Good morning, and welcome to 2019! Godspeed, and may you all resolve to be kind in the comments this year. Don’t forget to eat black-eyed peas and cabbage (or collards; YMMV, but I come from cabbage people) today!
- As the Kemp family prepares to move to 391 West Paces Ferry, here’s some BTDT advice from former First Children. (Pro tip: keep track of the tour schedule.)
- Safety and aesthetic improvements for I-16 are on time!
- Here are the AJC’s picks for 2018’s top #gapol stories.
- The first right whale calf of the season was spotted off the Georgia coast.
- Outgoing DPG head DuBose Porter issued a defiant goodbye.
- Internet hate is toxic and profligate, and its impact on real people is undeniable.
- Wollrich is opening a flagship store in Manhattan, but if you want an actual, real, made in the USA Woolrich product, buy it now, because they’re shuttering their factory in the eponymous Pennsylvania town.
- John F. Kelly’s exit interview with the Los Angeles Times.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda is bringing Hamilton to Puerto Rico. It’s complicated.
- If you read only one of these links, make it Caity Weaver’s fascinating deep dive into glitter.