Beauty

The 2020 Bentley Continental GT W12 Convertible

The Ultimate in Elegance Is on a Roll Article by William Harwood Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Crewe, England, where its illustrious line of luxury cars has garnered international renown, Bentley Motors Limited steers intrepidly into its second century with perhaps its most elegant incarnation yet, the handcrafted 2020 Bentley Continental GT W12 Convertible. Supreme in its class, the Continental GT W12 Convertible elevates open-air grand touring to its most exhilarating, providing a...

March 2020

Travel

Can You Come Out and Play Today?

Three Local Parks Are at the Door and Want You to Go Outside and Be Their Friend Green Hills Park It began with a water fountain. Or rather, the lack of one. Public Works had removed it in 2005 during construction. Lora Barkenbus Fox, a lawyer with Metro and a resident of Green Hills since 1997, wanted it back. While she loved the improvements that Public Works had made to the 12 acre Green Hills Park nestled next to J.T. Moore Middle School -- better playgrounds and an expansive walking...

March 2020

Food + Beverage

Fire Up That Grill!

Meat the Challenge of Spring as the Days Grow Longer Article by William Harwood Ah, spring! The season when our tummies yearn anew for good things cooked in the great outdoors.  Sure, winter kept us warm, compelling us to stay inside to bake or simmer or boil in the oven or on the range.  But now, as the days grow longer and the buds about us burst into bloom, we venture out once more to make our meals upon that ultimate temple of all thing tasty: the backyard grill.  Warning: The recipe you...

March 2020

Arts + Culture

Get Thee to the Nashville Shakespeare Festival

The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely were too long! Article by William Harwood | Photography by Rick Malkin “We are such stuff,” Prospero observes in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” “as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” O forsooth, but be not vexed, dear reader. For, if thou wilt, while thy time on stage is at hand and thy little candle burns, thou needest not be merely some walking shadow, some poor player strutting and fretting thine hours...

March 2020

Home Services

A Fresh Welcome Home in Each Inspired Space

Inspired Closets -- Personally Designed, Professionally Installed, Perfectly Budgeted. Article by William Harwood | Photography by Zachary Durbin Space -- the final frontier, particularly when it comes to its elegant organization. Pantries and closets, the home office and garage -- whewf!  It can overwhelm, but expert Interior designer Betty Anne Mills can help. She owns Inspired Closets and has worked since 2006 with clients to achieve their custom home organization solutions. Betty Anne...

March 2020

Shopping

50,000 Square Feet of Stories

GasLamp Antiques & Decorating Mall: Music City’s Center for Antiques and Vintage Collectibles Article by William Harwood | Photography by Stefanie Chiguluri Lauren Bugg, proprietor of GasLamp Antiques & Decorating Mall, grasps the heavy pull of the early country French dresser and opens the drawer. Stories spill out --- possible scenarios of all the meaningful moments people have kept encased in the expertly crafted piece of oak furniture for the past two hundred years. Perhaps that very...

March 2020

Health + Wellness

Home Is Where the Heart Rate Is

Peloton’s Home Fitness System Spins Up a Fit New You Article by Zak Lodhi Ever since the first flint was flaked, home gyms have existed in man caves. But you need not be a caveman or, for that matter, even be a man at all to enjoy a home gym’s many proven health and fitness benefits. Now hold on!  Before you say “Hey, I don’t have the space,” rest assured that you most assuredly do. These days, Peloton exists, a complete home gym that takes up no more room than a loveseat, another item you’ll...

March 2020

Food + Beverage

Get Your Mug Shot Here!

8th & Roast Brews Up the Best Cafes Article by William Harwood Ah, the month of March when the skies are often leaden and seem to aim their late winter drizzle directly down on you. It’s the perfect time to retreat inside a cozy cafe, a warm and friendly place to banish your blues and succor your spirits, any grayness of the day be danged.  And, for that, there is no better place to make the gray go away than 8th & Roast, a locally owned oasis of crafted coffee, artisan foods and fast and...

March 2020

Professional Services

Brooks Household Staffing

Helping Soaring Lives Run Smoothly Sometimes Takes a Village Article by Julie Brown Patton | Photography by Katie Kelley and Katie Kauss When Cayla Brooks moved to Nashville from New York City three years ago, she remembers not a single agency could assist her with the type of job search she was conducting. “Realizing the demand for personal service and household staffing was at an all-time high in Nashville, I decided to meet that need with my own agency,” the entrepreneur says. Cayla’s...

February 2020

Beauty

Trending, Stylish Eyewear

Warby Parker Opens in Mall at Green Hills Article by Julie Brown Patton | Photography by James Williams Many were enthused when eyewear and sunglass trendsetter Warby Parker opened a second location smack in Green Hills because the company was founded with a rebellious spirit and a lofty objective of offering designer eyewear at a revolutionary price while leading the way for socially conscious businesses. In fact, the company's executives partner with nonprofits, such as VisionSpring, to...

February 2020