Podcaster Mehka King has recorded more than 200 episodes of his podcast series “Cash Color Cannabis.” On this episode of “Friends in High Places,” King takes the other side of the mic and discusses the start of his show and how it’s grown to include several cannabis activists and hip hop recording stars. You can listen and watch “Cash Color Cannabis” on Live Hip Hop Daily, with a live...

Coffee Bars/Tea Rooms

JAVAOLOGY Besides coffee drinks, the cafe serves breakfast sandwiches and panini. Mon.-Fri., 6:15 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sat., 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun., 7 a.m.-9 p.m. 466 Edgewood Ave. 404-223-3202. www.javaology.com.

PARKGROUNDS Good (Batdorf & Bronson) coffee, pastries and Internet with two twists: an extensive breakfast menu and a little dog park. Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-9 p.m.;...

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BESSIE BRANHAM PARK The 7-acre park features tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields, a playground, and a $2 million recreation center that houses both a gym and a computer center with free classes for Atlanta residents. Recreation center hours: Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2051 Delano Ave. 404-371-5010. www.historic-kirkwood.com.

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Mandarin is the world’s most spoken language, and by the time Kirkwood’s Toomer Elementary children graduate from college, China will be the No. 2 economy in the world. And since Chinese is a character-based language, learning it develops a different portion of the brain than a Romance-based language such as Spanish, and test scores tend to increase.

Members of the Kirkwood Neighborhood...

People in glass houses don’t throw stones. They buy the 3/4-acre lot next door and build tree houses – at least that’s what Peter Bahouth did.

Bahouth, the former director of environmental organization Greenpeace, built his retreat from society with three connected tree houses behind his Buckhead home. Spending time in the ruggedly built yet cozily decorated interiors, with a view that...