26 for ’26
Lacing up your sneakers and vowing to eat healthy sounds like a good idea as a new year rolls in, but by the time the redbuds bloom, good intentions are often long forgotten. This year, challenge yourself to a resolution…
Author: Kelley Marcellus
Sugar, Spice, Everything Nice
The idea for Damas—a restaurant Amanda Morrison started as a pop-up venue on the grounds of the Goodwood Museum & Gardens last March—was born over a couple of margaritas. “It’s always been important to me to support other women in…
Sleigh The Menu
When Daniel Renninger, proprietor of The Huntsman, decided to keep his doors closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it wasn’t a decision made lightly. “Working in the restaurant industry as I have for 25 years, you never really get time off,”…
Festive Feasts
If the holidays have you checking your list for meetups with old friends, family heading into town, coworkers to toast the year’s successes with, or even special memories for the kiddos, not to worry. Tallahassee’s restaurant scene is abuzz with…
It’s Reckoning Time
In the world of soccer, athletic success is often dictated by the circumstances of your home address. That’s a realization that Ashlee Fontes, PhD, had when she played for the wildly successful and popular women’s soccer team at Florida State…
Adventure Is Out There
Shane Reynolds is a true Floridian. He was born in Pensacola, raised in Fort Walton, and lives in Destin. As a kid, Reynolds didn’t stray too far from home. “My dad liked to be home, and that was his thing,”…
In Good Spirits
Ology Brewing Co. Spirit making is part scientific endeavor and part creativity says Daniel Stewart, lead distiller at Tallahassee-based Ology Brewing Co.—a business that drew its name from a word that means “branch of knowledge.” A Tallahassee native, Stewart got…
Spreading Wings
The open road and time on your hands is as good an invitation to creativity as any, and in his early career, Mark Mustian had plenty of both. The bond attorney spent hours driving across the state to visit clients—municipalities…
Step in the Right Direction
Fiteen hundred miles is a long way to walk, but you don’t need to tell Lauren Book that. She’s planning to spend the month of April traveling across the state of Florida on foot. And she’s been doing it for…
Sweet Success
If the guy making Victorian-style hard candy on your social media channel looks familiar, your eyes aren’t fooling you. Greg Cohen, owner and mastermind behind Lofty Pursuits—an ever-evolving Market Street retail shop—has become something of a sensation with nearly 600,000…
20 Ways to Be Happier
Does happiness seem like a feeling you chase after but never quite reach? The good news is this: happiness is always available to us, though it’s often buried beneath layers of thoughts and emotions. Want to learn to reconnect with a…
Off the Wall
Just south of downtown is an exciting new development on the dining scene: the opening of The Monroe. With a mid-century modern vibe, The Monroe is the latest from executive chef Jesse Edmonds, whose other properties—including Liberty Bar & Restaurant, El…
