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The Classicist: Southern Proper's Timeless Style

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Mint juleps, seersucker, stately plantations, belles in summer dresses and those F. Scott Fitzgerald stories where they go around saying "Good mawnin', Sally Carrol" -- all come together in the new spring collection from Southern Proper, a gentleman's outfitter from Atlanta now gaining wider recognition from natty northerners.

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Orvis Presents North America's Finest Hunting Lodges

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Filed under: Sports, Books

Last spring we reported that legendary Vermont-based sporting outfitters Orvis had published a great new book on fly fishing's finest destinations. Now the company has come out with an equally compelling companion volume on hunting game birds. Great Hunting Lodges of North America: Wingshooting's Finest Destinations (Rizzoli) is a lavishly illustrated look at the very best upland and waterfowl hunting destinations around. Profiles of almost 20 featured Orvis destinations celebrate the great American sporting tradition and include detailed information on the local game species and wildlife, the lodge and the surrounding countryside, along with in-depth sidebars on key game birds and sporting dogs. Even if you're merely an armchair adventurer who's never fired a shotgun the great outdoor photography is worth the price of admission in its own right. Featured lodges include the Eagle Nest Lodge in Montana, Flying B Ranch in Idaho, Greystone Castle in Texas, The High Lonesome Ranch in Colorado, Mexico's Rancho Caracol, Deer Creek Lodge in Kentucky, Harris Springs Sportsman's Preserve in South Carolina and Pine Hill Plantation in Georgia. Check out the gallery for a preview.

Gallery: Great Hunting Lodges of North America

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Mt. Paran, Estate of the Day

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In the October 2009 issue of Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, homeowner Judith Schindler showed off the interior design of her Buckhead area home, saying proudly that the home she refurbished with her friend and fellow designer Sudi Cecil was her dream home and that she hoped never to move again. And yet just a few months later the home is on the market. The design style of the six-bedroom home is a melding of Southern style with something more "West Coast-like." The style is meant to represent Old Hollywood glamour but how well this succeeds is a matter of some debate (there are notes that remind me a little of the Kardashian view of glamour, all animal prints, shiny curtains and mirrors). The home has a gourmet kitchen with an island and an eat-in breakfast bar. There is a formal dining room, formal living room and a more casual room. Zebra-printed rug livens up an office and there is a comfortable home theater and a game room. Outside a large covered terrace offers room for dining alfresco with a view of the pool. This home is listed at $6.75 million.

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Porsche Cayman Interseries Kicks off in Georgia [Video]

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Events, Video

This past weekend, Porsche's newly formed Cayman Interseries staged the second race of the inaugural season at the famous Road Atlanta racetrack n Braselton, Georgia. Established in 2009 by Napleton Porsche of Westmont, Illinois, the Cayman Interseries is North America's only auto racing championship featuring the exclusive use of the 320 hp Porsche Cayman S. Sanctioned by Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR), the Cayman Interseries is conducting its first official season in 2010 and will crown a pair of champion drivers in both the sprint and endurance racing formats. Races will be run on legendary circuits such as Daytona, Sebring, Road America, Watkins Glen, Road Atlanta and other premier venues. Every competing Porsche Cayman S is exclusively supplied and prepared by Napleton Porsche and each car competes with an assigned and specific heritage livery themed after a famous Porsche racecar from the past, such as Steve McQueen's Le Mans racer. Check out the video for details on the new Cayman spec-series, interviews with the series founders and on-track footage of the heritage livery-themed 2010 Porsche Caymans.

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Chateau Elan, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates, Auctions

A home in Braselton Georgia's Chateau Elan gated community will go up for auction on April 7. The home was appraised at $2.2 million but will be sold to the highest bidder over $395,000. A press release states that the home is being sold due to the owner's relocation. Mike Fisher auctioneer and chief executive officer of United Country – The Redfield Group, states that the home is not in foreclosure, "the sellers are relocating, and they recognize the value of using an accelerated method of marketing – in other words, an auction – to sell their property."

The 9,000 square foot home was featured in From House to Home in 2003. It has five bedroom suites plus a luxurious master suite, as well as six bathrooms. There is a gourmet kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, brick wine cellar, wet bar and grand foyer with twin staircases. The home has hardwood floors, three fireplaces, pool, pool house with a bedroom and bathroom, a gazebo and extensive landscaping on two acres. Detailed information about the home for sale can be found online at www.redfieldgroup.com.

Gallery: Chateau Elan

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Porsche Parade in Atlanta as Type 64 Visits U.S. (Video)

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Events, Video

This past Sunday, Porsche Cars of North America and the Porsche Club of America organized a parade of over 100 Porsches to drive from the Georgia Governor's Mansion to the Atlanta High Museum of Art. Starting this week the museum is holding the Allure of the Automobile Exhibition, which as my colleague Jeremy Korzeniewski reported will feature Porsche's historic one-off Type 64 coupe which for the first time has left its home at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart for a three month loan to the museum. The Type 64 was designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1938 and was to be used for the Berlin to Rome endurance race, but because of World War II, that never happened. The design of the car served as influenced for future models including the Type 356 and 911. In this video the CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Detlev von Platen, discusses the importance of the Type 64 for the Porsche brand and its significance for traveling to Atlanta. It also includes footage of the first 2010 Porsche GT3 RS to arrive in the United States.

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Christoper Robin Road, Estate of the Day

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When it comes to selling your home these days, anything can help. The sellers of this home in Alpharetta, Georgia have something up their sleeve, a celebrity endorsement. Demi Moore rented this home while filming "The Joneses" a movie she stars in with David Duchovny. Moore, her assistant and chef stayed in the home for five weeks and her husband Ashton Kutcher, visited to celebrate her 46th birthday. The five-bedroom Cape-Cod-style home which is now for sale has Moore's quote thanking the owners for the stay proudly displayed on the property website. The 8,000 square-foot home on 3.5 acres is for sale for $675,000. It has newly refinished hardwood floors, a gourmet kitchen, breakfast room and a sitting room. Other features include a library, two-room office suite and a large front porch.

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Antonio Davis In Roswell, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates, Sports

Former NBA basketball player Antonio Davis and his wife Kendra have put their Roswell, Georgia home up for sale. The pair bought the over 16,000 square foot home a couple of years ago. According to an Atlanta Journal Constitution article, Kendra, an interior decorator did the decorating herself. The six-bedroom home is a mix of formal and informal spaces. The "grand salon" has French doors which open to the outside. The kitchen is integrated into the family area and features a leopard print chaise, the sort sometimes seen at the foot of a bed, posed in front of the granite-topped kitchen counter. As you might expect the home is full of sports memorabilia and has a basketball court. Like some other basketball players' homes I have seen this one has a mural or two including basketball-themed murals in two of the children's rooms and in the arcade worthy game room. This home is listed at $4.2 million with Elite Real Estate. Check out the virtual tour here.

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More "Real Housewives" Real Estate Drama

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The real estate hijinks around the "Real Housewives" shows continues. TMZ reports that Lisa Wu-Hartwell of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" has lost her Atlanta-area home. Hartwell and her husband, former Oakland Raiders linebacker Edgerton Hartwell bought their Duluth, Georgia home for $2.9 million in 2007 but sold it in a short sale situation this month for $1.9 million. The couple are reportedly ensconced in a new home on ten acres.

The real estate machinations surrounding the housewives are epic. We've seen several of the Orange County housewives including Jenna Keough and Tamra Barney flirt with foreclosure and short sales. A couple of the New York housewives have been trying to sell their homes including Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon.

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Dean Gardens, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate is one of Georgia's most lavish. Dean Gardens in Johns Creek was created by Larry Dean, a software entrepreneur, who created this massive home with 58 acres that include elaborate gardens. Dean has been trying to determine what to do with the home and surrounding property for several years including floating ideas for turning it into a subdivision with condos. The listing says the home was recently appraised for $35 million. It includes two carriage house apartments, a caretakers cottage, wedding chapel, Asian tea garden, grass tennis courts, amphitheater, conservatory ,lake and 18 hole golf course.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that the property has been on and off the market for 15 years for prices ranging from $20 million to $40 million. Compared to that the current price of $13.9 million seems like a steal.

The details here are just extraordinary, a hodgepodge of tastes and styles. The rotunda was inspired by Florence's Brunelleschi Cathedral. Art Deco and Art Nouveau flourishes abound in the bedrooms. Much of the terrace level is given over to a Moroccan theme and a game room has a 1950s diner look. A separate website devoted to the home shows off the many theme rooms including the Peacock room, the Egyptian suite and the elaborate French bedroom.

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Thankful Troops Smoke 7,000 Cigars

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Filed under: Cigars

While we are constantly reminded of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we often lose site of the people serving. Sure, we support the troops and lament the fact that some are separated from their families for a year or longer ... with unfortunate regularity. But, these concepts remain abstract from those who don't don the uniform every day. Many have a friend or family member serving, but the vast majority is another step removed from the sacrifice. Chuck Ley, founder of the organization Cigars for Soldiers, is bridging the gap. His effort has added a personal and genuine touch to a "support the troops" message that the mainstream media has forced into cliché too soon.

Ley, like me, was a soldier. While my service entailed comfy pencil-pushing positions in Uijongbu, South Korea and Fort Gordon, Georga, he was an infantryman – the real deal – wounded in action in Mogadishu, Somalia. It wasn't the event immortalized in Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down, but few realize that we fought more than once over there. Though back in civilian life for more than a decade, Ley has not forgotten his time in uniform, and many of his friends continue to serve.

From time to time, Ley would get a phone call or e-mail from overseas, a friend in some far-flung place. The tone varied from casual inquiry to begging to near-demand: send cigars. How could a cigar-smoking former soldier refuse?

Gallery: Cigars for Soldiers

Soldiers smoke Pepin Garcia cigars in Iraq

Don Pepin Garcia addresses the crowd at De La Concha

The cigars donated to Cigars for Soldiers by Don Pepin Garcia

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Sea Island In Financial Trouble

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Real Estate Developments

The Sea Island resort in Georgia is the latest luxury business to be hit by hard times. Back in August, Sea Island laid off around 500 workers, nearly a quarter of the staff. Now the resort is facing bigger financial trouble. The resort, which hosted the G8 Summit and has been visited by presidents, celebrities and dignitaries of all sorts, has been owned for six decades by the family of William "Bill" Jones III, its current chairman and CEO. The economic downturn has meant empty hotel rooms for the luxury enclave which has been struggling with debt since a massive redevelopment and expansion of the resort that cost more than $400 million. More of the expensive homes on the island are also up for sale than usual.

According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle the family is said to be exploring a possible sale of equity in the company to get their hands on some ready cash. They may also be considering selling other real estate but it's not a great time to be doing that either. The resort is doing everything it can to keep the Jones family in charge but the ambitious real estate development on the island was planned for a different time and the resulting jeavy debt could now mean some big changes are ahead.

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Rossdhu, Estate of the Day

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This Tudor style home in Atlanta, Georgia goes by the name of Rossdhu. It was built in 1918 and sits on 4.47 acres. The property includes a carriage house with two apartments, six garages and a lighted tennis court. The main home has been restored with a modern kitchen, luxurious master suite with his and hers dressing rooms and baths, exercise room and a wine cellar. The home's heavy paneling does make it a bit dark and the current level of clutter makes it hard to appreciate the fact that the interior spaces are actually pretty grand. At $14.5 million it's priced near the top end of the Atlanta real estate market but there aren't too many homes like this in the area.

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Michael Vick in Atlanta, Estate of the Day

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Former quarterback Michael Vick's infamy certainly isn't helping his real estate sales. Vick, who is currently serving a prison sentence for his role in a dog-fighting ring, can't seem to sell his Atlanta home. As the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column reports, he has cut the price of his luxury Atlanta home to $4.1 million, from $4.5 million after it has sat on the market for a year. The eight-bedroom home in the Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth, Georgia has lake views and a grand look with two-story foyer with a curved double staircase and dome, a two-story study, a home theater, wet bar and a gymnasium. The only sign of Vickness is that big number seven set into the den floor. Vick bought for $3.78 million so even if he sells for the $4.1 million listing price he won't be making a lot of money.

Vick's even more infamous piece of real estate, the home which was the site of the dog kennels, is up for auction yet again, this time for $590,000 on December 12. Developer Wilbur Ray Todd Jr.bought the home for $450,000 from Vick last year and wanted to sell it for over $1 million originally.

As we mentioned recently, a wine collection, Vicktory Dogs, raises money for the rehabilitated dogs who live at an animal sanctuary in Utah.

UPDATE: The home was put up for auction but there were no takers and it remains on the market.

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Tom Glavine in Alpharetta, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping, Sports

With baseball in the playoffs, the annual shuffle of free agents is set to begin. One possible free agent is left-handed pitcher Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves. Coincidentally, his Alpharetta, Georgia home is also on the market. Glavine and his wife Christine have a seven-bedroom brick home on 1.95 acres. No big spender here, the Real Estalker reveals that Glavine spent just $146,700 for the lot which is in the gated community called the Country Club of the South (a community that was also home to Usher and Whitney Houston).

Glavine's home is an impressive 14,550 square feet and done in an elaborate style that includes columns, curved staircases, large crystal chandeliers and tall windows adorned with elaborately swagged curtains. Oh I could go on about the curtains but the Real Estalker summed it up by calling them "some of the ugliest swagged curtains Your Mama has ever seen." And they aren't just in the living room and the dining room, the Glavine's curtain craze has made it into the bedrooms and bathrooms as well.

As befits a sports star, the home does have a large recreation area downstairs with a black granite wet bar, a wine cellar, a billiard area, exercise room and a putting green. The home also includes a media room, a second kitchen and a library/office. There is also a swimming pool on the grounds.

This home is listed at $3.75 million and it looks like the Glavines may be moving just down the road. It seems they paid $620,000 for a another in the Country Club of the South community in 2001 and that lot now has a new home with a baseball diamond in the backyard.

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Gallery: Tom Glavine in Alpharetta