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Atlanta Magazine August 2008 Spreads

The city's best new restaurants! Including restaurant of the year, new Southern classics, pimento cheese, phatty cakes, coke floats, and more.

PLUS: Arthur Blank speaks out. The Atlanta-China connection. The secret plight of bees. Hotlanta's gossip girls. And much more.

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Economists offer all kinds of recession indicators. Just recently, there was a story on NPR about an uptick in lipstick sales indicating harsh times (the theory being that people go for little indulgences when they can’t buy big-ticket items). READ MORE

New: 2008 Best of Atlanta Readers' Choice Survey

	THE MOMMY DIARIES Mary Jo DiLonardo on parenting Is your kid overbooked? How much is too much? Posted by Mary Jo DiLonardo 8/18/2008 8:48 PM			ABOUT TOWN Elizabeth Westby on style and the social scene Pub crawls, spa parties, artists' markets—lots to do this weekend! Posted by Elizabeth Westby 8/19/2008 2:59 PM
	RIGHT DOWN PEACHTREE Sports with Jay Busbee Hey, Atlanta! We're actually pretty good baseball fans! Posted by Jay Busbee 8/19/2008 4:47 PM			POP-O-MATIC Amanda Brown on pop culture Sex Galaxy and more showing this week at the fifth annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival Posted by Amanda Brown 8/19/2008 12:48 PM
	NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Christine Van Dusen on real estate Buy a home, get a free wedding reception Posted by Christine Van Dusen 6/20/2008 2:38 PM			CITYSCAPE News and politics with Steve Fennessy Dis-Barred? Posted by Steve Fennessy 8/19/2008 1:50 PM
	BITES AND FLIGHTS Jennifer Senator on dining and travel Shaun Doty to helm new Mexican restaurant in former Sala location Posted by Jennifer Senator 8/18/2008 8:18 AM			THE HOME PAGE Betsy Riley, editor of Atlanta Magazine’s HOME Bargain Bust Posted by Betsy Riley 7/30/2008 8:19 AM

Christiane Lauterbach discusses this year's Best New Restaurants on AM 1690.

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2008 Best of Atlanta Readers' Choice Survey
Deadline: September 15, 2008

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Previous Issues

Our Man Skip (August 2004)
He's rude and he's cranky, but we love him. For a generation, Skip Caray has been the voice of Braves baseball.
By JUSTIN HECKERT

King: Forty Years Ago
Decades-old Atlanta magazine stories that still resound today

"You have thousands of angels around you." (October 2007)
How one young woman lost her family, survived a war, escaped two continents, and through the kindness of strangers found a lifelong home in Atlanta.
By PAIGE WILLIAMS, winner of the National Magazine Award for feature writing

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Roswell Woman's Club Showcase Home	The Wedding Party 2008

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April's featured artist: Cyrus Highsmith	Scenes from a life: Reverend Joseph Lowery	Tornado aftermath, photographed by Brandi Pettijohn

Mary Jo DiLonardo on parenting

Elizabeth Westby on style and the social scene

Sports with Jay Busbee

Amanda Brown on pop culture

Christine Van Dusen on real estate

News and politics with Steve Fennessy

Jennifer Senator on dining and travel

Betsy Riley, editor of Atlanta Magazine’s HOME

Events & Party Pictures