Amidst all the resolution-making and bubbly-pouring and ball-dropping in this final weekend of 2011, take a moment to look back at the year just past with Creative Loafing's annual Top 10 Issue. Join CL's writers as they contemplate the good, the bad and the ugly of the year that was.
Mitch Perry looks at the top political developments of 2011, including this puzzling paradox: protesters made their voices heard in greater numbers, but fewer voters showed up at the polls for local elections.
Catherine Durkin Robinson suggests 10 things we'd do well to remember before next December rolls around — like, for instance, that very special Christmas of 2009 that you're still paying for.
Brian Ries lists the 10 dishes he can't forget — Restaurant BT served two of them — and Todd Sturtz rates Tampa's top sandwiches (see if you agree with him on the best Cuban).
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This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2011.