Restaurant
The Buckhead Dining Renaissance
Evan Beckett8 min read
Articles
Editorial coverage of the things that matter. Dining, design, investment, and the art of living well.
Investment
Midtown: The Last Undervalued Corridor
Why smart money is quietly accumulating in Atlanta's most overlooked investment corridor — and the numbers that prove it.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Product
The Spring Grooming Edit
12 products that earned a permanent spot. Chosen after real comparison, not brand pitches — just what actually works.
Evan Beckett6 min read
Restaurant
Atlanta's Definitive Steakhouse Ranking
The honest ranking of Metro Atlanta's serious steakhouses, from the overrated to the transcendent.
Evan Beckett12 min read
DIY
Build a Home Bar Worth Using
The bottles, tools, and techniques that separate a real home bar from a decorative shelf of liquor.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Restaurant
5 Atlanta Cocktail Bars Worth Knowing
Beyond the speakeasy gimmick — these bars take the craft seriously without taking themselves too seriously.
Evan Beckett7 min read
Neighborhood
The Westside: A Neighborhood Worth the Move
From the BeltLine to Howell Mill, why Atlanta's Westside is the best place to live if you value walkability, food, and community.
Evan Beckett9 min read
Events
Spring 2026: Events Worth Your Time
Gallery openings, supper clubs, tastings, and cultural events curated for the man who'd rather be intentional about his calendar.
Evan Beckett5 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup Atlanta: The Ultimate Fan's Guide
Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosts the biggest event in global sports. Here's everything you need — match logistics, watch parties, where to eat, where to stay, and how to move through the city like you've lived here your whole life.
Evan Beckett14 min read
Nightlife
Atlanta's 7 Best Rooftop Lounges
The city looks different from up here. Seven rooftops worth getting dressed for — from Buckhead's polished skyline bars to a Ponce City Market icon with the best sunset in the city.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Automotive
Weekend Drive: Luxury Rentals Worth the Splurge
You don't need to own a Porsche to drive one through the North Georgia mountains this weekend. Five Turo rentals, five routes, one unforgettable weekend.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Spirits
The Old Fashioned Masterclass
The greatest cocktail ever made deserves more than a recipe — it deserves a philosophy. Step-by-step technique, bourbon at every price point, and the Atlanta bars that do it best.
Evan Beckett13 min read
Style
Spring Style: The Atlanta Man's Wardrobe Reset
Five essential pieces, three outfit breakdowns, and the Atlanta shops where you actually want to spend your money. No trend-chasing. Just what works.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Adventures
Lake Lanier & Beyond: 5 Adventures Within an Hour
You don't need a plane ticket to reset. Five outdoor experiences within 60 minutes of the city — from waterfall hikes to river floats — that'll make Monday feel earned.
Evan Beckett13 min read
Luxury Real Estate
$4M and Worth Every Dollar: Inside Forsyth's Most Stunning New Build
An 8,200-square-foot architectural statement on two manicured acres in south Forsyth County — where the schools are A-rated, the lots are generous, and the finishes will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about new construction in metro Atlanta.
Evan Beckett9 min read
Interior Design
Before & After: A $180K Buckhead Living Room Transformation
Dark wood paneling, popcorn ceilings, and carpet the color of regret. Here's how one Buckhead homeowner turned a 1990s living room into something worth photographing — and what it actually cost.
Evan Beckett8 min read
DIY
Build a Fire Pit This Weekend: The Complete Guide
A 20-year construction veteran walks you through a fire pit build you can finish in a day — no permits, no mortar, no excuses. Materials run about $400, and the result will outlast your mortgage.
Evan Beckett7 min read
Sports
Tee Time: Metro Atlanta's 5 Best Public Golf Courses
You don't need a $75K initiation fee to play great golf in Atlanta. These five public courses deliver championship layouts, solid conditions, and 19th holes worth lingering at.
Evan Beckett8 min read
Events
World Cup Watch Parties: Where Atlanta Will Be Screaming
Atlanta is a host city for FIFA 2026, and the energy is already building. Here's where to watch every match — from Midtown rooftops to Decatur sports bars to the official fan fest at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Evan Beckett7 min read
Events
The Hot List: 10 Things to Do in Atlanta This Month
A concert at State Farm, a new restaurant in Westside, a gallery opening in Castleberry Hill, and seven more reasons to leave the house this May. Your month, planned.
Evan Beckett6 min read
DIY
Build an Outdoor Bar This Weekend
Cedar frame, concrete countertop, garden hose wet sink. Under $800 in materials, one weekend of work, and you'll never fight your way to the kitchen for a refill again. Here's the full build.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Interior Design
Wainscoting & Trim: The $400 Upgrade That Adds $4,000 in Value
Board and batten wainscoting turns a flat, forgettable wall into architectural character that photographs like a magazine spread. Materials cost less than a nice dinner out. Here's the full install.
Evan Beckett9 min read
DIY
5 Outdoor Living Ideas Under $2,000
You don't need a $30K patio renovation to transform your backyard. These five projects range from $150 to $500, and every single one will make you wonder why you waited so long.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Interior Design
The Kitchen Renovation Cheat Sheet: What's Worth the Money
Not everything in a kitchen remodel deserves the same budget. After 20 years in construction, here's exactly where to spend, where to save, and what the real numbers look like in metro Atlanta.
Evan Beckett12 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: 10 Things Atlanta Needs to Know Before June
Two months out. Eight matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Hotel prices already absurd. MARTA about to be tested like never before. Here are the ten things every Atlantan needs to understand before the world arrives.
Evan Beckett14 min read
Restaurant
Marcel, Bones, or Kyma: Atlanta's Steakhouse Debate Settled
Three restaurants. Three philosophies. One steak argument that's been raging across Buckhead dinner tables for years. We ate at all three in one week. Here's the verdict.
Evan Beckett12 min read
DIY
Deck Staining 101: The Saturday Morning Project That Saves Your Investment
Your deck is a $15,000-$40,000 asset sitting in Georgia sun and humidity. A $200 weekend project can add five years to its life. Here's how to do it right — and the mistakes that ruin everything.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Interior Design
The $500 Bathroom Refresh: 6 Upgrades, Zero Plumbing
New mirror, new hardware, fresh paint, better lighting, and accessories that don't look like they came from a college dorm. Six upgrades for under $500 — no contractor, no plumber, no weekend wasted.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Sports
Where to Watch the Champions League Final in Atlanta
May 31st. The biggest club match in world football. Five Atlanta bars where the atmosphere will rival being in Munich. Pre-game plans, post-game moves, and the beer list that matters.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Investment
Rent Your Home During the World Cup: The Atlanta Airbnb Playbook
Mercedes-Benz Stadium is about to host the biggest event in Atlanta since the '96 Olympics. Your spare bedroom — or your entire house — could pay for your summer. Here's exactly how to do it.
Evan Beckett14 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup Traffic Survival Guide: What's Closed, What's Under Construction, and How to Move
Atlanta traffic is already legendary. Add 500,000 international visitors and eight FIFA matches, and legendary becomes biblical. Here's how to survive — and actually enjoy — getting around this summer.
Evan Beckett12 min read
World Cup 2026
Atlanta Parks Are Going All-In for the World Cup: Every Free Event and Fan Zone
You don't need a $300 match ticket to experience the World Cup in Atlanta. From the official FIFA Fan Festival to neighborhood watch parties, here's every free event worth your time.
Evan Beckett11 min read
World Cup 2026
The World Cup Merch Guide: What to Buy, What to Skip, and Where to Find It in Atlanta
Jerseys, scarves, collectibles — the World Cup merchandise machine is massive. Here's what's worth your money, what's a waste, and where to find it all in Atlanta.
Evan Beckett11 min read
World Cup 2026
Host World Cup Guests Like a Pro: Private Chefs, Car Services, and VIP Experiences
Your college roommate is flying in from London. Your boss's boss wants the VIP treatment. Here's how to host World Cup guests at a level that makes you look like you've been doing this your whole life.
Evan Beckett12 min read
World Cup 2026
June in Atlanta: What Locals Know That Tourists Don't
Humidity that hits you like a wall. Afternoon thunderstorms that vanish in 30 minutes. Mosquitoes with a personal vendetta. Here's what every World Cup visitor needs to know about surviving — and enjoying — Atlanta in summer.
Evan Beckett13 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup Semifinal in Atlanta: The Complete July 15 Guide
The World Cup semifinal lands at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 15 — the biggest single sporting event in Atlanta history. Tickets, timing, and strategy.
Evan Beckett12 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup in Atlanta Without Tickets: Where to Watch
No match ticket? Atlanta still delivers. The official FIFA Fan Festival, park screenings, rooftops, and the sports bars where this city watches soccer.
Evan Beckett10 min read
World Cup 2026
World Cup Final Week in Atlanta: A July 11-19 Itinerary
July 11-19 is the biggest sports week Atlanta has ever hosted. A day-by-day plan — where to watch every remaining match, what to book, and when.
Evan Beckett11 min read
World Cup 2026
Post-Match Dining: Atlanta's World Cup Late-Night Guide
Where Atlanta eats after the final whistle — kitchens near the stadium, West Midtown celebration tables, and the late-night moves worth planning ahead.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Investment
What the World Cup Did to Atlanta's Housing Market
Nightly rates that tripled, calendars booked solid, and a skyline full of new fans: what the World Cup has really done to Atlanta's housing market.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Adventures
Atlanta Boat Club Memberships: Costs on Lanier & Allatoona
What boat club memberships cost in metro Atlanta — monthly dues, initiation fees, and club options on Lake Allatoona, Lanier, and Oconee.
Evan Beckett9 min read
Automotive
The Porsche Experience Center Atlanta: Yes, You Can Drive a 911 GT3 on a Track for $450
One Porsche Drive sits right by the airport, and for the price of a nice dinner, you can push a 502-horsepower GT3 through corners designed by an F1 track architect. This is the best $450 you'll spend all year.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Feature
Exclusive Club Memberships in Atlanta: Costs & How to Join
A guide to exclusive club memberships in Atlanta — annual costs, initiation fees, what the legacy clubs will not publish, and how to actually get in. Capital City, Atlanta Athletic Club, Ansley, Atlanta Country Club, Buckhead Club, and the sailing club where the gate is a boat instead of a five-figure check.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Product
10 Gadgets That Actually Earned Their Spot on My Desk
No gimmicks, no "Top 50 Things You Need" filler. Ten products chosen after real comparison, not brand pitches. Every one of them solves a real problem or makes a real difference in a daily workflow.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Adventures
Jet Ski, Wakeboard, or Float: Your Guide to Georgia Lake Season
Lake season in Georgia runs April through October, and your best days on the water depend on knowing which lake, which activity, and what to bring. Consider this your pre-season briefing.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Feature
Skip the Reservation: Atlanta's Best Private Chef Services for $50-150 a Head
The best restaurants in Atlanta have 6-week wait lists. A private chef shows up at your door with everything — including the wine pairings. Here's how to book one without feeling weird about it.
Evan Beckett8 min read
Feature
Atlanta's VIP Experiences: The Things Money Can Buy That You Didn't Know Existed
From private skydiving lessons over Lake Lanier to a personal sommelier who builds your wine cellar, Atlanta has a shadow economy of luxury experiences that don't show up on Google. Here's your guide.
Evan Beckett9 min read
Automotive
Lamborghini Rental in Atlanta: Costs, Where to Book & Tips
What a Lamborghini rental costs in Atlanta — typically $400-900 a day — plus where to book exotic cars, the insurance traps, and the best roads.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Neighborhood
Alpharetta vs. Johns Creek: The North Fulton Showdown
Two of Metro Atlanta's most desirable suburbs. Same school district. Different vibes entirely. Here's how to choose — whether you're buying, investing, or relocating.
Evan Beckett10 min read
DIY
The Summer Entertaining Playbook: Host Like You Mean It
Your backyard is about to become the most popular venue in your zip code. Here's how to set it up — from the grill to the playlist to the cocktail station.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Restaurant
Atlanta's 8 Best Brunches, Ranked by Someone Who's Tried Them All
We spent three months eating brunch every weekend. Our arteries may never forgive us, but at least you'll know exactly where to go.
Evan Beckett10 min read
Neighborhood
Peachtree City: The Golf Cart Town That's Not What You Think
100 miles of cart paths, lake access, and median home prices under $500K. Peachtree City is Metro Atlanta's best-kept secret — if you know what you're getting into.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Restaurant
Where to Eat and Drink During the World Cup: The Atlanta Restaurant Guide
Your international guests expect more than Chili's. Here are the restaurants and bars that match the global energy of the World Cup — organized by cuisine, budget, and proximity to the stadium.
Evan Beckett12 min read
Style
The 7-Day Style Playbook: What to Wear When You Give a Damn
Seven days. Seven complete outfits. Two price points each. No guesswork, no fashion-school jargon — just exactly what to wear, where to buy it in Atlanta, and why it works.
Evan Beckett15 min read
Style
Mango Chicken Summer Rolls are what happens when rotisserie convenience meets Bangkok swagger.
Mango Chicken Summer Rolls are what happens when rotisserie convenience meets Bangkok swagger.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
The watch that earned a place on Patrick Mahomes's wrist doesn't need your grandfather's approval.
The watch that earned a place on Patrick Mahomes's wrist doesn't need your grandfather's approval.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
They Built a Bond Movie Set and Listed It for $85 Million. Here's What 20 Years in Construction Actually Sees.
There's a house in Delray Beach that most people will only ever see in a listing photo. But if you know anything about how buildings actually go together — how the mechanical systems interact, how a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The sneaker Moncler should have made ten years ago
There's a moment in every product category where someone finally gets it right, and you feel it in your gut before you can explain it.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
Dry, leathery roasted broccoli is the kitchen mistake nobody talks about—until now.
Dry, leathery roasted broccoli is the kitchen mistake nobody talks about—until now.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Tonnato sauce is what happens when Italian swagger meets tinned-fish genius.
Tonnato sauce is what happens when Italian swagger meets tinned-fish genius.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
The fetched page is a quick tip article, not a full recipe with ingredients and instructions. It teases a technique for avoiding soggy grill
The fetched page is a quick tip article, not a full recipe with ingredients and instructions. It teases a technique for avoiding soggy grilled cheese but doesn't provide the actual how-to steps or...
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Spaghetti Pomodoro is what happens when five pantry staples meet technique that actually matters.
Spaghetti Pomodoro is what happens when five pantry staples meet technique that actually matters.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
The Margarita is what happens when tequila tradition meets endless reinvention.
The Margarita is what happens when tequila tradition meets endless reinvention.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Zombie is what happens when tiki bartenders stop caring about your liver and start caring about your soul.
The Zombie is what happens when tiki bartenders stop caring about your liver and start caring about your soul.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The French cheese board is what happens when centuries of terroir meet the art of pairing.
The French cheese board is what happens when centuries of terroir meet the art of pairing.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
Extra-Creamy Hummus is what happens when pantry staples meet one game-changing trick.
Extra-Creamy Hummus is what happens when pantry staples meet one game-changing trick.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
The añejo tequila that bridges two legends.
The añejo tequila that bridges two legends.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The fragrance that already owns the room just got darker.
The fragrance that already owns the room just got darker.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
The August Dress Code: How to Stay Sharp When Atlanta's Humidity Has Other Plans
August in Atlanta is not a season. It's a stress test.
Evan Beckett6 min read
Style
Watermelon Som Tam is what happens when Georgia sweetness meets Bangkok heat.
Watermelon Som Tam is what happens when Georgia sweetness meets Bangkok heat.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
This isn't your standard watermelon salad — it's what happens when Thai flavor intensity meets summer's sweetest fruit.
This isn't your standard watermelon salad — it's what happens when Thai flavor intensity meets summer's sweetest fruit.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Dover sole meunière is what happens when French bistro tradition meets tableside theater.
Dover sole meunière is what happens when French bistro tradition meets tableside theater.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
Lasagna Beans landed on Serious Eats' most-saved list this week — and the hype is real.
Lasagna Beans landed on Serious Eats' most-saved list this week — and the hype is real.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Arsenic and Old Lace is what happens when Prohibition-era swagger meets purple poison-adjacent intrigue.
The Arsenic and Old Lace is what happens when Prohibition-era swagger meets purple poison-adjacent intrigue.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Big-Batch Old-Fashioned is what happens when party-hero ambition meets zero-stress execution.
The Big-Batch Old-Fashioned is what happens when party-hero ambition meets zero-stress execution.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
Tipsy Peach Hand Pies are what happens when bourbon-soaked peaches meet wonton wrappers in hot oil.
Tipsy Peach Hand Pies are what happens when bourbon-soaked peaches meet wonton wrappers in hot oil.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
Greek Tomato Fritters are what happens when summer garden bounty meets Mediterranean swagger.
Greek Tomato Fritters are what happens when summer garden bounty meets Mediterranean swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Tujague's Shrimp Rémoulade is what happens when 170 years of New Orleans swagger meets the porch-app Hall of Fame.
Tujague's Shrimp Rémoulade is what happens when 170 years of New Orleans swagger meets the porch-app Hall of Fame.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
The bourbon that breaks the Kentucky mold.
The bourbon that breaks the Kentucky mold.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The bourbon for men who think triple means compromise.
The bourbon for men who think triple means compromise.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Sagra Just Opened in East Atlanta Village — and It's the Italian Wine Bar Atlanta Has Been Missing
East Atlanta Village does not need another bar. What it needed — what it has been missing — is a room that slows you down.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
The watch your grandfather wishes he'd kept.
The watch your grandfather wishes he'd kept.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
603 Horsepower, Hand-Finished, and Mercedes Still Called It 'Not Quite Right' — The 2027 Maybach GLS 680
There's a version of this SUV that most manufacturers would ship without hesitation. Twin-turbo V8. 603 horsepower. 48-volt mild hybrid kicking in another 23 on demand. 0-60 in under four seconds,...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
5-Ingredient Summer Side Dishes is what happens when peak-season produce meets the anti-gatekeeping kitchen.
5-Ingredient Summer Side Dishes is what happens when peak-season produce meets the anti-gatekeeping kitchen.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Basmati Rice is what happens when South Asian tradition meets kitchen precision.
Basmati Rice is what happens when South Asian tradition meets kitchen precision.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Amalfi Spritz is what happens when the Italian coastline meets zero-proof swagger.
The Amalfi Spritz is what happens when the Italian coastline meets zero-proof swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
15 Easy Mexican Recipes is the roundup that turns Tuesday into a fiesta.
15 Easy Mexican Recipes is the roundup that turns Tuesday into a fiesta.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Boneless short rib is what happens when affordability meets serious marbling.
Boneless short rib is what happens when affordability meets serious marbling.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
Fernet and Coke is what happens when Italian amaro meets Argentinian swagger.
Fernet and Coke is what happens when Italian amaro meets Argentinian swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Ramos Gin Fizz is what happens when New Orleans decadence meets cloud-nine texture.
The Ramos Gin Fizz is what happens when New Orleans decadence meets cloud-nine texture.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Peach Tarte Tatin is what happens when French pastry technique meets Southern stone fruit swagger.
Peach Tarte Tatin is what happens when French pastry technique meets Southern stone fruit swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The nostalgia hits different when your dessert game channels peak Saturday morning cartoon vibes.
The nostalgia hits different when your dessert game channels peak Saturday morning cartoon vibes.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Auburn vs. Baylor at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Is the Best College Football Night Atlanta Has on the Calendar This September
September 5th. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Auburn Tigers versus Baylor Bears — 7:30 PM under a roof that closes when the Georgia heat hasn't let up yet.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Rate Hikes Are Back on the Table. Here's What That Means for Georgia Buyers Right Now.
Let me be real with you.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Summer Weeknight Move: How to Structure a Patio Date Night in Atlanta After the 4 PM Storm
Most guys plan the wrong night. They book a Saturday reservation at a rooftop bar in Buckhead, fight traffic from 6 to 7:30, stand in a line that smells like cologne and impatience, and spend the...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
Luftgekühlt 12 Is Coming to Trilith in October — And If You Know, You Know
There are car shows. And then there are events where a guy parks a 1972 911 S on a cobblestone street and sixty people just stand there in silence for a minute.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
The Mid-Season Gear Audit: What Your Boat or Jet Ski Needs by August
By August, you've had a few Lanier and Allatoona weekends under your belt. You know what's working and what's taking up space in the storage compartment for no good reason. That's exactly when to do...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Product
The station wagon your father sold for $500 is now the cool kid at Cars & Coffee.
The station wagon your father sold for $500 is now the cool kid at Cars & Coffee.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
What You Should Be Pouring When It's 92 and Humid in Georgia
August in Georgia is not a wine-and-cheese situation. It is not a whiskey-neat situation. It is barely a functioning-human situation, frankly, and the sooner your home bar reflects that reality, the...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Style
Korean-Style Stuffed Peppers are what happens when Seoul street food meets jalapeño popper energy.
Korean-Style Stuffed Peppers are what happens when Seoul street food meets jalapeño popper energy.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Feature
The Weekend That Went Sideways (And What a Raccoon Family Taught Me About Reading a Property)
There's a specific kind of Saturday morning that every hands-on homeowner knows. The one where you walk outside with coffee, fully intending to do one small thing — trim a branch, check the gutters,...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
World Cup 2026 watch parties demand more than chips and salsa.
World Cup 2026 watch parties demand more than chips and salsa.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
A Chinese Pavilion Built Around Flowers — and What Atlanta Designers Keep Getting Wrong About Nature in Architecture
There is a pavilion in Tangshan, Nanjing — a rest stop inside a public park — that has no business being this interesting. It is a small building. It serves bathrooms, shade, and cold drinks....
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The sneaker your dad's dad wore before sneakers were cool.
The sneaker your dad's dad wore before sneakers were cool.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Scotch that took a decade to introduce itself.
The Scotch that took a decade to introduce itself.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Lake Season Last Call: Why August on Lanier Is Better Than June
Here's what nobody tells you about Lake Lanier in August: the people who show up in June and disappear by the Fourth of July are doing it backwards.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Nest at Woodstock: A Rental Conversion One Block from Downtown That the Market Hasn't Figured Out Yet
Most people searching for a first home in metro Atlanta right now are staring at a pretty grim menu: a $380K starter ranch in Henry County with a commute that'll age you, a $420K townhome in a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Product
Omega Just Added 7 New 38mm Speedmasters — Small Wrists, This Is Your Moment
There's a version of watch collecting that never fully works for a lot of guys, and nobody in the industry talks about it honestly. The Speedmaster Moonwatch is one of the most iconic pieces ever...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
Drew Van Leuvan Just Took the Wheel at La Grotta — and Atlanta Should Pay Attention
La Grotta has been on Peachtree Road in Buckhead since 1978. That is not a typo. Nearly five decades. In a city that cycles through restaurant concepts the way Atlanta cycles through construction...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Fall Saturday Audit: How Georgia Men Actually Prepare for College Football Season
Late August in Georgia hits different than everywhere else. The humidity is still murderous, the tomatoes are peaking, and somewhere in the back of your mind a clock is ticking. Week one is right...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta United vs. Sporting Kansas City: Here's the Metro Luxe Read on How to Actually Do This One Right
Sunday night. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta United hosting Sporting Kansas City in an MLS regular season match that, depending on where the Five Stripes sit in the Eastern standings by late August,...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
The car that made every other luxury sedan look like it was trying too hard.
The car that made every other luxury sedan look like it was trying too hard.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Japanese single malt your whisky-snob friends thought was gone forever just came back.
The Japanese single malt your whisky-snob friends thought was gone forever just came back.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
The VPS Analogy Nobody in Real Estate Is Using (But Should Be)
Here is a piece of tech writing that accidentally wrote the best real estate analogy I have seen in a while.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Small Living Room, Big Problem — Or Is It? Here's What I Actually See When I Walk a Tight Space
There's a round-up floating around Apartment Therapy right now: 75-plus small living rooms that supposedly prove a tight space can still look good. They're not wrong. Some of those rooms are...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
Seiko's Ocean Edition Is Doing the Thing Only Seiko Can Pull Off
There's a specific kind of watch move that only a handful of brands can execute without looking either desperate or shameless. Seiko does it more consistently than almost anyone: take a reference...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
What a 367-Meter Narrow Chinese Site Teaches Atlanta Builders About the Land They're Wasting
There is a residential project in Zhejiang Province, China (Jiashan Dayun Landison Manor) that most Atlanta architects and developers will never see, and that is a shame. Not because it is the...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
River Ridge vs. Sprayberry at Jim Frazier Stadium: The Opening Night You Should Be At
There's a moment at the start of every football season that doesn't get enough credit. Not the first snap. Not the coin toss. It's the hour before: when a stadium like Jim Frazier fills up slowly,...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
Salatet Lubia Be Ain Souda is what happens when Egyptian street-food wisdom meets the modern Atlanta table.
Salatet Lubia Be Ain Souda is what happens when Egyptian street-food wisdom meets the modern Atlanta table.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
UNG's Next Fest in Gainesville Is the Kind of Saturday Morning You Actually Want to Tell People About
Let me be real with you: most 'community events' are an excuse to hand out branded pens and a lukewarm hot dog. You go once, you remember the parking, you stop going.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
Bero Shandies are what happens when Tom Holland's NA beer meets summer refreshment.
Bero Shandies are what happens when Tom Holland's NA beer meets summer refreshment.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Amalfi Spritz is what happens when Italian coastline swagger meets zero-proof confidence.
The Amalfi Spritz is what happens when Italian coastline swagger meets zero-proof confidence.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Spicy Sour Noodles hit different when you know the trick.
Spicy Sour Noodles hit different when you know the trick.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The Oyster Loaf is what happens when Colonial ingenuity meets modern road-trip genius.
The Oyster Loaf is what happens when Colonial ingenuity meets modern road-trip genius.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Virginia Willis just dropped four peak-summer tomato recipes that put farmers market hauls to work.
Virginia Willis just dropped four peak-summer tomato recipes that put farmers market hauls to work.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Atlanta United vs. Sporting Kansas City — August 23 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Sunday, August 23. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta United hosts Sporting Kansas City in a late-summer Eastern Conference clash that has more on the line than the casual fan realizes.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
Spicy Margaritas are what happens when summer heat meets cocktail hour.
Spicy Margaritas are what happens when summer heat meets cocktail hour.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
A $5.5M Floating Duck Camp in Louisiana — And Why It Makes Sense If You Know How to Look at It
Most hunters who dream about a Louisiana marsh camp dream about a fixed-pier camp: something on stilts over the water, a generator, a propane cooktop, and a stretch of public marsh nearby. That...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Date Night That Actually Lands: A Local's Guide to Atlanta After Dark
Most Atlanta date nights follow the same script. Buckhead steakhouse. Valet. The prix fixe everyone at the table next to you is also eating. She has been to that dinner before: with you, with a...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
What a Chinese Flagship Store in a 600-Year-Old Fishing Village Gets Right That Most Atlanta Builds Get Wrong
There is a project in Xunpu, a coastal fishing village on China's Fujian coast, that has been making the rounds in architecture circles. Super Jinjiang, a flagship experience store built for a...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Style
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is what happens when Portland craft meets umami swagger.
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is what happens when Portland craft meets umami swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
Syllabub is what happens when Colonial tavern culture meets cloud-nine dessert.
Syllabub is what happens when Colonial tavern culture meets cloud-nine dessert.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Style
Blueberry season is what happens when summer heat meets berry swagger.
Blueberry season is what happens when summer heat meets berry swagger.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The secret to restaurant-grade hummus isn't a fancy tahini brand—it's what you do to the chickpeas before you blend.
The secret to restaurant-grade hummus isn't a fancy tahini brand: it's what you do to the chickpeas before you blend.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Product
The Italian Sea Group Is Up for Sale — and It's a Story Every Luxury Buyer Should Understand
Let me be real with you about something that doesn't get discussed enough in the yacht world: the gap between what a brand looks like and what the company behind it actually is.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Adam J's Grilled Cheese at Pittsburgh Yards Is the Lunch Move Atlanta's Southside Has Been Sleeping On
Pittsburgh Yards is one of those places most Atlanta residents have heard of but never actually driven to. The shipping container district off McDonough Boulevard in South Atlanta has been building...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
Tiny Tomato Galettes are what happens when summer gardens meet zero-stress entertaining.
Tiny Tomato Galettes are what happens when summer gardens meet zero-stress entertaining.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Harvest & Grace Is Opening in Trilith This Fall — and It's the All-Day Dining Spot Fayette County Has Been Waiting For
There's a moment in every neighborhood's evolution when it stops being a place people pass through and starts being a place people build their week around. Trilith has been on that edge for a while....
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls — August 15 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
August 15. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta United hosting the New York Red Bulls, and if you haven't started thinking about how you're spending that Saturday, Metro Luxe is here to make the call for...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Sweetgrass Basket Guinness Record Is Cool. The Craft Behind It Is What You Should Actually Know.
Corey Alston spent a year weaving a single basket. When he finished, Guinness officially certified it as the largest sweetgrass basket in the world. That's the headline. The part worth sitting with...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
The Mid-Season Gear Audit: What Actually Earns Space on a Lake Lanier or Allatoona Boat
August on Lake Lanier is a specific experience. Hazy mornings that burn off fast, water temperature sitting in the low 80s, weekend traffic on the water that would make I-285 feel spacious. If you've...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
The Saturday Project That Actually Finished: How to Pick a DIY Job You'll Complete (Not Abandon)
There's a specific kind of project graveyard in most garages in metro Atlanta. Half-stripped cabinet doors. A box of tile adhesive that's been sitting next to the water heater since March. A patch of...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
The Cheese-First Method: Why the Best Party Snack You'll Make This Summer Starts With the Pan, Not the Onion
There's a version of this appetizer on every Southern Living scroll right now, and most people are going to make it wrong.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
What to Pour When It's 92 and Humid: The Metro Luxe Summer Drinking Guide
Here's what I'm telling anyone who asks about summer drinking in Georgia: the guys who insist on Negronis and Manhattan variations in August are performing. They're not drinking what they actually...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Habaneros Just Opened in Hampton — and Henry County Noticed
Hampton, Georgia just got a new reason to drive down Jonesboro Road.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Product
The Backyard Water Economy: A Straight Ranking of Every Pool Setup Worth Considering in a Georgia August
Georgia August is a specific kind of brutal. By 2 PM the deck is 110 degrees, the kids are feral, and the idea of driving anywhere sounds genuinely insane. The backyard water setup stops being a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
Oil Spikes, Fed Day, and Middle East Flares — What Atlanta Buyers and Sellers Actually Do With This
There's a specific kind of Tuesday morning in Atlanta real estate where the news is loud, the market is quiet, and nobody really knows what to do with their hands.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The 4 PM Storm Clears. Here's What to Do With the Next Three Hours.
Every Atlanta summer runs on the same clock. Heat builds from noon until it can't hold itself anymore: usually somewhere between 3:30 and 5 PM, the sky opens, the streets steam, and twenty minutes...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
The Summer Refuge: How to Design a Room That Actually Beats a Georgia July
Here's something nobody says out loud: by August in Georgia, the house stops being a place you live in and starts being a place you survive in. Ninety-five degrees by eleven in the morning. Humidity...
Evan Beckett7 min read
Product
One Small Change That Dramatically Improves Your Flying Performance
There's a version of this story that gets told every few years in pilot circles, and it goes like this: guy passes his medical, barely. Vision section is the close call. He thinks nothing of it,...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
Lake Season Last Call: Why August Is the Best Month on Lanier and Allatoona
Here's what most guys get wrong about lake season in Georgia: they treat it like it ends in July. School's back, the traffic on 400 thins out, the Instagram crowd moves on. And they assume the water...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
First Preseason Hit: What August 14th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Actually Tells You About the 2026 Falcons
August 14th. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Falcons versus Denver in Preseason Game 1.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Georgia Fall Ritual Starts Before the First Kickoff
Late August in Georgia doesn't wait for Labor Day to feel like fall football season. The calendar flips, the humidity stays brutal, and somewhere in the back of your head a switch gets thrown. You're...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Product
The last convertible your grandfather could actually fit in.
The last convertible your grandfather could actually fit in.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
The SIPosium Turns 15: Why Louisville's Bourbon-Women Conference Is the Template Metro Luxe Should Be Paying Attention To
Most bourbon events follow the same script. A distillery opens its doors on a Saturday, a brand ambassador walks you through the mash bill, you sample three expressions in a plastic cup, and you...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Contractor's Case for Eating While You're Building: What a Renovation Kitchen Teaches You
There's a specific kind of morning that renovation veterans know better than anyone. The kind where the crew shows up before you're human, the kitchen is half-gutted, and you're standing there in...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta Home Prices Inched Higher in May. Here's What the Real Number Tells You.
The Case-Shiller numbers for May dropped and the headline is technically good news: Atlanta home prices rose 0.03% year over year and 0.69% month over month. Nationally, price growth topped 1% for...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
The Southern Pickle Hierarchy: What the Hall of Fame List Got Right (and What It Missed)
Southern Living just dropped Part 2 of their Southern Food Hall of Fame (the pickled and punchy picks) and the comments lit up immediately. Wickles Pickles with boat sandwiches. Mrs. Campbell's...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
The World Cup Left Atlanta With More Than a Trophy Run. The Murals Are Still Here.
Atlanta thought it knew how big hosting the World Cup would be. It was bigger.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Garrison in Boulevard Heights: Atlanta's Newest Beltline Project Has a Retail Problem — And a Construction Story Worth Knowing
Most people who follow Atlanta development news heard one headline about The Garrison: the complaint. An anonymous tip to the city in June, flagging that a 750-square-foot corner space required by...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
A $6.4 Billion Bridge Just Opened. Here's Why a Georgia Guy Is Paying Attention.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge opened this week over the Detroit River: a six-lane, $6.4 billion Canadian-funded span connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan. Named for a hockey legend...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Neighborhood
Refuge Coffee Co. Just Opened in Decatur — And the Location Is Worth Knowing About
There's a new Refuge Coffee Co. in Decatur, and the address alone tells you something interesting is happening there.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Neighborhood
When Oil Spikes and Markets Slide, Here's What Atlanta Real Estate Actually Does
Let me be real with you about something.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
The Atlanta Restaurant You Recommend Without Hesitation — And What That Says About This City
There's a question making the rounds on Atlanta food accounts right now: What's the one restaurant you recommend without hesitation?
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta Is About to Find Out What the Next AI Arms Race Actually Looks Like From the Ground Floor
Here is the honest read on a story that got filed under 'international news' when it should have been filed under 'Atlanta real estate, infrastructure, and economic development.'
Evan Beckett5 min read
Product
The yacht your car tuner built.
The yacht your car tuner built.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Product
The last Bugatti with the engine that made 1,000 horsepower feel inevitable.
The last Bugatti with the engine that made 1,000 horsepower feel inevitable.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Preseason, Not Practice: Why the Broncos Game at Mercedes-Benz Is Worth Your August
August 14th. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Denver Broncos come to town.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Three Things a Potted Garden Taught Me That a 20-Year Construction Career Confirmed
There's a gardening post making the rounds right now: a woman documenting what she calls her 'accidental potted garden experiment.' No grand plan. Just pots, trial and error, and honest notes on what...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Order Matters: How to Sequence a Whole-Home Remodel Without Blowing Your Budget or Your Sanity
Most whole-home remodels go sideways the same way. Not because the homeowner picked the wrong tile. Not because the contractor was lazy. Because someone made decisions in the wrong order, and by the...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
The fragrance that made a vegetable garden cool.
The fragrance that made a vegetable garden cool.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Style
The watch your grandfather wishes he'd kept.
The watch your grandfather wishes he'd kept.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Product
The supercar your neighbors still talk about a decade later.
The supercar your neighbors still talk about a decade later.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
The luggage that makes TSA Pre-Check feel like a privilege you actually earned.
The luggage that makes TSA Pre-Check feel like a privilege you actually earned.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
The Hotel That Actually Makes the Trip: Why London's Best Rooms Work and What Atlanta Can Steal From Them
Condé Nast Traveler just dropped their 'all-time best hotels in London' list, with picks running from Claridge's to a new Fitzrovia boutique that opened its doors to its first overnight guest the...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
England vs. Argentina in Atlanta. Mercedes-Benz Stadium Hosts a World Cup Semifinal — and Downtown Becomes the City.
There is a version of Atlanta that exists maybe once a generation. Not the Atlanta of traffic reports and suburban sprawl debates: the Atlanta that the world actually shows up for. That version is...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The July Date Night Formula: How Atlanta Evenings Actually Work After the Storm Clears
Here is a fact about Atlanta summers that nobody in the lifestyle press talks about: the best hour of the day happens around 7 PM, about ninety minutes after the afternoon storm rolls through and...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta's Mahjong Moment: Five Rooms Worth Your Saturday Night
Here's something I did not see coming: mahjong is having a genuine moment in Atlanta dining rooms, and it is working.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Atlanta Is a World Cup City Right Now. Here's How to Actually Be In It.
There are maybe four or five moments in a city's life where the whole world shows up and you can feel it in the air before you even leave the house. The 1996 Olympics was one. Right now, this summer,...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
48 Hours in Atlanta During the World Cup: A Resident's Honest Itinerary
Most people treating Atlanta like a tournament layover are going to get the tourist version of the city: the hotel shuttle, the stadium concourse beer, the Uber back before midnight. That is fine....
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta Is Hosting the World Cup Semifinal. Here's How to Actually Experience It.
July 15th. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. A World Cup Semifinal.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Semifinal Week in Atlanta — The Biggest Sports Week This City Has Ever Seen
Atlanta has hosted Super Bowls. College Football Playoffs. SEC Championships. NCAA Final Fours. The city knows how to host a moment.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
The Fox Just Did Something Most Atlanta Institutions Are Afraid To
There's a version of this story that gets written by every PR team in the city, and it goes something like this: beloved institution announces diversity initiative, everyone claps, nothing actually...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
The Screened Porch Comeback: What One Renter Did That Homeowners Should Steal
Let me be real with you about porches.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
116 Krog St. Is Back on the Market. $5.25M for a Brick Warehouse at the Beltline's Front Door.
There are maybe a dozen properties in Atlanta where the address alone tells you why it matters. 116 Krog Street is one of them.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
Mid-Season Gear Audit: What Actually Earns Its Place on a Lanier or Allatoona Weekend
It's July. You've already done a handful of lake weekends. You know what's worked and what's been taking up space in the hull since Memorial Day.
Evan Beckett6 min read
Product
The Backyard Water Economy: What's Actually Worth Buying Before August Kills You
July in Georgia isn't summer. It's a negotiation with the atmosphere. By 9 a.m. the humidity has already made its argument, and by 2 p.m. the argument has become a threat. The backyard stops being a...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Product
The Backyard Semifinal Setup: How to Actually Watch the World Cup in a Georgia July
The semifinal is here. Atlanta is loud, tickets are gone, and the bars downtown are going to be standing-room-only at whatever hour the match kicks off. Which means the smartest move you can make...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
Designing the Summer Refuge: How to Make Your House Actually Beat a Georgia July
By 11am on a Georgia July morning, you have already lost. The driveway is radiating, the garage feels like a kiln, and the ambient temperature outside is doing something that should be illegal. The...
Evan Beckett7 min read
Feature
What to Pour When It's 92 Degrees and the Humidity Is Disrespectful
July in Georgia is not a season for standing around contemplating whether you want a drink. You want a drink. The question is what kind of drink survives the walk from the kitchen to the porch...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Product
The sports car that makes you forget range anxiety exists.
The sports car that makes you forget range anxiety exists.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
Golestan Restaurant Atlanta Review
Most Persian restaurants in Atlanta play it the same way. The menu is a greatest-hits board (kebabs, rice, a stew or two) built for an audience that doesn't know the cuisine well enough to ask for...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
The car that made chrome respectable again.
The car that made chrome respectable again.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Feature
What a Picket Fence Actually Teaches You About Every Other Project You'll Ever Build
There's a moment on every project (I don't care if it's a data center in Midtown or a picket fence in Peachtree City) where the decisions stop being theoretical and start being permanent.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Match Day in Midtown: How to Play the Final Week Right
The last thing you want to do during the final week of a World Cup is walk into the wrong bar at the wrong time and spend ninety minutes standing three deep behind someone wearing a face-painted flag...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
You Don't Have to Go Downtown to Watch the World Cup Right
The assumption most people make in July 2026 is that watching the World Cup properly means grinding into Midtown or fighting for a bar stool somewhere inside the Perimeter. That assumption is wrong,...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
How to Do a World Cup Match Day in Atlanta Without a Ticket
Nobody needs to tell you Atlanta is a World Cup city this summer. The flags are up, the jerseys are out, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the center of something genuinely global for a few weeks in July....
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Travel Survey Answer Nobody Gives (But Should)
Most travel surveys end up being the same ten answers in a different order. Favorite hotel: somewhere in Italy. Best packing advice: pack less. Drink of choice on arrival: a Negroni, obviously. The...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Weekend Escape She Actually Remembers: Georgia Coast Over Big Sur Every Time
Every couple of months Condé Nast Traveler runs a piece about Big Sur (the redwoods, the ocean vistas, the Airbnb with the cliff-side hot tub), and the comment section fills up with men tagging their...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
The Card That Does More Work Than Most People's Toolboxes
Most pocket tools are a compromise. They're either too bulky to actually carry, too light to actually use, or too clever-looking to take seriously when you need them. The TitanSnap Magnetic Titanium...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Roswell Just Finished 4,200 Linear Feet of Trail Infrastructure That Changes How the North Fulton Market Reads
The City of Roswell wrapped construction this week on the Hardscrabble Road Multi-Use Trail: $2.5 million in public infrastructure, 3,000 linear feet of 8-to-10-foot-wide trail along Hardscrabble...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
$9.4 Million Just Changed What Peoplestown Looks Like — Here's Why That Matters
Peoplestown doesn't show up in a lot of 'what's hot in Atlanta right now' conversations. It's a southside ITP neighborhood that gets mentioned in the same breath as Summerhill and Pittsburgh: places...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
Clear the Prop — and Why That Ritual Matters More Than You Think
There's a moment every pilot knows. You've done your run-up, you've confirmed the area, you crack the window open and you shout it, 'Clear prop!', into the open air before you engage the starter.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The 20-Minute Radius: What's Actually Worth Your Time Before a Match at Mercedes-Benz
Atlanta Magazine ran a piece this week cataloging ten new restaurants within a 20-minute walk of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. World Cup timing, downtown boom, the usual framing. It's a useful list. But a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
CAIN Live in McDonough: A Night Worth the Drive South
September 24th, Eagles Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough. CAIN, the Huntsville siblings who've become one of the most compelling acts in contemporary Christian music, are rolling through the...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
250 Years of American Architecture — And Atlanta Still Gets Called a Copy of Everywhere Else
Here's what the Architectural Digest retrospective on 250 years of American design gets right: this country never landed on one unified style, and that's not a failure. That's the whole point. Adobe...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Hell Strip Is the Most Wasted Foot of Real Estate on Your Block. Here's What to Do With It.
You've walked past it a thousand times without naming it. The narrow strip of dirt and sad turfgrass between the sidewalk and the street, the one the city technically owns but you're responsible for...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
Three Months to Gut a Bungalow: The Renovation Decisions That Actually Matter Under a Hard Deadline
There is a renovation story making the rounds this week: a Berkeley bungalow, three months to finish it, lime green exterior trim as the opening statement. I have been thinking about why that story...
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
Eater Just Won an Emmy for Covering a Suburban Deli. Atlanta Has a Dozen Stories Like That Waiting.
Here is what the Eater Emmy nomination actually says, if you read it sideways.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
Frank Lloyd Wright Built One House in Tennessee. Here's Why That Matters to Anyone Who Cares About How Buildings Actually Work.
Most people know Frank Lloyd Wright the way they know a famous painting: they recognize the name, they've seen the pictures, they could pick Fallingwater out of a lineup. But they've never thought...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
World Cup Week Proves Something Atlanta Insiders Already Knew About Downtown
An England supporter posted on X last week calling Atlanta's downtown 'sketchy' with 'Walking Dead vibes.' He got ratio'd, not by Atlanta boosters, but by the tens of thousands of international fans...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
Hashtag India Is Coming to Atlanta — and It's the Most Interesting Indian Expansion Story in the Southeast Right Now
Atlanta's Indian restaurant scene has been building toward something. The city's South Asian population is one of the fastest-growing in the country (Suwanee, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Duluth), these...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Interior Design
Kelly Wearstler Just Listed a $34.5M Bel-Air Estate — Here's What That Looks Like at Scale
Let me be real with you: Kelly Wearstler doesn't design rooms. She stages confrontations between pattern, surface, and scale, and then dares you to blink first.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
So. Fox Opens July 2 in Virginia-Highland — Myles Moody's Midline Move Is the Most Interesting Opening of the Summer
Virginia-Highland has been doing something interesting over the last two years. Not the loud, investor-backed kind of interesting: the kind that happens when a chef and a sommelier who already have a...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Claressa Shields Comes to State Farm Arena — August 15 Is Not a Night to Miss
Claressa Shields is the best boxer on the planet right now. Not 'one of.' Not 'arguably.' The best.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
What a 19th-Century Kitchen Garden Taught Me About Modern DIY (And Why Most Weekend Projects Miss the Point)
There's a moment in every historic garden, the kind attached to a castle or a grand house that's been standing since before central air was a concept, where you stop looking at the plants and start...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Atlanta Gets a Summer Too: The Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Move Most Locals Are Sleeping On
Garden & Gun just ran their summer Nashville guide: neighborhood by neighborhood, green spaces, culinary highlights, the whole editorial treatment. Good piece. Nashville deserves it.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
The Best Small-Space Hack You've Never Thought to Try: Shop the Marine Aisle
Here is a design tip that sounds like I am messing with you until you walk into a West Marine and start actually looking at shelves.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Travel Gear You Actually Need vs. What Prime Day Wants You to Buy
Prime Day dropped. Your inbox knows it. Every travel publication in America is running a 'deals worth adding to cart' roundup right now: 60% off luggage, sneakers, beach gear, all of it. And none of...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
The Jewelry Move Most Men Miss (And Why It's Worth Reconsidering)
Let me be real with you: earrings on men are still a conversation in 2026 only because most men never had the conversation with themselves. They either went all-in at 22 with a stud they forgot...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Feature
Belvedere Plaza Is Getting $24M and a Second Life — Here's What a 1950s Strip Center Resurrection Actually Signals
Belvedere Plaza has been sitting at the corner of Memorial Drive and Columbia Drive since the 1950s, one of the earliest malls in the area, back when 'mall' meant a strip of storefronts with a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta Made a Feature Film in Under a Year. Here's What That Actually Means for the City.
Atlanta has been a film city for long enough now that people forget it was ever not one. The tax credits came, the soundstages followed, the production money poured in, and somewhere along the way...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
A $50M Yacht Just Left the Shipyard. Here's What It Actually Teaches You About Building Anything Right.
There's a 55-meter megayacht called Pa'lante that just departed Heesen's shipyard in the Netherlands and is making her way to the Mediterranean for the summer season. She'll show up at the Monaco...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Mirae Brookhaven Review: Korean Dining
Atlanta's Korean restaurant scene has always had range — from the no-frills Buford Highway banchan joints where the broth arrives in a pot that's been going since noon, to the strip-mall spots in...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Atlanta Gets the World Cup. Here's How to Actually Experience Match 80 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
July 1st. Round of 32. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. One spot in the bracket still being written, but the seat you're sitting in when it gets decided? That's already knowable.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
The DIY Project That Actually Teaches You Something About Your Own House
There's a certain kind of Saturday that starts with a small thing (a loose hinge, a lamp that needs rewiring, a shrub that's been bugging you for two years) and ends with you knowing your house...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Ranky Tanky and the Gullah Coast: The One Music Trip Worth the Drive from Atlanta
Most Atlantans think about the South Carolina Lowcountry once a year, usually when someone posts a sunset photo from Folly Beach and they spend thirty seconds wishing they were there before scrolling...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
Zillow Says the Wrong Paint Color Costs Sellers $18K. Here's What 20 Years in Construction Says About That Number.
Zillow dropped a paint color analysis this week claiming the wrong color choice can cost sellers up to $18,000 at closing. The internet ran with it. And honestly, they're not wrong. But the framing...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
France Has Its Own Version of Martha's Vineyard. Georgia Has Something Better.
The travel press keeps comparing Île de Ré to Martha's Vineyard: white-washed villages, pink hollyhocks, bicycle paths between oyster farms, a coastline that rewards slowness over spectacle. The...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Style
BMW Built the Perfect Touring Wagon. Then Bovensiepen Decided That Wasn't Enough.
There's a certain kind of car enthusiast (you know him) who looks at a perfectly engineered BMW M5 Touring and thinks: this is close, but not quite there.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Beltline's 'Mario Kart' Ramp Just Arrived at United Avenue — Here's What It Actually Signals
The Atlanta Beltline has a new piece of infrastructure that the internet has already named better than any planner ever could. The United Avenue access ramp on the Southeast Trail, a sweeping, banked...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
A Watch Just Sold for $13.9 Million. Here's What the F.P. Journe Résonance Tells Us About How Serious Collectors Actually Think.
Let me be real with you. When a watch sells for $13.9 million at Phillips New York, making it the fifth most expensive wristwatch ever sold, the temptation is to write it off as billionaire nonsense...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
World Cup Comes to Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Uzbekistan vs Congo DR Is the Match Atlanta Didn't Know It Needed
Here's what I'm telling people right now: the World Cup matches that end up being the ones you remember aren't always the semifinals. They're the ones where you walked in not knowing the teams and...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
I Fired Google Too. Here's What's Actually Running My Home Now.
Nobody asked for this.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Duane Betts Found His Voice in the Same Place His Father Lost His Way — and That's the Whole Story
There is a specific kind of Southern artist that Garden & Gun covers better than anyone else, the one who spent twenty years standing in a famous shadow and finally stepped out of it not by running...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
A Theater Built for Birds: What This Chinese Architecture Project Gets Right That Most American Developers Don't
There is a theater in the Mingling Mountains outside Yixing, China (the pottery capital, if you are tracking provenance), and it was not built for people.
Evan Beckett6 min read
Feature
Stop Booking Date Trips Like a Tourist: What Promo Codes Actually Cost You
There is a version of the Atlanta couple who plans a date-night escape by opening three browser tabs, stacking promo codes, and booking whatever hotel the algorithm surfaces first. The trip happens....
Evan Beckett4 min read
Style
The Ford Escort Mk1 RS Just Got the Restomod It Always Deserved — and It's Nearly Perfect
There's a specific kind of automotive restraint that's harder to pull off than most shops admit. It's the restraint that says: we know what this car is, we know what made it iconic, and we're not...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
South Downtown Is About to Open for Business — One Week Before the World Cup Kicks Off
Seven days. That is what stands between South Downtown's two-and-a-half-year resuscitation project and its first real stress test: Atlanta's opening 2026 FIFA World Cup match, and every traveling...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
Jeff Foxworthy Just Did Something Most Comics Never Do — He Came Home to Finish It
There is a version of Jeff Foxworthy's story where he films his 42-year retrospective special at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, or Madison Square Garden, or some other venue chosen for its marquee...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Product
The S.O.L. Adventure Ready Kit: A Survival Kit That Actually Respects Your Intelligence
There's a version of survival gear that exists purely to make the buyer feel prepared without actually making them prepared. Bright orange pouches, forty-piece kits with tools the size of your...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Casa Coya Review: Peruvian in Atlanta
A review of Casa Coya in Atlanta: the ceviche, the pisco, and what to actually order, for anyone just getting curious about Peruvian food.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Second-Hand Edge: How to Build a Real Wardrobe Without Paying Retail
There's a version of getting dressed well that costs a fortune. There's another version that costs attention.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Rolling Quartz Hits Woodstock This July — and MadLife Is the Right Room for It
Rolling Quartz is a four-piece all-female rock band out of South Korea — and if that sentence makes you do a double-take, that's exactly the point. They play hard. Real guitars, real drums, songs...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
The Beige Kitchen Problem — And the $400 DIY Fix That Actually Works
There is a specific shade of beige that haunts every apartment kitchen built between 1994 and 2015. You know the one. Off-white cabinets that have yellowed just enough to look dirty even when they're...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Father's Day Is Coming. Skip the Gift Guide. Do This Instead.
Every year around this time, the sporting gift guides start showing up. Garden & Gun runs one. Gear Patrol runs one. They're well-produced, the photography is good, and the recommendations are...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Fenway Hotel Guide Got Me Thinking About Atlanta's Own Event-Night Game
Condé Nast Traveler just ran a hotel guide built around Fenway Park: where to stay if you're catching a Sox game or a concert at the stadium. It's a good read. But it got me thinking about something...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
Sony's FlexStrike Fight Stick Is the First Wireless Fight Stick Worth Taking Seriously
There's a corner of the gaming world that doesn't get enough credit from the people who should be paying attention to it.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Home Prices Up 5.3% Through April 2027 — Here's What That Actually Means If You're Buying or Selling in Metro Atlanta
Cotality dropped their latest home-price forecast this week: 5.3% appreciation expected between April 2026 and April 2027, nationally. Prices are holding steady despite mortgage rates that haven't...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
Reunion Kitchen Is Moving. The Reason Is Worth Paying Attention To.
Reunion Kitchen & Bar opened in East Cobb in April 2024. About 14 months later, they're packing up and heading to Sandy Springs.
Evan Beckett3 min read
Feature
The Most Expensive Thing You Can Do Right Now Is Buy a Distraction
There's a resort in the Berkshires that built its entire brand around removing things. No TVs in the rooms. No news feeds piped in. No agenda unless you want one. Miraval's whole pitch is that luxury...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Fiorenza Is Opening in Alpharetta This Summer. Here's Why It Has My Attention.
North Fulton has a restaurant problem, not a shortage, but a sameness. Every strip center from Windward to Haynes Bridge has a credible wood-fired pizza, a passable wine list, and a menu that reads...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Georgia Version of This Exists. Most People Drive Past It Without Stopping.
Garden and Gun ran a piece this week on a Texas ranch where a young family guards one of the Lone Star State's most storied estates by living on every inch of it. No velvet ropes. No docents. Just a...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Leafcutter Bees, Grow Bags, and the Saturday Project That Actually Gets Results
There's a certain type of Saturday that starts with one thing on the list and ends with three projects you didn't plan, a bag of potting soil in the wrong place, and something alive that you're now...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Kyoto Ryokan Fantasy Is Real. Here's What It Actually Takes to Book One Worth the Trip.
Condé Nast just dropped their annual Kyoto hotel roundup: ryokans, contemporary escapes, all of it framed as 'best places to stay in Japan's former ancient capital.' Good list. Worth reading if...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
A Pavilion in a Chinese Wetland Just Reminded Me What Good Architecture Actually Does
There's a pavilion sitting at the edge of a reservoir in Wanning, China (built into a wetland where migratory shorebirds stop to forage during dry season) and the architecture firm behind it, Atelier...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
Porsche Built a 911 Turbo S With a Saudi Artist. Here's Why That's More Interesting Than It Sounds.
Most special-edition cars are marketing exercises. A different color, a badge on the sill, a certificate of authenticity that lives in a drawer. You've seen a hundred of them. You'll forget a hundred...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Dewberry Site Has Been a Crane and a Concrete Skeleton for Six Years. 766 People Are Done Waiting.
There is a 21-story concrete skeleton sitting in the middle of Midtown Atlanta right now with a long-idle crane hanging over it. It has been there for six years. The former Campanile building at 1155...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta's Parks Commissioner Is Out. Here's Why That Actually Matters for Neighborhoods.
Justin Cutler is leaving Atlanta Parks and Recreation after four years. Going-away party this week, according to park insiders. Announcement is quiet: no press release, no mayoral statement, just...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Stellow in Chamblee Is Doing Something Most Coffee Shops Have Stopped Trying To Do
There is a version of the coffee shop that Atlanta keeps producing and it all looks the same: exposed concrete, a reclaimed wood counter, a menu with three origin single-origins, and a playlist that...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
What a 148-Foot Yacht Refit Teaches You About Owning Anything Worth Keeping
There is a yacht called Awatea that just spent seven months in the Netherlands getting rebuilt from the waterline up.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Spain vs. Saudi Arabia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta Gets a Group H Decider.
June 21st. Four o'clock. Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Spain vs. Saudi Arabia: Group H, Match 38 of the 2026 World Cup.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Heirloom Tomato Is Having a Moment in Georgia. Here's Why That Actually Makes Sense.
Garden & Gun runs an heirloom tomato name generator this time of year and the internet loses its mind over it, which tells you something true about where we are in the South right now. The heirloom...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Your Backyard Has a Wildlife Problem. Here's What 20 Years of Construction Taught Me About Why.
Let me be real with you.
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
The Date Night Move Nobody Talks About: A Bookstore, a Novel, and Why the Right Story Changes the Room
There is a version of a date night that costs $400 and is forgotten by Sunday. And there is a version that costs $30 and gets brought up for years. The difference is not money. The difference is...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Interior Design
What a Coffee Lab in Yunnan Gets Right That Most Atlanta Renovations Get Wrong
There is a coffee lab in Baoshan, China that is getting more architecture press right now than most Atlanta restaurants will ever see. No10-Architects designed it for Voiceless Coffee (a local...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Toll Brothers Is Selling in Marietta at $630K. Here's What That Number Actually Tells You About the Cobb County Market Right Now.
Toll Brothers just opened sales at Cameron Cove in Marietta. Single-family homes, priced from $630,000 to $690,000. Sixty-grand spread from floor to ceiling, which means the lot premium and elevation...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta Just Hit the Top 20 for Parks. Now the City Wants to Cut Park Funding.
Atlanta just cracked the top 20 in the Trust for Public Land's annual ParkScore rankings: 18th in the nation, up from 21st last year. That's a real number, earned over years of BeltLine expansion,...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Last Dance: Four Veterans Go Out On Their Own in Avondale Estates
There is a specific kind of restaurant opening that Atlanta does not get enough of: the one where four people who have spent years running other people's rooms finally decide to run their own. Last...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Product
The Monaco Yacht Show Just Told You What the Next Generation of Money Actually Wants
There's a shift happening at the top end of the market that nobody in the mainstream press is talking about, and it's showing up first at the Monaco Yacht Show.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Tom Brady in Times Square for Gucci. Fashion Just Ate Itself — and Called It Art.
Let me be real with you.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
The Southernmost Point Buoy Is Gone (Sort Of). Here's What That Actually Tells You About How We Travel.
Most people who go to Key West take a photo at the Southernmost Point Buoy. The big concrete marker, painted red, black, and yellow, 90 miles to Cuba, established 1983, is the reason half the...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Everything Arrived Late, Ripped Apart, or Forced Into Place — And It Was Fine
There's a newsletter I follow called The Art of Doing Stuff. This week's edition had a line that stopped me mid-scroll:
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Hotel Wellness Rooms Are Having a Moment. Here's What That Actually Tells You About the Modern Date Night.
There is a trend making the rounds in hotel trade press right now: the world's best properties are pulling Peloton bikes out of the basement gym and dropping them in your room. LED light therapy...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Interior Design
What a 200-Year-Old Qing Dynasty Study Knows About Light That Most New Atlanta Homes Don't
There's a building in Huizhou, China (a late Qing Dynasty study that sat abandoned long enough to be officially condemned as hazardous) that was just brought back as a meditation art space. The...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Style
The U.S. Mint Just Put Steve Jobs on a Dollar Coin. Here's Why That's More Interesting Than It Sounds.
There's a dollar coin in circulation right now with Steve Jobs on it. Not a commemorative medal. Not a limited-edition collector's box set you find on an infomercial at 2 a.m. An actual legal tender...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Newnan Said No in 2022. Now It's 150 Units. Here's What That Rejection Actually Bought the City.
Newnan's city council just approved the rezoning for Celebration Park: 150 units from Parkland Residential on a site they rejected at higher density back in 2022. That four-year gap is worth...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta's Dining Scene Has More Range Than Most Cities Three Times Its Size. Here's How to Actually Use It.
Let me be real with you: most 'best restaurants in Atlanta' guides are written by people who've eaten at the same twelve Buckhead spots on an expense account and called it research. Atlanta's food...
Evan Beckett5 min read
Feature
Spain Comes to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 15. Atlanta Just Became the Center of the World.
Let me be real with you: the 2026 World Cup landing in Atlanta is not a normal sports event. This is the largest sporting event on the planet, and on June 15th, Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosts Spain vs....
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Atlanta United vs. LA Galaxy — the Saturday Night Move That Actually Requires a Plan
There are Saturday nights in Atlanta where you end up somewhere good by accident. Then there are Saturday nights you engineer. Atlanta United FC hosting LA Galaxy at Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
May in the Garden: Three Things Worth Doing Before the Georgia Heat Wins
There's a week in early May, somewhere between the last cool morning and the first genuinely brutal afternoon, where the garden is actually fun to be in. Not 'I'll push through this' fun. Actually...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
Gordon Parks Shot the Jim Crow South in Color. Atlanta Is Showing You Why That Matters Right Now.
There is a reason Gordon Parks shot the South in color.
Evan Beckett4 min read
Neighborhood
North Decatur Is Building Something Different at Highgrove Court
North Decatur doesn't announce itself. It just keeps doing things that make you pay attention, and the multi-home enclave taking shape at Highgrove Court is the latest example.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
John Hope Bryant Made the Forbes Self-Made 250. Atlanta Doesn't Brag About This Enough.
Forbes just published the Self-Made 250: 250 greatest living self-made Americans, timed to the nation's 250th anniversary. The list includes Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
BIG Just Designed Nashville a Cultural Anchor. Atlanta Should Be Asking Why We're Behind.
Bjarke Ingels Group just dropped the design for Nashville's new Tennessee Performing Arts Center: 307,000 square feet, four performance venues unified under one architectural framework, sitting on...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Interior Design
A Madrid Family Built a Pool in 28 Square Meters. Atlanta Homeowners Are Doing the Same Math Right Now.
In 1971, a family in a Madrid row house looked at their 28-square-meter backyard and made a decision: pool.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
Milan Design Week Sets the Tone. Atlanta Usually Ignores It for Two Years.
Every April, the design industry's center of gravity shifts to Milan for about a week. Salone del Mobile. Fuorisalone. The Brera district turns into a live-fire test of what the next two years of...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
BIG Just Wrapped a Nashville Concert Hall in Aluminum Pipes — and Atlanta Should Be Watching
Bjarke Ingels Group just dropped renderings for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville. The defining move: a swooping curtain of aluminum pipes wrapping the entire riverside facade.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
Venice Just Gave the Architecture World Its Most Interesting Brief for 2027
The British Council just announced who's running the UK pavilion at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale, and the choice is genuinely interesting.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
Sotheby's Put a Restaurant Inside a Brutalist Icon. Atlanta Should Be Taking Notes.
Sotheby's just opened Marcel, a French bistro, inside the Marcel Breuer building on the Upper East Side. The same building that used to house the Whitney Museum. Dark walnut, fine art on the walls,...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Product
Halcyon's Rolls-Royce Corniche Restomod: When the 1970s Deserved Better Engineering
The 1970s Corniche was one of the most visually arresting cars ever built. Long hood, fixed-head coupe roofline, that unmistakable slab-sided confidence: it looked like money before money had a...
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
What Spain Just Did With Four Abandoned Water Tanks Should Make Every Atlanta Developer Uncomfortable
Four open-air concrete reservoirs. 125 meters long each. Four meters deep. Built in the 1890s to supply water to the south side of Zaragoza, Spain. Sat empty for decades. An urban void next to a...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta World Cup Fan-Zone & Watch-Party Guide
Not everyone will be inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the eight World Cup matches Atlanta hosts this summer — and honestly, some of the best moments happen outside it. Here's the Metro Luxe guide to...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Neighborhood
Metro Luxe World Cup Guide: Eat, Drink & Stay
Eight World Cup matches. One stadium. A whole city deciding where to eat, drink, and stay around it. This is the Metro Luxe field guide to the blocks surrounding Mercedes-Benz Stadium: the walkable...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Neighborhood
The Best Patios to Watch the World Cup in Atlanta
A summer World Cup deserves to be watched outside. With eight matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium between June 15 and the July 15 semifinal, Metro Luxe set out to find the patios where Atlanta should...
Evan Beckett3 min read
Neighborhood
Pollo Primo Is Looking at a Second Location — East Atlanta's Best Kept Rotisserie Secret Is About to Get Out
Pollo Primo, the rotisserie chicken spot that's been doing serious work in East Atlanta, has filed paperwork suggesting a second location is in play.
Evan Beckett1 min read
Product
The Ford Mustang GTD Just Beat the Corvette ZR1X at the Nürburgring — and It's Not Even Close
Ford's Mustang GTD — the street-legal GT3 car wearing civilian plates — just posted a Nürburgring lap time that beats the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X. Pre-production prototype, yes. But sixth fastest...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Product
New York's Pied-à-Terre Tax Is a Signal — Not Just for New York
New York is moving toward a surcharge on homes valued at $5M+ that aren't occupied full-time. If it passes, it's not just a New York story: it's a preview of how blue-state legislatures think about...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
What a silver curtain of 25 years of design posters says about how we actually process architecture
There's a show up at Princeton right now marking 25 years of the Media + Modernity seminar, and the design choice they made to display it is the part worth talking about.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
Saints + Council Is Coming to Dunwoody — And North Fulton Finally Gets a Room Worth Sitting In
Saints + Council has been doing something the Atlanta restaurant scene doesn't reward enough: making a room feel like it was designed for the person sitting in it, not for a photo. The Colony Square...
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
ICON Is 3D-Printing a Surf Community in Texas. Here's What That Actually Means for Housing.
ICON just dropped renderings for Desperado: 88 3D-printed homes wrapped around two artificial surf lagoons on 450 acres outside Waco. It's getting the architecture-press treatment, and rightfully so....
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
Senoia: The Date Night Drive That's Actually Worth It
Most people drive past Senoia on the way somewhere else. That's their loss.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
The Beltline Just Completed the Loop Between Piedmont Park and Grant Park. Atlanta Changed Today.
On April 16th, a crowd packed under a tent in Glenwood Park and watched Atlanta cut the ribbon on the final segment of the Beltline's Southeast Trail.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
A 1970s Chinese Village Auditorium Built for Nixon Is Now a Stone-Kiln Bakery — and the Design Move Is Worth Studying
Shangwang Village, Zhejiang Province. A rural auditorium built in the 1970s to support Nixon's visit to China. Bamboo groves on three sides, farmland on the fourth. The building sat in a kind of...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Product
A Wood-Framed E-Bike That Actually Makes Sense (No, Really)
Esel's Eurban e-bike has a wooden frame. Before you close the tab, hear it out.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Neighborhood
Atlanta's First Hemp THC Storefront Just Opened on N. Highland. Here's Why That's Interesting.
Edibles.com just opened its first brick-and-mortar store at 245 N. Highland Ave. NE in Inman Park. The brand, built by Atlanta-based Edible Brands, spent a year as pure e-commerce before planting a...
Evan Beckett1 min read
Interior Design
Hong Kong Built a City in the Sky. Atlanta Is Still Arguing About Sidewalks.
Hong Kong didn't beat the heat and traffic by complaining about it. They built around it, literally. A second city floating above the street, connected by elevated walkways that run through malls,...
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
Europe Just Gave Its Top Architecture Prize to a Renovation. Atlanta Should Be Paying Attention.
The EU Mies Awards just announced their 2026 winners, and the headline result is worth sitting with for a minute.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
They Built a 200,000 sq ft Building Around a Space Shuttle. Here's What That Actually Takes.
ZGF Architects just finished the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in LA, 200,000 square feet of new building designed around a single, irreplaceable object: Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Evan Beckett2 min read
Interior Design
A $12M Duplex in Olympic Tower Tells You Everything About Where Real Wealth Parks Itself
Keiko Aoki, widow of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, just listed her Manhattan duplex at Olympic Tower for $12 million. 4,500 square feet. Views of the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center from...
Evan Beckett2 min read