Little Tybee‘s mellow and beautiful song “I Wonder Which House the Fish Will Live In” is a couple of years old — it’s the title track from a 2009 EP. But the video below is brand new. I’ve mentioned Little…
It wasn’t until earlier today that I found out that Williams-Sonoma is opening a store in Savannah, but the news has been available since at least June 3rd. According to Citybizlist: Williams Sonoma has signed a lease for 5,000 square…
I’ve had a busy weekend so I’m a little slow getting this post done about Friday evening’s SCAD-produced New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park with Cold War Kids and The Dirty Guv’nahs. It was a typically great night for music…
A few days ago, I made the case for a double-dip recession. Yesterday, in a smart piece in the AJC, Georgia State University economist Rajeev Dhawan — who has been right more often than not about the weakness of the…
I’ve always been fascinated by cryptids (animals that have not been proven to exist), so how did I live in South Georgia for 15 years without hearing of Altamaha-ha (known as Altie), the legendary creature down near Darien? Altie is…
There’s theatre, and then there’s Cornwall-based Kneehigh Theatre‘s The Red Shoes, which I was lucky enough to see at Spoleto yesterday. Based on the macabre story by Hans Christian Andersen, Kneehigh’s giddy performance was by turns absurd and inspiring, nerve-rattling…
“13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” by Dean and Britta has certainly been reviewed before, including in Charleston during its Spoleto run here and by the New York Times in 2009 here. Even though I had heard…
Well it’s not going to count as another Georgia bank failure, but another bank with a Savannah office failed yesterday: Charleston-based Atlantic Bank & Trust. According to the FDIC press release: The three branches of Atlantic Bank and Trust will…
In a post yesterday, I talked at some length about signs that could indicate we are entering a new (double-dip) recession right now. Check it out here. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly data showed sharply lower job growth…
I’ve already written about urban planner Christian Sottile’s great presentation about cities as living beings at the recent TEDxCreativeCoast here at the Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center here in Savannah. Below you’ll find the video of Tom Kohler’s talk and slideshow…
The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee takes its time. It wasn’t until December 2008 that the NBER declared firmly the the recent recession began in December 2007. And it wasn’t until September 2010 that the NBER…
