EAT IT AND LIKE IT: Restaurant Week returns to Ardsley Station
For years it has been the most popular ticket in food all over Savannah, an opportunity for restaurants to stray from their regular menus a little at a fixed price plus a chance for people who love to go out to eat to do so without being fearful of breaking the bank. Of course, we…
INTRODUCTIONS: Meet Grayson Cronin
Born and raised in Savannah, Grayson Cronin is a bright, fun-loving seven-year-old boy who is loved and cherished by his family, especially by his grandmother Leigh Griner. “Grayson is super, super smart. He could read at the age of three and do mathematical calculations, so he’s amazingly brilliant. But he’s also really humble. He’s a…
Waffle-y good spots to celebrate National Waffle Day
August 24 is officially National Waffle Day, celebrating the first issuance of the waffle iron patent in 1869 to Cornelius Swarthout from Troy, New York. It is believed that waffles themselves were invented in the 14th century when an unknown French husband scribbled the recipe down for his wife’s use. No matter the origins, waffles…
BUNNY IN THE CITY: Savannah Wedding Vendors Meetup at The Venue
Jamie Weaver knows how to throw a party! When the Savannah Wedding Vendors founder announced their monthly meetup would be at The Venue on August 9, I knew it would be a magical experience. Entering the area’s newest event space, I walk into the exquisite ballroom and find Jamie standing next to a really long…
Get ready to El Rocko: Mexico City’s Petite Amie brings its psychedelic pop-rock sound north of the border
It’s not all that unusual for bands to radically evolve their sound over time, but Mexico City’s Petite Amie have somehow managed to do that over the course of a single album. Take the songs “Elektro” and “Adios.” If you were to hear both of them on a Spotify playlist, you’d never guess they were…
Savannah fashion designer Emily Bargeron featured on international design competition Show
Emily Bargeron, Savannah-based fashion designer and owner of Mamie Ruth, East + Up and co-owner of Starland Strange, made her international television debut last week. Bargeron appeared on Season Three of Prime Video’s Making the Cut, a fashion design competition show hosted by Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. Warning: Spoilers ahead! Making the Cut features…
‘Sunday Suppers’ feeding a hunger for art and community
‘Sunday Supper’ is a local event that organizers call a hub of art, music, food and culture. While culturally, some may have experienced the idea of Sunday supper with their families, complete with stories, food, laughter and entertainment that fills the soul and creates a lifetime of memories, that is the feeling these ‘Sunday Supper’…
ASHLEY MCBRYDE is a girl goin’ somewhere
In March 2018, Ashley McBryde released her major label debut, “Girl Goin’ Nowhere.” Since then, the tattooed Arkansas country singer has been a girl goin’ somewhere – – nominated for Grammy Awards for both that album and its title cut, taking a CMT Award, winning the Academy of Country Music’s New Female Vocalist of the…
‘A very strange, relatable thing…’ Lumineers bring our post- pandemic world into focus with BRIGHTSIDE album, tour
Whatever you do, don’t call “Brightside,” the Lumineers’ fourth and newest studio effort, a COVID-19 album, even though the band started tracking its nine songs in March 2021. While founding member Wesley Schultz acknowledges the pair of two-and-a-half week sessions occurred during the pandemic time frame as the 39-year-old New Jersey native was hunkering down…
City: Kessler meeting terms of $43 million Plant Riverside bonding agreement
So far, so good. About six years after the Savannah City Council approved a controversial $43 million bonding agreement for the Plant Riverside project, the Kessler Collection is meeting the terms of the deal, according to city officials. Kessler has paid interest on the bonds since 2019, amounting to a total of almost $5.2 million…
JAUDON SPORTS: Fantasy Football advice …Don’t be ‘that guy’ in your league this season
It’s that time of year again. Fantasy football owners from around the globe will be renewing the time-honored tradition of drafting very real NFL players for their very fake fantasy squads. This column won’t help you in terms of which players to select or which strategies to employ. There will be no strategy sessions in…
Savannah Bananas leave Coastal Plain League, go fully independent with Banana Ball rules
The Savannah Bananas announced on Wednesday, August 24 that they will no longer be fielding a collegiate amateur summer league team as they have since arriving in Savannah in 2016. Instead, beginning in 2023, the Bananas will exclusively play “Banana Ball” year-round which means the three-time Coastal Plain League champions (2016, 2021, 2022) played its…
