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Building a Better You: Getting Fit—Physically and Mentally
The start of every new day signals an opportunity for us to wake up fresh and meet our objectives head-on. At the start of a new year, though, we’re presented with a new challenge
Read More »The Pet Set: Professionals in the “Art” of Animal Grooming
For those who have pets, you understand the unbreakable bond that you share with them. So naturally, you want to make sure they are taken care of the best you can provide. That is
Read More »Sisters Team with Smirnoff and Blake’s for Charity Speed-Dating
No matter how separated that we may sometimes find ourselves in the gay community, whatever clique others may label us, we all know what and where Blake’s on the Park is. I guess you
Read More »Goodrowe I Hobby: External expressions of internal identity
The corner of 10th and Piedmont held an iconic identity for over a decade as the home of Outwrite. It served not only as a bookstore and coffeehouse but a meeting ground for all-
Read More »Welcome to John Waters’ One-Man Dreamland: A John Waters’ Christmas
Even though John Waters is just one man, he may be the one individual that it is just impossible to not form that unspoken, preset judgment in our heads when we first initially meet
Read More »Meet Mama Pam: Honest, straight advice
When David Atlanta Magazine asked me to write an article to introduce a new figure to the community, Pam Ahern, it held a sentimental value for me as Pam clearly exhibited true qualities of
Read More »Lost N Found: Our Choice in I or We
Sometimes, it’s the mentally ill, the socially useless individuals, the “whatever” label we place on people to deem them those figures not relevant enough to catch our attention. And perhaps there are no such
Read More »Community Spotlight: MISTER
MISTER originated as Midtown’s testing site for HIV three years ago. A department of Positive Impact, MISTER is actually a community outreach center unlike any others Atlanta has to offer. In addition to HIV
Read More »Chi Chi LaRue: The “Uncut” Director’s Look Inside Today’s Porn Industry
Who would have ever suspected that a small town boy from Minnesota would end up rising to the very top of the porn industry food chain? And that I would be the one interviewing
Read More »Lady Bunny is Hopping Back into Atlanta for Pride 2012
Perhaps some of you remember those nights at Backstreet when you went for a different reason than the unspoken, drunken unknowing we all remember. Do you ever reminisce going upstairs and laughing your ass
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