Alpharetta is having a (12 for 12) moment. Cool communities aren’t built overnight. But as Kevin Costner’s character discovered in Field of Dreams, if you build it they will come. When they do, rest assured, they’ll be hungry. And in the case of food-forward Alpharetta, GA, you may be surprised what they’re eating. Located 25 minutes north of downtown, Alpharetta is one…

This month, 12 for 12 heads to Atlanta’s King of Pops, a community-first purveyor of craft popsicles and more, where this has been their focus from day one. Some businesses take off because of dream market conditions. Some offer a disruptive product or unique value proposition. Some just enjoy beaucoup seed funding. But it is…

This month’s episode of 12 for 12 takes Adam behind the counter to learn the secret ingredients of Waffle House’s long history and ever-expanding Waffle Nation. Get ready to dig in with a diner doing it right since 1955. Order up! Many companies claim to put people first, but often this means “first, juuust after…

What is it about certain songs that just makes them work? Is it a perfect chord progression? An ideal melody? Perhaps it’s just a feeling the song creates. Cover bands bring together the joy of our favorite songs and the magic of a live experience. Sometimes—very rarely—something new and beyond the power of the original…

Despite my best efforts to get to bed by midnight, sometime stress-induced insomnia has other plans for me. But while most fight these early morning bouts of sleeplessness by staring at the ceiling, I tiptoe downstairs and turn on Atlanta’s own scintillating block of surrealistic TV programming, [adult swim]. Created in 2001 (and still helmed…