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In honor of Traditional Home's Silver Anniversary, please be our guest for a special cocktail reception and silver jewelry shopping event at Worthmore Jewelers/Midtown. Enjoy delicious refreshments and live entertainment throughout the evening. In partnership with the Decorators' Show House and Gardens, a percentage of tonight's proceeds will benefit the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Streets Alive This Sunday

The fun resumes Sunday at 2pm, when three miles of Peachtree Street from MLK Drive to 17th Street become a pedestrian paradise until 6pm. New for this event will be a service of the upcoming Atlanta Cycling Festival, It's a bike wash, YEAH!
Like her shiny spokes and forks? You, too, can have such a clean machine. Just bring your ride to Villains Wicked Heroes, 903 Peachtree Street. Your donation will support a week-long celebration of all things bicycle June 7-14.
Atlanta Cycling Festival

Save The Date: Friday At King Plow

The temporary tattoos are reason enough to visit King Plow for the pop-up loft, Stable. Jill Sharp Brinson has brought the 'global gypsy meets jet set' world of Figue to Atlanta. Earthy meets exotic when vintage military fatigues are adorned with appliqué from India. Coordinate that look with your body art for a liberating experience May 16th from 10am 'til 3pm at 887-B W. Marietta St.

Bike To Work Tomorrow, Get This Shirt

The generosity of Fallen Arrows and advocacy of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition are yours to wear in this limited edition shirt commemorating Bike To Work Day. Just sign up for for the National Bike Challenge and stop by an "Energizer Station" to claim one of the 50 wearable works of art. Details and locations follow this link.

Blog Rolling In Little Five Points

Saturday's PATH and BeltLine ride yielded more than a Mother's Day posting. In addition to raising those two, Christina has given herself the job of blogger. Sundayshoppe.com is her visual diary in images both digital and analog. For our blogging summit, she chose this Fuji instant camera, which, in her hands, produces monochromatic prints at turns dreamy and quirky. We agreed that thrift shopping leaves money in the budget for splurging; witness those patent leather shoes from Billy Reid.

Street Scene: Decatur Square

Thanks once more to the Portland florist Solabee.

At The Peachtree Plaza Hotel

The three tallest buildings, from left to right, are the work of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Johnson/Burgee Architects and Atlanta's own John Portman, whose iconic Peachtree Plaza Hotel stands 723 feet above the street. Floors 72 and 73 are a revolving lounge and restaurant, which I was fortunate to visit in 1977, a year after its opening. Then bead curtains hanged from the ceiling and appeared to be swaying that stormy day. They were in fact hanging plumb while the building gently swayed as it was designed to do. More violent gyrations attended the 2008 tornado strike downtown, when its arc was estimated to have reached two feet. Our city's graceful cylindrical tower stands proudly today, fresh from a $20 million makeover that included new, stronger windows. Here are some memories from the party Atlanta Magazine threw to celebrate this renewal.