The Reality of Escapism: Breaking Down the Cottagecore Trend

Love Blooms in LED

Mariam, 28, is a soft-spoken Senegalese transplant and entrepreneur with a jewelry business, an encyclopedic knowledge of evolutionary biology and sociology, and a new Hinge account.

“Lol for real?” She replies when I tell her about the piece I’m writing about online dating. I…

Saying Goodbye to Java Cats, the Cat Cafe that Transformed Atlanta

Historic Lithonia Now: Reimagining Bruce Street School

A Renaissance Affaire

Atlanta, Ga.- When walking through the grand gates of the Georgia Renaissance Faire, or “ren faire,” I walked past…

Adoring Antiquarian: The Love That Drives the Chase of Rare Books

Sonny Ideker was a pilot. He served in the U.S. Airforce for 20 years before going on to work on a major U.S. airline. When Ideker began making frequent trips to Europe — sometimes more than 40 trips a year — his wife…

Work Hard, Have Faith and Dream

(TW: SA para 9–11)

Below the Playboard with Pete the Cat

Amid cranes in distant and adjacent lots, signifying Atlanta’s everlasting progress, and just…

To Atlanta’s Journalism Students: A Letter

Journalism has evolved quite a bit over the years. From word of mouth, to local…