In honor of our birthday (with the party tonight, 7:30, at Manuel’s) I’ve got a list of my favorite Metroblogging moments of the past year below the fold.

Favorite posts on the Metblog:

• The panhandling posts (1, 2, 3)
• Jessica’s MARTA posts (for example – 1, 2)
• Andy’s great Photoblogging
• This post on how the Ted is Death Valley for the Mets – even though it’s just a quote and a picture
• Lori’s post on Avanti, Da Vinci!
• The Cone of Silence Theory (1, 2)

Shameless attempts to grab readers

• Lori cooling off at the pool at Piedmont Park
• Andy’s nude post

Big New Laws in Atlanta
– The smoking ban: too many posts talk about this