Basements are good for a lot of things: Teenage smoke-outs. Banishing the boys. Storing dead bodies.

But mermaids?

Though we never caught on to the title of Michael Lee West’s latest novel, Mermaids in the Basement, we ate it ...

It’s week two of the rest of your life, but your mind and body still feel stuck in ’07. Distract yourself long enough with these tips, and those pesky resolutions could resolve themselves.

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Get a look at Grey Parrot, a new rare book shop and gallery in Buckhead, and you’ll be tempted to curl up and never leave.

Wunderkind curator Kenneth Hosley (yep, he’s only ...

The Scene: Le Creatif, a new live/work/design studio just opened at Freedom Parkway and Boulevard.

Act One: Enter you. Two levels of bold color combos, organic Amenity pillows stenciled with dragonflies and willows, and hearth-perfect brushed silver and ceramic bud ...

Your beauty arsenal is stocked with enough shimmer, matte, plump, and curl power to turn you into a dead ringer for Amy Winehouse — precisely why you’re too intimidated to use most of the stuff in it.

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Snow dashing and caroling were bound to leave you tuckered out. This morning, take a load off with DailyCandy’s winter word search.

Think we send out a lot of e-mail? You should see how much we get. Whether kind, critical, hilarious, or downright absurd, every reader letter gets read (and quite a few are cherished). Here’s one that we’ll save forever.