Best of Atlanta 2013

Coffee and Pastries Octane and the Little Tart Bakeshop Overall Restaurant Bacchanalia Bartender Paul Calvert Best New Watering Holes Argosy Best New Watering Holes Kimball House Best New Watering Holes Mother Best New Watering Holes Paper Plane Watering Holes: Standard Setters Brick Store Pub Watering Holes: Standard Setters Holeman and Finch Public...

Designer Shoes Jeffrey AtlantaNew Comfy Shoes FlatzBling for Your Home PiecesDesigner Handbags Bella BagTown Square Browsing MariettaAll-Occasion Jewelery Worthmore JewelersGift Store Young Blood BoutiqueNew Kids Clothing Shop Kayce HughesConsignment Furniture Savvy SnootPlace to Buy Local Atlanta MadeFitness Gear Bargains Publix Georgia Marathon Health & Fitness...

New Gay Bar Ten Atlanta Nighttime Parade BeltLine Lantern ParadeDaytime Parade DragonConIndependent Movie Theater Plaza TheatreMuseum Worth the Drive Georgia Museum of ArtPlayground Historic Fourth Ward ParkKids Bookstore Little Shop of StoriesWay to Teach Your Kids About Conservation Zoo Atlanta's panda twinsToy...

Mani-Pedi, Economy Class Sugarcoat Mani-Pedi, Luxury Class Nouvelle Nail Spa Blowout Salon GlowDry Clinical Facial Institut' DERMed Spa Facial Fabu Face Spa Colorist, Classic Kris Harrelson, Grow Salon Colorist, Edgy Jenn Jones Hair Swedish Massage Organic Signature Massage, Natural Body Massage Indulgence Four-Handed Massage, Mind & Body Day Spa Eastern Massage Gina Michael Power...

Thanks to Antoinette Tuff’s presence of mind when confronted with terror, the incident at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy is known for what did not happen—a school shooting.

In addition to zombies, subjects popular with Daily Agenda readers included the Braves' relocation to Cobb County, DragonCon cofounder Ed Kramer's legal drama, and the sudden and strange departure of a local TV news anchor. Also, Bat Dad and a Mumford & Sons comeuppance.

Featuring the works of John Lewis, Joshilyn Jackson, Charles McNair, Susan Rebecca White, and others.

Why lefties should follow Erick Erickson's tweets, why conservatives should listen to James E. Carter IV, and three reasons to pony up for the AJC's paywall. Also, the year's best Instagram hashtag is historic.

2013 saw a century and a half of mediocrity compressed into seven days that will live in infamy as the Worst Week in Georgia Sports History.

In April, a giant Final Four basketball adorned with an orange pompadour was inflated in Centennial Olympic Park—the first indication that TBS late-night host Conan O’Brien had taken up residence at the nearby Tabernacle.