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A bargain not even Clark Howard could top
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Clark Howard with his mom Joy and her new husband Art Chase. Photos by Tim Harman
Joy Howard’s youngest son makes a living saving radio listeners money. But here’s a bargain even Clark Howard couldn’t beat.
Nearing 85, Joy met Art Chase, 85, after both moved into Parc at Buckhead, the elegant high-rise for seniors behind Phipps Plaza.
Over meals in the dining room, they discovered a shared love of travel. Then Art started riding the elevator to Joy’s floor to “pick her up” before dinner. And soon he was escorting her back to her place afterward.
“We just gravitated toward each other,” Joy said.
Eventually the two decided they’d prefer to live as one. Saturday night, family and friends gathered in Parc’s second-floor card room, transformed into a wedding hall.
“It’s always such a joy to marry a couple of young kids,” said Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, The Temple’s rabbi emeritus, who officiated.
Art’s daughter Cynthia Chase walked with him down the aisle. Joy was escorted by her four children. Clark, Gary and Neal Howard followed as sister Jackie Howard walked arm-in-arm with their mother.
“People think he’s such a big-shot,” Joy said of Atlanta’s favorite cheapskate. “You should see him with his brothers. He’s my baby, but he’s not famous around them.”
Jackie, proprietress of the high-end stationery shop Paces Papers,
took charge of many of the details including the exquisite invitations that read, “It’s never too late to fall in love.”
“The two of you are absolute evidence of that,” Sugarman said.
Two widows in their twilight years, finding love again when neither expected it? Priceless, indeed.
The happy couple cuts their cake. Photos by Tim Harman
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Mixing it up with the 2 Live Stews
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Ryan Stewart, left, and Doug Stewart, from 790 The Zone’s 2 Live Stews at the Crown Royal event at the Midtown W.
Les freres Stewart were high above the streets of Midtown this week, mixing it up with a bunch of Atlanta bartenders.
The occasion was an exclusive Crown Royal event for the folks who man the bars at Atlanta restaurants and nightclubs. Under the tutelage of mixmaster Steven Kowalczuk, who makes it happen at Room at Twelve and Trois, guests tried their hand at creating whiskey-based libations.
“We’re from the old school. Our old man used to keep one of these in the trunk,” joked Doug Stewart, hefting a commemorative case of Crown Royal and assorted bar accoutrements.
Crown Royal whiskey master Kevin Mulcahy gave the crowd a brief history of the venerable brand, and led a tasting. Here’s an important tip we picked up: to “nose” a glass of whiskey, hold it under your chin but breathe in from your mouth. Don’t plant your nose in the glass and sniff like it’s a glass of red wine - unless you’ve got serious sinus troubles.
Here are a few of the folks who turned out for the event.
Bill Holbrook and Kelly Koklas
Tasha and Brandon Mize
Elmera Memar, from left, Lauren Abrams and Yujin Chon
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$1,000 to join a gym?
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The wet treatment area at 29 Spa, at the Mansion on Peachtree
What recession?
The super-luxe Mansion on Peachtree has just announced it’s selling memberships to its spa and fitness center.
The swank set-up features ergonomically designed equipment with Ferrari leather seating, built-in iPod ports and a sumptuous, wood-paneled locker room.
Membership costs include a $1,000 initiation fee and a $150 monthly fee. For couples the initiation fee is $1,500 and then $300 per month.
Members receive discounts on spa treatments and free valet parking for three hours during their visits to work out.
The Mansion, site of Tom Colicchio’s acclaimed Craft Atlanta and NEO, holds a prospective members’ mixer March 12.
See the Mansion Web site for more information.
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Newsflash: Someone’s hiring!
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SB’s an emissary of goodwill, so here’s some news about Goodwill.
They’re hiring.
Goodwill of North Georgia needs to fill more than 40 jobs for its newly opening store in Cobb County.
The store, opening in early April, will be located at the East-West Connector and Powder Springs Road, right near the Waffle House.
Goodwill is going to need workers to accept donations, work as cashiers, and serve as supervisors. The pay scale will vary, depending on the job, said spokeswoman Elaine Armstrong. Goodwill is also looking to fill managerial positions at other locations, she added.
Cobb County, like everywhere else it seems, has seen a recent spike in first-time unemployment claims. In December, the number of Cobb County residents filing increased by 106.8 percent over December 2007, Armstrong said.
So the timing of the new store couldn’t be better, offering “a great opportunity for us to provide jobs during a time when many businesses are cutting their workforces,” Armstrong said.
Interested workers should apply in person between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 4-6 at the George E. Ford Center, 4181 Atlanta St. in Powder Springs. You’ll need valid, government-issued photo identification and your Social Security card.
For more information see Goodwill’s Web site.
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