$20.11 from the Skin Whisperer

Buckhead’s best kept secret is out in The Atlantan’s “Best of the City 2011″ issue: “Buckhead Skin Studio has long been the secret source for glowing skin for the ladies-who-lunch set, as well as visiting celebs (Madonna, Katherine Heigl, etc.) Let Frances Justice work her magic with a seasonal vitamin-rich pumpkin mask, a crystal resurfacing Glow... Read More

Cleaner Laundry

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 When friends extended an invitation to join them at The French Laundry, that hallowed ground of gastronomic excess, I was so thrilled I nearly did handsprings. Sure, visions of tripe and other offal danced in my head, but I’d never let a little thing like revulsion stop me from an opportunity to experience Thomas Keller’s realization of the American dream; the rags... Read More

Glimpse: Art Basel, Miami

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At Miami’s Art Basel, certain images are worth a thousand words. And many more dollars. We discovered this thought provoking piece in NADA while searching out other recommendations from the High Museum of Art‘s dashing new curator of modern and contemporary art, Michael Rooks.  Read More

Kudos to Kiawah

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Five-Star Bliss at Sanctuary’s Spa   The Spa at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, SC, has earned five stars from Forbes (formerly Mobil) travel guide, making it one of only 20 spas to claim the accolade. Add that to kudos from the latest Conde Nast Traveler ”Readers’ Choice Award“ which named Kiawah the... Read More

A Visual Feast

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At Washington’s National Gallery of Art, ”Arcimboldo, 1526 – 1593: Nature and Fantasy,” is an adventurous look at what can happen when we play with our food. Or at least, what happened in 16th-century Milan in or around the kitchen of artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo. The 16 examples of his raw talent are on view through January 9.  Read More

  “If we are
 always arriving and
 departing, it is also
 true that we are 
 eternally anchored. 
 One's destination is 
 never a place but 
 rather a new way of 
 looking at things."

           - Henry Miller
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