June 2009

FEATURES
Jobs
Our guide will help tough Atlantans make the best of any situation, whether it’s finding a job, losing a job, or trying to keep one. Find out:
> Top growth industries in the metro area (from stripper to social worker)

> How to handle that increased workload

> Where to schmooze

> How to cope when you’re laid off—and what to do if the ax falls

Georgia’s carpet capital is ground zero for the state’s economic collapse.

Entrepreneurs share lessons learned from starting a company in a recession.
By Kimberly Turner

Relaxed and romantic, the summer’s hottest looks hit the asphalt at the Starlight Six Drive-In.
Photographs by Alex Martinez
Watch the slide show

Review Restaurant Eugene
Culinary Character Superstar bartender’s signature cocktails
Made in Atlanta Fudgie the Whale still makes chocolatey waves

LIFE & STYLE
Travel Charleston
Style The westside’s Seed Factory

Sports Which team has wasted the most first-round draft picks in the past twenty-five years?

> ONLINE ONLYARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Television Ed Helms of The Office
Five Points Virginia-Highland Summerfest, AthFest, and other events worth your while in June
In Tune Big Boi is not happy with the mayor. Or his label. Or blue jean bandits.
The Shelf Teresa Weaver on Georgia writersCOLUMNS
Charles at Large Bicycle safety and ninjas at Piedmont Park
Hollis Gillespie Messes of my own making . . . and the perils of cleaning up after others.
From the editor