Atlanta Magazine August 2008

Best New Restaurants
The city's newest dining gems

Cheap Eats

Twenty great meals under $25

Best Places to Work
Atlanta's top forty, as chosen by employees

2008 Spa Guide
Our favorite day spas, med-spas, and nail salons

Top Doctors
Our list of Atlanta's most trusted physicians

The Best for Your Pets
Top vets, trainers, treats, and more

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Atlanta Magazine August 2008 SpreadsIn This Issue

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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From The Editor

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

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Mary Jo DiLonardo reflects on homework, carpool lines, friendships, and surviving suburbia.

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


  Elizabeth Westby on style and the social scene.

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


Sports with Jay Busbee.

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


  Amanda Brown on the plastic fantastic world of pop culture.

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


Christine Van Dusen dishes on residential real estate.

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


  Atlanta news and politics with Steve Fennessy.

CITYSCAPE

News and politics with Steve Fennessy

Dis-Barred?
Posted by Steve Fennessy
8/19/2008 1:50 PM


Jennifer Senator on dining and travel.

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


  Home decorating and style tips from the editor of Atlanta Magazine's HOME

THE HOME PAGE

Betsy Riley, editor of Atlanta Magazine’s HOME

Bargain Bust
Posted by Betsy Riley
7/30/2008 8:19 AM


 
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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

2008 High School Essay Contest Topic and Entry Form (PDF)
Deadline: October 1, 2008

Editors' Picks
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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

Author Q&A Archives
Archives of Book Editor Teresa Weaver's interviews with featured authors.

 

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