Atlanta Checkmate Club turns chess into a social hangout

Atlanta Magazine 1/7 6:01P Joe Reisigl

Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Checkmate Club: @Slickdaflicka On a Wednesday night in...

EMPOWERING WOMEN

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Mickey Goodman

Acquisition broadens impact. Cynthia Good, Susan Bonds- McColloch, Meg Reggie, Tammy Farley, Myra McElhaney Dress for Success Atlanta began in 1997 as an organization focused on offering business...

SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Nicole Letts

WOO OPENS THIRD LOCATION IN SANDY SPRINGS! Atlanta-based skincare and beauty boutique Woo Skincare + Cosmetics opened its third metro-area location in Sandy Springs in late fall, bringing its hands-on...

MOVING ON UP

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Lauren Finney Harden

Sande Beck meets her design clients where they are. Sande Beck never dreamt of having a design firm. After following a friend from Florida to Atlanta to teach elementary school, which she did for 10...

UMAMI IN A GLASS

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Angela Hansberger

Cocktails that prove sake is a brilliant base spirit! O-Ku’s Saint Miyako stirs in Koji Sake for a refreshing Japanese influenced gimlet. There is a surprising elegance to sake. The traditional...

COMMAND CENTRAL

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Nicole Letts

A BROOKHAVEN FAMILY EVOLVES THEIR HOUSE TO SERVE THEIR WORK NEEDS AND AESTHETIC DREAMS! A mason designed and installed an angled mantle that gracefully works around the original stone structure, which...

ERNEST AND PATRICE GREER

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Lauren Finney Harden

A DYNAMIC DUO WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE ATLANTA’S PHILANTHROPIC SCENE “It s a natural evolution of who we are to pay it forward.”—Ernest Greer It all started with a rather expensive cab ride for Ernest...

FEAST OF TALENT

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Michael Jacobs

Actor Aaron Goldenberg serves up life experience amid film’s comic horror. Aaron Goldenberg says that as a restaurant worker, he s nothing like his We re So Dead character. One slow, short-staffed...

DESTINED TO GIVE BACK

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A H.M Cauley

UNCF’s Justine Boyd applies early life lessons to the Mayor’s Masked Ball! Justine Boyd at the UNCF offices For more than 11 years, Justine Boyd has been sending kids off to college. But in most...

SIGNIA STATUS

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Giannina Bedford

One of Atlanta’s newest hotels delivers in setting and services. In the heart of downtown, the Signia by Hilton Atlanta is the ideal place to stay for any Mercedes-Benz Stadium events. Get up close...

MIRROR, MIRROR

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Lauren Finney Harden

Mirrors are not just about self-reflection; they are also about selfprojection, representing your design style and perspective on the world. Bunny Williams Giovanni Mirror Whether full of...

SCULPTING A CAREER

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A H.M Cauley

Joyce Ryan shares a life-long love of her favorite art form. As a first grader growing up near New York, Joyce Ryan, was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her prompt reply: An artist....

CRYSTAL BALL

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A H.M Cauley

The 43rd Annual Crystal Ball to benefit the Arthritis Foundation in October turned part of The St. Regis Atlanta into a Wicked-themed wonderland. Jaime Hurley, Barry Hurley Hosted by Dr. Anuj and...

EYDIE AND STEVE KOONIN

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A H.M Cauley

BUCKHEAD COUPLE PAIRS UP TO DO GOOD. “We want to be good members of the community and give back to the place that has given us so much.” —Steve Koonin Between running a multi-million dollar real...

FREQUENCY FOUND

SimplyBuckhead.com 1/5 4:00A Nicole Letts

BUCKHEAD HOTEL TRANSFORMS ITS TERRACE INTO A MONTHLY SANCTUARY OF SOUND! Hotel guests and the public are invited to the St. Regis Atlanta for monthly sound baths held the third Wednesday of each...