My post on Monday about the Westboro Baptist Church’s plans to picket Savannah schools and religious institutions has attracted over 2,200 page views. That’s on a blog that averages 80-something views per post. Part of that overwhelming response might be…
Category: Living Savannah
Armstrong tennis teams in local action Tuesday to reach NCAA DII round of 16
Armstrong Atlantic State University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are two of the best-kept secrets in Savannah. The women have won three consecutive NCAA DII championships, while the men won in 2008 and 2009. Both have solid chances of winning…
Westboro Baptist Church picketers headed to churches, synagogues, schools in Savannah
[UPDATE, 5/20: I have made three posts about the WBC since this one. Find all the posts here.] Well, as if we didn’t have enough to talk about in Savannah, the fine people of the Westboro Baptist Church — the…
Some pics from SCAD’s 2011 Sidewalk Arts Festival
A gorgeous day for the 2011 edition of this 30-year old festival. The people watching is quite amazing. I was playing with some different settings on my camera to try to make up for some extreme shadows, but it didn’t…
Savannah Town Hall meeting to deal with business issues — but will the business owners show up?
My column in the Savannah Morning News has for the last decade dealt with small business issues — from endless profiles of new enterprises to the larger challenges of business in our diverse market. For today’s column (“Will Savannah small…
Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon course, info, speculation about bands, and on and on
Well, the more I think about it, the more I think I should at least make some effort to start getting in shape to try the half marathon on Nov. 5th. We’ll see how that works out. (A big drawback…
Governor Deal signs Sunday sales bill
During the recent Georgia legislative session, I made a number of posts about the proposed bill to allow local municipalities to hold referendums on Sunday package sales of beer, wine, and liquor. Just a quick note here to say that…
“Where did everyone go?”: why some population estimates are so far off
I have wonkily tracked population data for many years now, so my eye was caught by an article in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Census shock result of flawed estimates”. “How do 121,000 people disappear into thin air?” asks in the opening…
Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon course to be unveiled at block party Tuesday
I don’t plan on getting myself in shape to run Savannah’s first Rock ‘n’ Marathon on November 5th, but I’m going to try to get to the Course Announcement Party on Tuesday evening. It’s actually a block party at Fleet…
Savannah Stopover launches monthly Stopover Presents Concert Series with singer-songwriter Ashleigh Flynn at The Sentient Bean
Well there’s more good news from the Savannah Stopover: the launching of the monthly Stopover Presents Concert Series. First up in the series will be Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter Ashleigh Flynn at The Sentient Bean. Check out the Stopover’s post about…
Some thoughts on four months of blogging
I started this blog at the first of the year, so it’s been almost four months. I’d say this post is more for other bloggers, or for those thinking of blogging — or maybe for those regular readers who actually…
More on Savannah entrepreneurship, the “brain drain”, and The Creative Coast
In my Savannah Morning News column today — Creative Coast and three ideas for regional prosperity — I follow up on Jake Hodesh’s recent call for “a list of three issues that we should seek to improve upon or change…
Solid opening weekend for “The Conspirator”
A few previous posts about The Conspirator: my review, one roundup of reviews, and another slightly more positive roundup of reviews. In its opening weekend, the Robert Redford directed film finished 9th at the box office and is estimated to…
Another roundup of “The Conspirator” reviews
I’ve already posted some links and short excerpts from some of the key reviews of The Conspirator. I wrote about it here. One of the film’s crew sent me some other suggested reviews that she thought put the film in…