness

Joe Blumberg leads Men's Health & Wellness Center, helping males through medical issues and hosting annual events like Dash4Dad and Bowl4Dad.

Druid Hills Baptist Church provides monthly movie nights for the homeless

For information, visit www.dhbc.org/movienight

Chuck Warren and Allen Jones organize monthly movie nights for the homeless at the Druid Hills Baptist Church. This project, which has been going on for more than five years, fosters some unexpected bonds in the com-munity.

Lulu Vilas fostered Atlanta Boxer Rescue's first blind dog, Sam. He was so smart that he memo-rized the layout of her house in just three months and was adopted four months after that.

To purchase tickets, visit www.boxerstock.org.

To volunteer, foster or adopt a boxer, visit www.atlantaboxerrescue.org.

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feature: Wendell Brock

On a luminous Sunday morning in early June, I packed my anxiety in a large suitcase, locked it in my bedroom closet

and pointed my car toward Destin for a quick, stress-busting getaway. Though my trip to the Panhandle had been meticulously choreo-graphed, suddenly everything seemed sunny and serendipitous.

Gliding east to Montgomery, I sliced down the state of Alabama as if it were a ripe watermelon. Five hours after backing out of my driveway, I picked up my friend at the Valparaiso, Fla., airport, and we made our way over to our home for the next two nights: Henderson Park Inn.

Perched next to the fabled white sandy beaches and pristine waters of the Florida Gulf Coast, the B&B is a visually arresting sight. Its weathered wooden shingles, breezy verandas and New England-style architecture feel far removed from the tawdry motels, goofy golf and water slides that once typi-fied this so-called Redneck Riviera, where I spent so many childhood vacations swim-ming, shelling and inhaling fried seafood. Indeed, the Henderson Park Inn, which abuts the pristine seaside state park that bears its name, is more Maine than Miracle Strip, a kitsch-free zone where neither kids nor pets are allowed.

Cited as one of the romantic hotels in North America, the inn is a relaxed and welcoming retreat that sets you up to enjoy

the beach at your own pace. From dawn to dusk, there’s no need to leave the property, and, except for a couple of outings to pick up necessities or dine out, we rarely did.

The amenities never stop, beginning with a decadent breakfast buffet that includes made-to-order omelets, the best applewood-smoked bacon I’ve ever tasted, and chafing dishes lad-en with rib-sticking Southern fare like grits and grillades. You are invited to help yourself to the minibar goodies (candy bars, granola bars, water and soft drinks). Box lunches and cookies are provided in takeout boxes—good for the beach or afternoon snacking. Finally, as the day winds to an end, you can drink all you want at a tiki-themed happy hour on the waterfront deck. This is not as insane as it sounds, however, since happy “hour” here means just that—60 minutes.

After checking in, we jumped into the wa-ter for a good soak and soon found ourselves slurping down margaritas and white wine at the “Tiki Hut,” where the bartender made sure our glasses were always full. After a brief rest, we moseyed over to the Beach Walk Café, the inn’s restaurant, for dinner. Though you can reserve a table for the nightly “Toes in the Sand” service beside the surf, we ensconced ourselves on the deck enjoying icy martinis; a seriously good roasted tomato soup (see recipe); a bacon-and-blue-cheese-flecked romaine wedge; a juicy rib-eye cap with mashed potatoes and baby carrots; and

the “fresh catch” special of sea scallops with green beans and nubby little new potatoes tossed in brown butter. Dee-lish.

Though we were more than comfortable in the commodious presidential suite, I took a gander at some of the smaller rooms and found them equally if not more appealing—elegant, light-filled, more like an authentic B&B.

Because no visit to the Gulf Coast would be complete without fried seafood, we headed east to Seagrove Village Market in Seagrove Beach on our final night for a heaping platter of fish, oysters and shrimp, topped off with a slice of housemade Key lime pie. “Serving deep-fried love since 1949,” the diner is an adorable little hole-in-the-wall tucked behind a general store and souvenir shop just off Highway 30A.

The next morning, on our way out of town, still not quite satis-fried, we crossed the bridge for a visit to Nick’s Seafood Restau-rant in Freeport, a time warp of a fish house where the fryers are always roaring and nothing seems to have changed in decades. The servers were kooky, the ambience that of a ’50s-era fish camp and the food, well, it was heavenly. (Get the fried shrimp.)

And so it was that I drove back to Atlanta blissfully stuffed, only to find that the bundle of woes I had stashed away like dirty laun-dry had somehow vanished. As a haven of rest and comfort, Henderson Park Inn had pushed my reset button. n

Destin-Ation unknownA beachside B&B offers a taste of New England on the Florida Panhandle

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Top left: With its New England-style architecture, Henderson Park Inn is an oasis of calm in a region that has not always been known for refined taste. Photo: Courtesy of Henderson Park inn

Above: The view from the inn's presidential suite on a pristine day is pure Panhandle: blue skies, emerald-blue waters and powdered-sugar sand.

Photo: wendell Brock

iNGredieNtS: 4 large tomatoes, cored1/2 red onion, chopped5 cloves garlic3 tablespoons olive oil2 ounces bacon,

chopped

4 cups chicken stock3 tablespoons

tomato paste1 cup heavy cream2 tablespoons

fresh basilsalt and pepper to taste

metHod: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat tomatoes, onion, and garlic with olive oil and roast in oven until brown. Render bacon fat in heavy-bottomed saucepot. Add roasted tomatoes and sauté for 5 minutes. Add chicken stock and simmer covered for 15 minutes.

Puree with a hand blender, or in a blender or food processor, add-ing the tomato paste. Return to the pan and simmer another 10 minutes. Add cream and basil and season to taste with salt and pep-per. Serve hot or cold.

roAsted tomAto souP Serves: 4

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HeNderSoN ParK iNN aNd BeaCH walK CaFé2700 Scenic Highway 98 Destin, Fla. 32541866.398.4432www.hendersonparkinn.com

SeaGrove villaGe marKet3004 South County Highway 395 Seagrove Beach, Fla. 32459 850.231.5736www. seagrovevillagemarket.com

NiCK’S SeaFood reStaUraNt7585 Highway 20 West Freeport, Fla. 32439850.835.2222www. nicksseafoodrestaurant.com

Photo: Courtesy of Henderson Park inn

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Q uite literally, Alaska is the final frontier for my husband, who in his 30-plus-year career as a

manufacturing executive has been in more than 60 countries and every state in America except Alaska. It’s been on our bucket list for years, planned for retirement, but when we had the opportunity to take an eight-day, seven-night southbound cruise aboard Celebrity Millennium in June, we jumped on board.

Flying in, Alaska’s snow-capped mountains and glaciers look like a page out of National Geographic. Daylight in Alaska peaked just one week before our arrival (with more than 19 hours of sunlight in one day), so we explored Anchorage our first well-lit night before heading south to Seward the next day.

Our nearly five-hour hour train ride yielded views of moose crossing rivers, waterfalls, glaciers, eagles’ nests, bears on hillsides. We’d put the camera down, and just as quickly pick it up again for another perfect shot.

As this was my first cruise experi-ence, I was hesitant about being on a “floating hotel” for eight days. I’d read the average person gains a pound a day. With visions of endless buffets and

guests eating and drinking nonstop, as many all-inclusive vacations promote, I was nervous. Once aboard, I pledged to stay active, turning this into a healthy vacation. And I was happy to find there were multitudes of excursions available on the southbound cruise, and guests of all ages are encouraged to hike, bike and explore the outdoors.

Our ports included Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point and Ketchikan. In Icy Strait Point, my husband opted for the world’s longest zipline, 5,330 feet and a 1,300-foot vertical drop at 60 mph, while I viewed totem poles and watched villagers filleting the daily catch and smoking salmon. We at-tended the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan (what’s not to love about rugged woodsmen and a rowdy good time?), visited the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau, and dropped in for a bite at local watering holes, asking natives to share their lore.

Our many excursions included whale and mammal tours, hikes, bicycle tours, Deadliest Catch river adventures and helicopter rides over glaciers. One of my favorite days was cruising to Hubbard Glacier, the larg-est in Alaska. Dolphins playfully swam

alongside us that day, and although we were five miles away, the glacier’s blue-hued ice breaking into chunks in the Gulf of Alaska appeared very close.

All around, the service exceeded every expectation. With 2,138 guests and 954 crew members, there’s almost one crew member per two guests.

Dining featured globally influenced classic and contemporary cuisine, cre-ated by James Beard-featured chef John Suley. The flavors and artful presentation in the main dining room, The Met-ropolitan, impressed, and we enjoyed a different menu nightly. I had fun putting on a cocktail dress and sashay-ing down the dramatic staircase into the elegant restaurant for the two formal evenings, one of which allowed us to dine at the Captain’s Table with the ship’s hotel director, Sheldon Thompson.

There are, of course, round-the-clock casual buffets for breakfast, lunch, din-ner, snacks, desserts and more. If you opt for informal dining, there’s no limit to your choices, including a crêperie, cof-fee houses, gourmet wine bar, jazz bar, spa menu, ice cream and confectionery stands, poolside burgers and hotdogs.

The Celebrity X Youth Program provides plenty of age-appropriate

feature: Joanne Hayes

All AboArd for A triP to the finAl frontier

Above: The Celebrity Millennium, cruising in the Gulf of Alaska, is 965 feet long. Right: A view of majestic snow-capped mountains from the Gulf of Alaska.

Above: Whales rise up from the sea, frolicking beside the massive ship as if they are following course.

Below: Wildlife tours yield moose crossing rivers and wandering in their natural habitat.

AlAskA At lAst

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entertainment, along with babysitting services for parents in need of quiet time alone. With a basketball court, ping pong tables, shuffleboard and an activity center for the younger kids, parents don’t hear the dreaded words, “I’m bored; there’s nothing to do here.”

We took advantage of the fitness cen-ter, walking the treadmill while gazing out over the Gulf of Alaska. We trekked the ship numerous times daily and took classes, including Pilates, strength and conditioning, spinning, yoga, boot camp and personal training, as well as semi-nars on important health topics such as “Relieving Back Pain with Good Feet,” “Detox for Health and Weight Loss” and “Burn Fat Faster.”

We became well-acquainted with the full-service AquaSpa by Elemis, which features signature treatments like the Pro-Collagen Quartz Lift Facial, Exotic Lime and Ginger Body Massage, Ion-ithermie Body Corrective Programs, and my favorite, the Deep Tissue Bamboo Massage, with warm organic oil. In the spa’s thermal suite, Persian Garden, couples can truly enjoy the serenity in the warm, aromatic “silent” zone.

Onboard, there’s an acupuncturist, medi-cal aesthetician, hair stylist, nail technicians, shopping emporium (all duty-free while not in port), thalassotherapy mineral pool, hot tubs and an outdoor pool. After our day’s activities and exquisite meals, we looked forward to a new show nightly in the Celebrity Theater. The talented, ener-getic Celebrity Millennium performers

featured singers, dancers and actors from all over the world, entertaining with two shows a night.

Christina Bianco, an actress-singer currently performing off-Broadway in Newsical, did her powerful one-woman show featuring impersonations of many beloved female icons. In a “small world” story, my husband was dogged by come-dian Al Ducharme for arriving 10 min-utes late to his performance. He seemed familiar, and in looking Ducharme up, it turns out I’d seen him perform years ago in our mutual home state, the smallest in the U.S. Here we were, in the biggest state, enjoying a family-friendly standup routine by a “L’il Rhody” comedian now living in L.A. We’ve promised to stay in touch and see him perform on his next Atlanta visit.

After all this excitement, we slept like babies (thankfully, with no motion sickness). At 91,000 tons and 965 feet in length, the only way to see this ship move is by focusing on the horizon. The gentle rocking, fresh air, majestic vistas and all of the day’s activities ensured a good night’s rest.

This is one bucket list trip we plan to do again, with the addition of a Denali State Forest excursion and our kids. Akin to my first Grand Canyon trip at 45, Alaska was a “larger than life” expe-rience, and daily, my postcard-picture memories remind me of its majesty. n

JoaNNe’S tiP:Call your doctor ahead of cruise time for the motion sick-ness patch, or take Dramamine along. You don’t want to miss a moment.For more information visit:

www.celebritycruises.com

The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show at Ketchikan

Hubbard Glacier, the largest one in Alaska, from 5 miles away

Smoking salmon at Hoonah Village

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sweet As pieour picks around the neighborhood for this all-american dessert

Story: Jennifer Bradley Franklin Photo: Sara Hanna

few desserts evoke the same nostalgia

as good ol’ fashioned pie. however, as we

discovered on our taste-testing adventure,

chefs in our area have put their own twists

on classic flavors. no matter how you slice

it, there's a pie for everyone.

1. Old Vinings Inn: Bourbon Apple Farmhouse Pie ($6 per miniature pie)

It’s fitting that this historic property built in the 1880s serves up a rustic, circular farmhouse pie. The soft crust is stuffed with tart, bourbon-scented apples and topped with a scoop of creamy vanilla bean ice cream.

3011 Paces Mill Road S.E. Atlanta 30339 770.438.2282 • www.oldviningsinn.net

2. Murphy’s: The Bonzo ($7 per slice)

The name of this long-time classic at Murphy’s might as well be shortened from “the bonanza” of good-ness. It combines layers of rich brownie, cheesecake and chocolate mousse, topped with whipped cream and drizzled with caramel. Each layer is sweet and delicious by itself, but the combo is particularly deca-dent, so it’s best enjoyed with a cup of black coffee.

997 Virginia Avenue N.E. Atlanta 30306 404.872.0904 • www.murphys-atlanta-restaurant.com

3. Southern Art: Bourbon Pecan Pie ($9 per slice)

Autumn in Georgia just begs for pecan pie, and this Southern Art dessert pulls out all the stops. While it packs a hefty punch of sugar, the sweetness is tempered, thanks to a dose of bourbon. It’s topped with white chocolate Chantilly cream and a choco-late tuile for a pretty—and rich—presentation.

3315 Peachtree Road N.E. Atlanta 30326 404.946.9070 • www.southernart.com

4. La Tavola: Taleggio & Poached Apricot Tart ($6.50 per slice)

This dessert creation is decidedly the most unusual of our picks, but something about this Italian confection just works. Fruity Italian Taleggio cheese gives it a pleasant tangy flavor, while the poached apricots make it naturally sweet, rather than savory. The plate is dressed with orange blos-som honey and basil cream.

992 Virginia Avenue N.E. Atlanta 30306 404.873.5430 • www.latavolatrattoria.com

5. Pie Shop: Pumpkin with Brown Sugar Streusel ($4.60 per slice, $2 for ice cream)

This quaint Buckhead shop is wholly dedicated to pie, so its creations achieve near-perfect status. This seasonal slice is made with freshly roasted local pumpkin (which has a pleasant smoky flavor) and topped with deliciously crumbly brown sugar-ginger-pecan streusel and housemade vanilla ice cream. The topping really makes it, providing spice (ginger), sweetness (brown sugar) and crunch (pecans). We predict that it will become your go-to fall dessert.

3210 Roswell Road N.W. Atlanta 30305 404.841.4512 • www.the-pie-shop.com

6. Buckhead Diner: White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie ($7.50 per slice)

This signature pie of Buckhead’s most famous diner serves up a winning combination of shortbread crust, firm slices of fresh bananas, creamy filling and a generous heap of shaved white chocolate. It’s like the love child of banana pudding and a white chocolate candy bar, and it’s good.

3073 Piedmont Road N.E. Atlanta 30305 404.262.3336 • www.buckheadrestaurants.com/buckhead-diner

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Keeping up with The Joneses, Page 32home

Simply StyliSh

Tom and Elinor Joneses’ formal living room houses a piano once played by their two daughters as well as Tom’s own trumpet.

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

Interior designer Elinor Jones spends her days beautifying the homes of others, but after more than 20 years ... she decided it was time to pay attention to her own.

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Interior designer Elinor Jones spends her days beautifying the homes of oth-ers, but after more than 20 years in her

Buckhead abode, she decided it was time to pay attention to her own. Back in 1988, Jones and her husband Tom Jones, a partner with the Chamberlain Hrdlicka law firm, worked with William T. Baker & Associates to design their five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath brick home, hiring Phillip Clark Custom Builders to construct it. After their two daughters left home, Jones redecorated the upstairs bedrooms in 2007 as guest rooms, but it wasn’t until 2009 that she decided to take on a larger project: Gut the kitchen and add a screened-in sun porch with the help of architect Kenneth Lynch and Associates and contractor A.J. Thomas.

“Being a designer, you see wonderful kitchens at various show houses and kitchen showrooms, and you realize it’s time for a

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An interior designer gives her own Buckhead home some TLC

feature: Giannina Smith Bedford PhotoS: Sara Hanna

remodel,” Jones says. “We wanted to have a space that would be updated, good-looking, and function well for us.”

Especially since the Joneses became new grandparents of four—triplets born to their eldest daughter and a son born to their youngest daughter, all in the past year—they wanted a comfortable place for family gatherings.

Jones expanded the entryway connecting the kitchen to the family room by 5 feet and lengthened the dark cherry wood island 2 feet to create more space for prepping and serving food. She bumped out a kitchen wall for a new Viking cooktop area, which she outfitted with a Calacatta marble tile back-splash (which includes an inset of Calacatta mosaic tiles). For the surrounding counters, she chose Tropic Brown antiqued granite. She replaced the island’s Corian countertops with White Spring polished granite, the oak

Top: Complete with garden views, the kitchen

sitting area is decorated in wrought-iron lamps, plush

tub chairs and an earth-colored rug from Myers

Carpet.

Above: The Joneses built the sun porch with plans

to add glass windows eventually, but they loved the screened-in ambiance so much they left it as is.

Right: An interior designer since 1989, Elinor Jones’

classic style includes contemporary and Asian-

inspired touches.

the JonesesKeeping up with

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cabinets with creamy custom cabinetry, and the ceramic tile floor with taupe porcelain tile. She also traded the blue-and-white wallpaper for soft green walls to give the kitchen a soothing and elegant feel.

The kitchen’s double ovens became stainless steel Viking ones and moved from one side of the kitchen to the other. Jones also added tall built-in storage cabinets, dish drawers, a pull-up mixer stand and a larger butler’s pantry near the garage door entry. A hidden gem of the overhaul is hard to notice unless you’re searching for a snack—the custom-made, tall dark cherry wood armoire actually disguises a Sub-Zero refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven and freezer drawers.

At the end of the long island, Jones fashioned an inviting seating area where the chocolate loveseat is flanked by two large antique French olive oil jars from Fabulous Things on Bennett Street, each topped with glass to create unique side tables. Backed by a large bay window, this comfy seating area overlooks the home’s backyard forest. “We used to have wood blinds, but now with the Hunter Douglas shades, we can pull them down when needed for light control, but

they usually stay folded completely up, so you feel like you’re in the trees,” Jones says.

Steps away, French doors open up to the home’s sunroom addition, which is done in Bluestone floors and wood furniture from AuthenTEAK accented by colorful touches like a large cerulean blue platter from Jerry Pair at ADAC.

“We enjoy entertaining family and friends in our newly remodeled kitchen and new screen porch,” Jones says. “We love the open feeling that was created between fam-ily room and kitchen, which makes enter-taining flow exceptionally well.”

The kitchen renovation and sunroom addition took about five months, but Jones says the dust and microwave dinners were all worth it. In fact, this savvy designer took on another home rehab in 2011, redoing all her guest bathrooms with Crema Marfil marble, lighting sconces from Design Lighting and custom framed mirrors. She moved on to her master bath in 2013, working with contractor Carsten Jensen of Viking Works. Finished in the summer of 2013, the master bath features counters in polished dark Emperador marble and cappuccino marble floors and shower walls.

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“Being a designer, you see wonderful kitchens at various show houses and kitchen showrooms, and you realize it’s time for a remodel...”

Top: The Joneses’ remodeled kitchen offers ample cooking space on an expanded island illuminated by a

pendant fixture from Design Lighting Group.

Above: To create a unified look from the family room into the kitchen, Jones commissioned a custom furniture-

style armoire to house the Sub-Zero refrigerator, freezer drawers, microwave and toaster oven.

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The centerpiece of the room is the antique Chinese carved window from Miami Cir-cle’s Mandarin Antiques hanging behind the new Cheviot cast iron tub.

“I chose the carved elm window because I wanted to use an art object that would not deteriorate with light and moisture in a bath setting as a print or painting might,” Jones says. “The carved piece is more sturdy and practical, as well as being very unusual, and I love to look at it every day. The foo dog represents good luck! I also wanted something that would be a large focal point.”

The Chinese window joins the ranks of Jones’ favorite home accents. Other beloved items include the dining room’s antique crystal chandelier, which illumi-nates Brunschwig & Fils wallpaper that is a documented reproduction of wallpaper in the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England. The chandelier is from Parc Monceau An-tiques in Peachtree Hills, but most of the antiques in the Joneses’ residence are family heirlooms. Antique clocks, side tables and mirrors can be found at every turn, mixed among colorful paintings done by Southern artists, including South Carolina painter Dina Lowery and Atlanta artists Ann Rhodes and Isabelle Lamar.

While Jones is already planning the redesign of her closets and addition of a photography gallery in the back hall, she says there is not much else she would change about her home. Well, at least not for a few more years. n

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Above: The formal dining room showcases a dining table

purchased from J. Tribble. Jones had Designer Rugs

create the striking blue rug for her after she saw a smaller

version at the antique rug dealer.

Right: The month-long renovation on the master bathroom added marble from Bottega by Stones

International, custom cabinetry and Rohl fixtures in a brushed

nickel finish.

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Left: The master bedroom combines antiques—including a family heirloom clock and chairs with needlepoint seats stitched by Tom’s mother—with paintings by Atlanta artists Ann Rhodes and Isabelle Lamar.

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For the Watch-Obsessed: hublot Swiss watchmaker Hublot opened its Atlanta doors in 2012 within the high-end shopping mecca of Phipps Plaza. The location, which became Hublot’s eighth U.S. store, boasts 1,000 square feet of luxury men’s and women’s watches. “Our Atlanta clients include doctors, lawyers, restaurant owners and more. They all have one thing in common—they love our watches! Ludacris has even shown great support for Hublot in Atlanta,” says Atlanta store director

Jim Koonts. Hublot’s Swiss watches became a phenomenon when introduced in 1980. Hublot was the first-ever brand to offer watches with a metal case as the face of the watch and a rubber strap—something it calls the “fusion” concept. In additional to the “Fusion,” Hublot now also offers the “Big Bang,” “King Power” and “MP” collections. When purchasing, buyers choose a collection and their preferred model, materials and jewels. The options include things like stainless steel, carbon fiber or ceramic cases; dials set with jewels; self-

winding chronograph movements; gold-plated appliqués; and anti-reflective treatments, among many others. “Hublot is truly unique—they produce all of the watch movement components in-house, allowing freedom of design,” Koonts explains.

For the Bargain Hunter: Charmed Brookhaven resident Shannon Reyn-olds was in search of a fun, fast and affordable way to buy jewelry last summer. After browsing a site with a concept she admired, she decided to start her own jewelry-auction venture. Charmed, named in honor of her grandmother’s beloved charm brace-let, was born in 2012. A true mommy-owned business, Reynolds manages the Facebook-based concept between naps and storytime. It’s simple: On Sundays at 8:30 p.m., Reynolds posts her most recent jewelry finds from AmericasMart, jewelry tradeshows and her high-end contacts, plus the price.

Viewers may comment “sold” on the photo with their email address; the first “bidder” receives a PayPal invoice and the item or items within one to two weeks. Recently sold pieces in-clude stud earrings for $16 and various statement necklaces for $24. “Know-ing that I help my buyers feel great about themselves with the purchase of a new, yet affordable accessory is thrilling for me,” Reynolds says.

For the True Classic: LA Stein California native Lisa Stein now resides in Buckhead, but her easygo-ing West Coast style has translated into a successful jewelry venture. “I enjoyed a career in fashion design in New York City in ‘my first life’ and then I took a metalsmithing course at the Spruill Center for the Arts and realized how much I missed design-ing,” Stein says. So, in 2006, Stein began creating jewelry, now known as the LA Stein collection. Buckhead-

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Whether it’s a timeless pair of studs, an impressive watch or a stunning statement necklace, there’s just something so pleasing about adding a new

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s Jim Koonts, Atlanta Hublot boutique director.

s Charmed offers new jewelry items to buyers through Facebook each week. Pictured: diamond cuff, $20; green turquoise and crystal stretch bracelet, $24; gold stretch bracelet, $26.

Shannon Reynolds, owner of Charmed.

LA Stein’s fine jewelry collection includes investment pieces like these diamond pavé laguna green agate drop earrings, $9,800.

t Lisa Stein, owner of LA Stein.

s The Impeccable Pig’s colorful accessories, like this orange bauble necklace, $38, make for an adorable gift.

t Jenny Correa and Laura Robbins, owners of the Impeccable Pig.

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based boutique Tassels picked up her beautiful jewels shortly after her endeavor began, and now she’s selling her baubles all around the world. “My friends in Buckhead and the South in general have a wonderful appreciation for color,” Stein says. LA Stein jewels encompass a simple yet elegant style, with hand-forged gold, fine diamonds and colorful gemstones.

For the Statement Maker: The Impeccable Pig As a new summer addition to the ever-expanding Shops Around Lenox, The Impeccable Pig boutique offers chic jewelry, clothing and bags at great prices. For under $100, you can score one—or three—trendy pieces from the 8-by-6-foot jewelry wall. You can snag a bright bib necklace to accompany your newest dress for a wedding, or a pair of statement studs to dress up your work attire. When it comes to bags, we especially love the sparkly clutches for a night out, or an oversize tan tote for work. “Our main focus is greeting customers with a smile and assuring that they leave with a smile of their own,” says Atlanta store manager Sarah Mullis. Add to your tried and true date night LBD or find the perfect everyday gold hoops—either way, you’ll leave with a shiny addition. n

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However, Kelly, who has practiced in Buckhead since 1989, has such a warm confidence about him, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s a chiropractor specializing in applied kinesiology, a science he describes as “a way to ask the body a series of questions, looking for what makes the body stronger and weaker.”

In my one-and-a-half-hour initial session with the doc, we discussed four health factors he focuses on: digestion (“chewing your food a minimum of 25 times is key to giving your body access to the nutrition from your food”); identifying nutrient/chemical surpluses or deficiencies; adjustment and alignment; and how the feet affect balance.

Before my appointment, Kelly asked me to complete a test online called the Braverman Personality Assessment. “Wait a minute,” I

thought. “What does personality have to do with health?” It turns out, quite a lot. According to Kelly, our brain chemistry greatly affects our personality and our cravings, sleep habits, energy and much more. If the four main brain chemicals—acetylcholine, GABA, serotonin and dopamine—are out of balance, you’ll experience maladies that can range from headaches to intense fatigue. (I’m acetylcholine dominant, meaning that I’m highly creative, but unfortunately, I’m dopamine deficient, which partially accounts for low energy at times.)

To help me balance, he recommended changing my diet to include more anti-inflammatory omega-3 foods (such as plants, grass-fed meat, nuts and seeds) and fewer inflammatory omega-6 foods (goodbye dairy and grains), and he gave me supplements of omega-3 oils, iodine and tyrosine to help support

healthy thyroid function. Next, it was time for my initial adjustment. He tested for weakness in my limbs, which could signal improper blood flow to internal organs, since they’re connected to corresponding vertebrae. Instead of the aggressive popping and cracking you might expect from a chiropractor, Kelly adjusts gently using a vibrating mallet-like tool that coaxes the spine back into alignment. Unlike typical chiropractic care, which many patients complain is a never-ending series of visits, Kelly’s addition of applied kinesiology helps the adjustment “stick.” “The core pieces don’t come undone,” he says. “It’s sort of like rebooting your computer once and having it work properly.”

After just one visit, I felt overwhelmed with information: a bit like trying to drink water from a fire hose. However, I connected with my friend Amy Crouse who initially told me about Kelly after she saw him for headaches. “He’s truly a miracle worker. Within three months, in addition to my migraines, he had cured an inner ear imbalance that multiple other specialists said was incurable,” she says. “He was

able to get me off all medicines and improved my sleep, energy level and overall health.”

Even though the volume of information can feel overwhelming (and still does, even though I’ve seen Kelly several times), his gentle, friendly demeanor makes it seem less intimidating. I’m on my way to becoming a believer. n

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Chiropractic and kinesiology help bring balance

SIMPLY StYLISh WeLLneSS

“Health is simple,” Dr. Tim Kelly is fond of saying. “We’re not that complicated.” As someone who writes regularly about wellness, I’m tempted to disagree: It seems like

there are so many conflicting theories and ideas about how to keep our bodies in good health, it can feel incredibly complicated.

s The vibrating pad Dr. Kelly uses allows him to do a chiropractic adjustment without over-adjusting, a much gentler approach to the practice.

Dr. Kelly uses a cold laser to repair tissue and reduce inflammation in a focused way.

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We have to ask: How did the name Kudzu come about?Kate’s mom just thought it was unique and funny and very Southern since it had started growing all over the South. Her motto used to be “Kudzu—We’ll Grow on You.” Plus, as Kate recalls, there was a large patch of kudzu growing behind the old store, so it kind of fit.

How has Kudzu’s style changed in the last decade? Over the past 10 years we have developed a unique [concept] with Kudzu that we like to call a “vintage-inspired home store.” We intentionally blend items from different time peri-ods and styles, mixing store-owned merchandise into the unique mix of talented dealers we’ve attracted.

How is the new Sandy Springs location different from the Decatur one?Both stores are uniquely “Kudzu,” with an eclectic prod-uct mix, but Sandy Springs was designed to have a more open flow and to provide more resources for designers and decorators. The [Sandy Springs] store has more special-order upholstery lines, a “Design Bar” and design-ers on staff, a small stage for design seminars and live music events, and a specialty custom furniture service.

What would you say is your personal design style?No surprise, but our home is decorated like our stores! We believe very much your home should reflect both your per-

sonal history and your current tastes. An antique from your grandmother, a cool repur-posed workbench, a beautiful sofa, a piece of Southern folk art on tin, a lighting fixture made from hand-blown glass … I guess you could call our personal style “eclectic fusion.” Personal, dynamic, multi-layered. n

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George Lawes and his wife, Kate, both grew up in homes filled with antiques. Today, the husband-and-wife team in-

fuses their appreciation for historic and mean-ingful furnishings into their home décor stores, Decatur’s Kudzu Antiques and Sandy Springs’ Kudzu & Company. Touted as Atlanta’s oldest antiques market, the original Kudzu opened in Decatur (one block from the current location) when Kate’s mother, Emily Campbell, created it 34 years ago. When Campbell passed away in 2002, the Laweses took over the business and revamped it with their personal panache, mix-ing classic antiques with funkier vintage pieces (one of their favorites is a huge English carnival sign from the 1950s). Kudzu’s 25,000-square-foot Decatur showroom became such a popular destination that the Laweses decided to open a sister shop in November 2012. Situated on Roswell Road, the new store takes up 24,000 square feet of a potential 34,000, offering lots of room for future growth. George recently spoke with Simply Buckhead about their flourishing business and unique sense of style.

Prior to taking over Kudzu Antiques, George Lawes was a producer at CNN and hosted a weekly show on TBS that focused on environmental affairs called Network Earth.photo: Sara Hanna photography

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Simply artS & entertainment

Look familiar? Lee Wiser McIntosh’s pearl jewelry creations put a new spin on the classic look of a girl with a pearl earring.

Photo: Steve Pelosi “Before I even knew that the iconic [Vermeer] painting was coming to Atlanta, I [commissioned] some of these casual shots with the same pose.”

Art view

-Buckhead jewelry designer Lee Wiser McIntosh

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Few married couples take the concept of “making beautiful music together” quite so literally as Michael and Catherine

Giel. The young husband and wife from Brookhaven pursue musical careers of strik-ing breadth, without missing a note.

Michael is principal conductor for the Buckhead-based Capital City Opera Com-pany, where Catherine serves as the organiza-tion’s music director while programming and casting all the productions. She also works a day job as education manager of Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall, tutors singers and plays piano as an accompanist. Director of orchestras at Cambridge High School in Milton, Michael also plays violin with the Al-bany Symphony and viola with his string trio, Clairemont Strings. To stay musically fresh and creative, they also play in other bands in their spare time—when they have some.

“We don’t focus on how many hours we spend on one thing or the other,” says Michael, 33. “We just think of ways to do everything we want—and still find time to let our dogs out. We have two opera-loving Pomeranians.” At home they also have a grand piano, a guitar, a clarinet, a viola, two violins, an electric violin, a ukulele and a box of harmonicas.

They both appreciate the way their roles as music director and conductor at Capitol City Opera allow them to work together. “My favorite thing is when we have an opera com-ing up: I get a score, he gets his conductor score, and we sit down and go through the whole thing together,” Catherine says. “Mi-chael marks up his score using a fascinating system of colored pencils. When I’m working on one myself, I have to know it backwards and forwards before I can lead the singers.”

Donna Angel founded Capitol City Opera in 1983 to help local classically trained singers advance their careers by performing complete opera roles. “We still strive to put on the high-est-quality production we can,” Catherine says. “We use singers on their way to big careers. It’s still a competitive audition process. And all of our tech people are highly experienced profes-sionals.” Under Artistic Director Michael Nut-ter, Capitol City Opera produces full produc-

tions like September’s La Bohème, educational outreach performances and monthly “Dinner and a Diva” shows with operatic selections at Petite Auberge restaurant.

No matter where he conducts, Michael deliberately presents himself as the alterna-tive to the imposing, intimidating image of conductors. “I’m very serious when the house lights go down and the stage lights come up, but outside of that, I think I’m approachable. A lot of conductors will go to their dress-ing rooms during breaks or before they go to the podium, and keep themselves apart,” says Michael. “But I’m a musician: I’ll hang with other musicians. We’ll play three hours a night—if it’s not fun, it’s not worth it.”

Catherine and Michael married in April

of 2011, but when they met in 2009, they did not find instant harmony. Fellow musicians introduced them, and they went out in a group. “The first time we hung out, we didn’t like each other at all,” Catherine admits.

“Most of the group just sat there. I sang karaoke. Boyz II Men,” Michael says.

“He was a little over the top—but I gave him a second chance,” Catherine says.

Clearly, the encore was a hit. n

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SIMPLY A&E LItErArY

It’s a good thing Kathleen Neal is one of those people who hangs on to everything. If not, she might

never have published her first book of poetry—The Sun Begins Its Daily Flight, released in April 2013.

The 68-year-old Toco Hills resi-dent’s long literary career has included writing for publications; editing a local society magazine, Presenting the Season; and publishing a how-to book on public relations for nonprofit groups. But poetry was never her favorite or her forte.

“I have been writing since I was six,” she recalls. “Growing up off Ponce de Leon, my sister and I wrote plays that we put on for other children. But I’m not a poet. For me, this is an anomaly.”

After graduating from Inman Park’s former Bass High School, Neal went to Wesleyan College in Macon where, as an English and speech major, she was charged with writing poems for a senior project.

“At the time, we were studying children’s literature, and since I have

always loved Mother Goose, that was the flavor I wanted,” Neal says. “I was 22 with no children of my own then, but I have a vivid imagination, and I just let it go. The poems took off on their own; it was fantastic. And I got an A, which made me very happy.”

Along with clever wordplay, the po-ems incorporated teachable moments. “There’s one about dreading report cards that gives parents the opportunity to talk to kids about working hard and doing your best so report card day isn’t scary,” she says. “There’s another about practicing the piano and how it can be fun, not a chore.”

After graduating from Wesleyan, Neal married twice, moved to Wash-ington, D.C., came back to Atlanta, had a son and became a two-time grandmother. It was during a recent downsizing that she rediscovered the poems from her young adulthood.

“I got a lot of input from various people, and nobody had any suggestions, so I decided to publish them,” Neal says. “I didn’t even have to do any revisions.”

The result is The Sun Begins Its Daily Flight, a 37-page book of poems and illustrations that more than meets Neal’s expectations.

“The adults enjoy it as much as the kids, which confirms that I was accomplishing what I wanted,” she says. “Good children’s literature has to be something adults enjoy as well, like Alice in Wonderland or Harry Potter. I really would like it if the kids who read this think they can do something fun with the world of imagination and writing, too.” n

A 46-year-old college project becomes author’s first volume of poetry

Story: H.M. Cauley

A work worth waiting for

the Sun beginS itS daily flightCopies of Neal’s book are available online at www.amazon.com and on her publisher’s web site, www.publishamerica.com.

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SIMPLY A&E Art vIEw

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but pearls make Buckhead jewelry designer Lee Wiser McIntosh go “weak in the knees”

Story: H.M. Cauley

Pearls have long gripped Peachtree Hills-based jewelry artisan Lee Wiser McIntosh. She’s turned her favorite

gems into an array of wearable art items, and just recently began having them pho-tographed on live models. That was when the striking similarity hit: She’d created the modern-day version of the famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting—the masterwork by Johannes Vermeer currently on display at the High Museum.

“Before I even knew that the iconic paint-ing was coming to Atlanta, I [commissioned] some of these casual shots with the same pose,” McIntosh says. “I didn’t want to recre-ate the painting but to show a contemporary earring on a contemporary girl. But even now, that classical pose and that gaze show that Vermeer had the right idea.”

For McIntosh, there’s something mysteri-ously magical about a pearl. Along with an unusual luster, a pearl comes with a pedigree that sets it apart from other gems.

“Their iridescence makes you say, ‘Wow—how did that come out of a mollusk?’” she says. “They’re very humbling; man has learned how to culture pearls, but the natural ones are incredible. I like diamonds as much as the next girl, but I go weak in the knees for pearls.”

McIntosh is so drawn to the captivating quality of pearls that they have become the signature component in many of the custom jewelry creations she showcases through her company, Katura Design.

“All my recent projects are stone driven, but I’m very drawn to pearls, so they often make their way into my designs,” she says. “Most of my work is custom re-styling— taking a piece that doesn’t necessarily work for somebody, deconstructing why, then recreating it into something they love. It’s a very economical thing to do, especially if you have diamonds that have been sitting in a safety-deposit box for 20 years. Why not enjoy them?”

McIntosh didn’t always work with gems. An Ohio native, she studied art and finance in college, then worked in the film indus-try for 13 years until she realized “film and having children didn’t work.” But jewelry making was a way to stay connected with art while being a mom.

“I had painted, but I felt jewelry making was even more natural,” she says. “Jewelry takes on a life of its own. You can design something, but it comes to life when some-body wears it. I find that very beautiful. And I like how people respond to jewelry; there’s a very social aspect to it.”

Her children are in their teens now, and jewelry still holds its appeal—especially when pearls are involved.

“I had a fear at one point of waking up and being bored, but with pearls, I never get sick of them,” she says. “Just the other day, I walked by my bench and saw this very or-ganic pearl there, and it was amazing the way it reflected the light. They are just magical.” n

Jewelry artist Lee Wiser McIntosh (below) didn’t set out to restage the famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” but

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A passion for pearls

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“Girl with a Pearl Earring” on display at the High Museum of Art through Sept. 29www.high.org

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Joy Café serves two kinds of chicken salad; this one is made with apples and walnuts and served over salad greens.

Photo: Sara Hanna PhotographyJoy of Cooking, Page 52restaurant review

Buckhead has certainly warmed to Joy Café, with its consistently tasty homespun cooking, generous portions, welcome price point and laidback vibe.

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SIMPLY DELICIOUS REVIEW

Every Sunday at sunrise, Joy Austin Beber goes to her Buckhead café and makes a whopping pile of her

great-grandmother’s Southern biscuits. Then she drives to Peachtree United Methodist Church to sing in the choir, with the blessed assurance that only her Maker can see the streaks of flour hidden under her robe. After church, Beber returns to Joy Café on Pharr Road (in the former Café at Pharr loca-tion), where she serves a hallelujah chorus of a brunch: fluffy buttermilk pancakes; eggs Benedict; and those famous biscuits topped with gravy, sausage and scrambled eggs.

Buckhead’s Joy Café a haven for fresh homespun food

Praise Jesus, and pass the butter. Beber—a self-taught chef who turned her

passion for cooking into a catering com-pany, and later her namesake restaurant that opened in October 2011—has little interest in culinary trends or fussy, precious food. But she and her partner-husband, Jon Beber, do adhere to a made-from-scratch gospel that borders on the fanatical. For their menu of salads, sandwiches, burgers and baked goods, the Bebers make nearly everything them-selves. They don’t do Boar’s Head. If there’s a turkey sandwich on the menu, they roast a bird. Pastrami for the Reuben? Jon cures

and smokes it, as he does the salmon for the omelets and eggs Benedict. The Bebers make their own sausage, salad dressings, breads and English muffins, granola and herb-infused salt. The insistence on freshness is so firm, the charming and loquacious Joy told me, that there is not even a freezer on the premises.

And by the looks of things on my two recent visits, Buckhead has certainly warmed to this casual lunch spot, with its consistently tasty homespun cooking, generous portions, welcome price point ($8 to $10 sandwiches and salads) and laidback vibe. Food may be or-dered to go or eaten in the inviting, pale-green space decorated with a collection of framed butterflies. Though the Bebers previously of-fered a dinner menu with meatloaf, handmade pastas, enchiladas and so on, their B.Y.O.B. policy ran afoul of the city. So for now, dinner service is on hiatus until the restaurant known as “the Joy” gets its beer and wine license.

Arriving at the 3 p.m. cutoff for the breakfast-y brunch items on a recent Sun-day, I took my time with the menu as the

JOy of cookingfeature: Wendell Brock PhotoS: Sara Hanna

Above: At Joy Café, in the former home of Cafe at Pharr, you can dine in, take out or sit on the patio.

Left: Joy Café’s unique and tasty chicken burger is stuffed with spinach and feta and dressed with bacon, provolone, jalapeño aioli and chipotle mayo. It’s shown here with a side of tomato-cucumber salad and a fresh watermelon agua fresca.

Below: Joy Café Chef-Owner Joy Austin Beber explains her philosophy of cooking this way: “Take good food and leave it alone.”

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server sighed. But soon she was dripping “Honey” and “Sweetie”—a textbook case of the hard-edged waitress with the heart of gold. (“Ladies, make yourself at home! I’ll be right with you,” she blared to incoming diners in classic diner shtick.)

You may want to start with a cup of the loaded-spud soup—a rich concoction of chunky potatoes, cheese, sour cream and chives—or the sweetly complex tomato bisque. Both are yummy. Among the sam-mies, I liked the smoky Reuben (on marble rye with Gruyère, tangy housemade sau-erkraut and sweet Thousand Island) and the mustard and dill-pickle zing of the Cuban. Two more interesting options are the ratatouille sandwich (sliced zucchini and tomatoes with Gruyère and sun-dried to-mato aioli) and the chicken burger (ground chicken stuffed with feta and spinach and dressed with provolone, jalapeño aioli and chipotle mayo). That chicken burger can’t decide if it wants to be Greek or Mexican, but it’s mighty good-looking and sure has a way of disappearing. As for the sides, I liked the plain, coldly comforting potato salad over the bow-tie pasta salad with feta and sun-dried tomatoes.

Buckhead being a mecca of chicken salad, “the Joy” offers two kinds of dressed bird: a classic preparation with a bit of tarragon and a fancier version with apples and walnuts. I didn’t get a chance to try either, but I shall return. I did, however, enjoy a terrific Cobb salad with loads of blue cheese, bacon, avo-cado, boiled egg and grilled chicken. Those salty little rolls that come with soups and salads are divine, by the way.

Above: Loaded potato soup is a decadent, creamy purée of spuds topped with scallions, cheddar, bacon and a dollop of sour cream.

Above Left: Cobb salad lovers won’t be disappointed with Joy Café’s version, piled with bacon, avocado, blue cheese, grilled chicken and boiled egg.

Above: The classic Cuban presses house-smoked pork, ham, pickles and provolone cheese between slices of toasty Cuban bread.

Below: Crack Pie has an oatmeal-cookie crust and a gooey interior that’s like a pecan pie without the nuts. Sprinkled with powdered sugar and decorated with strawberries, it’s as pretty as it is addictive.

Being a Southern gal, Joy has an affinity for sweets, so be sure to check out the dessert case. I inhaled a slice of old-fashioned lemon-meringue pie and banana chocolate cheesecake that tasted like a heavenly marriage of banana bread, banana pudding and chocolate. The Joy’s pièce de résistance, though, is the Crack pie, with its oatmeal-cookie crust and gooey interior that’s like a pecan pie without the nuts. Several months ago, my niece made off with a slice and gave me a little nibble, and I’ve dreamed about it ever since. Disappointed that it was sold out on a recent visit, I considered calling before my return run to ask if they could save a slice for a friend’s, ahem, “birth-day” lunch. Joy got a kick out of hearing that I am wack for her crack, and I’m hoping that she’ll hear my prayer and bring it back. n

“They don’t do Boar’s Head. If there’s a turkey sandwich on the menu, they roast a bird.”

Joy Café316 Pharr Road, Atlanta 30305404.816.0306 www.joycafeatl.com

HourS: Monday-Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.Brunch: $6.50-$14. Lunch: $8-$12.Bottom line: Self-taught chef keeps it simple and fresh.

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cider house rules

In case you mIssed the memo, It’s apple-pIckIng tIme In georgIa. and, when blended wIth lIquor and shaken by one of buckhead’s top barkeeps, there’s so much more to adore. an apple a day? no problem.

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HAve your Pick Prefer enjoying the fruits of your labor (literally)? Take a quick ride up i-575 and pluck a few ripe ones between now and early November at one of North Georgia’s bountiful orchards. you’ll get bonus points from the kiddos for finding a wholesome and good-for-you activity that’s fun and delicious, too!

HiLLcreST orcHArdS Hit the Apple Pickin’ Jubilee (held every weekend in October) where you can pick your own apples, walk the onsite nature trail, milk a cow, watch a pig race, scout out the moonshine museum and more at this Ellijay orchard. www.hillcrestorchards.net

Mercier orcHArdS Open since 1943, this Blue Ridge-based orchard offers a bounty of fresh fruits (cherries, peaches, apples and more) and has an onsite bakery (cue the fried pies) and market store. www.mercier-orchards.com

red APPLe BArN Snag a tractor ride, prime pickin’ and a cup of fresh cider (or a hot doughnut) at this family-owned outpost in Ellijay. Once you’ve had your fill of apple pie (as if!), scout out this year’s Halloween pumpkin at the onsite pumpkin patch.

For maximum apple appreciation, catch the Georgia Apple Festival Oct. 12-13 and Oct. 19-20 at Ellijay Lions Club Fair-grounds. You can buy apples and apple-made products from more than 300 vendors. www.georgiaapplefestival.org

you Need: yield: 1 cocktail1 1/4 ounces excellia reposado

tequila 3/4 ounce Apple and cherry demerara (recipe included) 1/2 ounce lemon juice

(freshly squeezed)1/2 ounce brandy1 1/2 ounce housemade apple cider cinnamon and sugar for glass rimwhipped cream and apple crisps for garnish

combine ingredients in a mixing tin, add ice and shake. double-strain the concoction into a cinnamon-sugar-rimmed lowball glass. Garnish with whipped cream and dehydrated apple crisps.

For THe APPLe ANd cHerry deMerArAcook down two Granny Smith apples, two Gala apples, two red delicious apples and half a pound of pitted cherries in four cups of water. Add four cups of brown sugar.

Watering Hole: F&B cidery Sip: The Postman Always Rings Twice Mix Master: Randy KuderThe Buzz: This spice-infused cocktail mixes a dollop of sweet with a hint of naughty. Plus, the peppery combo of ginger and bourbon will keep you warm and toasty.

you Need: yield: 1 cocktail1 tablespoon candied Pecan

dust (recipe included) 1 Pecan Simple Syrup ice Stick

(recipe included)absinthe 2 ounces cinnamon

Ginger-infused Bourbon (recipe included)

3 ounces housemade apple cider

splash of Leopold Bros. Three Pins Alpine Liqueur

rim a tall glass with candied pecan dust and garnish with the pecan simple syrup ice stick. Spritz the glass with absinthe before adding every-thing else. Shake or stir to mix.

For THe PecAN SiMPLe SyruP ice STick:Place 2 cups water, 2 cups sugar

and a handful of pecans in a large saucepan and boil until pe-cans are soft. once soft, remove pecans and store simple syrup in a sealable glass jar. When cool, pour into thin ice trays until they freeze into “sticks.”

For THe ciNNAMoN GiNGer-iNFuSed BourBoNPlace 16 ounces of your favorite bourbon, 2 cinnamon sticks and 5 pieces of fresh grated ginger in a sealable glass jar. Allow to sit for 24 hours.

cANdied PecAN duST Spread a handful of Georgia pecans on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cinna-mon and 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake at 400 degrees until the mixture starts to melt. once cool, place pecans in a grinder and chop until they reach a powdery consistency.

you Need: yield: 1 cocktail2 ounces Apple-infused Bourbon

(recipe included) splash of fresh apple cider round slice of apple

Shake the infused bourbon with a splash of fresh apple cider. Garnish with a round slice of apple and serve.

For THe APPLe-iNFuSed BourBoN:yield: 8 infuse one 16-ounce bottle of bourbon (Humphreys likes Maker’s Mark or Buffalo Trace) with 8 to 10 cored and chopped Georgia Gala and/or Fuji apples and 6 to 8 cin-namon sticks for one to two weeks and strain. n

Watering Hole: Dantanna’s cidery Sip: Fall in ManhattanMix Master: Scot Humphreys The Buzz: This sweet and simple drink includes elements of the classic Manhattan updated with fresh, boozy apples.

Watering Hole: red Pepper taqueríacidery Sip: Manzanilla HermosaMix Master: Jon “Spanky” Billick The Buzz: With an unexpected splash of tequila, it’s the perfect transitional drink from summer to fall.

Photo: sara hanna Photography

Photo: sara hanna Photography

Photo: Jamie annarino

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Y ou may have indulged and imbibed at Davio’s Northern

Italian Steakhouse, but did you know that founder Steve DiFil-lippo was just 24 when he opened the first location, which is now a $50 million restaurant brand group? His book, It’s All About the Guest (October release), shares the secrets of his success along with fascinating stories and a special bonus: 12 sig-nature Davio’s recipes including the beloved Bolognese; Kobe meatballs and marinara sauce; gnocchi; and panna cotta.

He tells the tale of the time he slept with Julia Child (well, techni-cally she was sleeping in the car as he escorted her to an event) and they later became great friends. DiFil-lippo says, “She always complained that the portions at Davio’s were too big, although she loved our food, especially our angel hair pasta with pomodoro sauce. I knew that American guests expected large

portions because they wanted to feel like they were getting a good value. So, although I appreciated her opinion, our portion sizes stayed the same. (It’s all about the guest, right?)”

Story: Ashley Hesseltine

foodie journAl | Culinary News & Notes

Be His Guest

Dig into pies that change seasonally with toppings like local chanterelles (pictured), roasted local squash, heirloom tomatoes and more. Photos: courtesy of James camp Photography

Davio’s northern Italian steakhouse 3500 Peachtree Road n.e.atlanta 30326404.844.4810www.davios.com

Pre-order the book at www.stevedifillippo.com ($18-$27)

find your Roots t Vacations, happy hours and barbecues did some damage this summer. Get your healthy body back with all-natural, cold-pressed selections at Roots Juices. Choose from the Skin Glow

(apple, spinach, celery and lemon), Immune Booster (grapefruit, orange, apple, jalapeño and kale), or the Watermelon Cooler (watermelon and fennel). Take a booster shot (lemongrass is the house specialty), sip an aloe vera or chlorophyll water for hydration with extra health and immune system-boosting benefits, recoup with the hangover recovery kit or commit to a three- or five-day detox and cleanse kit. Another juicy tidbit: They deliver for orders $30 and up.

Roots Juices3400 around lenox Roadsuite 202-aatlanta 30326888.666.0290www.rootspressedjuices.com

Mangia, Mangia! The “Angry Chef” does it again. Restaurateur Ron Eyester may as well be the mayor of Morningside with the opening of his third eatery in the ’hood, Timone’s. Titled after his mother’s maiden name and designed with inspiration from her New York roots (subway tile, black and white NYC lifestyle photography, open kitchen), the Italian joint serves up mouthwatering pizzas with toppings like Riverview Farms meatballs and fresh clams, delicacies like penne alla vodka and baked ziti, plus Italian sodas and classic egg creams alongside beer and wine. Mother definitely knows best.

And because we all want to dine like Julia Child, DiFillippo shares one of the recipes Child most enjoyed:

JuLiA cHiLd’S FAvoriTe ANGeL HAir PoModoroThis dish is simple and so good. in a medium saucepan, heat 2 ounces extra virgin olive oil (Monini preferred) over medium-high heat. Take 1 large garlic clove, slice it paper thin, add it to the oil, and cook for about 1 minute or until the garlic is golden brown. Now add 16 ounces San Marzano tomatoes to the garlic and cook them for 5 to 6 minutes. you want to simmer the sauce briskly until it thickens. Take 6 basil leaves, roll them up lengthwise, and cut across the roll, slicing them very thinly. (you get the idea? This recipe, from the angel hair on up, is about skinny stuff.) Stir the basil into the sauce and add 1 sprig of fresh oregano. Whisk in 1 ounce unsalted butter and season to taste with salt and pepper. Now, on to the pasta. keeping the sauce warm, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add 1⁄2 pound dried angel hair pasta and cook according to the instructions on the package, or until al dente. When the pasta is about finished, bring the sauce up to almost a boil. drain the pasta and transfer immediately to the sauce, stirring the two together. cook the sauce and pasta together for 1 minute, adding 2 ounces of reserved pasta water. divide the pasta into 2 equal portions, and then spoon the remaining sauce from the pan over the pasta and garnish with Parmi-giano cheese. Bon appétit!

timone’s1409 north highland avenue suite Datlanta 30306404.809.2979www.facebook.com/timonespizza

Photo: courtesy of roots Juices

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Keep it classy and casual with “black-tie food at blue-jean prices” at Smash, the latest Here to Serve venture. The menu is a highlight reel of founder/master chef Tom Catherall’s steak, seafood, salad and pizza dishes, plus a little signature something called the Smash Potato (served in a skillet

with peas, carrots and Brussels sprouts). A fancy lighting and sound system, modern square bar, intimate seating, and impressive wine and cocktail lists ensure the Town Brookhaven resto transitions easily into a post-dinner hot spot. Just try not to get too smashed.

your Big fat Greek Restaurant Café Agora arguably has the best gyros in town (Note: We’re not arguing), but you’ve had to feast on the Greek goodness in such tight quarters … until now. Jovial owner Al Ozelci (known for hand-feeding his customers) has opened a much larger, stunning

location just a block away on East Paces Ferry, so you’ll have more elbow room (about 5,000 square feet of it) and an upscale dining experience when scarfing down authentic Mediterranean cuisine like hummus, falafel, kebabs, and of course, traditional lamb gyros. Also getting you to the Greek: the large patio and full bar.

Café agora 318 east Paces ferry Road n.e.atlanta 30305www.cafeagora.com

Grape expectationsSuperb sommelier Ian Mendelsohn (formerly of the St. Regis Buckhead) thinks great vino should be accessible and approachable for everyone. Cheers to that! With this mantra, he opens wine wonderland Vine & Tap with his wife, Susan, in Lenox Village. Sip fine and affordable reds and whites by family-owned wineries and feast on meats, cheeses, gourmet bruschettas, meatballs with whipped Ricotta, paninis, Honeysuckle gelato and more from executive consulting chef Zeb Stevenson (formerly of Livingston Restaurant + Bar). The casual bar area, warm dining room and large patio all beckon you to do one thing: Raise a glass.

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Meat and potato lovers rejoice for the bone-in, 18-ounce ribeye with the signature Smash

Potato on the side, while those who prefer poultry feast on the skillet-fried whole chicken.

Photos: Sara Hanna Photography

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How did you start as a valet?I got this job to make a little money on the weekends, but I’ve grown to love it. I started as a valet at The Cheesecake Factory in February 2010, then in Sep-tember 2012, I moved over to Terminus, managing valets for BrickTop’s, Cantina and The Flying Biscuit [Cafe]. I came to Lenox full-time in February 2013.

Besides those at Lenox, what restaurants are on AmeriPark’s Atlanta roster? We work many of the Here to Serve res-taurants, like Prime at Lenox Square and Shout in Midtown. They’re opening two more [Smash and Shucks] in Brookhaven this fall. I’d love to valet there because I live right down the street, but I don’t think there will be room for valet with all the parking decks and different prop-erty managers. Some other AmeriPark accounts are Houston’s, The Cheesecake Factory and Fogo de Chão in Buckhead.

Lenox Square’s lot manager

spills his secrets

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If you’re heading to dinner at Lenox Square’s standby steak-house, Prime, or plan to hit up one of the glam new eateries once the shopping mall’s massive renovations are complete,

you might just meet Bobby Ralston. The 28-year-old valet man-ager, who’s finishing up a history degree at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, serves as an account manager for Amer-iPark, the Atlanta-based corporation founded in 1986. Managing a crew of 15-plus valets (double that during the holidays), Ralston, a former cross-country athlete, still gets in several hours of running during his six-hour shift. In January, this company man moved to Brookhaven to be closer to his AmeriPark job, one he hopes to keep for the long haul and work his way up. Here, Ralston gives us some insider dish on his curbside gig.

Story: Kate Abney

ToP 5 cArS AMeriPArk’S BoBBy rALSToN vALeTS AT LeNoX SQuAre:

Nissan Altima

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The day of a ValeT

“So far, my favorite day as a valet was when we worked [former Atlanta Braves Manager] Bobby Cox’s retirement party. It was a lot of fun meeting Bobby and Pam Cox...We were even given baseballs autographed by Bobby himself.”

Photo: sara hanna Photography

Should we ever be embarrassed—say, about the cds in our console, the radio station playing on the radio, or a dirty car?I don’t think people should be embarrassed on how their car looks … However, they are allowing people into their vehicle, so they may not want to have extremely personal items or anything that they would not want a stranger to see being out in the open. As for music, whether it’s a CD of you singing or a book on tape in a foreign language, valets have probably heard it before.

do you hear lots of juicy restaurant scoop through this gig?You do get to know a lot of the people who work at the restaurants, and you definitely hear a lot of gossip. Rumors circulate about what restaurant may be opening in a space soon, but then we’ll hear something different two days later, so you never really know. Right now, we hear that Zinburger is coming to the old Lenox Grill space.

do you know all the chefs and GMs?I’ve gotten to know [Here to Serve restaurateur] Tom Catherall, and he’s a great guy. Sometimes he’ll send down a note saying, ‘When your shift’s over, come up and get a burger on me.’ He gives all the on-duty Amer-iPark valets half-price food, so if we go up to order a hamburger, they always take care of us.

That’s quite a perk. What has been your favorite meal on Tom?Cantina has some amazing tacos. I’ve gone back [there] several times since I worked at Terminus for the tacos. And I’ve never eaten anything I didn’t like from Prime. I love their salmon and they have really good steaks.

And a half-price filet isn’t half bad!Yeah, you can’t complain about that. n

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gles of flavor. We dug her smoked-pollo enchiladas, which are stuffed with onion and sour cream, smothered with green-chile sauce and tomato salsa and served with a little salad in a taco-shell cup. The flat-iron steak, rubbed with salt and spices and cooked until its crust is charred, was another solid choice. Atlanta has plenty of regional restaurants, but a good Southwestern place is hard to find. Hilliard, who lives in nearby Peachtree Hills, knows what her neighbors want, and she dares not let them down. Entrées: $15-$31 www.georgiagrille.com

n little Bangkok Little Bangkok is a decidedly humble hole-in-the-wall, yet many Atlanta ethnic-foodies insist that it is their favorite go-to joint for casual Thai. Not the fussy business of intricately carved

radishes and gilded bowls. Not the throwaway curries and stir-fries of last-chance airport concessions and mall food courts. Little Bangkok is that hap-py place somewhere in the middle—a spot where the spring rolls are always crispy and the pad thai always a plate of tangy-sweet comfort, and where adventuresome diners can savor the green-peppercorn bite of spicy catfish and the sweet, Rice-Krispie weirdness of mee krob. At its best, Little Bangkok is like a brief, belly-pleasing adventure to the Land of Smiles. Entrées, $7.95-$17.95 www.littlebangkokatlanta.com

n one star Ranch According to owner Frank Bonk, the smokers at this 25-year-old Irby Avenue institution puff day and night. And when I drive up to his vener-ated dive in the heart of Buckhead,

n Café at Pharr New Orleans owns the po’boy. Philadel-phia 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-and-mayo spread that can be crammed in your mouth between slices of bread or eaten daintily with a fork. Thanks to the entrepreneur-ial 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 accessi-ble and unfussy environment that never loses its friendly neighborhood feel. Entrée sandwiches and salads: $7.50-$9.50 www.cafeatpharr.com

n Café lapin Like a Parisian patisserie with a bit more legroom, Café Lapin is a lovely place to savor handmade baked goods or spoon to the bottom of a defini-tive, cheese-encrusted crock of French

onion soup. A small business surviv-ing largely on word of mouth, Café Lapin is a casual, moderately priced restaurant where lunch is never an afterthought. You may get a serious cheeseburger and fries or an elegant slice of asparagus tart. Quiches are standard-setting—the crust is argu-ably the best in town—and selections vary daily, from Lorraine to mushroom and onion to ham and asparagus. Café Lapin is such a delightful addition to the city … only problem is, it might be habit-forming. Lunch Entrées: $7-$12; Dinner Entrées: $10-$22 www.cafelapin.com

n Georgia Grille Twenty-two years after its opening, Georgia Grille remains true to Atlanta-born owner Karen Hilliard’s original vision, which means she still splashes the bright flavors of Santa Fe onto the plates of her happy and devoted customers. The French-trained Hilliard dresses her creations in voluptuous cream sauces accented with smoky po-blanos or tart tomatillos—and drizzles them with colorful squirt-bottle squig-

feAtured reStAurAntS

A sampling of great eats in and around Buckhead

SIMPLY DELICIOUS

written: Wendell Brock edited: Amanda Matte

Above: One Star Ranch’s baby-back ribs with corn on the cob and baked beans.

Below Left: Little Bangkok menu items (clockwise from top left): mee krob, yum woon sen, fried catfish, tom ka soup, pad thai, fried spring rolls and nua num tok (center).

PhotoS: Sara Hanna

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I believe him with every bit of my ’cue-loving soul. Before I can park, the sweet, heavenly aroma of long-cooked meat has invaded my tightly sealed, air-conditioned car. Bonk says the brown-sugar-and-ketchup-laced sauce is the recipe of his wife’s grandfather, who hailed from Texas. He’s right proud of the beef ribs, too. “We are the only place who does that cut in the Southeast,” he says of the elbow-to-wrist, Juras-sic-size gnaw sticks. We like the laidback vibe of this place and the chatty, friendly servers. There’s live blues on Friday and Saturday nights, and we’d love to come back, sit at the fabulous bar and sip a Texas ’rita or twwo. No wonder this place has such longevity. Blow that kind of smoke up a neighborhood’s skirt, and it will notice. Entrées: $12.99-$28.99 www.onestarranch.com

n Pig-n-Chik Co-owner Jim Graddy tells me he learned the art of the pit on his granddaddy’s pig farm in Manches-ter, Ga. Graddy remembers cook-ing whole hogs all night long over hot coals, and when I tear into his pulled-pork sandwich—a delicious pile of pink, smoke-tinged meat between two thick slabs of white bread—I believe him. Graddy has proudly transported his family’s traditions to his casual Southern ’cue counter. Man, is the food good. The fresh-tasting coleslaw (with just a little mayo) and excellent new

potato salad are just the things to cut the richness of the succulent pork. Some other tasty go-withs are fried okra, long-cooked collards, mac and cheese and Brunswick stew. I’m sated. I’m sauce-splashed. I need a moist towelette and a nap. Entrées: $8.13-$23.79 www.pignchik.net

n starfish Starfish—which can look just a little lost on the block that houses Restau-rant Eugene and Holeman & Finch—is exactly the kind of sushi joint I have been trolling for. In a city where Japanese cuisine can be hit-or-miss and sometimes not the freshest, chef-owner Seung K. “Sam” Park’s reticent little pearl is a superior catch—cute and compact as a bento box but with just a hint of luxury. At dinner, we were delighted to see how the kitchen plays around with untraditional ingredients like truffle oil and balsamic vinegar, slicing fish as thin as carpaccio and arranging it in dazzling presentations. When our flounder sashimi arrived, the server told us to place a dab of the ponzu jelly spiked with cilantro, jalapeño and lime on a strip of the fish and roll it up. Exquisite. Starfish isn’t the kind of place that announces itself with screaming klieg lights or red carpets. But in this culture of excess, sometimes being a little bit under-the-radar can be very seductive. Lunch Entrées: $7-$16; Dinner Entrées: $12-$30 www.starfishatlanta.com

Starfish’s spicy tuna tartare.

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Many a wise man has said, “If you

want to find the future, just look

to the youth.” We took a gander at

several Buckhead-area schools, and

the future looks very bright.

From football phenoms to violin

virtuosos and budding ballerinas,

Buckhead’s schools abound with

tremendous talent. Already making

a name for themselves in sports,

academics and the arts, these

whiz kids could school most adults

in their respective fields.

Buckhead iS BurSting with Bright young people, But theSe prodigieS really Stand out

feature: Phebe Wahl

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No kiddiNg

youth PRoDIGIES

read on to learn more about our next generation of community leaders and ones to watch.

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CovEr StorY

youth PRoDIGIES

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

Keanu Mitanga started playing the violin at the

tender age of four. By nine, he had joined the Atlanta

Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program

and he currently holds the position of Principal Sec-

ond Violin with the ASO Youth Orchestra. Mitanga’s

experience spans the globe—he’s been an attendee

(and merit scholarship recipient) of some of the most

prestigious music programs in the world, like the

Meadowmount School of Music, the Sewanee Sum-

mer Music Festival, Interlochen Center for the Arts,

Stringendo and Scherzando in France. He recently

won first prize in Sewanee’s Rising Stars Competition,

which highlights emerging talent. In his spare time, he

teaches students of his own using the Suzuki method.

This year, he is enjoying his senior year at Atlanta

International School, where he is working toward the

International Baccalaureate Diploma and pursuing his

other interests in economics and physics. “If I wasn’t a

musician, I would love to go into aerospace engineer-

ing,” Mitanga says, adding that he is considering a few

conservatories as well as other colleges with strong

reputations for music. Although he remains dedicated

to the violin, Mitanga recently took up the electric

bass so he can play with friends in a band.

keaNu MitaNgaA star violinist takes his talent around the world

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Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

At just 13, The Westminster Schools whiz kid Nilai Sarda is one

to watch. Literally—on TV. The rising sophomore won $26,400

with a third-place finish in this year’s “Jeopardy!” Teen

Tournament. The youngest contestant in the tournament,

“I was just amazed I was able to make it on,” he remembers.

“I watched the show a lot and looked at the archives.” This

year, Sarda also placed third overall at the U.S. Geography

Challenge and in 2011, an 11-year-old Sarda scored second

place in the National Geographic Bee. He has competed at the

national level for MathCounts and You Be The Chemist, and

qualified for the National History Bee. Decidedly disciplined,

Sarda has a rigorous study regimen leading up to competi-

tions that even includes weekend hours. And although he

might be a star of the Westminster math, science and quiz

bowl teams, the one question Sarda still doesn’t know the

answer to is where he will attend college (he hopes to study

engineering). “That’s still a while away, so I’m not sure,” he

explains. “Right now, I’m looking at Stanford, MIT, Caltech and

Georgia Tech, but nothing’s set in stone yet.” Smart answer.

Nilai SardaA super-smart teen wins $26,400 in Jeopardy’s Teen Tournament

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By the time she was 12, Sophie Basarrate had risen to the highest lev-

el of the Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education pre-professional

division. The Atlanta International School freshman began ballet at

age four and was on pointe by 10. For the past three years, Basarrate

has attended the School of American Ballet’s summer course in New

York City, studying under esteemed artistic director Peter Martins.

The up-and-coming ballerina has also been a student at other presti-

gious programs, including the Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre

and Applause for Kids Performing Arts Studio, right here at home.

She has performed with the Atlanta Ballet in productions including

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, and she executed an impressive pas

de deux in Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin. Her dream

role? “I would really love to play Aurora in Sleeping Beauty,” she says.

We have a feeling this princess’ dream will come true.

Sophie  BaSarrateA budding ballerina is schooled by the world’s best

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

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At 6-foot-6 and 275 pounds, football superstar Kendall Baker

makes a big impression. A senior this year at Marist School,

Baker was courted by Auburn, Florida State and Vanderbilt

to play ball, but he went with a home team and is now com-

mitted to play as a defensive lineman at the University of

Georgia. “It’s like a pride thing,” Baker explains. “Getting out

there, playing for my home state. I’ve been here all my life.

I was born and raised here, and now getting the chance to

represent them feels good.” What makes Baker even more

unique is that he was recruited by several schools as a two-

way prospect—meaning he could play either defensive or

offensive line (although UGA’s focus was defense). The sports

superstar also plays center for the Marist basketball team.

“He’s a pleasure to coach and has a great personality,” says

Marist Coach Alan Chadwick. Baker maintains a 3.0 GPA and

plans to study sports management. When asked if he is

excited about his final year at Marist, the well-mannered

young man with a very exciting future ahead of him

does not hesitate. “I can hardly wait,” he admits.

keNdall BakerA double-threat football player signs with UGA

CovEr StorY

youth PRoDIGIES

Photo: Sara Hanna Photography

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A senior this year at The Lovett School,

star student Olivia Strader takes her com-

mitment to her community way beyond

required volunteer hours. Understanding

the struggles young girls face, Strader

stepped up and created a camp for Agape

Community Center to help middle school

girls navigate the social conflicts and

other issues they must face. She person-

ally recruited about 20 volunteers and

worked with Lovett faculty to create a cur-

riculum that explores self-esteem, respect,

compassion and friendship. The camp

addresses hot topics like Internet bullying

and stresses the importance of having a

positive role model—and the response has

been overwhelming. Lydell Smith, director

of youth programs and volunteer services

at Agape, remarks, “Agape is fortunate

to have the support of so many schools

and young people, but few students have

contributed as much as Olivia.” She is

one of three Lovett students nominated

to serve on the Metro Atlanta Boys and

Girls Clubs Junior Board; her other passion

projects include everything from serving

on the Student Service Board at Lovett to

a recent trip this summer to help inoculate

children in Guatemala. You can also find

her working with Habitat for Human-

ity and helping deliver school snacks to

children through City of Refuge. A positive

role model indeed.

olivia StraderA community leader launches a camp for middle school girls

CovEr StorY

youth PRoDIGIES

Photo: Tyler Welbron

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aNNa rappaportDon’t mess with Anna Rappaport: The aspiring actress is a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. A freshman at North Springs Charter High School, she’s also a dancer with the Atlanta Chinese Dance Company and has ap-peared in the Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker production at the Fox Theatre. She fell in love with acting at a young age and has been in numerous commercials, movies and television shows, includ-ing a recent episode of “Necessary Roughness.” The intelligent ingenue also writes, films and edits scripts and videos—and recently produced a PSA on Asian Flush and its dangers.

aNNie laurie daNielAnsley Park resident Annie Laurie Daniel begged for acting lessons as a child. For her 11th birthday, her wish was to have her own agent (wish grant-ed!). The worldly 16-year-old spends summers studying in France and flying off to far-flung destinations like Thai-

land, New Zealand and Africa (where she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro). Though Atlanta is home, Annie Laurie went to L.A. in January for “pilot season” and decided to finish 10th grade at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles (whose alumni include Jodie Foster and Molly Ringwald). Keep an eye out for her in

some upcoming Wal-Mart commer-cials, which she filmed a few weeks ago.

Mary Stewart SullivaNMary Stewart Sullivan began her acting career when she was 5 years old at the suggestion of her preschool teacher, who found her quite dra-matic. The now-sixth grader at Pace Academy appeared in her first com-mercial when she was 6, and made it to Broadway when she was just 8 (she appeared in Enron.). Most recently, Mary Stewart appeared as young June Carter in Lifetime Network’s “Ring of Fire” and as young Louisa in the Alliance Theatre’s North American premiere of Zorro: The Musical.

Post-graduation and post-production, these Buckhead phenoms shine bright

w. laMar CheSNey Jr.The Lovett School graduate W. Lamar Chesney Jr. says his passion for innovation was influenced by Atlanta’s strong business community. The MBA grad, who recently graduated with honors from

Rollins College’s Crummer Graduate School of Business, won Nestlé-Nespresso’s Sustainability MBA Challenge, along with three teammates. Chesney’s team proposed a sustainability plan that will positively impact thousands of Latin American coffee growers, and they’ve traveled to Colombia to present it to development agencies, government officials and more.

troy SChuMaCherBuckhead native Troy Schumacher began study-ing ballet with the Atlanta Ballet in 2000. After spending summer sessions at the Chautauqua Ballet Program—where he worked with ballet’s bigwigs like Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride and Violette Verdy—the talent knew he was New York-bound. By 2002, Schumacher had become a full-time student at the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet. After first becoming an apprentice in 2005, Schumacher joined the Company as a member of the corps

de ballet in December 2005. “It’s amazing being able to dance and choreograph in New York City,” Schumacher says. “But every chance I get, I fly back down to Atlanta, listening to Allison Krauss’ ‘Oh Atlanta’ on my iPhone. I visit my family and friends at the Atlanta Ballet, and Sam’s BBQ1.”

Stay tuNed As Atlanta’s film industry booms, pint-sized movie stars are popping up all over town. Keep an eye out for these little locals who are starting to see some serious screen and stage time.

all growN up My, they grow up fast. Check out what Buckhead’s highly successful sons and daughters have been up to since graduation.

five More to watch

Mayor Kasim Reed congratulates W. Lamar Chesney Jr.

Troy Schumacher attended Woodward Academy.

Left: Anna Rappaport is gifted in Tae Kwon Do, dance and acting.

Right: In commitment of her acting passion, Annie Laurie Daniel finished 10th grade at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles.

Bottom Right: Mary Stewart Sullivan’s résumé includes work on television and Broadway.

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A s a toddler, Michael was a learning whiz. At 2 years old, he taught himself upper and lowercase ABCs. He was

reading simple sentences by age 5 and when school started he did well. All of a sudden, however, reading became a struggle and then comprehension. When third grade came about, his school’s clinical psychologist discovered he had memory issues.

“He could only remember three to four digits. Backwards it was worse,” says mom, Melissa. “He did poorly on the standardized test because of poor reading comprehension and information he had learned in second grade was not retained—he had gaps in his learning.”

Melissa took it upon herself to research long- and short-term memory resolution and discovered LearningRx, reading everything she could about the program. When she took Michael in to get tested, they discovered that while his working memory was great, he had a long-term memory in the 35th percentile.

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Working ToWardS a SoluTionIn January 2012, Michael began a 6-month program at LearningRx’s Buckhead location.

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“My quiet introverted child was so confident, he developed a strut,” Melissa says with a chuckle. “He came out of there feeling like the king of the world, that his brain was on kryptonite and he would walk around school and smile.”

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S I M P L Y B U Z Z | S I M P L Y C H A R I T A B L E | S I M P L Y S C E N E

Simply happening

Fashion, food and fundraising at the 15th Annual Corps de Ballet Luncheon.

Photos: 1 & 2 – Jim Fitts, 3 & 4 – Ben Rose

Watch models decked out in de-signer duds from Neiman Marcus strut their stuff at the 15th Annual Corps de Ballet Luncheon. De-scending on the ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, The Art of Fashion Fall 2013 Runway Presen-tation raises money for Atlanta Ballet and marks the unofficial

start of the ballet’s season (the first performance is The Nutcracker in December). Co-chaired by Joanne Chesler Gross and Michelle Edwards Crosland, this event got its start in 1998 with just six ballet patrons gathering for lunch. Today it hosts more than 450 guests who enjoy an exclusive preview of performances

by Atlanta Ballet as well as remarks by Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director John McFall. Luncheon registration opens at 11 a.m. and the program begins at noon. Individual tickets start at $135 per person and hostess tables start at $1,350. To purchase, visit www.atlantaballet.com/ corpsdeballet.

15th Annual Corps de Ballet LuncheonSept. 23The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead 3434 Peachtree Road N.E. Atlanta 30326404.873.5811 ext. 208www.atlantaballet.com/ corpsdeballet

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n Sandy Springs FestivalSept. 21-22Heritage Green6075 Sandy Springs CircleSandy Springs 30328404.851.9111 ext. 4www.sandyspringsfestival.com

Sandy Springs Festival has grown from a small community picnic to the largest public event in Sandy Springs, welcoming nearly 25,000 attendees at Heri-tage Green. Founded in 1984, the event is the primary fundraiser for Heritage Sandy Springs. Stop by between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday and support the cause. From the Doug Kessler Sandy Springs Lightning 5K/10K to a juried Artists Market to the annual Kiwanis Pet Parade, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Tickets are $5 for adults; $2 for youth ages 6-17; and free for children under 5 and for Heri-tage Sandy Springs members. There are also two-day passes available at $7 for adults and $3 for youth. Tickets may be pur-chased before the festival at the Heritage Sandy Springs office located at 6110 Bluestone Road, or at the gate.

n Lilly Pulitzer Shop & Share benefiting Atlanta Speech SchoolSept. 26Lilly Pulitzer Phipps Plaza 3500 Peachtree Road N.E.Atlanta 30326404.467.9484 www.atlantaspeechschool.org

Get a first peek at Lilly Pulitzer’s new fall cocktail dress collection and help a good cause during the Phipps Plaza store’s Shop & Share event. Taking place from 6 to 9 p.m., the retail soiree benefits Atlanta Speech School’s 40th Annual Language and Literacy Gala, which takes place Nov. 17 at the Capital City Club in Brookhaven and is the Atlanta Speech School Guild’s largest annual fundraiser. (There’s also a children’s fashion show at Neiman Marcus in Lenox Square taking place Nov. 3 that will benefit the gala fund.) Make sure to stock up on some bright-hued outfits, as Lilly Pulitzer is donat-ing 10 percent of the proceeds from the Shop & Share event to the Buckhead-based educational center, which offers services for children and adults with hearing, speech, language or learning dis-abilities. Atlanta Speech School Guild provides the school with financial support, and proceeds from the Language and Literacy Gala go directly toward financial aid for students in need.

n Swan Coach House Emerg-ing Artist Award Winners: 15th Year Retrospective Exhibition Sept. 26-Nov. 2Swan Coach House Gallery 3130 Slaton Drive N.W. Atlanta 30305 404.266.2636www.swancoachhouse.com/gallery

In celebration of the 15th An-niversary of the Forward Arts

Foundation Emerging Art-ist Award, the Swan Coach House Gallery is hosting a free retrospective exhibition of the 15 past award winners. Cu-rated by Marianne Lambert, the showcase includes the bright hand-cut paper installations of Venezuela-born artist Lucha Rodriguez, the large-scale watercolors of Atlanta native S. Patricia Patterson and the psychological narrative paint-ings of Savannah College of Art and Design professor Ann-Marie Manker, among the works of many others. The opening reception is Sept. 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Forward Arts Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting and fostering the visual arts in Atlanta, instituted the Emerging Artist Award in 1998 to recognize Atlanta’s arts community in a political envi-ronment of decreased funding options for individual artists.

n Garden of Eden Ball: Circus!Sept. 28Atlanta Botanical Garden1345 Piedmont Avenue N.E.Atlanta 30309404.876.5859www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org

The Garden of Eden Ball has come a long way from its early days in a parking lot tent. This year, Atlanta Botanical Garden’s largest annual fundraiser begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Howell Fountain Plaza at dusk. The circus-themed festivi-ties continue under the big top—

a tented ballroom on the Great Lawn that is transformed into a three-ring extravaganza. Expect performances by The Imperial Opa Circus as well as a three-course seated dinner and live music by Atlanta Showstoppers. The black-tie gala is co-chaired by Ginger Dixon Molloy and Susan Been and honors Molloy’s mother, Mary Wayne Dixon, for 25 years of “leadership, inspira-tion and volunteer service for the Ball.” The Ball begins at 6:30 p.m. and individual tickets are $475. To purchase tickets, visit www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org.

n Latin Fever BallOct. 5InterContinental Buckhead3315 Peachtree Road N.E.Atlanta 30326404.638.1815 www.thelaa.org

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by heating up the dance floor at the 25th anniversary of the Latin Fever Ball, the annual fundraising gala of the Latin American Association (LAA). The black-tie event takes place at the InterContinental Buck-head with the theme “A Glamor-ous Walk Through the Past.” Kicking off at 6:30 p.m., the night includes a Latin-inspired dinner, dancing to the Latin band Nova Sound and a special performance by Jorge San-tana. The lively event—chaired by Frank Ros, vice president of Hispanic strategies at The Coca-Cola Company, and his

wife, Jan—also features live and silent auctions. Proceeds from the Ball benefit the LAA, which is the largest provider of social and immigration legal services to the Latino community in Atlanta. Individual tickets are $275 and can be purchased by calling 404.638.1815 or emailing [email protected].

Atlanta International School’s WorldFestOct. 20Atlanta International School2890 North Fulton Drive N.E.Atlanta 30305404.841.3840www.aischool.org

Take at trip around the world at Atlanta International School’s WorldFest, a celebration of culture, cuisine and crafts. Highlighting all seven conti-nents, the annual event takes place at the school’s Buckhead campus, which comes alive with games for kids and special musical performances by inter-national talent. Taste food from around the globe at the “Taste of Nations” area, where a variety of exotic spices and aromas will trigger your taste buds. As part of the event, there will also be a special admissions session for prospective parents. Entry to the festival is free and tickets for food, games and crafts may be purchased at the door (cash only).

simply buzz Events, exhibits, galas and more

SIMPLY haPPenIng

By: Giannina smith bedford

The Deadfields

installation drawing (seeds) by Morgan Alexander, the 2013-14 winner of the Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award.

Frank Ros, vice president of Hispanic strategies at The Coca-Cola Company, and his wife, Jan. The Roses are chairs of the Latin Fever Ball.

Sample the foods of the world at Atlanta International School’s WorldFest.

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Real EstateLandlord/Tenant Employment ConstructionCollections

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Scott I. Zucker, ESQ404.364.4626 Direct One Securities Centre3490 Piedmont Road, Suite 650 Atlanta, GA [email protected]

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More than 200 people sipped wine and beer from around the world at Cheers to CURE, held at City Club of Buckhead and hosted by law firm Morris, Manning and Martin. At-

tendees bid on raffle prizes like a week-long trip to Montana; the event raised $28,000 for CURE Childhood Cancer, which aims to conquer childhood cancer by funding targeted research and supporting patients and their families. www.curechildhoodcancer.org

ChEErS tO CUrE

Tyler and Katie Wolf and Donna Beezhold

Jeff and Mary Douglass

Brooke Dewey and Christina Graham

Alan and Dayna Thomson

John and Sarah Dallas

Lisa Owen, Shannon Newell, Laurie Garrard

and Kelly Lundberg

Kendall Butterworth and Elizabeth Garvish

Shenita Spivery and Octavia ReynoldsKristin Connor

Matt Sours, Emily Cate, Ellen and John Yates

Kate Pearch, Margaret Hopkins

There was no shortage of wine at this soiree.

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Ready, set...Marist School Senior Kendall Baker is poised to make a name for himself

between the hedges at UGA. Read about him on page 67.

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At First Citizens, putting our customers first is at the center of everything we do. That’s why we’re honored that they rated us “Highest in Customer Satisfaction in Retail Banking in the Southeast Region,” according to the most recent J.D. Power & Associates Retail Banking Satisfaction Study.SM

First Citizens offers all the convenience and services of a large bank, combined with the personal attention and responsiveness of a community bank. We’ve been focused on helping individuals and businesses succeed for over 100 years.

Are you satisfied with your bank? Get to know First Citizens. Call or visit our Buckhead location today.

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