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 survived our three-month testing gauntlet. No sponsored picks, no filler — just what actually works.
Evan Beckett6 min read
Restaurant
Atlanta's Definitive Steakhouse Ranking
We ate at every serious steakhouse in Metro Atlanta. Here's the honest ranking, 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, and how to actually get in, from Capital City Club to The Battery.
Evan Beckett11 min read
Product
10 Gadgets That Actually Earned Their Spot on My Desk
No gimmicks, no "Top 50 Things You Need" filler. Ten products I bought with my own money, used for months, and kept. Every one of them solved a real problem or made a real difference in my 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
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 wan...
Evan Beckett6 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 luxur...
Evan Beckett6 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 la...
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 s...
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, sched...
Evan Beckett4 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 leave...
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 yest...
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 the...
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 Chow...
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 zon...
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 week...
Evan Beckett6 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 do...
Evan Beckett5 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 drop...
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 Beckett5 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. Th...
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 ch...
Evan Beckett4 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 p...
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 righ...
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 qu...
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 without...
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 a...
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, a...
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 Beckett6 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 qu...
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 M...
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 Roa...
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 li...
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 quietly become one of the most compelling acts in contemporary Christian music — are rolling thr...
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 l...
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 ab...
Evan Beckett5 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 quietly building toward something. The city's South Asian population is one of the fastest-growing in the country — Suwanee, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Duluth ...
Evan Beckett4 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 quietly 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 alread...
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 about,...
Evan Beckett3 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 parkin...
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 the...
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 Yach...
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 Dulu...
Evan Beckett5 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 bett...
Evan Beckett6 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 i...
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 comp...
Evan Beckett4 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 wal...
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 a...
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. I...
Evan Beckett5 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 goin...
Evan Beckett5 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 fan,...
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 w...
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 thumbna...
Evan Beckett4 min read
Feature
Casa Coya Review: Peruvian in Atlanta
Atlanta's Latin restaurant landscape is wide. Mexican, Colombian, Brazilian churrasco, Cuban sandwiches on every block in Doraville — we are not short on options. What we have been short on is a Peruv...
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