December 2011
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Best of Atlanta: New Booze Boutique →
After months snarled in red tape, the store finally received its liquor license at the end of September; now you can browse for the same artisanal gins, ryes, and bitters that make the drinks served at the owners’ restaurants so singular.
Dec 29th
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Best of Atlanta: Postholiday Workout →
We can’t guarantee that the interval training at this Buckhead gym will indeed burn 900 calories in an hour, but we can confirm that you will sweat.
Dec 29th
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House hunting? Check out this nearly... →
As long as you’re in the market for a $1,799,000 abode
Dec 29th
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Market Special: Winter Squash Soup with Arugula... →
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Best of Atlanta: Restaurant Event →
Thanks to the restaurant’s partnership with A Cappella Books, the staff fetes a luminary food writer by creating a multicourse meal inspired by the author’s book for its semi-monthly Author Series.
Dec 28th
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“Now that I look back, it seems appropriate that my alleged stepfather would...”
– Hollis Gillespie, Back Page: Tapping Out
Dec 28th
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“Eight-year-old Matthew Morris confesses to having a fear of coyotes and a...”
– Josh Green, Music: MattyB
Dec 28th
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Best of Atlanta: Inspiration →
Owner David D’Ambrosio elevates ordinary objects—vintage Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia bottles, rusty hinges—to sculptural works of art, accenting elegant furniture and linens.
Dec 28th
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“In December 1962, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. ordered barricades to be built across two...”
– Paul Crater, Flash Back: 49 Years Ago This Month - Atlanta’s “Berlin Wall”
Dec 28th
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“Some of the happiest meals of my career (Masa in New York, L’Atelier de Joel...”
– Christiane Lauterbach, Finding Solace at Restaurant Bars
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Best of Atlanta: Macarons →
blacknblueland: atlantamagazine: Beyond classics like vanilla, chocolate, and lemon, the pistachio filled with cherry pâte de fruit (an intense fruit jelly) is a sublime combination Apparently I’ve been spelling this word incorrectly. Can these compare to Douceur De France?  There’s technically a difference between macaroons (the old-fashioned mound of sweetened coconut) and...
Dec 22nd
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Best of Atlanta: Macarons →
Beyond classics like vanilla, chocolate, and lemon, the pistachio filled with cherry pâte de fruit (an intense fruit jelly) is a sublime combination
Dec 22nd
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Best of Atlanta: Party Destination →
These go-to boutiques for flirty party looks—an Ark & Co. herringbone cape this fall, for instance—now offer everything needed pre-fete.
Dec 22nd
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Market Special: Braised Lamb Shanks with Fennel... →
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Newt's poll numbers have begun to tank. Time to... →
Dec 21st
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Best of Atlanta: New Beer Store →
Signature and seasonal creations from local breweries (Terrapin, SweetWater, Wild Heaven) share space with craft beers made around the world and connoisseur favorites like Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Red Ale.
Dec 21st
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“The first two men I helped execute were both involved in the same crime [Thomas...”
– Allen Ault, the ex-Georgia warden who tried to stop the execution of Troy Davis, as interviewed by Tony Rehagen
Dec 21st
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Best of Atlanta: Designer Shoe Shop →
Prada. Miu Miu. Jimmy Choo. These well-known names and more line this luxe, five-year-old shoe sanctuary.
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Best of Atlanta: New Sweet Shop →
Dec 20th
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“Legendary boosterism aside, Atlanta is still a young city aspiring to become a...”
– Betsy Riley, West of Peachtree: The St. Regis
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Best of Atlanta: Contemporary Furnishings →
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Best of Atlanta: New Banh Mi →
Dec 19th
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“The bohemian chic and tomboy edge of this Buckhead native’s style is evident the...”
– Cathy Anderson, Hot Shop: Morgan Kylee
Dec 19th
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Best of Atlanta: New Urban Oasis →
Dec 19th
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“The paper covered “news you’re not supposed to know,” according to its own lore....”
– Justin Heckert, The Great Speckled Bird Flies Again
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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“The Ritz-Carlton properties in Atlanta typify the cosmopolitanism that defines...”
– Bill Addison, Getaway: The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
Dec 16th
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“My motivation for giving locally made gifts this year is that I don’t have to...”
– Deborah Geering, Online Shop Sells Locally Made Products
Dec 16th
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Best of Atlanta: Best New Restaurants →
This year, we had five Best New Restaurants, and here’s the fifth and final one!
Dec 16th
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“Young had resisted his wife’s attempts to get him to read Atlanta author Kathryn...”
– Rich Eldredge, Entertainment: The Help Flashback Friday: The movie was nominated for five Golden Globes yesterday. Here’s our piece on it from August.
Dec 16th
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Best of Atlanta: Stage under the Stars →
Dec 16th
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Sauteed Butternut Squash and Apples →
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Best of Atlanta: Best New Restaurants →
We had five Best New Restaurants this year. Here’s the fourth!
Dec 15th
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A look at a few of the dynamos making Westside's... →
Dec 15th
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Why are Newt and Mitt spending so much time... →
Dec 15th
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Best of Atlanta: New Gifts & Home Accessories →
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Best of Atlanta: Best New Restaurants →
Our third entry in this year’s Best New Restaurants list!
Dec 14th
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“According to the man on the TV, the hurricane will hit Haiti before reaching the...”
– Charles Bethea, Solid Ground: The Haiti Earthquake
Dec 14th
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Best of Atlanta: Massage-as-minivacation →
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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