Cover Story: Lust List 2006

For each of the past four years, we’ve asked you, dear reader, to tell us where to find the sexiest Atlantans.</
You’ve described how you drop ample cash each morning at a certain coffee shop just to catch a glimpse of that sultry barista. We’ve heard about you dragging your weary butt to the gym, again, to watch that smokin’ receptionist swipe your card. We were even a little shocked to learn that one of you went to church to drool over the handsome minister of music. As that particular nominator wrote, “All I can think about while I’m sitting in the pew is how much I would love to have his long legs wrapped around me!” Oh, the sacrilege!</
Then there are the nominations that make us wonder: “She looks like Halle Berry with braces”; “He has this refined country voice and looks like a sweet ol’ teddy bear”; and “His cologne is fresh like the fragrance of Paris or access to Las Vegas.” Huh?</
Anyway, we took hundreds of nominations this year — around 230 — and tracked down as many objects of your lust as we could. Some, such as “the Comcast guy who works in DeKalb,” we couldn’t find. But the ones we did, such as Promised, the maitre’d at Taurus who received four nominations, were subjected to CL’s rigorous lust-o-meter. Eventually, our panel of experts narrowed the list to the 12 men and women who managed to distract even us from everyday jobs: a “Nubian queen”; “an old Hollywood beauty with a chocolate complexion”; and a bartender with “dark, deep eyes [that] make me want to keep ordering drink after drink.”</
Read on to learn more about the finest of Atlanta’s finest.

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Meredith Salvago

Bartender at Figo Pasta Westside
?Age: 23</
This Sicilian beauty is an understated sexpot: Sophia Loren meets Chan Marshall. As her nominator wrote, “She made me feel like I was 17. ... I lost a few decades.” In addition to serving bowls of pasta at Figo, Meredith has launched Schematic Apparel, an artistic T-shirt line.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
Over olive orchards in Sicily.</
Can you tell if someone is good in bed just by looking at them?</
No. Looks don’t go that far.</
Tell me a dirty joke.</
The white horse jumped in the mud.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Albert Einstein.</
More importantly, what would you drink?</
Tequila.</
If we had your iPod here and put it on shuffle, what song might come up?</
Madonna’s “Dress You Up.”</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
The Black Crowes.</
How do you like to let a man/woman know you’re interested?</
By having a deep conversation with him.</
When is the last time you wet the bed?</
I what? That’s disgusting. Who the hell wants to know that on the Lust List?

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Anton Matthews

Bartender at the Lobby at Twelve
?Age: 25</
Anton has charm. His pearly whites repeatedly blind you as he talks in turn about being a hopeless romantic and a big player. When he hunkers over the bar and looks deep into your eyes, you feel like you’re the only person in the room. But be careful — he’s got quite a list of pet peeves. And he won’t settle for just anything.</
How did you get so hot?</
It was God’s fault, and my mom’s.</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
Shit, I’m the sun.</
Who’d win a fight: Ashley Smith or Jennifer Wilbanks?</
Ashley Smith. The runaway bride was a punk. She ran.</
Atlantic Station: Urban renewal or suburban strip mall?</
Urban renewal. I don’t want to get fired.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
The Kanye [West]-style blazers and stuff.</
Do you have any pet peeves?</
Oh, yeah. I have a whole lot of them. When a person sneezes and someone doesn’t say “Bless you.” When somebody puts their hands in my potato chip bag. I don’t like, as a bartender, when people snap or yell, “Hey, bartender.” Oh, and women who chew with their mouth open and who wear sandals that are too small and their feet spill over the top of them.</
When I grow up, I want to ...?</
Own my own business, get married and have kids.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Kenny Lattimore.</
What’s the best way to ask you out?</
Pull a boob out.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I’m a hopeless romantic.

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Christie Suh

Waitress at Divan
?Age: 21</
Aside from her petite frame and dark, almond-shaped eyes, Christie’s sweet, sometimes shy demeanor and enthusiastic service — she bounds up the steps at Divan — make her a luscious catch.</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
Fresh ground pepper.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Marilyn Monroe. I’d want to know if she committed suicide or if she was assassinated.</
More importantly, what would you drink?</
I always drink vodka and cranberry juice.</
Can you tell if someone is good in bed just by looking at them?</
Yes, you can tell. If guys are fidgety or clumsy, then they won’t be good in bed.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
I don’t like the aviator sunglasses. They cover a person’s whole face.</
Do you have any pet peeves?</
People with bad table manners.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Dave Matthews at Centennial Olympic Park seven years ago.</
What’s the best way to ask you out?</
Just straight up, don’t beat around the bush.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I’m scared of the dark.</
How important is a matching bra and panties to you?</
Not very. Not that many people see it, anyway.

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Troy Koch

Owner of Simply Sun Tanning Salon
?Age: 35</
This tall, well-built stud looks like he’s just stepped off a California beach. His large hands captured our attention, as he kept asking CL who the hell nominated him. All we know is that his nominator wrote, “[His] smile makes it difficult for me to even have a normal conversation with him.” We see why his customers keep coming back for more — of him, not the faux sun.</
How did you get so hot?</
Stop that.</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
Brad Pitt.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Jimmy Carter.</
More importantly, what would you drink?</
Kettle One, soda, splash of cranberry. That’s my low-carb drink.</
Atlantic Station: Urban renewal or suburban strip mall?</
Urban strip mall.</
Why is “tall” the smallest drink on the Starbucks menu?</
To confuse us. It confuses me every time.</
If we had your iPod here and put it on shuffle, what song might come up?</
Something by Norah Jones.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Cher.</
How important is a matching bra and panties to you?</
Very important.</
When is the last time you wet the bed?</
Oh my God, you had to ask me that. Recently! It was probably two months ago — drunk, drunk, drunk. I was dreaming that I was going to the bathroom. Oh my God.

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[]Ariel Burlison

Receptionist at Three 13 Salon in Marietta
?Age: 22

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Ariel is constantly changing her hair color, which gives her a comic book heroine’s charm. That’s fitting, seeing as how she’s a comic book junkie — one who has delicate ballet ribbons tattooed up the back for her calves. She’d be perfectly cast in an ’80s new-wave video and never leaves home without, as one nominator put it, “always dressing perfectly in theme with how she looks.”</
Do you have any pet peeves?</
Random people coming up to me and asking to touch my hair just because it’s purple or pink.</
Complete the following sentence: When is somebody going to do something about ...?</
Mullets.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Groucho Marx.</
More importantly, what would you drink and why?</
Martinis, because they’re mostly alcohol.</
Recite a line of poetry.</
I didn’t prepare for this.</
Who was the eighth president of the United States?</
What?</
When I grow up, I want to ...?</
Be a comic book artist.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Well, how about the one I’m going to go see? It’s going to be the Detroit Cobras at the 40 Watt in Athens on Valentine’s Day.</
How do you like to let a man/woman know you’re interested?</
I invite them over and watch a movie, especially the cheesy musicals.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Is more into themselves than me.

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Nathanael Ivey

Server assistant at Rathbun’s
?Age: 28</
We couldn’t get enough of Nathanael’s deep green-blue eyes and porcelain-doll skin. He’s a shoe-in for a young, shorter Christopher Walken. And not just because of his looks. Nathanael exudes cool. Just watch him move like a dancer among the well-heeled patrons in Rathbun’s posh dining room.</
What do they call Brazilian waxes in Brazil?</
I got nothing on that.</
Complete the following sentence: When is somebody going to do something about ...?</
The music industry, and mainstream music in general. Get rid of the commercialism.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Benjamin Franklin. He did a million things that contributed a lot to our society.</
More importantly, what would you drink and why?</
A big, thick stout ale. It’s only fitting.</
Who’s a better president: Martin Sheen or Geena Davis?</
Geena Davis, definitely. Wasn’t she in Weird Science?</
Can you tell if someone is good in bed just by looking at them?</
Usually. You can tell if they’ve got spunk or are kind of wild.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Bauhaus at the Tabernacle.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Doesn’t appreciate music.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I’m the father of a beautiful 8-year-old girl named Nina.</
When is the last time you wet the bed?</
Within the week.

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Promised Gourdet

Maitre’d at Taurus
?Age: 27</
Promised is an enigma. You don’t know if she’d tie you up and smack you around, or plant a soft kiss on your lips. She’d love to see Hillary Clinton as president and dislikes people who don’t have drama in their lives. As one of her four nominators said, “She has these piercing eyes and big attitude.”</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
I wish I was hot like Angelina Jolie. I would say I’m hot like — I’m so high-strung — mace.</
Do you think it’s un-American to eat a Cuban sandwich?</
I think that it’s unhuman to eat a Cuban sandwich. I’m a vegetarian.</
Who’d win a fight: Ashley Smith or Jennifer Wilbanks?</
The Ashley chick, I love that chick. She’s a bad ass.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
Amsterdam.</
Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia?</
Chronicles of Narnia. I’m a preacher’s kid. My dad would kick my ass if I said anything else.</
Tell me a dirty joke.</
I don’t know any dirty jokes. Can you, like, plug one in there for me?</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Prince in 2004 ... the conception date of my daughter.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I am intensely, painfully shy.</
How important is a matching bra and panties to you?</
What panties?</
When is the last time you wet the bed?</
Last night, when I spilled Southern Comfort on it.

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Brandon Frazier

Minister of Music at Atlanta West Pentecostal Church
?Age: 29</
Brandon could make any doubter a devout believer. A cautious soul, he considered our questions for a long time before opening his mouth, often drumming his fingers on the table while sipping on his Starbucks flavored coffee. He demurely declined to answer some of our more risqué queries.</
How did you get so hot?</
My mom and dad made me that way.</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
Africa.</
Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia?</
Neither.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Abraham Lincoln.</
More importantly, what would you drink?</
A white chocolate mocha from Starbucks.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
I like them all right now. Maybe the short tops on girls. I don’t like those sweater things.</
Recite a line of poetry.</
“Slowly, silently, now the moon/Walks the night in her silver shoon.” It’s by Walter de la Mare.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers.</
If we had your iPod here and put it on shuffle, what song might come up?</
Anita Baker’s “Rapture.”

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Larkin Conroy

Waitress at Azio
?Age: 24</
With her thin-framed black glasses and brilliant red locks, Larkin might come off as a demure, librarian type — until she opens her mouth. Her loose lips remind us of Jenny McCarthy’s MTV rants, but with quick wit and a hint of class.</
How did you get so hot?</
A combination of good genetics and being crunk.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
On the moon.</
What do they call Brazilian waxes in Brazil?</
A bad idea.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Jesus.</
Tell me a dirty joke.</
Why do chicks dig Jesus? Because he’s hung like this [extends her arms as if she’s on a crucifix].</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
The fucking boots. Everybody and their boots. Jeans in your boots. It’s got to die.</
Do you have any pet peeves?</
Not really, just the boots.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
I Found My Friends in Homeroom.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Doesn’t brush their teeth twice a day.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I usually go commando.</
Are a matching bra and panties important to you?</
Hell no. I go commando.

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Jamahl Rudley

Manager of Starship Enterprises
?Age: 32</
A shy hawker of sex objects, we were surprised to find Jamahl isn’t the most gregarious guy. But his eyes suggest there’s something brewing behind that reticence. It doesn’t matter if he talks much, though, because you’ll quickly get lost in his gray-blue eyes — and have a hard time concentrating on what he’s saying.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Berry Gordy [founder of Motown Records]. He started everything from nothing. He’s my idol.</
More importantly, what would you drink and why?</
Hennessy on the rocks. That’s my drink.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
Over Magic City.</
Who’d win a fight: Ashley Smith or Jennifer Wilbanks?</
Not the runaway bride. She’d run from a fight.</
Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia?</
Harry Potter. I watched all of them.</
Can you tell if someone is good in bed just by looking at them?</
Yeah. You can just look at their different features and you can tell what they’ll do with them.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
Guys who wear pink.</
Recite a line of poetry.</
“Roses are red, violets are blue.”</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Lil John & the East Side Boyz.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I love kids.

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[]Robin Kooken

Stylist at Grow
?Age: 30

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By including Robin in the Lust List, it might look as if we’re playing favorites; after all, she cuts many a Creative Loafer’s hair. But how could we ignore how one nominator — not one who works at the Loaf — described her: “Robin is an Amazonian, tattooed, dishwater blonde with delicate fingers that shampoo ever so softly.” A healthy, wholesome girl next door — with a collage of tattoos and an affinity for absinthe — Robin makes us never want to get up from her stylist’s chair.</
What do they call Brazilian waxes in Brazil?</
Mohawks.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
Johnny Depp’s lap.</
Complete the following sentence: When is somebody going to do something about ...?</
The lack of men with beards.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Egon Schiele.</
More importantly, what would you drink?</
Absinthe.</
Tell me a dirty joke.</
Did you hear about the Cherokee orgy? It’s fucking intense.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Ocha La Rocha.</
How do you like to let a man/woman know you’re interested?</
I don’t have to let him know.</
What’s the best way to ask you out?</
Passing notes is good.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Is shorter than 5’10”.

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A.J. Richardson

Atlanta police officer
?Age: 29</
A cop with knee-wobbling dimples and an anti-establishment edge? Two words: cuff me. His soft yet masculine voice made us wonder how any perp could resist him. Plus, he listens to the Clash and Rage Against the Machine. This ain’t your typical guy in uniform.</
How did you get so hot?</
I don’t know. I guess the more people drink, the hotter I look.</
Who’d win a fight: Ashley Smith or Jennifer Wilbanks?</
Underwater or on land? I guess Ashley Smith.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
It’d be somewhere cold, so I could freeze to it if I fell asleep.</
Complete the following sentence: When is somebody going to do something ...?</
Don King’s hair.</
Who’s a better president: Martin Sheen or Geena Davis?</
Well, that depends on if I want drugs legal or not. Martin Sheen has got a cocaine pass. I guess Martin Sheen.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
Tight pants on little hipsters.</
If we had your iPod here and put it on shuffle, what song might come up?</
Something by the Clash.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Rage Against the Machine in D.C.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Was a police officer. That’s for sure.</
When is the last time you wet the bed?</
If this morning doesn’t count, then I’ll say [age] 6.

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Jefandi Cato

Waitress at Dugan’s Stone Mountain
?Age: 24</
Jefandi is working on her acting career and already has been featured on VH1’s “The Flavor of Love,” where she competed against 20 other women to try to win over a bachelor. Though she didn’t win, she’s a firecracker with a brazen ‘tude yet politely ditzy demeanor.</
Recite a line of poetry.</
“To thine own self be true.” Polonius said that to Laertes in Hamlet.</
What do they call Brazilian waxes in Brazil?</
You don’t have to ask for a Brazilian. You just say, “Hey, clean me up.”</
Do you think it’s un-American to eat a Cuban sandwich?</
That’s a retarded question.</
Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia?</
Chronicles of Narnia. Everybody remembers that story from when they were little. Plus, I hate sci-fi films and Harry Potter is more like that.</
Of the 43 men who’ve been president of the United States, which do you think is the most handsome?</
The only one I can recollect is Clinton. Well, Kennedy was kind of cute, too. I get mixed up between the two.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
I get annoyed when people have two or three different hairstyles at once, like spikes and long pieces. Pick one.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
The Up in Smoke Tour in D.C. two years ago.</
What’s the best way to ask you out?</
Be direct and somewhat comical. I don’t like it when guys send their friend over. Fucking come over and say that you’d like to take me out. Being a smooth talker helps, too.</
Complete the following: I would never go out with someone who ...?</
Couldn’t give me their undivided attention.</
Tell us something that no one knows about you.</
I’ll never tell.

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Matthew Burnham

Respiratory therapist at Grady Memorial Hospital
?Age: 28</
No one likes hospitals, but Matthew will make you reconsider a trip to the infirmary. He’s low key and fully single. As his nominator wrote, “He looks so good in hospital scrubs ... I just want to fake sick so he can take care of me.”</
How did you get so hot?</
Years of practice.</
Please rate your hotness on the following scale: warm bath, fresh ground pepper, wasabi, Tabasco, light bulb, scotch bonnet, mace, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt, lava, Africa, the earth’s core, or the sun.</
Light bulb.</
If you could sit on a crane anywhere, where would it be?</
In Cabbagetown.</
Complete the following sentence: When is somebody going to do something about ...?</
Grady.</
If you could sit down and have a drink with any historical figure, who would it be?</
Johnny Cash.</
More importantly, what would you drink and why?</
Scotch. It’s my favorite.</
Of the 43 men who’ve been president of the United States, which do you think is the most handsome?</
Dubya.</
Which trend do you wish would go away?</
Capri pants. There’s no flood coming.</
If we had your iPod here and put it on shuffle, what song might come up?</
Something by Janis Joplin.</
What’s the last concert you saw?</
Slightly Stupid at the Roxy.</
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