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Articles from January 2008



Waste not, want not

Toilet water to drinking water may soon be a reality for many Georgians


The first-ever Sunday Paper Super Tuesday Challenge

More than 20 states head to the polls on Feb. 5, including our own. Who do you think is going to win?


Sunday Mail

 Letters to the Editor


Drawn from real life

Animated ‘Persepolis’ explores chaotic Iranian upbringing


From buff to 'Buffy'

Girls with guns and goofy geeks are teaming up to redefine the action hero


Sing it again

7 Stages’ ‘Song for Coretta’ fades too soon


Tough love

As far as setting an example about respect to your kids—that’s like Amy Winehouse setting an example for sobriety.


Foraging Florida’s forgotten coast

Destination Dining


Icewine: sipping the cool of cool-climate viticulture

At Inniskillin Wines, the elegant Ontario estate just upstream from Niagara Falls, however, things are a bit different...


The graduate

Local wine expert achieves Master Sommelier status


Win it!

SP reader contest


Top 10 floral designers for petal-perfect bliss

What better way to show loved ones how much you care than with a unique flower arrangement from one of these premier Atlanta florists?


Super Bowl XLII is all about the food

Ideas for this year's bash


Insider information

New products, sales, trunk shows and address changes


A living history

Brush up on your knowledge of 18th-century America in Colonial Williamsburg


ME AND SUPER BOWLS DON’T MIX

So the Falcons have found their coach.


The lowest common denomination

Two distinctive schools of American Protestantism are making their voices heard of late.


Neocons vs. Paleocons

You might be surprised to learn that many of the folks commonly called neocons are nothing of the sort.


Immigrant students need assimilation, not accommodation

The IES is funding research comparing the effectiveness of bilingual and English-only education.


Radar

OBAMA READS SP!




WEEN

“La Cucaracha”
(Rounder)


MATCHBOX TWENTY

“Exile on Mainstream”
(Atlantic)


Ringing in the ear

At this time, there isn’t a cure for ringing in the ear (tinnitus)...


Rockin’ Moroccan

Chicken B’stella delights the senses


Where’s the beef?

Repast chef-owners cure and process their own meats


White lightnin’

The craft and lore of moonshine


Taking flight

Teamwork, defense keep Hawks on course for success


Sports and civil rights in the ATL

This week the nation honors the birthday, life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a national holiday...


Get your antique on

A spotlight on Antiques & Beyond


Model citizen

Local fashion beauty forges her own empire


When and how to address repetitive behaviors in children

She has a habit of putting her hands in front of her mouth and moving her fingers back and forth while tensing her facial muscles...


Q&A

Question: What country has the following ten characteristics?


Old enough to know better? Or just too old?

Good grief, what was Sam Nunn thinking?


Evolutionism and Creationism: Only one is science

On Jan. 3, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released “Science, Evolution, and Creationism”...


From Alabama to Obama

Does Barack’s candidacy herald the end for civil rights as we know it? (And what would MLK say about Condi?)


Charter boom

Figures show trend toward charter schools is accelerating


Cayle Bywater found

Cayle’s body found in the pond in Memorial Park...


Radar

COMING SOON: MADEA BULKS UP


Making the move

I’ve been dating a girl on and off for four years. She lives in a rented house a block away...


Seven worth seeing

SP selects this week’s highlights of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival


Sea of love

Atlanta playwright’s ‘Octopus’ explores murky depths of amour


Monster mash

Shaky camerawork can’t sustain jerky ‘Cloverfield’


‘Dresses’ an invitation you should refuse

Although it boasts the stars of two of the biggest box office hits of 2007...


Woody Allen’s ‘Dream’ for hard-core fans only

Woody Allen deals with brotherly love, murder and tragedy in “Cassandra’s Dream"


The Whigs

“Mission Control”
(ATO)


The Selmanaires

“The Air Salesman”
(International Hits)


99x Concert Calendar

This week's live music


Arts & Entertainment Events

Events around town for the upcoming week


Something old, something new

I met one of my newest writers up at Lobby at Twelve in Atlantic Station for a lunch meeting last week and was blown away...


Brazilian beauty

Beleza struts on the runway of restaurants


Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

Nicholson, Freeman not enough to cure what ails ‘Bucket List’



The strange disappearance of Cayle Bywater

Also inside:

The murder of Meredith Emerson
Gary Michael Hilton’s Atlanta hideaway


Georgia likely to vote like S.C. in primaries

South Carolina's demographics somewhat mirror our own


On the vine

Eno’s Doug Strickland appreciates food and wine pairings and the slower pace of European life


Spice up your life

With the weather outside being frightfully cold and me needing some serious spices to warm up, I headed to Rosa Mexicano...


In aqua pecuniam

In water, there is money


Booze-a-lutions: 6 aspirations worth thirsting for

Scarcely two weeks have elapsed in the new year, and those updated new year’s resolutions have already begun to crack...