The economy grew at a 2.2% annual rate in the first quarter, according to the advance estimate that is subject to major revision. Cuts to military spending restrained growth while new residential investment added to it.
In May 2010, Marc Jacobs CEO Robert Duffy bought one of the finest homes in Savannah’s Historic District for $3.4 million. Now he’s putting that grand Taylor Street home facing Monterey Square back on the market for $3.8 million. The…
From the obituary in the New York Times: Virginia Spencer Carr, a literary scholar whose book “The Lonely Hunter†remains the standard biography of Carson McCullers, died on April 10 at her home in Lynn, Mass. She was 82. [.…
From Wagatail:
Keller Williams has built a career on his uncanny ability to captivate a packed house—all by himself. He’s been called a “one-man band.†A “solo cult-hero.†“Music’s mad-scientist.†All of which are clever labels for what seems to be an essential truth: On stage, Keller Williams works alone.
For over 100 shows a year, Williams has proven himself to be a master of improvisational performance art.
As the food truck movement has grown in cities like Atlanta and Charleston, it has stalled in Savannah.
I don’t know whether Georgia politicians are feeling the pressure from South Carolina’s growing resolve regarding funding or whether there are simply growing concerns about the federal funding process, but yesterday’s press conference with Governor Deal could be the first step in asking state taxpayers to fund the entire $652 million dredging of the Savannah River.
From the Wagatail website:
But in “Lung of Love”, Amy Ray’s sixth solo album in a decade, the punk-folk icon gives the humble apparatus its due.
Ray has always been on the side of the underdogs. In the mid 1970s [. . .]
From Wagatail:
G. Love & Special Sauce is an alternative blues band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1992, the group [. . .]
I hope I’m not jumping the gun by too much here in posting this, but I’m interested to see the hashtag #greencrush appearing this afternoon on Twitter. Even though Savannah State University officials urged students not to participate in last…
A new study from the Pew Hispanic Center shows a dramatic change in immigration patterns between the U.S. and Mexico.
Almost 100 Facebook friends of mine have already shared the YouTube video shot Sunday morning by citizens who wanted to spotlight the trash left on Tybee beach after Saturday night’s Orange Crush party. Of course, I have about 2,400 Facebook…
