Members of the genus Lagerstroemia grow pretty well around these parts. I’m talking about crape myrtles, or crepe myrtles if you prefer. But I’m mystified by this obsession around Savannah, and presumably in much of the South, to prune the…
A key change was formally announced today for Savannah Fashion Week 2014 (April 28-May 3). The big runway show, scheduled for Forsyth Park on May 1st, will for the first time include the work of local designers. Last year’s show…
Finally. The Truman Parkway’s final phase is now open here in Savannah. I left Armstrong at 12:32 p.m. and headed north on Abercorn. I got caught at a couple of lights — the one near Burger King and then the…
This is going to be a big post with all sorts of info regarding Savannah St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. I’ll update here or in new posts as necessary. First off, the city is implementing a wristband policy ($5) for drinking…
One West Victory is primarily an apartment complex for area college students — and a pretty nice one at that. Located at Bull and Victory, the development promises to bring a little life to a long-neglected neighborhood right in the…
Governor Deal has just signed the bill that will allow bars in Savannah to be open on Sunday, March 16. Bars in Georgia are not generally allowed to be open on Sundays, although restaurants with bars can be. Today’s signature…
My Tuesday City Talk column in the Savannah Morning News was devoted to Mardi Gras festivities at Tybee Island. Here’s a big gallery of photos, mostly before, during, and after Saturday’s parade. It’s a very Tybee event, as you can…
There have been tons of questions over the last few months about the fate of 36 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. That’s at the corner of West Congress Street here in Savannah; the building was home decades ago to a…
Hugh Acheson — famed for his Athens restaurants Five and Ten, The National, and Cinco y Diez and Atlanta’s Empire State South — is still apparently on track to open the Florence at One West Victory in Savannah. If you’re…
If you’re interested in my writings about the Savannah music scene, you should be checking out the blog hissing lawns that I launched back in September. hissing lawns has a number of contributors, including some excellent photographers, and also has…
I just found out about this a few days ago, when I finally asked one of the security guards at Savannah’s downtown Kroger about the seemingly endless construction just inside the front door. And today there’s a sign: It looks…
From Variety: ‘Midnight Rider’ Suspends Production After Fatal Train Accident (EXCLUSIVE): “Midnight Rider,†the Gregg Allman biopic on which a crew member was killed last week, has suspended production. Crew members are being released, though they’ve been told that they…
In my City Talk column last Sunday — Lecture emphasizes versatility, beauty in street design — I talked about the recent lecture at SCAD of Victor Dover, an expert on urbanism and co-author of the recently released Street Design: The…
My thoughts go out to the family and friends of Sarah Jones, who was killed tragically on Thursday on the set of the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider. Others were injured in the accident involving a train that the crew…
