Amidst all the news about the new report critical of the management of the Savannah-Chatham police force, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of online chatter today about some other big news from Thursday. From Eric Curl’s piece in…
I already a made a brief post to Peach Pundit about one of the controversies embroiling the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department. And Jan Skutch and Eric Curl have a relatively lengthy piece already at the Savannah Morning News about the…
Another in periodic posts about culinary developments around Savannah. On Sunday, much of my City Talk column was about Bub-Ba-Q, the new restaurant at 514 MLK, in the old Brick House space. Blowin’ Smoke occupied the spot for years before…
On my way home from Kroger just after dark tonight, I was met with a strange sight: a Christmas tree aglow inside the P.J. O’Connor House at the corner of Lincoln and 32nd. I had lived in the neighborhood for…
The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964. In honor of that cultural moment that was literally life-changing for those who were kids and teens at the time, Savannah Rocks! — which has over 1,000 members on…
About a month ago, I wrote about the exciting plans for One West Park Avenue at the southwest corner of Bull Street and Park Avenue: New development would anchor south end of Savannah’s Forsyth Park The large lot has been…
I was highly critical of the recent decision by the city of Tybee Island to scan the license plates of every single car coming or going from the island. Today, the Tybee Island city council voted unanimously to overturn that…
I saw The Fast and the Furious in Savannah on the film’s opening weekend in 2001. I was with Bobby Zarem, the legendary publicist who was still living in New York full time back in those days, and the late…
I haven’t been into downtown Savannah today to check out the new Anthropologie store at the corner of Congress Street and Montgomery Street on Franklin Square in the space last occupied by 606 East Cafe (a decade ago!), but the…
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday — just a time to get together with friends and family, to eat, to relax, and to reflect. Thankfully, no one in my family has ever considered shopping on Black Friday, unless it’s…
Last summer, I speculated about the shape of a potential streetcar network in this post. Now Chatham Area Transit has moved pretty quickly ahead with a plan for two streetcar lines — one on MLK and one on Fahm. And…
Just another in occasional posts with news about the Savannah restaurant scene. According to its website, Soho South Cafe is reopening on Monday, Nov. 25. The popular lunch spot on Liberty Street will now also serve dinner Thurs.-Sat. and have…
Johnny Mercer would have been 104 today — he was born in Savannah on Nov. 18, 1909. He died way, way, way too early — in 1976. Given all of his other achievements — the great songs, the business acumen,…
From the Savannah Morning News’ Tybee to purchase licence plate scanners: The Tybee City Council’s vote Thursday night to purchase two license plate reading cameras means in the near future every vehicle that drives on and off the island city…
