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CHATTER Magazine – October 2026
All you can eat in the Scenic City, A-Z
Elisabeth Gay Rice, now 62, remembers the feeling she got when she walked into her cabin at Camp Juliette Low in Cloudland, Georgia, as a 9-year-old. Like many young girls who grow up longing for independence, "I remember being eager for my parents to leave, meeting my counselors and learning the names of my fellow campers, learning camp songs and the camp rules," she recalls.

Where you live says a lot about who you are.

Ah, love. They say it makes the world go 'round. It can do no wrong.

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a seemingly endless list of names you could give your new baby.

Sometimes when she's on an assignment, Chattanooga photographer Emily Lester pretends to be a tourist. But if she looks like she's casually taking in the sights with her camera, she's not.

Chattanooga native Heidi Fawn Wilson has enjoyed expressing herself through art ever since she can remember. She studied graphic design at Brenau University and later taught art to high school students for eight years. After facing challenges with teaching during the pandemic, she decided to become an artist full-time.

When Michelle Wright got married, she says it was more of an ultimatum than an act of romance.

Some find the person they are going to marry in grammar school. Others meet the person they're going to marry when they're old enough to understand tax forms.

For most of his life, 38-year-old Brock Olsen says people have told him that he has a keen understanding of human relationships.

This past fall, the "Bachelor" franchise took a stab at something new, introducing 72-year-old Gerry Turner as the first "Golden Bachelor."

Have you been seen? A look at local events