This year’s Creative Loafing neighborhood guide groups Decatur & Avondale Estates together.  It consists of three parts:

1. a short overview of “arguably metro Atlanta’s most desired suburb”
2. an interview with the Brick Store’s Dave Blanchard (why didn’t they ask about the status of the Depot??)
3. A “wish list” for the cities compiled from residents

A few months back, after readers of the popular design blog “Design*Sponge” cried out that Decatur was underrepresented in the site’s Atlanta City Guide, the site’s creators said that if someone created a Decatur-centric post, they would post it.

Well it looks like Carla Schwartz of decorativity took on the challenge and created an extensive to-do-see-buy-drink-eat list within the Decatur city limits!  Here’s a snippet of the intro…

One of Decatur’s biggest draws is that it’s walkable and family friendly. In fact, Decatur was just named “most walkable city in Georgia” by the website Walkscore.com, based on its proximity to surrounding amenities. Because Decatur is so accessible and friendly, I have been able to explore its city life from the time I was a young child. From eating burgers at the Brick Store (long before I was old enough to sample their famous beer menu) to checking out the sophisticated clothing in Squash Blossom to falling in love with music at Eddie’s Attic’s all-ages shows, Decatur has had my heart. Downtown Decatur is worth spending a whole day exploring. If you want to spend the day there, here are the places to go and things to see from morning until night.

An anonymous tipster notes that the popular design blog, Design*Sponge, recently updated their shopping and design guide for Atlanta, and because Decatur is technically a “different city”, didn’t include many of our shops and ‘struants amongst the recommended (although Heliotrope somehow snuck onto the list).

Anywho, in the comments section of the guide, Decatur-lovers freaked-the-geek out, snarking up things like…

…Decatur, which was completely missing from the list…

What? No Decatur? Boo… Glad to see Atlanta on this site, tho…

i would loooooove a decatur shopping guide on here! if you need suggestions…

OK, so not so much “freaking out” as expressing rational displeasure, but still, the people had spoken and the word was “Decatur Guide me gosh darn it!”

All this Declamoring evoked a response from one of the D*S folks…

that’s a different city so it wouldn’t be part of this guide, but i’m happy to publish a decatur guide with any local who’s willing to help

So, who’s gonna help ’em out?  And what will you say?

Can you imagine trying to shop and eat your way around Decatur in a couple days?  Do any Decatur shops sell men’s pants with expandable waists anymore?