Here’s how to explore Atlanta and its surrounding areas, while supporting Black commerce and community.

When Brooklyn Tea opened in Atlanta earlier this year, it was a homecoming of sorts: Jamila Wright, who launched the first location of the business in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood with Alfonso Wright, is a native Atlantan and a Spelman grad,

As the new year brings a fresh start and people try to pursue goals they’ve set for 2022, one we should all have is to prioritize skin health. Thanks to Atlanta-based skin expert and MUA Jazmin Meredith of SKIN Vegan Med Spa in Buckhead, women are getting

Tarika Sullivan first came up with the concept for her mural tour of Atlanta, it started off as a simple way to enjoy a unique kind of entertainment in the city. “I loved to travel, and I loved murals and art. So, when I would see these things in different cities I traveled to, I went, ‘Atlanta has all of this,’” she tells ESSENCE.

I was born and raised in Atlanta, and I'm sharing the best things to do, see, and eat in the city. Tourists should visit Martin Luther King Jr.' s birth home and the High Museum of Art. They should eat at The Breakfast Boys, The Beacon, and JoJo's Beloved Cocktail Lounge. As a local who's lived there my whole life, I know A-Town is full of places to take in the skyline, listen to live music, and enjoy Southern comfort food.

Have you ever wanted to ride through the rainforest, bike through a city in a different country, or even be in a music video? You’ll be glad to know you can do all that and more at the gym. Not just any gym, though. If you’re ready, you can have such experiences through rides at the new boutique fitness studio Cycmode, located in Buckhead, Georgia.

Before the pandemic hit, Atlanta was the go-to city for the best parties, brunches that turned into parties and the place where tons of celebs live, work and — you guessed it — party. Then 2020 hit and put a brief pause on the Black Mecca’s fun. In between time, the city quietly shifted, putting more focus on health and wellness.

As most local states begin to slowly open up, many of Americans overseas are still under quarantine. Having been in Atlanta for over thirteen years, Sharay Braddy chose to take the brave step three years ago by teaching overseas in Kuwait. Still fuming from excitement from graduating Kennesaw State in 2016, it was her dream to eventually teach in Dubai.

Not everyone feels the sense of home when they step into the so-called “Motherland” or in other words Africa. While visiting Nairobi, Kenya, I never considered it as home, and it wasn’t until a conversation with a friend that the thought crossed my mind. Atlanta, GA was my home, and I was in Kenya to finally be in a country where everyone looked like me.