Nashville is the coolest city in the world. Yeah, we’re biased. But we’ve also been around long enough to know that the kind of community that’s growing here isn’t par for the course. Curated by our founder, longtime journalist Libby Callaway, The Callaway Report is a diverse collection of stories documenting the extraordinary personalities and dynamic gatherings that put the it in It City. Featuring all original images by local photographers and largely written by Libby herself, TCR is a throw-back to the kind of storytelling that has largely been lost in the age of social media.
I don’t drink but I do enjoy going to bars — certain bars, that is. Nice, clean ones that don’t smell like the floor of a frat house on a summer Sunday morning. Chic ones that have low lighting and a sound system that doesn't go to 11. You know, adult bars. Over the last few years, Nashville has gone through a bar renaissance. One of the leaders was the now-shuttered Bar Luca. Not long after they opened, I spoke to the owners; today, it reads like a time capsule to early 2016. Andrea Behrends took the photos.
Sometimes a store is more than just a store. Arguably, the very best retail environments transcend being just places to shop and serve as pseudo-classrooms, talent incubators, and places for like-minded people to gather and share ideas. Wilder, the contemporary home store in Germantown, is all of those things, not to mention a direct representation of owners Ivy and Josh Elrod’s personalities - which, in the context of being store owners, is equal parts boldly creative and quietly nurturing. I spoke to the couple - who have become good friends - about their lives, in and out of the store. Andrea Behrends was the photographer.
