The term “social innovation” is the new buzzword. It’s become popular among designers eager to do more than create pretty logos and choose color palettes, who want to apply their […]
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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EARTH DAY: Playing in the dirt with Andy Schwartz
Once a sharp-dressed hotel employee, gardening consultant Andy Schwartz now enjoys grass stains on his knees as part of the job. Ready to take on anything from tomato pots on […]
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EARTH DAY: Going organic with David Tree Malpass
Tall and kind with a gentle voice, David Tree Malpass does evoke an arboreal presence. He was a champion of organic agriculture far before it became trendy, has been an […]
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No castle required
Attention all clerics, sorcerers and other defenders of the realm: Your presence is required in the ancient citadel. Please make haste. The rest of you can come, too: Whether you’re […]
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Drowning in the details
Lately, every time I look at water, something akin to terror begins to creep along my spine. You might think my fears stem from the bigass bull shark my husband […]
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The women who keep on telling
Get three Jewish mothers in one room and there’s bound to be kvetching (complaining), kvelling (bragging about the kids) and some good, hard laughter. There was plenty of all when […]
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‘Toon time
Bugs Bunny, Snow White and James and his giant peach may seem like kid stuff to some. But cartoon characters mean serious business for grown-ups at the Savannah International Animation […]
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Urban Scrawl
For the most part, people frown upon writing on the walls. Many, including property owners and police officers, consider any addition to a bland slab of painted brick offensively sloppy, […]
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Here comes the neighborhood?
Once upon a time, the corner of Bull Street and what’s now Victory Drive was the furthest edge of town. The Savannah Ice Company set up shop there in 1898, […]
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‘Bee’-loved backyard ambitions
Some people compulsively collect old books. Others keep rooms full of iguanas or gerbils. There are the expired food freaks and those obsessed with velvet Elvis paintings. Me, I’m a […]
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Kids got that swing
How do you make a trumpet sing? A clarinet cry? A snare drum sizzle? Practice, baby, practice. A little one–on–one wisdom from a professional helps, too. For the past seven […]
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For the girls
Try telling a human teenaged female how to live her life, you’re likely to get an eye roll. Or worse, “the hand.” But when the same sound advice comes from […]