Downtime Archive

Power Players: Bipartisan Budget Solutions

Former Sen. Sam Nunn is working to help solve the fiscal and economic challenges he sees as security and foreign policy problems. When he speaks, people listen.

Art Of The Meal: Rosé-Colored Glasses

The Optimist in West Midtown is a seafood restaurant with old-school cocktails that combines the best aspects of an oceanfront fry-shack and an urban hotspot.

Krista Reese

Power Players: Woman With A Purpose

Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is now CEO of Purpose Built Communities, working to break the cycle of poverty through education, housing and wellness.

Patty Rasmussen

Power Players: Finding Better Ways

Future Products Corporation’s Patti Gilmer brought her company’s manufacturing jobs back home from China.

Patty Rasmussen

Art Of The Meal: Past Present

Krista Reese

Art Of The Meal: It Takes A Village

At Decatur’s Community Q BBQ, Georgia-style pulled pork and ribs are the mainstay, but there’s a lot more to try, including the Kitchen Sink Salad.

Krista Reese

Sports Legends: Coach For Life

Gene Asher

Art Of The Meal: Little Hawaiian

Little Hawaiian wants to meet you where you are and throw you a nice little party. The restaurant pays attention to comfort and details.

Krista Reese

Power Players: Advocate For Elders

Marietta attorney Hap Smith is fighting the system he believes hinders good care for the elderly, and he may just have found a direction for the next phase of his career.

Patty Rasmussen

Art Of The Meal: Cardamom Hill

Chef Asha Gomez pays tribute to the sophisticated cuisine from India’s coastal state of Kerala in her peaceful, serene restaurant near Atlanta’s booming West Midtown food scene.

Krista Reese