Each year we profile a handful of Cobb’s family-owned businesses that have been passed down from generation to generation. This year, we present a sporting goods store, a food service business, a carpet company and Georgia’s oldest drugstore. We hope you enjoy getting to know them. Lacey Drug Company Considered to be the oldest continually-operating pharmacy in Cobb County and among the oldest in the state of Georgia, Lacey Drug Company has been affording locals quality care since 1895. Originally founded by Claude and Albert Durham as the Durham Brothers Drug Company at the still-operating Acworth location, the company...
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Young, hip and multi-talented, this 2016 Wood Industry 40 Under 40 winner and British ex-pat is combining carbon steel and butcher block wood to create customized industrial chic desks and accompanying office furniture that is anything but boring....
Continue readingThe holiday entertaining season is officially in full swing and, with it, come welcome moments spent with friends and loved ones. Writer Meredith Pruden covers holiday home decor for Cobb Life Magazine....
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With work hours ever-encroaching on our personal lives, what are some ways to save time to re-invest where it really matters during the upcoming holiday season? If you’ve got a big holiday party or family dinner coming up and are too busy to cook, here are our favorite ways to have a delicious meal without stressing out at the stove all day....
Continue readingJust because we’re landlocked four hours and 267 miles from the nearest coastline doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy our fair share of water sports here in metro Atlanta. A new craze is spreading across the city— and it’s the fastest growing sport in the world....
Continue readingThere is no better time of year than October to embark on a spooky, spine tingling, hair raising adventure. It’s harvest season, the fall equinox is upon us and All Hallow’s Eve looms just over the evening horizon. If your days of Halloween trick or treating are gone, why not take in a bit of local history (and possibly some paranormal activity) on the day of the year ancient Druids believed the veil between worlds is thinnest? ...
Continue readingWho couldn’t use a bit more serenity, happiness, focus, passion, luck or wellbeing in life. With Feng Shui, it’s possible to attract more of what you crave by altering energy flows in your surroundings....
Continue readingIt is often said that Americans come together in times of national crisis, supporting those affected by tragedy and reminding us there is the potential for great good to be born of great suffering. But the practice of rallying around friends, family, neighbors and even strangers in one’s local community is a venerable tradition that crosses generational and cultural divides. It’s a practice that’s alive and well at Loft West Cobb....
Continue readingIn the male centric world of sports, female athletes often are underestimated or made the butt of unfair jokes, but these three Cobb County women are no laughing matter. ...
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