Vincent Van Gogh once said, “The only time I feel alive is when I am painting.” If the experts at CertaPro have feelings similar to Van Gogh’s, then they probably feel alive all the time as CertaPro is a company that specializes in interior and exterior house painting...

These days, eating a home cooked meal at the dinner table seems more like a myth than a reality. Mom does not have time to whip up meatloaf or homemade biscuits. She is off shuttling her son to baseball practice, her daughter to soccer practice and trying desperately to put the little one down for a nap. Seriously, who has time to make a meal from scratch?

Learning a second language as an adult is daunting and difficult. It is a proven fact that children learn a new language much easier than adults. At the age of 30, Abigail Vaillant learned French after she married her French-speaking husband. She moved to Guadeloupe, where French is the national language, from Zimbabwe, and she had to adapt fast. For Vaillant, acquiring a new language meant opening her eyes to a whole new world.

Lauck Motors has always been something of a visionary in its industry. It opened as a repair shop exclusively for Mercedes vehicles at a time when Roswell was not the land of the well-to-do that it is today.

To the people who frequent the place, it’s known simply as the “the Merchant.” For those who understand the verbal shorthand, the name evokes visions of middle-aged men basking in a communal shower of smoke and bonding over one of the most basic, yet complex, leisure items known to man – the cigar.

The scope of cable television has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. It has gone from roughly 30 basic channels to a profusion of specialized programming that basically allows you to watch whatever you want whenever you want from the comfort of your own couch.

Carmen Ubeda, owner of Carmen Carmen Hair Studio in Roswell, started cutting hair when she was barely a teenager and has continued in that line of work ever since. She has not, however, always had the luxury of her own salon.

Call her tough, call her tenacious or call her a bulldog. She is a homebuyer’s relentless advocate and the toughest negotiator this side of the SALT II treaties.

Sal D’Amico is working the grill, grinning as the flames lick burgers that even Five Guys can’t touch. This chef doesn’t mess around: only Nathan’s Famous hot dogs on his grate.

David Usher grew up in the car business – his parents ran a business in Buckhead that worked on high-end cars such as Jaguar, BMW, Lotus and Ferrari.