Healthy Cells

Suwanee’s The DRIPBaR offers IV drips and shots that may aid with energy, immunity, and recovery.

What is The DRIPBaR?

Your health depends on the health of your cells. Intravenous nutrient therapy can help boost your cellular health by saturating your cells with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants. The DRIPBaR was created with the goal of helping people obtain their best health using advances in IV therapy.

What are some benefits to IV drip therapy?

IV drip therapy gives your body the essential nutrients it needs at the cellular level making them immediately available for your body to use. Benefits include accelerating the healing process; helping to decrease or reverse the signs of aging; providing your body with a boost of natural energy; aiding in recovery when you're not feeling your best; and fighting certain illnesses and diseases by boosting the immune system.

What are your top selling drips?

The DRIPBaR has several top-selling drips, including the “Soother” for relaxation, the “Shield” for immune support, the “Powerpack” for increased energy, and the “NAD+” for anti-aging.

Why not just take vitamins by mouth?

IV vitamin therapy can ensure the cells obtain nearly 100% of the nutrients that are provided versus only about 30% of nutrients that might be absorbed through oral supplementation.

What are the benefits of a membership?

The DRIPBaR’s memberships are designed to get you results. It takes at least 90 days of consistent monthly drips to feel a noticeable difference. Memberships create accountability, consistency, and results. The DRIPBaR ensures you are getting exactly what you need each time you come in to make sure you are working toward your goal. Membership prices are 20% to 25% less than individual drip prices.

What if I am short on time and cannot commit to a 30-45 minute session?

The DRIPBaR offers IM Quick Shots and IM Single Shots that will give your body many benefits in just five minutes. The IM Quick Shots are designed to target certain goals of weight loss, athletic support, energy and immunity boost, and beauty needs.

⊲ The DRIPBaR is located at 4369 Suwanee

Dam Road, Suite 102, in Suwanee, and is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information call 470-722-2493, visit thedripbar.com/suwanee-marketplace, or follow them on social media at @thedripbarsuwanee. Book appointments through their website or The DRIPBaR app.

3 Tips to Help Your Kids Reach Goals and Be Successful

GOOD GOAL setting can be a pathway to resiliency and success. However, without guidance kids and teens tend to live in some unhelpful extremes when it comes to goal setting. I often see teens set too many goals at once, leading them to feel stressed out and overwhelmed. While on the other end of the continuum, I see some kids and teens who prefer not to think about their future or set goals off of short-term desires. We are not born knowing how to reach goals; rather it is a skill to be cultivated, especially in developing and maturing minds that are still learning time management, responsibility, and perseverance skills. When kids reach their goals, it can be quite the confidence boost, but on the flip side, falling short of their goals can be defeating and over time may even lead to a sense of failure and avoiding goals. The more parents, caregivers, teachers, and coaches help kids learn how to successfully set and reach goals, the more they can build confidence to achieve their life dreams even in the face of adversity. Here are a few tips to help kids with goal setting:

Find motivation.

⊲ Encourage your kids to set their own goals or share their input. Think of the times you have been most motivated to reach a goal; it was likely a goal you set for yourself to get something you really wanted. The same is true for kids and teens. When your kids tell you something they really want, help them develop a plan to reach the goal. For example, if your kid wants to learn to play an instrument, help them break down the steps and skills they need to play and develop a goal to achieve each step. If you are getting angry or repeatedly asking your teen or kid to work harder toward a goal, this could be a signal your teen is not interested in the goal and a new strategy or change of goal might be helpful.

Set realistic goals.

⊲ Goals are usually challenging and take effort to reach, but if kids and teens have to frequently sacrifice sleep, their well-being, play time, or social connections to accomplish a goal it is probably not a very realistic or helpful goal. Help kids and teens break down a larger

goal into sub-goals that can be reached in more realistic and manageable ways. Try to start with small goals to develop skills needed for success such as knowing their limits, time management, or organizational skills before moving on to larger, more long-term goals.

Notice effort.

⊲ Show your support by noticing the effort your kids put toward reaching their goals. If you focus on the effort more than the outcome your kids will tend to do the same, which can help build the skills of perseverance and resiliency. Their thoughts could sound more like, “I know I can get this if I just keep practicing” instead of “I knew I couldn't do this and I would let everyone down.” Even if the outcome is not what you or your teen were hoping for, they still learned helpful skills along the way that they can use to try again and build their confidence.

It can really make a difference when parents

help kids develop skills to better reach their goals. Remember, kids are still learning and will most likely not reach their goals on the first try, but with your encouragement they will hopefully find confidence to try again. Success is often felt when kids and teens have developed the resiliency and confidence to go after their hopes

and dreams. ■

JENNIFER WILMOTH, LMFT

Jennifer Wilmoth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Thrive Forward Therapy in the Suwanee area with over a decade of experience. She received her Masters of Family Therapy from Mercer University School of Medicine. She works with families and individuals dealing with a variety of concerns. She specializes in working with couples who want to improve their relationship, teens experiencing difficulties at home or school, children experiencing behavioral or relational concerns, anxiety, and depression. Learn more at ThriveForwardTherapy.com.

A Tale of Two Cities

TWO CITIES PIZZA CO. BRINGS NEW YORK-STYLE THIN CRUST AND CHICAGO DEEP DISH PIZZAS TO SUWANEE.

By Alicia Carter / Photos by Karl Lamb

HERE’S PERHAPS no food more universally loved than pizza. There’s also probably no food debate more heated here in the States than which style of pizza reigns supreme: New York-style thin crust or Chicago deep dish. Lucky for us, we can have the best of both worlds under one roof at one of Suwanee’s newest restaurants, Two Cities Pizza Co. Combining their entrepreneurial spirit and love of food, longtime friends Zach Greves and Sean Spurlock opened the original Two Cities location in the suburbs of Cincinnati in 2016. The restaurant has received a number of accolades since opening, including a spot on Yelp's List of the Top 100 Places to Eat in 2021. Just a few months after opening, the restaurant was even voted the best pizza in the Queen City — no small feat for a pizza joint located in the ’burbs. While the food is exceptional, Greves and Spurlock put just as much thought and care into the design and overall atmosphere of the restaurant itself. Following the success of the Cincinnati location, Greves and Spurlock brought their concept to Suwanee in March 2022. Greves, a fan of Chicago deep dish pizza, and Spurlock, who prefers the thin,

foldable New York-style slices, wanted to bring a touch of those classic northern pizzerias to the South. While developing the menu, they met with restaurateurs at pizza spots in Chicago and New York, and developed different dough recipes for each style of pizza.

“We make everything in-house,” Spurlock says. “The process and the ingredients for the New York and the Chicago pizzas are completely separate. What we've found is that some places will say they have a deep dish on their menu or a stuffed crust pizza, but they're using the exact same dough for their thin crust. They're using the same cheese. They're using the same sauce. At Two Cities, the dough, the cheese, and the sauce for our New York pizzas and Chicago pizzas are all different. We make the dough fresh in-house every day, and if we don’t make the product in-house, we’re sourcing it directly from New York or Chicago.”

Explore the Menu

⊲ The menu includes several kinds of New York-style and Chicago deep dish pizzas, along with gluten-free and vegan options. Standouts include New York’s Finest, featuring pepperoni, bacon, sausage, yellow onions, green peppers, mushrooms, mozzarella and a classic red sauce. The Cabbie is like a comforting baked potato on a pie, with mashed potato, bacon, red onions, scallions, mozzarella, chipotle aioli and a garlic crema drizzle. Miss Brooklyn is a good-looking white sauce pizza with goat cheese, red grapes, bacon, mozzarella, a balsamic drizzle and a hearty helping of arugula on top. On the Chicago side, The Wrigley Pie is an ode to the Windy City with mushrooms, spinach, red onions, feta, whole milk mozzarella and a chunky red sauce.

The menu also includes a variety of salads, appetizers like parmesan fries and fried pickles, and a handful of kids’ menu options. Don’t miss out on the Bootleg Bread, an addictive cheesy bread baked with garlic and herbs and served with Two Cities’ famous ranch.

Make it a Night Out

⊲ Two Cities’ bar program is also top-notch and features several cocktails, frozen drinks and wines. The beer selection includes a variety of Chicago and New York brands as well as local beers like Ale of Two Cities Pale Ale, brewed exclusively for the restaurant by Suwaneebased StillFire Brewing.

Two Cities offers patrons a laid-back dining experience with first-class food and service. Don’t miss out: the restaurant offers half-priced pints on Tuesdays and halfpriced bottles of wine on Wednesdays.

The rooftop bar will soon be covered offering shade and fans in the summer and dropdowns and heaters in the colder months.

Two Cities invites patrons to make it a night out with half-priced beer pints on Tuesdays and half-priced bottles of wine on Wednesdays. For a meal with a view, take advantage of the rooftop bar. If it looks familiar, it’s because the rooftop was designed to look like a Chicago L train, a clever way to transport patrons to Chicago and round out the entire experience.

“The rooftop seats 100 people, and we’re currently in the process of having it covered,” Greves says. “In the summer there will be shade and fans, and in the colder months we will have dropdowns and heaters. There will be roughly 15 TVs playing all the games. It's a great place to sit down with friends, have a drink, watch a game, or even host a big party.”

Greves and Spurlock note that Friday and Saturday nights are their busiest, so they encourage guests to take advantage of their waitlist option online. You can put your name on the list and receive an estimated wait time, then just show up to the restaurant when it’s your designated arrival time. Delivery is also available.

A Personal Touch

When designing the Suwanee restaurant, Greves and Spurlock made sure to include touches of the Big Apple and the Windy City. Guests are greeted by a New York City yellow cab out front and the interior features a Wrigley Field sign hung on an ivy-covered wall. If you look closely at Two Cities’ logo, you’ll notice the Empire State Building and the Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, standing in for the I’s in the name. “We just really love those buildings,” Greves says. “They're iconic, and we personally feel connected to them, too. Things like that are really fun to be able to include — those little details. It's just a really fun concept.”

The restroom includes a New York subway platform and train car complete with graffiti on the walls. It’s a duplicate of the restroom at the original location, which won Cintas’ America’s Best Bathroom Award in 2021. While the Cincinnati restroom is modeled after New York’s City Hall Station, the Suwanee restroom took inspiration from the fittingly named Flushing Station, a real station in Queens.

Patrons will feel like they have stepped inside a real New York subway in Two Cities’ bathrooms, which were modeled after a real station in Queens.

Zach Greves said he wanted the restaurant to transport diners to both Chicago and New York City.

It’s clear that Greves and Spurlock have put a lot of thought into Two Cities Pizza Co., and Suwanee is lucky to have a great pizza restaurant that is family-friendly, while also offering a firstclass dining experience with a five-star level of service. When you eat at Two Cities Pizza Co. it’s like being transported to that neighborhood pizzeria where the regulars catch up over drinks at the bar and families bond over slices of their favorite pizza. And that’s perhaps what Greves and Spurlock are most proud of.

“Pizza is the perfect communal food,” Greves says. “It's so fun to literally break bread together. It's a very fun business to be in because we get to see people at their best. They're coming in to celebrate and they're coming in to enjoy each other’s company with good food. And sharing a pizza is a very fun way to do that.” ■

⊲ Two Cities Pizza Co. is located at 3433 LawrencevilleSuwanee Road in Suwanee. Open Tuesday-Thursday 4-11 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. For more information, call 678-889-2625 or visit TwoCitiesPizza.com/suwanee.

NATALIE GARRETT

Contributing Writer

PARTY HACKS

with Nat

Suwanee Magazine's official party queen shares insights on making your next event a smashing success!

Worth a Tackle

BIG HACKS FOR THE BIG GAME

Happy New Year, friends! Hopefully you’re finding some time to relax and decompress as you work through that holiday hangover. Cheers to 2023! Now that we’re diving into January and February, we can set our sights on the goal line. Not only figuratively, but quite literally… because it’s almost time for THE BIG GAME! AKA, the next opportunity to rally around the Southern trilogy: food, friends, and football. Since this is more of a casual festivity, I’m digging into my playbook and pulling out some super simple ways to elevate your watch party. Efficiency is key when there are buzzworthy commercials and a can’t-miss halftime show on our hosting hands, amirite? Ready… Set (the table)... Hike!

Super Snacks:

Soup-er Bowl

Dinner: Homemade

vegetable, chicken noodle, white chicken tortilla, loaded potato, broccoli cheddar… are you feeling all warm and comforted yet? Soup is a real winner in the winter season. Not only can it be an economical dish that yields large portions, but you can turn this main course into a potluck style affair by letting guests bring their favorite. Just make sure to provide plenty of bowls and spoons so everyone can try the various kinds!

PRO TIP: Grab a pack of yellow napkins and label them “Penalty Flags.” You’ll need napkins anyways, and these will guarantee at least one good chuckle from the group!

Champion Chips:

We often just throw the chips in a bowl and move on with the party, right? Well hold up, because I suggest stepping it up a notch. First, snag some brown paper bags (i.e. the old school lunch sacks). Next, on the front of the bag, run a piece of white tape straight down the center. Then, cut some smaller strips of white tape and add those horizontally across the vertical strip, mimicking the lace on a football. Now you can fill each bag with chips so attendees have their own pre-portioned (and festive!) serving, ready to grab and go.

Chili Cook Off:

Another idea for the competitive type… charge an entrance fee that’s presented in the form of chili. Then the group can duke it out all the way to the endzone over who makes it the most delicious. Plus, it’s always fun to explore other people’s twists on this age-old recipe. And again - your fellow fans are pitching in, which takes some of the culinary pressure off of the host.

Games… on AND off the TV

There’s plenty of competition already happening on the big screen, but try spicing up your shindig by incorporating a little friendly competition of your own. Do a quick search for Super Bowl Bingo on the ol’ trusty Pinterest and check out the options! Some are more commercial themed while others include more technicalities of the game, so choose a template that fits your crowd the best. You’ll just need to print out the cards and provide some writing utensils, then you’ll be on your way to singing B-I-N-G-O.

Or, another way to approach football bingo is to select a customizable printable template instead of a premade design. This is where things can get interesting! Before kickoff, pass out the blank cards and have each party goer fill in the spaces themselves. They could write anything from a touchdown to a pizza advertisement to an announcer mentioning the weather. Those who think they hold the most knowledge of the sport will probably be confident they can hit bingo pretty quickly… but only if they play their cards right.