At The Dogwood Festival

Cycling To The Dogwood Festival

Dogwood Festival: Act II

dress: Beebop & Wally
paintings: Ashley Benton

Dogwood Festival, Act II

halthegal won a Best Of Show prize for Watercolor/Pastels

Dogwood Festival, Act I

Atlanta Restaurant Blog

Saturday At The Dogwood Festival

My day on the streets began with a bracing espresso, this one from Aurora in Virginia-Highland. They departed while I waited in the lengthy queue (Should I lose my place to follow them?), but our paths would cross again in Piedmont Park. Don't you love couples who dress to the same vibe?

Talk about sharing a creative idea: Tré Lilli made the dress that her mom models by dad's painting.

Atlanta Bicycle Chic encore: We met last June on a BeltLine trestle bridge, just a bit north of today's spot.

'Tis easy to see why they are besties.

Painter Julia Gilmore is one brave Canuck to be touring the South in this warm season, but aren't we glad she is?

Saturday At The Dogwood Festival

From remarkable thrift scores to the creative reuse of existing fabrics and garments, this blog and its predecessor, The Chattanoogan, often celebrate those who find inspiration in the abundance already available to us. For those in need, however, even soap can be a commodity. Please meet Derreck Kayongo, a native Ugandan who founded The Global Soap Project right here in Atlanta. By encouraging hoteliers to recycle their bars of soap, landfills are spared tons of waste and everyone gains from either giving or receiving.

Yesterday's stiff breeze lingered to banish the low clouds. Midtown views from the ferris wheel were stunning.

Friday At The Dogwood Festival

Hessonite garnets adorn the hinges of reading glasses

in 18K white and yellow gold by Molly Strader.

Red shades coordinate with blooming azaleas outside of
the Park Tavern.

The 75th Atlanta Dogwood Festival opened this afternoon

to a strong breeze under a lowering sky. The 1963 Seattle

Ferris Wheel must have felt right at home in Piedmont Park.