Slow down, it’s Sunday
Sunday, Sept. 6 — Morning! It’s Beth McKibben, editor-in-chief and senior dining editor of Rough Draft Atlanta, here with our first Sunday issue of Rough Draft.
🌤️ Partly cloudy and very hot again today, with a high of 94°.
Like you, my Sunday mornings are precious. The hurried weekday routine takes a back seat, and I ease my way into the day with a cup of coffee and a leisurely breakfast with my husband and son. Sunday morning is also a time for me to read interesting articles I’ve saved for later and dig into my magazine subscriptions.
🗞️ That’s the premise behind Rough Draft’s new Sunday newsletter. Think of it as the highlights from the old Sunday paper, spotlighting stories on arts & leisure, music, fashion, theater, and even a little sports, curated each week by a different Rough Draft editor. Today, it’s my turn.
As it’s Labor Day weekend, I’m looking forward to treating Monday like Sunday 2.0. Meanwhile, many people visiting Atlanta this weekend may be waking up tomorrow feeling a little worse for wear, having attended Dragon Con, college football games, or Black Pride.
The weekend not only sees Atlanta swell with tourists, but it also brings an influx of serious cash to the city.
LABOR DAY BY THE NUMBERS
- Approximately 75,000 people attend Dragon Con, with the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau estimating the economic impact is around $85.5 million.
- Approximately 65,000 people attend the Aflac College Football Kickoff game, where the estimated economic impact is around $28 million.
- Atlanta Black Pride typically attracts more than 100,000 people, who attend multiple events across the metro, bringing an estimated economic impact of more than $60 million.
If you’re headed downtown today or tomorrow and taking MARTA, check out our transit-friendly dining guide to downtown Atlanta.
LOCAL NEWS
🏞️ The City of Atlanta and Atlanta Urban Development Corporation will host a community event on Sept. 12 to celebrate Microsoft’s donation of 22.5 acres of land at Quarry Yards in Grove Park.
😷 Georgia health officials have confirmed three new measles cases in the state connected to a metro Atlanta day care. It brings the outbreak total to eight cases in metro Atlanta and 14 statewide.
🏈 Yesterday’s college football results:
- Clark Atlanta beat Morehouse 31-21
- No. 3 Georgia beat Tennessee State 63-3
- Georgia Southern beat Charleston Southern 31-0
- Auburn beat Baylor 17-16 in the Aflac Kickoff Game
⚽ Breel Embolo scored his first goal for Atlanta United, an 87th-minute penalty that salvaged a 2-2 draw with defending champion Inter Miami and Lionel Messi last night.
ELSEWHERE
🇮🇷 🇺🇲 Three Iranian oil tankers were struck by the U.S. on Saturday after the
American military said Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles.
👮 Opposition to using Flock cameras as public safety tools is finding bipartisan support, with the Republican governors of Florida and Texas and the ACLU now voicing concerns.
🎾 No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz blew a two-set lead and lost to Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the US Open, leaving the men’s draw without six of its top 10 seeds after Saturday’s upsets. Play continues today at 11 a.m. (ESPN).
☕ Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
- Edmonia Lewis sculpture exhibit
- “Teenage Wasteland” documentary
- Ireland’s wine producers
Take it easy, y’all.
Beth
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Watch This
☠️ My friends and family know I love a good documentary. So when Netflix dropped “Teenage Wasteland” on Friday, I immediately queued it up.
The documentary is a retrospective on a group of former high school students and their teacher who created a cable access station in the early 1990s and developed a DIY documentary called “Garbage, Gangsters and Greed” about a toxic waste dump in their hometown of Middletown, New York. Now adults, the group looks back on the impact of that documentary on the community and their lives.
“Teenage Wasteland” is a fascinating glimpse into student filmmaking, investigative journalism, and environmental activism before the age of social media and news influencers. But it’s also a super nostalgic ride through the early years of GenX music, politics, and fashion.
🎥 Now streaming on Netflix, and with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
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Ireland’s Wine Producers
🥂 As my husband and I prepare to head to the UK at the end of September, we’ve been researching wineries in southeast England to visit. I’ve been an avid drinker of English sparkling wine for the last decade, which is coming into its own now due to a warmer climate and the region’s naturally chalky soil.
While researching, I stumbled upon this interesting article from the BBC about Ireland’s small but determined vineyards hoping to make their mark.
With climate and soil conditions limiting what Irish wine producers can grow, they’ve become clever viticulturists who experiment with hybrid grape varieties to produce reds, whites, and pet-nats distinct to Ireland.
🇮🇪 Read more about Ireland’s wine producers here.
