There’s a new video from the Tybee Island Tourism Council promoting Tybee as a destination that’s relaxing, quirky, historical, a little wild — pretty much what I think of Tybee on its best days. Karl Strauch and Coastal Marketing Group…
Stocks fell dramatically today, but we’ve seen plenty of larger one day declines. In terms of percentage drops for the S&P 500, we actually had 11 days with worse declines in 2008 and 2 more in the opening weeks of…
I’ll have more to say later about today’s big stock sell off, but some might be interested in a post I made a little over three weeks ago: Thoughts on the Main Street/Wall Street disconnect In today’s Washington Post, in…
I’ve previously written about proposed removal of the I-16 flyover in Savannah. The project would actually improve traffic flow (according to the Georgia Department of Transportation), add dozens of acres to the private tax rolls, and add hundreds of yards…
From the Sentient Bean website: Savannah born Lion Versus returns to the South. “There’s something in the now-Philadelphia-based group Lion Versus’ sepia-toned, gritty folk that clearly speaks of the group’s Georgia origins; it’s something distinct, alluring, and as Southern as…
Tropical storm Emily is a long, long way away from Coastal Georgia, and the current forecast has it remaining a tropical storm (not a hurricane) as it gets closer to us. [Update, 8/4: Emily collapsed earlier today over the mountains…
One of my favorite acts of last March’s inaugural Savannah Stopover was Astronautalis — the hip-hop artist originally from Jacksonville who isn’t afraid to mix genres. There were some audio issues at his gig, but I loved the show. My…
Sometimes I can’t believe that I’ve missed some news, but I didn’t find out until today that painter Lucian Freud died a couple of weeks ago in London at age 88. He died — and all the attendant press coverage…
Thanks to my friend Matthew for pointing this out to me. This seems too good to be true — a prank? a public service ad? — but if not, it appears mayor Arturas Zuokas of Vilnius, Lithuania has found a…
Classes begin at Armstrong Atlantic State University in about two weeks, and the campus will be busy in the interim as professors and students prepare. And we’ll all find a new neighbor. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s WSVH (89.1 FM) has moved…
The Dow was down 2.19% today, the Nasdaq 2.75%, and the S&P 500 2.56%. Obviously, the markets were not buoyed by the debt deal, signed today by Obama, that averted a default. No, the markets were apparently looking at fresh…
Not much to this, really, but it’s great to see Rep. Giffords on the floor of the House less than 7 months after being shot in the head. The video is embedded via The Washington Post.
