Starting just before dead low tide, these buoyant parties of several hundred drop in at the end of the dirt track known as Alley 3 and follow the current out to a secret sandbar, pristine and wholesome in every way save its name: Criminal Island.
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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A new brew on tea
When you talk tea in the Lowcountry, it usually means orange pekoe over ice, sweet enough to rot the teeth right outta your head. In downtown Savannah, however, Lou Thomann […]
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What to do when you’re blue in the face
Ogeechee residents and activists gamely shared their concerns once again — only to have EPD director Judson Turner dismiss their time and tears as “white noise.”
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A mural dilemma
Instead of standing around complaining that there’s only one seat and two people, we find a solution. We are Savannahians, and we make it work.
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History under the highway
The site straddles what was once part of two 19th-century plantations and has lain fallow since it was farmed in the 1950s. The Abercorn Archaeology site has yielded pre-Civil War artifacts, old slave quarters and soil samples that have allowed Elliot and nine other archaeologists to interpret what life was like here centuries ago.
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Blowin’ Smoke takes it beyond barbecue
Blowin’ Smoke has not only undergone a physical metamorphosis but an identity shift as well.
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Coming up R.O.S.E.
Based on the concept of a traditional gastropub, R.O.S.E Public House is a place to linger over a ribeye and a few cocktails without having to bother with high heels or a tie.
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Pride & Prejudice; Agnes of God
‘The situation never goes out of style. The miscommunication, the rumor mills, the cat-and-mouse games with a guy — it all still applies.’
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Confessions of a hapless – but not hopeless – Southern belle
It was with some trepidation that I approached The Southern C Summit, a resplendent gathering of Southern tastemakers, bloggers and brandmakers held at Jekyll Island last week.
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When things blow up
Thanks to its gleeful fracking of America’s last unspoiled resources, the natural gas industry has plenty of extra product on its hands.
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Fields of Dreams
‘There’s not much you can do with a piece of property once FEMA declares it a disaster site. You can’t build on it. But you can grow on it.’
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Keep calm and eat pie
Word about Edward Wagstaff’s fresh goodies has gotten ’round, and the 25 year-old rises before dawn to stock his shop with pies (both savory and sweet) as well as quiches, lasagnas, shortbread and other delights.