Jill Becker

Jennifer Bradley Franklin photo by Sara Hanna Photography
EDITOR’S CORNER – SEPTEMBER 2021

I don’t know about you, but over the last couple of years I’ve developed a…

PUBLISHER’S LETTER – MARCH / APRIL 2020

As if 2019 wasn’t exciting enough for us, we have started the year off with…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2020

The issue you have in your hands marks my 22nd as the editor of Simply…

EDITOR’S CORNER – NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019

I went to see a movie at The Springs Cinema & Taphouse recently, and as…

EDITOR’S CORNER – OCTOBER 2019

As I drive around Atlanta, I have to admit it’s hard to pay attention to…

EDITOR’S CORNER – SEPTEMBER 2019

“Shotgun!” Like a lot of kids, I used to shout that out whenever I wanted…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JULY / AUGUST 2019

I’ve talked before in this column about how this job affords me the opportunity to…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JUNE 2019

I’m originally from Dallas, Texas, and when I moved to Atlanta way back in 2005,…

EDITOR’S CORNER – MAY 2019

To my recollection, Batman and Robin were the original “Dynamic Duo.” I don’t want to…

EDITOR’S CORNER – MARCH / APRIL 2019

I had severe asthma as a child, so I wasn’t very athletic. I was happy…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2019

Jami Gertz is one of the nicest people you’ll meet. I discovered this fact recently…

EDITOR’S CORNER – NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018

As you drive around Buckhead, amid all of the construction equipment knocking old things down…

EDITOR’S CORNER – OCTOBER 2018

I vividly remember my first concert. I’m vague on the year and exactly how old…

EDITOR’S CORNER – SEPTEMBER 2018

When I initially started brainstorming ideas for this issue’s cover story, which was deemed “The…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JULY / AUGUST 2018

As Dorothy famously said in The Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home—which is…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JUNE 2018

As Dorothy famously said in The Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home—which is…

EDITOR’S CORNER – MAY 2018

Food, glorious food. That’s the subject of our cover story this issue, and I couldn’t…

EDITOR’S CORNER – MARCH / APRIL 2018

I hate to date myself, but the most high-tech piece of equipment I used at…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2018

Atlanta is a great place to be. In fact, it was recently named the eighth…

EDITOR’S CORNER – NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2017

I only know how to cook two things: lasagna and cheesecake. When I do go…

EDITOR’S CORNER – OCTOBER 2017

Groucho Marx once famously said, “I don’t want to belong to any club that will…

EDITOR’S CORNER – JUNE 2017

.I am not a fan of having my picture taken. I could be having my…

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