Spring Festivals in Atlanta

piedmont park Atlanta

Although we do love beer (and bourbon) festivals, there are plenty of other festivals to enjoy around Atlanta that don’t revolve around delicious hops.  That said, the majority of them do have local brews involved among many other things.  Local festivals offer a tasting of the vast culture in Atlanta, which is something you won’t [...]

Knoxville Celebrates 52nd Annual Dogwood Arts Festival

Dogwood Arts Festival

Spring has come to East Tennessee and this time of year, everything is in full bloom as we gear up for Knoxville’s 52nd annual Dogwood Arts Festival. Legend has it that when New York journalist John Gunther visited our fair hamlet way back in 1947, he called it “America’s ugliest city.” Never ones to take [...]

On the line.

Middlebury, VT - C. Strode

When it would drop below freezing, the denim would become ice. My rec-league soccer shirt would stretch, pull at the collar, form a semicircle of crystals. Once I took a bat and swung at a frozen apron. It exploded. It was clean and it was red and it was in hundreds of pieces by the [...]

Ewin’s Dry Goods

Erwins Dry Goods

Bryon Larrence of Ewin’s Dry Goods After stumbling upon Ewin’s Dry Goods, I knew that this guy HAD to be cool. Items like whisky rocks, leather goods, custom knives, and shaving kits are not the typical go to when purchasing a gift for a male. Ewin’s Dry Goods takes masculine gifts to the next level. Bryon Larrence, [...]

Small Batch Coffee Roasting in Thomasville, GA

Grassroots Coffee Thomasville

Coffee, like wine or whiskey, is created through an artful process.  While you can find a coffee shop on nearly every corner of any metro city, it is rare to run into a coffee shop that also roasts their beans in house.  This process, if you have ever been lucky enough to witness it, requires [...]

Atlanta Beer Festivals Spring 2012

Atlanta Beer Festivals Spring 2012

One of the best things about the weather warming up in the south is that it’s festival season.  Some of the best festivals revolve around refreshing adult beverages.  The Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival kicked things off in Atlanta, and now its time to welcome the next few festivals.  Here are four beer festivals around [...]

The Holy Grail of Festivals: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival

Beer Bourbon and BBQ Festival

Brace yourselves Atlanta. The Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Festival has finally arrived. BB&BBQ combines 3 festivals in one for 3 times the goodness. Atlanta as a city seems to embrace any excuse to throw a outdoor party for people to gather and day drink, but this one is a whole other animal. The festival website [...]

A Grand Old Party with Old Try + Fallen Arrows

Prints sold by Old Try

Two of our favorite Southern companies are throwing A Grand Old Party in Atlanta, Georgia and they want to celebrate with you.  We’re pretty excited because one of our very own monthly contributors, Micah of Old Try, will be making his way to the ATL. If you haven’t heard of Old Try yet, you can [...]

Feeling Lucky in Atlanta – St. Patrick’s Day Events

St Patrick's Day in Atlanta

We take our St. Patrick’s Day events pretty seriously around here.  St. Patty’s Day parties can be found throughout the entire city of Atlanta, but there are a few in particular which you might want to wander your way over to this year.  One of the reasons why I love the coming of St. Patrick’s [...]