Yo ho, yo ho, what’s the weather going to be? Here’s the man who knows, let’s take a look and see. Here is Captain Sandy with the weather he has […]
Robin Wright Gunn
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Planning holidays, planning economies
IT’S LIKELY that none of us will be writing “stimulate the local economy” on our December calendars, but in the next three weeks, that’s what we’ll be doing as we […]
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Parking is people, part II
I USE my car for most around town trips—not due to any emotional attachment to the Subaru, but because it’s the easiest way to get myself and my stuff from […]
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Parking is people
NEXT TIME you’re watching your child’s soccer game or in line at the grocery store, ask any nearby person two questions: 1) What should be done in Savannah about the […]
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Joel Varland’s garden variety politics
THOSE once-ubiquitous political campaign signs are disappearing from most front lawns and intersections. But at Joel Varland’s house on 49th Street, they sprout around his place like weeds. Or, as […]
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A jewel of a reunion
JIM HOLLOWAY and Billy Steedley have been business partners for all but two of the last 25 years, ever since they became friends while in “hair school.” In a quarter […]
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November has the write stuff
THINGS ARE looking a little different this November than last year. For next Tuesday, instead of allocating five minutes to drop by my polling site and vote, I’ve blocked out […]
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Not just for February anymore
IT APPEARS that celebrating Savannah’s African American heritage has made the leap out of the confines of February’s Black History Month, expanding into the fall season in a huge way. […]
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Dining out
Dining out A FEW YEARS ago at my friend Mary’s house, I asked her where she’d purchased a relatively unusual (and now forgotten) food item. Gourmet shop? Asian grocer? Farmer’s […]
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Bumper sticker economy
IN THE EARLY summer of 2003 I put a bumper sticker on the rear window of my Subaru. “Business is great. People are wonderful. Life is terrific.” A few months […]
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Early Voting update
AFTER LEARNING that Early Voting for the Nov. 4 general election started this week, I woke up Monday morning intending to add a stop at the Eisenhower Drive Voter Registration […]
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Robin’s summer vacation
What I did on my summer vacation WITH SUMMER giving way to fall, memories of week long trips in June and July are spinning into two-minute-long September anecdotes. Last week […]