Photographed in Atlanta, GA at King + Duke
Raised in:
Northern California
Lives in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Favorite items on your current menu:
Maine Lobster Pan Roast, Pork Ossobuco, Arctic Char “Lox.”
Now would ya look at that:
Meet E.J. Hodgkinson, Executive Chef at King + Duke.
Photographed in Charleston, SC
Raised in:
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Lives in:
Charleston, South Carolina
Favorite Southern based designer(s):
I’m pretty sure Billy and Sid are the correct answers. Though I respect and admire them, my sartorial heart will always belong to the Italians.
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Taylor Eubanks, store manager for Ike Behar on King St. He and his girlfriend, Alden, also run Rutdlege Social – a social media management and consulting firm.
Photographed in Nashville, TN by Jamie Clayton
Raised in:
Annapolis, Maryland
Lives in:
Nashville, Tennessee
What inspired the motorcyle purchase:
I rented a Royal Enfield during a six week trip to India. I spent four days driving in and around Leh, Kashmir through ancient villages, temples in the shadow of the Ladakh Mountains. I then spent the final day driving up to Khardung La Pass (world’s highest motorable pass, 17,852 ft) before the driving snow and ice at the top caused me to have to walk the last half mile (fairly difficult at that altitude). Following that, the Enfield wouldn’t start due to the cold so I kicked it into neutral and coasted the 40 km back to the town. Once I got back to the States, I started saving up and knew I had to get one myself.
Favorite adventure on it:
After looking for a few months, I found a great used model in Denver but after being unable to coordinate a pickup I took matters into my own hands and flew to Ft. Worth and snagged this one. From there I spent a week traveling to Austin followed by two days riding and camping in the Ozarks, a stop over in St. Louis, Land between the Lakes National Park, and Nashville before heading back down to Pensacola.
Now would ya look at that:
Photographed in Atlanta, GA at Lusca
Raised in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Lives in:
Moved back home to Atlanta last spring after five years in NYC, where I lived in the West Village. Now, I’m in Midtown and am having so much fun rediscovering the city. There’s such a great energy in Atlanta, with lots of change and forward movement.
Favorite date spot in Atlanta:
My husband and I love to do the nine-course (did I mention we like to eat) tasting menu at Better Half‘s chef’s counter. Garden & Gun just named it one of the five most exciting new restaurants in the South, and it’s one of the few small, intimate spots in Atlanta. Chef Zach Meloy runs it with his wife, Cristina, who he met while cooking in Costa Rica. The menu changes every week except for the silk handkerchief pasta with wild mushrooms and tomato marmalade that Zach served to Cristina on their first date!
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Laura Fyrer, founder of Blue Hominy – a boutique food and drink PR firm generating buzz and securing press for restaurants, chefs, breweries, wine shops, and more. “We keep a small, curated client list of businesses we feel passionate about and whose stories we connect with.” Last week, one their clients, Lusca, was nominated for a James Beard Award (like the Oscars of food) for Best New Restaurant in the country!
Photographed in Atlanta, GA
Raised in:
Virginia Beach and Washington D.C.
Lives in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Tell everyone about your company, Flags of Origin:
Flags Of Origin is a small design firm that specializes in restaurants, commercial office spaces, custom furniture, and lighting. We’ve worked with many different clients to create well-decorated and functional spaces that meet their needs. We try our best to support the local people making furniture and fixtures around us but sometimes the client will want specific things, such as lighting solutions from www.neonfilter.com. With each of our projects, we do our best to make things so each space has a sense of purpose and each space feels made by hand.
All the buildings are designed and equipped with all the proper legal regulations and health and safety conditions in order to keep employees and customers safe. All offices contain office first aid kits, as do restaurants, and we have also made sure that there are health and safety signs and protocols in place, in every location. We believe that the designing process in buildings must be regulated, and we always try to ensure the safety of all those in the building.
Current project:
We are currently in production on prototyping new lighting fixtures that we hope to sell as well as a new high end restaurant in Atlanta. The chef is a secret but it should be an exciting addition to the Bacchanalia crowd.
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Josh Charles, owner and designer at Flags of Origin. This was photographed in a recent remodel he worked on for the Atlanta HQ of Company 3, Beast and Method Studios which specialize in Post Production editing. Deluxe Entertainment selected us to design the company’s East Coast office in Atlanta. Deluxe Entertainment is the US’s largest, and oldest, post-house. They’ve edited films such as Iron Man, Inception, Selma, and Skyfall. At a vast 20,000 square feet, divided between two floors in a Class A Building, this was our largest project to date.
Photographed in Atlanta, GA
Raised in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Lives in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Favorite Southern sweet treat:
Kevin Gillespie’s grandmother’s banana pudding from Gunshow.
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Blayne Macauley, photographer and writer of This Photographer’s Life.
Photographed in Atlanta, GA at St. Cecilia
Raised in:
Omaha, Nebraska
Lives in:
Atlanta, Georgia
Favorite items on your current menu:
Some of my favorite items on the menu now are our Burrata, Fluke Crudo, Flounder with Lentils and Smoked Leeks, Bluefish Arancini and Black and White Spaghetti with Crab.
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Craig Richards, Executive Chef at St. Cecilia. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few weeks ago while Jess and I were downing their delicious drinks on a rainy afternoon. The restaurant wasn’t open yet, so we posted up at the bar. Craig was running around and we both couldn’t help but notice his rad chef look. I didn’t realize that he was the Executive Chef until right before snapping this photo. It was an unexpected honor, to say the least.
Photographed in Atlanta, GA at St. Cecilia
Our great buddy Jess Graves, whose face is no stranger here, is now the editor for StyleBlueprint Atlanta! Check out the Faces of Atlanta feature on her. All of the photographs were shot by yours truly (that’s me). Now ladies of Atlanta, go subscribe.
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Photographed in Tomball, TX
Raised in:
Tomball, Texas
Lives in:
Tomball, Texas
Favorite shop in Houston:
Manready Mercantile
Now would ya look at that:
Meet Billy Schiel, founder of Righteous Brothers Coffee and partner with District Roasters.
And to all a goodnight.
See y’all in 2015.