Consumers look to pamper moms with traditional and nontraditional gifts this Mother’s Day Consumers this Mother’s Day are spending a bit more than they spent last year to honor special women in their lives, according to National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Mother’s Day spending survey conducted by BIGinsight. The survey indicates that consumers will spend [...]

Franchise owner says she’s surprised many by making a success of a business that sells batteries and light bulbs Jane Watts first became intimately acquainted with batteries as an electrician’s mate third class in the United States Coast Guard. As she helped to watch for unauthorized boats approaching America’s shores, batteries were important. Watts decided [...]

In anticipation of the Walmart Supercenter that is to open in mid-June at Memorial Drive and Hairston Road, DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton hosted an information meeting April 23 at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Stone Mountain. The store being built on property once occupied by an automobile dealership “will help to continue revitalizing [...]

Michael Gropp invites his guests to sip from taster cups as he talks about food pairings, flavor intensity and subtle “notes” that strike the palate as the liquid moves through the mouth and down the throat. The event is not a wine tasting. The visitors are tasting olive oil that is offered at Petite Auberge’s [...]

The art of glass blowing in the United States all but died out about 40 years ago, then it started to make a comeback, according to glass blower Lynn-Margaret Pace. Although it has grown in popularity, she said, not every city has a glass blowing facility. “We’re really fortunate to have one in Decatur,” Pace [...]

In 2010, Californian Tracy Lee decided she wanted to create a company to celebrate her favorite indulgence—food. The result was Dishcrawl, whose website tells Lee’s story this way: “At a young age, Tracy began realizing that there were two kinds of people, the kind that savored food and the kind that cannot tell the difference [...]

After 10 years of operating the Decatur ceramic art center, MudFire Clayworks & Gallery founders Luba Sharapan and Erik Haagensen are stepping aside “to allow MudFire to continue to grow and evolve under an infusion of new energy and ideas,” they announced. “It’s been our baby for 10 years. We gave birth to it, raised [...]