Tallahassee Magazine - March-April 2016

When Allergies Attack

In season, it can cover our cars, homes, walkways and any other surface that is exposed to Mother Nature. It is as if a fairy appears overnight sprinkling yellow powder throughout our town, except there is nothing magical about it.…

Making Peace with Wallpaper

Courtesy Hygge & West Today’s wallpapers offer new and inviting patterns and hanging the stuff doesn’t test the mettle of marriages and friendships like it used to.   To some, wallpaper may seem like an artifact of bygone days, recalling either…

A Final Salute

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve. I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. Courtesy of the Bowman Family There’s a dramatic turning point in the annual reenactment of the Battle of Olustee when the…

The Buzz: Goat Roast at the “barn” near Monticello

Welcome to The Buzz, Tallahassee Magazine’s column created to share who’s where and what they’re doing. While we try to flit around with all of Tallahassee’s social butterflies, the Buzz can’t be everywhere. Send the skinny on your next soiree to buzz@tallahasseemagazine.com.…

March/April 2016 Agenda

Additions & Promotions ▪ Rick Fernandez’s appointment to City Manager became effective Nov. 21, 2015. Fernandez has been a city leader for nearly 30 years. He served as city auditor from 1988 until 1998 when Anita Favors Thompson made him assistant…

Belles & Gents

Elle Belle Photography Springtime royalty, from left: Reef Taylor, Elizabeth Ellison, Haley Jahn.   Tallahassee is always a beautiful place to be. But springtime in Tallahassee? Now that’s impressive.  One of the city’s crowning gems, the annual Springtime Tallahassee festival…

Vibrant Vieux Carré

Lawrence Davidson   Lawrence Davidson French influences manifested in details including fleur de lis mailboxes add to the charm of the Vieux Carre neighborhood, which is modeled after the French Quarter itself. Tucked away in the northeast quadrant of Tallahassee…