One photo of Forsyth Park at night

Just a picture I took a couple of weeks ago. That’s all.

Food truck debate reignites in Savannah

Attorney Dana Braun has reignited the controversy over food trucks in Savannah with an excellent guest editorial today in the Savannah Morning News: Savannah entrepreneur leaves for a reason That piece begins: Too often the question is asked why do…

Photos of the newly renovated Drayton Tower in Savannah

OK, this really isn’t photos of Drayton Tower as much as photos from the freshly renovated international style apartment building at Liberty and Drayton streets here in Savannah. Check out my Tuesday City Talk column about last Thursday’s grand opening,…

The federal government is “a massive insurance conglomerate with a large standing army”

From Ezra Klein’s post at the Wonkblog at the Washington Post, Five charts that will make you feel better about paying your taxes: The truth is that the federal government, as seen through the budget, is a massive insurance conglomerate…

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” coming to Broadway? With Johnny Mercer songs?

I have a hard time seeing how this will work, but Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is being turned into a musical planned for Broadway. From Michael Riedel at the New York Post: And now “Midnight in…

Housing’s long hangover: 42% of Georgia mortgages still underwater

From the AJC’s More than 40 percent of Georgia homes are underwater: “The nationwide data, complied by Zillow at the end of last year, identified the worst 1 percent of ZIP codes in terms of the percentage of mortgage holders who owe more than their homes are worth. Georgia has nearly a quarter of those ZIP codes, most of them arrayed in a crescent around Atlanta’s southern flank. Michigan, the next hardest-hit state, has only half as many ZIP codes in the worst 1 percent.”


Twitter says: Looks like a big crowd for Orange Crush today

I sure hope Orange Crush doesn’t have the same problems it had last year. I’ll reduce those problems essentially to two: Incredibly irresponsible behavior by the party’s organizers who made no provision and the attendees who devoted not energy for…

A few thoughts on Obama’s proposed budget

I’ve been trying to tell my friends on the right for the last few years that in a second term Obama would propose a budget that would cut future spending on Medicare and Social Security. Should he have proposed those…

Savannah Stopover Sessions now available on bandcamp — definitely worth a listen

Click here to go directly to the Savannah Stopover Sessions bandcamp page. Click here to sample the sessions on the Stopover site. Having bought a VIP pass for last month’s Savannah Stopover, I was thrilled to spend part of Saturday…

“CBGB” filmmakers now working on Gregg Allman biopic

Hollywood Reporter broke the news a couple of days ago with Gregg Allman Music Biopic in the Works From ‘CBGB’ Filmmakers (Exclusive). From that piece: The filmmakers behind the upcoming music-themed feature CBGB are aiming to keep the rock flame…

Atlanta Magazine on new Italian restaurant in Savannah, opening next year

It’s probably a little early to get too excited about this since the projected opening isn’t until March 2014, but Atlanta Magazine has an interesting piece: Hugh Acheson On His Upcoming Savannah Restaurant – Covered Dish Blog. Acheson owns Five…

Photos from the Muse Arts Warehouse Fundraiser

What a great time on Monday evening — and for a great, great cause. The “Show Me the Love” fundraiser for Muse Arts Warehouse brought out a good crowd of generous Savannahians eager to support Muse Arts Warehouse, which in…