I should begin by saying that I have never been to a Braves game. I have never been to Turner Field, and I haven’t even been to Atlanta in several years. So I don’t have a dog in this hunt.…
Author: bill dawers
Twitter vs. Facebook
A really interesting post today by Ezra Klein at the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: Why do journalists prefer Twitter to Facebook? From the piece: The fact that so many journalists are on Twitter has made Twitter incredibly professionally valuable to journalists.…
Atlanta Braves abandoning Turner Field, moving to new stadium in Cobb County in 2017
Well I was sort of shocked to see this post this morning on Peach Pundit (the excellent political blog that I contribute to sporadically): UPDATED: Atlanta Braves plan move to Cobb County by 2017 The post has a variety of…
“A Room with a View”: a review and reconsideration
After Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) tells her fiance Cecil Vyse (Daniel Day-Lewis) that the wedding is off, she walks confidently upstairs, leaving him stunned and directionless. But the camera doesn’t cut away at that moment. We see Cecil gather…
Huge great white shark Mary Lee visiting St. Helena Sound, between Savannah and Charleston
I’ve written quite a bit over the last year or so about OCEARCH‘s tagging of great white sharks and the researchers’ Shark Tracker. Well check out these latest images (click here if embed is glitchy): Post by OCEARCH. Post by…
Reminder: expect disruptions from Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Saturday (and don’t do drugs)
Reminders: The Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon is Saturday. Click here for the course map. Streets will reopen after runners clear the area, but that won’t happen immediately. Click here for more detailed info on road closures. Here’s the entertainment…
Anthropologie aiming for November 29th opening in Savannah
Anthropologie appears poised to open on November 29th at the corner of Congress and Montgomery streets on Ellis Square in Savannah. From a Twitter exchange a little while ago: @billdawers Yes, we're hoping to open November 29th! — Anthropologie (@Anthropologie)…
Employment in October better than expected, 204,000 jobs added
Given the partial shutdown of the federal government in October, many analysts and commentators were expecting dreary data in the employment report, which was released a week late because of the temporary layoffs. But the numbers looked pretty good. From…
Savannah Music Festival 2014 sales underway after kickoff party with Sierra Hull
Well I sure didn’t expect 350 or so people to show up last night at the Morris Center for the Savannah Music Festival‘s free kickoff party for next spring’s festival. Maybe the big crowd was due to the word “free”,…
Savannah Music Festival releases 2014 lineup
As we’ve come to expect, the Savannah Music Festival will have an impressive and exciting lineup in 2014. Here are some of the highlights from today’s press release: CHAMBER AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC World premiere of Charlotte Bray’s The Sun Was…
SPLOST has more opposition than 2006, but still passes easily in Chatham County
All the votes have yet to be counted, but the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) in Chatham County will continue with another round from 2014 to 2020. I’ve written extensively about the tax over the last few years.…
A few final thoughts on SPLOST
I’m planning to vote for SPLOST (the special purpose local option sales tax) on Tuesday here in Chatham County. As always with such votes, there are many who have reasonable arguments for voting against it. I voted against the current…
David Geffen’s yacht in Savannah?
I have no independent verification that this is David Geffen’s yacht, and I have no idea if Geffen himself is on it, but check out the Instagram post on Saturday from Visit Savannah: A little less than two weeks, The…
Halloween on Congress Street in Savannah – photos
After Thursday’s screening of the brilliant film Philomena at the Savannah Film Festival, I met up with a friend for a drink at the bar at the Marshall House — the go-to spot for festival attendees. Then we made it…