I’ve been posting regular updates about the decline in vehicle miles driven in the United States over the last few years. The most recent post is here. Obviously, much of the decline is related to the weak economy of the…
I’ve written a number of times about Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. Here’s an excellent — if overly dramatic — 23-minute video from the WSJ that gives great background and discusses the ways in which the EU, the Eurozone, the ECB, and others have allowed the crisis to fester:
Spoleto USA in Charleston now has its 2012 program live on its website. Or go here for a digital, downloadable brochure. It’s a great lineup I think — probably a little more interesting to me than last year. (I only…
At a New Year’s Eve party last night, a native Savannahian who has spent much of her life living in New York asked me why we didn’t have an Apple store here. And then another guest, one who has had…
I didn’t keep a log of the live music that I saw in 2011, but I’m guessing that I saw around 150 shows. Many of those were Savannah-based acts that I’ve seen before, including Damon and the Shitkickers, Dare Dukes…
This is another in a short series of posts looking at credible economic predictions for 2012. There’s a great piece in the Washington Post today, 2011 was a bust — could 2012 be better? Of course, 2011 was not a…
Here’s the chart of gas prices for Savannah, Atlanta, and the U.S. for the last 12 months from GasBuddy.com. The relatively steep rise in gas prices in the first part of the year was a key reason (but not the…
I’ve learned a lot about online consumption of news and information in this year of blogging. A few quick notes on the past year: Most used search terms to find this blog from Jan. 1st to Dec. 30th, 2011: bill…
The list-making continues. Savannah is on the list of the Weather Channel’s list of 5 Cool Places to Spend New Year’s Eve. The Visit Savannah press photo in the Savannah entry is from Jazz’d, I’m pretty sure, although there’s no…
