“Tybee’s ready for a real cup of coffee,” declares Beth Martin, co-owner of Tybean Art & Coffee Bar.
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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Yet another shaggy dog story
I posted a blurry photo of Pretty and was amazed to see it shared dozens of times in less than 10 minutes by friends and strangers — for a minute, Pretty even deposed Grumpy Cat memes and the Rolling Stone bomber cover as top trending topics.
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Brasserie 529: Top brass
Though the recipes are French, most ingredients are sourced closer to home: Produce and seafood come from local purveyors and meats come from family-owned Hunter Cattle.
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13 Bricks: Not your average T-shirt
“The shirts are just the surface layer. It’s the medium we’ve chosen to get our message out.” That message is one of tolerance, environmental sustainability, valuing local resources and other hallmarks of a growing underground movement for cultural change.
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He only gets a second
For the past 10 years, Leonard White has been granted close access to the main stage of the New Orleans Jazz Festival, allowing him to snap photos of musical icons like Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow.
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Ramadan mubarak, y’all
I’ve always been curious about Ramadan’s low profile. I grew up knowing how weird it is to be the only kid in class without a Christmas tree; I can only imagine how it must feel to have to explain why you’re not eating lunch for the next four weeks.
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coffee.deli is a cool.hangout
‘Same concept as bar.food,’ nods Baker. ‘Bright, light, clean, simple.’
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Sweet Spice is Jamaican us hungry
Unafraid to introduce Savannah to new flavors, Smith filled the menu with the other Jamaican staples he learned to prepare at his mother’s stove.
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Kristine Stevens is livin’ the dream
By counting her pennies, she was able to stretch the sojourn into seven months, and she always adhered to a fellow traveler’s admonition to trust her gut.
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City gov’t showcases ‘engaging’ TV
‘The idea is to present the modern mosaic of what Savannah really is now,” explains Jenkins, surrounded by monitors and dials in the humming production room on the fourth floor of City Hall.
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American dreamin’
Then we have our own homegrown scandal peppering the pot: The national news trucks double-parked in front of the Lady and Sons may have gone home, but the bad taste lingers. And it’s not because someone overcooked the okra.
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Here comes the Glam Squad
“When we heard what it meant for the survivors in Savannah, we thought, ‘OK, we’re going to need to this everywhere.'”