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
Adventures
Boat Club Memberships: Own the Lake Without Owning the Boat
The average boat gets used 14 days a year. You're still paying the other 351. Boat clubs flip that math — walk up, grab a key, and be on Lake Lanier by noon. Here's how the membership model works in metro Atlanta.
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
Atlanta's Best Exclusive Memberships Worth the Investment
From century-old country clubs to Braves-adjacent perks, Atlanta's membership landscape rewards those who commit. Here's what each one actually costs, what you actually get, and whether the initiation fee is worth writing that check.
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
Exotic Car Rentals in Atlanta: Drive a Lamborghini for the Price of a Nice Dinner
You don't need to buy a supercar to drive one. Atlanta's exotic rental scene puts Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and McLarens in your hands for $300-800/day. Here's the honest guide — including the insurance traps.
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
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 Is Doing Something Atlanta's Latin Scene Mostly Hasn't: Peruvian, Done Right
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
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 with...
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 usually...
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 don...
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 l...
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 f...
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 re...
Evan Beckett6 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 you'r...
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, Atelie...
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 wor...
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 Beckett5 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 t...
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 wheth...
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 instit...
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, gr...
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 D...
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 Beckett5 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 Instag...
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 masks...
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 arch...
Evan Beckett6 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 d...
Evan Beckett5 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 understa...
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 map...
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. C...
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 secon...
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 f...
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 Quietly 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 th...
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 inte...
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 Beckett1 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 marke...
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 publi...
Evan Beckett2 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 gat...
Evan Beckett3 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 t...
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 l...
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 quietly 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 pre-...
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 s...
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 quietly 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 ...
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 polit...
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, of...
Evan Beckett1 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 Beckett1 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