Unlike the Southern cult(ure) that it represents, the Waffle House Museum in Avondale Estates is only open twice a year. Saturday was one of those special days. I drive by the museum all the time but, like the chain itself, it’s so much part of our landscape that who pauses to consider what it’s accomplished?
This day—the 21,642nd day of continuous Waffle House service—I paused to celebrate the kitschy regional eatery that has inspired country songwriters and served as a backdrop for movies.
This week, guest contributor MARTIN LEHFELDT, former Georgia Humanities Council board member and former president of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, muses on what southerners have taught him.
Four and a half decades ago, I came South for what I assumed would be a brief cultural experience. I never left.
Even though tuberculosis is treatable, it is spreading rapidly, taking the lives of over 1.5 million people each year. Much like Ebola, it has been around for years and those in the global health community are working to end it, but it doesn’t get the media coverage that it deserves.
Why December is a great time to get your flu shot, how to avoid the flu, and why cold weather brings more illness: a guide for you, your family, and your co-workers!
Learning how to live together peacefully is a theme again — actually, it has been a theme all throughout American history. Ferguson is the momentary focal point, and based on our history, we can expect other cases to emerge like lava flows, evidence of the colliding forces hidden just below the surface. Ferguson raises a question: How can we learn to see each other clearly and without the lens of prejudgment?
There is perhaps no more difficult yet essential act we can take. Yet for many, every fiber of their nature seems to make it difficult to cross the divides.
Though you likely don’t have visions of house hunting dancing in your head during winter, the holiday season is surprisingly a great time to buy a new home.
Ding dong merrily on high. Welcome to my nightmare. For a Type 2 diabetic and compulsive overeater like me, visions of sugarplums, figgy pudding, gingerbread, wassail, eggnog, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding fill me more with dread than desire.
I am one of 29 million diabetics in the U.S. – 9.3 percent of the population – according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While diabetes is not an easy disease to manage, there are steps many of us can take to reduce our likelihood of developing the disease. Share these tips for diabetes prevention with your loved ones.
As we approach Thanksgiving, a traditional time of family, friends, celebration and feeling grateful for what we have, now is a great time to take a moment to count your blessings and say thank you. Often overlooked during this time of year are the people who have been instrumental in building our career and our […]
This week, guest columnist TODD GROCE, president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society, asks why events that occurred 150 ago still matter today.
One hundred and fifty years ago this fall, in September 1864, U.S. forces commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman captured Atlanta, the communication, transportation, and manufacturing hub of the Deep South and, after the capital in Richmond, the most important city in the Confederacy.
This Thanksgiving, we want to thank you for your generosity and share three ideas for how you can continue to give back to Greater Atlanta this holiday season.
George Harrison once said the ukulele “is the one instrument you can’t play and not laugh.” No wonder he spent his last days on earth playing one together with close friends. As the days get longer and darker this time of year, laughter and lightness are harder for some of us to find. Enter the uke.
Before the weather recently turned cold, I heard a ukulele group perform live at Woodland Gardens in Decatur. It wasn’t just the tinkling sound of this small instrument that brought a smile.
Brittany Maynard’s choice to plan for her death, and her recent passing, could serve as impetus for Thanksgiving’s family time to be an opportunity to make your end-of-life wishes known.
Atlanta’s growing wireless mobility sector has become a hub for industry innovation and growth. To keep driving that momentum, we are tapping into an important resource for talent: interns.
Though Veterans Day is past, our appreciation for those in uniform is never far from mind. Our remembrance extends back in time, too, across the generations. For many, remembrance is inseparable from patriotism.
Ask most people what patriotism is, and they will say loyalty to one’s country or native land. They will also point to a willingness to defend it. This is a good-enough definition. But American patriotism is something more than a defense of the homeland.
Children who experience violence are at greater risk for lifelong, destructive consequences, including crime and drug abuse, as well as serious mental health problems. Together, we can build a safer, healthier world for children.
Movember means mustaches growing are out and we’re all more focused on Men’s Health, right? The Movember movement started with education about prostate cancer; let’s take a closer look at the latest on that topic and the importance of your ‘medical home base.’
As we celebrate our veterans today, I want to talk to you about a very specific segment of that population – homeless women veterans. I know their story well, because it’s my story too.
The 21st-century idea of sleeping in a slave cabin from the antebellum era is at first challenging to the mind and the memory. What’s the point? Who would choose to do this? But this is exactly what Joseph McGill Jr., the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, does.
Most slave cabins are now “gone with the wind,” although a number of them still exist, some modestly preserved and used for new purposes, some in ramshackle condition.
In this month’s Cal-Culator, it appears that the traditional fall stagnation in real estate has finally struck Atlanta as year-over-year positive trends are meeting negative monthly trends.
