Work Screw Binge

I never read Eat, Pray, Love because 1) Oprah is not God, 2) I don’t want to read about some whining woman feeling sorry for herself for buying into the American status quo and 3) if I need a self help book, I’ll go the Amazon.com and buy something for women that date the wrong [...]

The Art of Chocolate

Amano separates itself from the pack of gourmet chocolate brands with Latin America-sourced beans because of its ability to marry culture and cacao. Amano Founder Art Pollard is more a curator of cacao than an entrepreneur because he spent years researching chocolate to develop rich recipes, both sweet and dark. The range of bars all [...]

Contemporary Country Club Chic What:The latest W Hotel opening is in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood, which is now home to a Jean Georges restaurant.

The Dirt:Long a second tier city, Atlanta is growing and is now home to a great art scene and thanks to Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a Jean Georges Vongerichten restaurant housed in the new W Atlanta-Buckhead. W Hotels and developer Noble Investment Group enlisted the artistic advice and expertise of interior decorator Thom Filicia, the [...]

Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking January 12-18

Man Accused Of Trafficking Daughter A California man allegedly sold his 14-year-old daughter to a neighbor for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and many cases of meat, NBC reports, citing police reports. Marcelino de Jesus Martinez was discovered when he confronted authorities after not receiving payment. He was arrested Sunday and ill be arraigned on [...]