Atlanta Singles: 2002 ULTIMATE GUIDE: QUICK COURSE: Names and places you should know
1. BUCKHEAD. Buckhead is part of Atlanta, north of downtown. A shopper's and party animal's dream, Buckhead is where old money meets frat parties, where streets lined with magnificent million-dollar homes empty onto a famous Atlanta singles scene.2. DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR. The merging of I-85 with I-75. Traveling those few miles through downtown Atlanta where the two superhighways meet and mingle can take a few lifetimes.3. FIVE POINTS. At Marietta and Peachtree...
Atlanta Singles: SINGLE STYLE
Personals have advantages, drawbacks
Single Style reports on the advantages and disadvantages of responding to personal ads. Personal ads long ago shed their reputation for catering to the kinky and bizarre.Not everyone is thrilled with this move toward center."Whereas 10 years ago, people who advertised in personal ad columns were generally somewhat outre, if not outright freakish, now the ads, by and large, are placed by more mainstream people," said Bill, 36, a struggling Atlanta writer....
Atlanta Singles: Expert's advice to the lovelorn: be ready to play numbers game
They sheepishly tiptoed their way into a ballroom of Midtown's Sheraton Colony Square on Sunday night, the men in sportcoats and ties, the women in black dresses and fresh nail polish. The group of 200-plus Atlanta singles, most in their 40s and 50s, had paid $20 each to hear dating guru Rich Gosse talk about "looking for love in all the right places." As they mingled warily, their frustrations seemed to echo a common theme. They were cynical about their...
Atlanta Singles: Peach Buzz
TALK OF OUR TOWN
The verdict: His tie is not cricket Baseball has always been a passion of former U.S. Sen. Wyche Fowler. He was even suggested as a candidate for the baseball commissioner's job last year. Attorney Gary Jackson ran into him at the Fulton County Courthouse on Tuesday, where Fowler was a potential juror in a murder case. "I couldn't believe it. He was wearing a cricket tie," Jackson said. "The strike has reached even the true...
