Why Queen Elizabeth and The Royal Family are Cooler Than You Know
The Royal family is one of the most refined and regal group of people in the world. In the Crown, they put them to the famous Balmoral Test.
Arts and Culture
Where to go, what to see and who to know in the world of Southern arts and culture. This blog masterfully blends art, culture, and local exhibitions around the American South. Uniquely Southern, topics on this arts and culture blog include art, artists, installations, paintings, photography, graffiti, fashion and more. Above all, you will discover how culturally rich the South has become, especially its bigger cities such as Atlanta, Savannah, Nashville, Charleston and Charlotte. Moreover, smaller towns like Greenville, S.C. and Birmingham, Ala. are not far behind. The arts and culture scene is what is driving these burgeoning cities of the South.
Two-Sided Southern is an arts and culture blog started by Stephanie Davis Smith. Smith lives in Atlanta and is a culture vulture reporting on all happenings around the region. With a penchant for the finer things in life, as well as a firm appreciation for lower brow offerings, you will find what you’re looking for in this Atlanta-based blog. Smith loves to talk about exhibits at the world renowned High Museum of Art or the latest fashion exhibit at SCAD Fash as much as she loves to discuss folk art, bluegrass bands to go see at a mountain fair, country museums that have unique exhibits and more.
Guilty. I’m a Southern Architecture Lover
I know I’m Two-Sided Southern when I’m in my hometown of Atlanta, and the small turn-of-the-century bungalows of Decatur and Candler Park delight me as much as the ornate Victorians of Inman Park. The Greek revival homes with their stately white columns across Middle Georgia are as pretty to me as the smaller tudors with their sloping roofs that have been left untouched around my neighborhood of Lake Claire and Druid Hills.
Southerners Are Stylish. Why Is That so Surprising?
I am always fascinated by what outsiders think of the South or Southerners and their style. Most southerners are stylish, and many people find that surprising. Not me.
10 of the Best High-End and Low-Brow Restaurants in Atlanta
Try this foodie-lover’s list of my favorite high- and low-brow restaurants in Atlanta. It’s a mix of casual and fine dining around the city.