http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/10/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-lives/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/10/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-lives/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:05:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23557 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/10/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-lives/feed/ 0 Chief Pennington needs a role model, state lawmakers need to file their disclosures, Jim Galloway returns, and more http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:28:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21272 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/feed/ 1 Ralphie, Tea Parties and accusations of slander http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/17/majestic-owner-responds-to-petition/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/17/majestic-owner-responds-to-petition/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:36:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11105 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/17/majestic-owner-responds-to-petition/feed/ 0 The owner of the infamous diner on Ponce de Leon Avenue fires back to complaints about renovation. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/waffle-house-museum-in-avondale-estates/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/waffle-house-museum-in-avondale-estates/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:46:42 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8002 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/waffle-house-museum-in-avondale-estates/feed/ 1 The long-time refuge for stoners and truck drivers opens a museum. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:47:09 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/feed/ 0 The Atlanta Press Club recently launched a blog for the local journalism community. Let ‘em know what you think, and what you’d like to see on the blog. You can leave them a comment or email me at mara.shalhoup@creativeloafing.com and I’ll pass the info along to the APC’s board, of which I’m a member. Seems like [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/atlanta-blogs-today-7/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/atlanta-blogs-today-7/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:57:58 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/atlanta-blogs-today-7/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/atlanta-blogs-today-7/feed/ 1 — Our buddy over at ATLmalcontent delves into the outrage over the satirical cover for this week’s New Yorker, which depicts Barack Obama as a Muslim terrorist and his wife, Michelle, as a ’60s radical complete with an assault rifle and ammo belt. He also whips off my favorite line of the day: “Must we [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/21/welcome-apwbwgttdcom-new-atlanta-blog-aggregrator/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/21/welcome-apwbwgttdcom-new-atlanta-blog-aggregrator/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:30:53 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/21/welcome-apwbwgttdcom-new-atlanta-blog-aggregrator/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/21/welcome-apwbwgttdcom-new-atlanta-blog-aggregrator/feed/ 1 With the once mighty ATLBloggers.net seemingly kaput, many of the local bloggers who fed it with their content have migrated to APWBWGTTD.com. Local bloggers and blog readers are encouraged to join the site and attend the group’s monthly happy hours. APWBWGTTD stands for Atlanta People With Blogs Who Get Together To Drink. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/10/atlanta-blogs-today-fulton-fixes-concert-louts-and-workspace-decor/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/10/atlanta-blogs-today-fulton-fixes-concert-louts-and-workspace-decor/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:27:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/10/atlanta-blogs-today-fulton-fixes-concert-louts-and-workspace-decor/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/10/atlanta-blogs-today-fulton-fixes-concert-louts-and-workspace-decor/feed/ 0 Before I get to those other bills, let me briefly talk about the plan to reduce the commission from 7 members down to 5. One of the reasons I believe that legislation hasn’t been introduced yet is the legislators behind it haven’t found a way to get the bill written as a general bill in [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/19/atlanta-blogs-today-bad-design-cowardly-donkeys-noble-causes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/19/atlanta-blogs-today-bad-design-cowardly-donkeys-noble-causes/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:15:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/19/atlanta-blogs-today-bad-design-cowardly-donkeys-noble-causes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/19/atlanta-blogs-today-bad-design-cowardly-donkeys-noble-causes/feed/ 0 Yet the [Buckhead] library is a likely casualty of the ongoing movement to transform Buckhead into Alpharetta. Seems you can’t have enough mixed-use developments. – ATLMalcontent has an excellent piece about Atlanta’s stagnant architecture scene posted at his wicked den of diatribes. He, like several others, bemoans the possible loss of the Buckhead Library. I just don’t [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/07/atlanta-blogs-today-muggings-funds-woot/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/07/atlanta-blogs-today-muggings-funds-woot/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:41:52 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/07/atlanta-blogs-today-muggings-funds-woot/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/07/atlanta-blogs-today-muggings-funds-woot/feed/ 1 People, be careful. Especially women. Which I really hate saying because fear really sucks. Just be smart and be careful and maybe you can avoid being afraid. – Christa at PecanneLog writes about a friend of hers who was robbed outside her Kirkwood home. The police officer who responded to the call told her friend that [...]