Inside-Out Luxury
Today, health is the highest form of luxury. This is not about what is hanging in your closet but rather what is happening inside your cells. Imagine you wake up every morning without an alarm and you feel clearheaded, radiant,…
Tallahassee Magazine - January-February 2026
Cabin Fever
When Virginia Sanchez makes up her mind, that’s it. A few years ago, she wanted a house on the river. And not just any house. She wanted a rustic log cabin where she and her husband Herman could host their…
Gather ’Round
This past October, accompanied by a cake-cutting ceremony and live music, Midtown Reader celebrated its ninth birthday. But this cake day was a special one, marked by the unveiling of a brand-new addition to the independent bookstore’s classic Thomasville Road…
Distilleries Worth The Drive
The craft distillery trade in Florida has exploded in recent years in the wake of regulation changes that have paved the way for independent distilleries to thrive. Counting nearly 50 independent businesses across the state—with more ramping up—many of these…
Cats About Town
Under the bushes, around the corners, perched on branches overhead. The campus cats are everywhere. It started with a few feral cats around Florida State University and a few kind professors feeding them. It progressed when alumna Megan McEnery established…
Fabulous Fifth Walls
1 It can speak to your atmosphere and help set your desired tone. One of the goals of interior design is to create a cohesive mood, and your ceiling can be a compelling component in that mission. Painting it a darker…
Social Graces
Etiquette helps bind the fabric of our society. While social graces have always been a part of the modern world, sometimes they can be confused with stringent rules. It is not some exclusive club where only a few are invited;…
New Year, New Changes
There was a time when New Year’s Eve was not one of my favorite holidays. It’s fun to gather with friends, don sparkles, and pop a bottle of bubbly, but what if I liked the old year and all its…
Manifesting Dreams
Anyone who might strive today to make the world a better place rides the shoulders of those who positively bent what Martin Luther King Jr. called the “arc of the moral universe.” And for every admirable, transformational person we can…
Which Way To The Stage?
It’s long been said that expensive Broadway musicals lose up to 80% of their initial investment, alarming dedicated theater fans. Smaller productions don’t always gain the traction to become long-running hits. However, we here in Tallahassee are awash in wonderful…
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…
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…
Capsule Closets
With an influx of information coming to us from all directions, many of us face decision fatigue. This might be especially apparent at six in the morning, standing in front of your closet. The term “capsule wardrobe” came into heavy…
January-February 2026 Calendar
Jan. 10 World Athletics Cross Country Championships For the first time in over 30 years, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships return to the United States with Tallahassee as the chosen site. This prestigious competition will be held at Apalachee…
A Delicious Homecoming
Entering a room that also holds restaurateur Susan Turner is a bit like being in the presence of a strobe light. She surges with fireworks of creative ideas, innovative recipes, plans for social receptions, community good works, and an elegant…
Pulling Together
Music rises through the air at Cascades Park where vibrant fabrics, rhythmic drums, and smiling faces energize the space. This is the Harambee Festival, a Tallahassee tradition celebrating unity through African art and culture. The festival is a warm…
Paradise Perfected
Rising from 18 acres of Sarasota’s shoreline, the new St. Regis Longboat Key Resort feels less like a regional debut and more like a global statement: an escape firmly rooted in Florida sand but with the scope and polish of…
Ethically Stunning
A clean slate awaits with sophisticated vegetarian-and-vegan-friendly, cruelty- free, and naturally derived formulas: Femmue Brilliant Cleansing Oil, with antioxidant-rich camellia seed, olive, rice, and grape-seed oils, plus aromatic jasmine, lavender, and cedarwood ($54, femmue.com) Juara Candlenut Perfume Oil, with tropical…
Walk This Way
Tallahassee is known for a number of things: the Capitol, of course; the copious ancient oaks and Spanish moss bewitching the quiet streets; the wealth of educational (and sports-watching) opportunities; the endless summer weather … but Tallahassee is not typically…
Pressing On
Printmaker and photographer Mika Fowler’s 2,400-pound Vandercook 219 printing press has a new home: The Letterpress Studio on the grounds of LeMoyne Arts, now offering workshops for the public. As soon as you walk inside the light-filled studio, the aroma…
