Explore the arts!
Who says kids are the only ones who get to play? Try something new this summer with a wide variety of adult art and dance classes offered through local city parks and recreation programs…
Celebrity Soaps
When film stars flock to France this month for the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival, Karin Collins of Milton will be paying close attention. Celebrities may receive a gift basket containing a bar of Collins’ Water Lilies soap…
Friend Request
Three years ago, Barbi Callahan Burris of Milton received an email from Facebook saying she had a friend request from Catherine Janelle Barbee. She didn’t recognize the name, but her heart still skipped a beat…
The talented sisters of von Grey
As parents, Jill and Michael von Grey of Johns Creek wanted to make sure their four young daughters learned to play musical instruments, both for the girls’ own enjoyment and to strengthen their brain development and fine motor skills. Those childhood music lessons led to a shared passion for talented sisters Kathryn, Annika, Fiona and Petra, now all teenagers and touring the country as the alternative folk band von Grey…
That’s a Wrap
Cooking is an art requiring patience and practice. Like any creative endeavor, it often helps to take a class or two to learn new techniques, try new materials and meet others who share your passion. Mother and daughter duo Hellen Brown and Delynn James of Johns Creek recently attended a Thursday night “That’s a Wrap!” class at the Publix Aprons Cooking School in Alpharetta, where they joined four other women in making a variety of flavorful wrap sandwiches…
Green Gifts
What’s old is new again! At the recent Spring into Green Market in Buckhead, artists from across the state showed how a little creativity and patience can turn trash into treasure…
Riverview Book Club
“…For never was a story of more woe / than this of Juliet & her Romeo.” With these lines, the actors at Atlanta’s New American Shakespeare Tavern ended their performance of William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” Joining in the applause were seven members of the Riverview Book Club who carpooled from Roswell to Atlanta to enjoy dinner and a play in honor of their most recent book club selection, “Juliet”…
Green thumbs gather to dish the dirt
As a little girl growing up in southern Ohio, Kim Kershaw would sometimes tag along to her grandmother’s garden club meetings – rather formal ladies’ luncheons where members always wore their best dresses and white gloves. Oh, how things have changed. Today, Kershaw is a member of the Milton Garden Club where the only gloves worn are of the dirt-covered variety…
Heidi’s Heavenly Cookies
Maybe we have a good idea for a small business, but in the midst of our daily routine, our dreams take a back seat. Or perhaps we lack the self-confidence to plunge into the unknown. Heidi Nel of Johns Creek was no different. Friends told her constantly that her homemade cookies were amazing and that she should sell them, but Nel was a busy stay-at-home mom raising three children. Where would she find the time to start a business…
Delightful Daytrip
When she reached a scenic spot on her son Jim’s 220-acre garden, Margaret Gibbs would stop and say, “This looks like a good place to sit for a spell.” The two would pause to admire the view and listen to the sounds of water flowing and birds singing. Gibbs later installed a bench in each of his mother’s favorite spots. Today, 126 benches dot the grounds of Gibbs Gardens, inviting visitors to pause and soak up the beauty of this hidden gem, located less than an hour’s drive from North Fulton…
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