Atlanta Magazine

⚽️ Spain won the on Sunday. , as a city and host, also was a big winner.⁠
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👏🏆️ From the excitement of the eight matches hosted—including both finalists playing in “Atlanta Stadium” during their runs to the title game—to its best-in-class attendance for the fan festivals (prompting city officials to add an extra day to the schedule), to the ease of public transportation by , to the air conditioning (of all things), Atlanta again established itself as a city that knows how to host gigantic and important events. ⁠
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🚨Read a recap of the World Cup in Atlanta, by the numbers: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/atlanta-thought-it-knew-how-big-hosting-the-world-cup-would-be-it-was-even-bigger/

🀄️ Originating in 19th-century China, mahjong has crossed continents and cultures and, lately, gained mainstream popularity. (According to Yelp, U.S. searches for mahjong clubs shot up 4,500 percent in 2025.) Restaurants across Atlanta are taking a crack at the city’s hottest game. ⁠
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📍Find 5 restaurants you can join Atlanta’s mahjong moment!: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/dining-news/5-restaurants-you-can-join-atlantas-mahjong-moment/
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2&3. An espresso martini and barbacoa empanadas are a winning combo for mahjong-tournament play at

✨ Home should be the easiest part of leaving town. Whether you're traveling for work or a weekend getaway, Elyse Buckhead takes care of the little things so you can simply lock the door and enjoy the journey. Because coming home should feel just as effortless as leaving.⁠
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🔗 Learn more about a more effortless way to live in Buckhead⁠: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/article/a-more-effortless-way-to-live-in-buckhead-atlanta/
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🎧️🎵 For young people accustomed to a world where music is streamed instantly and endlessly, cassette tapes seem almost rebellious. Holding an artist’s music in their hands and listening to an album straight through is completely new to their generation. Across the country, younger consumers are driving a cassette comeback: In 2023, Billboard reported that cassette sales had shot up more than 440 percent over the past decade, which includes used tapes and new releases.⁠
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🎶 Metro Atlanta high school student Camille Walker, pictured at , learned about cassettes from another pop-culture source: the Netflix series Stranger Things. Before watching Stranger Things, Walker had seen the “plastic boxes” at estate sales and thrift stores. “I knew they played music and you can put them in a car,” Walker says. “But I didn’t know how they really worked.”⁠
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❤️ Now she’s a fan. “I think cassettes are revolutionary,” Walker says. “They’re good if you don’t want to be on your phone for everything and want a less technical life.”⁠
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🚨Learn more about the cassette comeback >> https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/rewind-the-tape-young-atlantans-are-bringing-back-the-cassette/

🏥 For our July top doctors issue, we asked Atlanta's top doctors to tell us about their inspirations, most memorable patients, and the greatest challenges they face in medicine. No two days on the job are the same—and they wouldn’t have it any other way.⁠
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Read more >> https://atlantamagazine.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/frame.php?i=866723&p=&pn=&ver=html5
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