I’ve lived less than a mile away from Savannah’s downtown Kroger on East Gwinnett Street since 1995. I make a lot of short trips to the grocery, and I’d say — conservatively — that I’ve been to that store 1,200…
Month: July 2013
A few evening shots on Tybee Island — the beach, the pier, the lighthouse
I had a nice evening at Tybee last night — I got back downtown just before the lightning storm unleashed itself. I hadn’t been out to Tybee in a while by myself, and I hadn’t taken any photos out there…
Good news for The Coastal Bank as FDIC lifts consent order
I’ve written a fair bit over the last couple of years about banking problems, so it’s been kind of a relief — and a bit of a surprise — to see the steady unwinding of the aggressive FDIC actions that…
About those rumors of Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova in Savannah . . .
On my way back to Savannah from Tybee a little while ago, I heard the DJ at 105.3 mention the rumor that Ric Ocasek of The Cars had bought a house in downtown Savannah. I don’t know that that is…
A few words about the ambitious new Savannah Food & Wine Festival
The inaugural Savannah Food & Wine Festival will be held from November 11 to 17, 2013. The weeklong event will fill a traditionally slow week in the city’s cultural calendar. The festival has already attracted a good bit of local…
Savannah River Landing: How much should we care if developers don’t extend Oglethorpe plan?
I guess I should begin by saying that Savannah city officials and the public generally don’t have a whole lot of control over what happens next at Savannah River Landing, the large expanse of land at the west east end…
A cat, a dog, a duckling, two shark suits, and a Roomba (video)
Thanks to my friend Stacy Jennings for posting something about this. Here you go: And another posted by the same user — texasgirly1979:
New “insights” for Facebook pages — another reason for businesses to rethink social media presence
I wrote a City Talk column recently about the weak and ineffective presence that many small businesses have on Facebook. Businesses — including bands, nonprofits, and other organizations — make all sorts of poor choices in their use of Facebook,…
In honor of Mick Jagger’s 70th birthday, a few Stones songs you may have forgotten — or never knew about
Mick Jagger turned 70 today. I’ve been listening to a fair bit of early Rolling Stones music since posting a couple of weeks ago about the band’s brief stay at the Manger Town and Country Motor Lodge here in Savannah…
The Color Run 5K in Savannah on August 17
I just heard about this for the first time today, but The Color Run in Savannah on August 17, 2013, had to have been in the works for months.
There are also runs that same day in Montreal, Buffalo, and Toledo.
From the “About Us” section of the website: “The Color Runâ„¢, also known as the Happiest 5k on the Planet, is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness, individuality, and giving back to the community.
Less about your 10-minute-mile and more about having the time of your life, The Color Run is a five-kilometer, un-timed race in which thousands of participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each kilometer.”
The Book Lady Bookstore in Savannah gets some great press
It can be easy to miss The Book Lady Bookstore, which sells new and used books in the basement space at 6 East Liberty St., but it seems like more locals and more tourists are gravitating toward the space. And…
NYT talks to a longtime cook for Paula Deen
A really interesting piece by Kim Severson (excellent writer) in today’s New York Times: Paula Deen’s Cook Tells of Slights, Steeped in History. Severson obviously spent hours trying to understand the world of Dora Charles, “the queen of Deen kitchens”…
Maybe Savannah will be a “beer town” after all . . .
In a recent City Talk column (New growler store adds to Savannah’s growing beer culture) in the Savannah Morning News, I wrote about some of the beer news around these parts in recent years. And today there’s news of Two…
Cities and the “Second Life Cycle Blues”
At one of the recent Metropolitan Planning Commission meetings here in Savannah, commissioners were considering road access to an isolated but sizable lot adjacent to the proposed New Hampstead subdivision at the far west end of the county. The owners…