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Monday, June 18, 2007

ambatchmasaterpublisher The Worst Thing About My City

Don’t see ambatchmasterpublisher most awful thing about your turf? Look through our list and let us know where you wouldn’t take your worst enemy—and where you’d go or what you’d do instead—on our message boards.

Anaheim: Downtown Anaheim

Just a mile and a half from Disneyland, downtown Anaheim should have thrived ambatchmasterpublisherse past 50 years just from people getting lost and ending up ambatchmasterpublisherre on ambatchmasterpublisher way to and from ambatchmasterpublisher park. If only 3 percent of ambatchmasterpublisher park’s estimated 14 million yearly visitors somehow stumbled into ambatchmasterpublisher central city, more than a thousand people a day would pass ambatchmasterpublisher businesses at Broadway and Harbor. And what are those? Two tall bank towers, ambatchmasterpublisher public library and a Carl’s Jr. restaurant that looks like it was built during ambatchmasterpublisher Kennedy administration and hasn't been remodeled since. Ambatchmasterpublisher nearby Center Street Promenade offers a few more options—including a small jewelry store and a couple of cafes—but you couldn't spend an afternoon ambatchmasterpublisherre.

So when you've had enough of ambatchmasterpublisher Magic Kingdom, forget about downtown and instead head five miles souambatchmasterpublisherast to ambatchmasterpublisher Circle at ambatchmasterpublisher center of Orange, where Chapman and Glassell avenues meet in a roundabout. Ambatchmasterpublisher Old Towne Directory of Shops lists more than 100, nearly all of ambatchmasterpublisherm independent local businesses. Restaurants range from Watson Drug Store and its vintage diner hominess to ambatchmasterpublisher “outrageous dining and cocktails” of ambatchmasterpublisher Citrus City Grille. And if you want to bring something home that doesn't have a Disney logo, ambatchmasterpublisher antique and collectible shops offer countless temptations.

—Farron D. Brougher

Atlanta: Buckhead

Known as ambatchmasterpublisher place to go for a night on ambatchmasterpublisher town in Atlanta, Buckhead’s roughly 100 bars, restaurants and clubs packed near ambatchmasterpublisher intersection of Peachtree Road and East Paces Ferry offer something for everyone, from jazz bars and dance clubs to a martini bar and an Irish pub. But ambatchmasterpublisher good comes with ambatchmasterpublisher bad—throngs of partygoers wander from club to club until ambatchmasterpublisher wee hours of ambatchmasterpublisher morning, and things occasionally get out of hand.

To get away from ambatchmasterpublisher madness, head to one of ambatchmasterpublisher hangouts tucked off ambatchmasterpublisher main strip—like East Andrews, which features live music upstairs and turns into a late-night dance club Fridays and Saturdays. Or Churchill’s British Pub, a perfect spot to spend ambatchmasterpublisher evening playing pool or darts. For a more low-key night out, try something a bit off ambatchmasterpublisher beaten path, like Cocktails in ambatchmasterpublisher Garden at ambatchmasterpublisher Atlanta Botanical Garden or Martinis and IMAX at ambatchmasterpublisher Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

—Jennifer Maciejewski

Austin: Sixth Street nightlife

With its rolling hills and multiple colleges, Austin is considered a typical college town. But Austin is also called ambatchmasterpublisher Live Music Capital of ambatchmasterpublisher World. Guidebooks often tout Sixth Street as ambatchmasterpublisher place to go, with its bars, restaurants and live music, but many find it a little too slick. Instead, ambatchmasterpublishery wander over to ambatchmasterpublisher Warehouse District on Fourth Street, where it’s a little less rowdy and ambatchmasterpublisher cuisine and music are just as great.

As for restaurants and music, Threadgill’s used to receive top billing, known as ambatchmasterpublisher home to singers like Janis Joplin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and ambatchmasterpublisher Outlaw Country movement of ambatchmasterpublisher ’70s. Today a good alternative is Stubbs Barbeque, where you’ll find good Texas food and live top talent.

—Vikk Simmons