I tend to spend a lot of lunches reading over the papers at Whole Foods and noticed Skirt! a few…read moremonths ago. It's free, it's monthly, it's upbeat, and I find myself looking forward to new issues. I am not aware of any other local publications that focus on women, and it's nice to be able to pick up a paper full of essays that range from pleasant to touching. They did have a recent feminist issue. My opinion is somewhat slanted (I have often wondered in frustration why "feminist" is stigmatized here), so I have to admit that this really cemented my loyalty as a reader. Reading Skirt! is a great hour-long escape!

The Atlanta Business Chronicle is the most useful piece of literature I read on a regular basis…read more If you're in any kind of business around greater-Atlanta, the ABC is going to be your source of up to date industry news, events, and opinions. As a professional in the real estate industry, I take a look at the weekly updates on the real estate market, new information on building and development projects, and work in politics that influences my job and where I live. I don't use the 5 star rating lightly, but this publication lives up to high standards. Its the Wall-Street Journal for Atlanta.

One of the most useful, updated, and accurate business publications. Almost every aspect of…read morebusiness in Atlanta is covered with different reporters chronicling real estate, medicine, and hospitality just to name a few. They provide great lists of top businesses in different industries with information about its chief officers, years in business, number of employees, and total revenue. An annual survey is conducted to rate Atlanta's top companies to work for and it's quite an honor for a company to win in their category. The Chronicle is published every Friday and is available at most bookstores. I get my copy from Publix (of course) and delivery subscriptions are available.

I like to pick up a free copy of The Atlantan at Phipps Plaza or Lenox Square Mall. The magazine…read morehighlights local restaurants, realty, fundraisers and galas, and upscale stores. The magazine also focuses on celebrities, chefs, authors, designers, musicians, business owners, a food and drink guide and fashion and beauty, books, and travel but unlike many other city publications features models, not celebrities on the cover. I usually skips over advertisements but even the ads printed in the Atlantan are colorful and appealing, When I travel to other cities I find it more difficult to find localized Modern Luxury publications. An online guide on where to pick up free copies would be a great addition.

The East Cobber is an excellent source for advertising a business. When I opened my salon in 2009…read moreI found that I could reach my local community through the East Cobber. I started my business with basically no clients. I was not a known Hair Stylist in the area. The East Cobber was one of my major sources of advertising. After about 5 years I was informed that my advertising costs would go up 100+%. I felt I was paying a fair price for my continuous monthly ad. The costs were going to go up 100+%. Wow! That was way out of my business budget! I thanked them and moved on. It was difficult to lose my main advertising source, but I felt the extreme jump was way to much for my business to absorb. I was not given other options. Patrick Carmen @ Patrick Carmen NR.9 salon 678-427-8000.

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Back when I could mouch off my parents and didn't have to pay rent I use to ride my bike up the…read morestreet to the local convenience store when I would spend my allowance on soda, chips and slushy. Of course always grabbed a copy of Creative Loafing to check out cool events that I couldn't attend because I was underage and or had no driver's licence. Fast forward a few decades and CL is still one of my favorite sidekick for what is cool, interesting and or off beat for this city of mine. Besides letting you know what's worthy of checking out in this fine city of the south they also have great short fiction written by local talents. We shouldn't be surprised that there are so many talented local writers in this city. After all this is the city of Gone With The Wind and telling stories to each other is as natural as sweet tea and fried okra baby! For the past 10+ years or more my favorite reason to get the CL is the legendary epicurean Cliff Bostock. He was a foodie before most of us were even born! Whether it's Waffle House or some foo foo restaurant where they serve you food the size of a half dollar and then have the nerve to charge you half a Benjamin for it. You can always depend on CB to give you the honest truth in a down to Earth no pretensions manner. BTW if you want to torment yourself check out the 100 dishes to eat article https://creativeloafing.com/content-270683 don't read this when you're hungry as I did..you'll hate yourself. Best the best thing about CL are the classified...funny as hell.....

If you can get around the bountiful assortment of advertisements all over the newspaper, then it is…read moreactually pretty enjoyable. There are some very talented writers at Creative Loafing, and my hat goes off to them for the remarkable job that they do on a weekly basis. Undoubtedly the best Newspaper that Atlanta has to offer. Not to mention, they are free. Which is nice because I would never pay for something that wastes millions of trees anyways. I can't wait until there is no such thing as a newspaper actually. Our generation no longer needs it, considering we are ushering in the digital information age. Get with the times you small minded journalists, and quit throwing that dumb Buyer Savings newspaper in my driveway that I repeatedly told you to stop giving me.

One of Atlanta's unnoticed publications. Very cute. Mostly just good for the nightlife photos and…read moreadvertisements. You don't exactly pick one up for the articles. Good waiting room read. Best thing about this publication is that it's FREE!

I am not a jock (far from it), but I do appreciate this magazine for some of the tips it presents…read more Also, it allowed me to find out what is going on around Atlanta - thanks to this magazine, I participated in the Buckhead Sizzler (and the 10k Classic before that), which I very much enjoyed. Hopefully it'll be around for a while.