THE road to Milledgeville was probably paved with the best of intentions, but barreling down Hwy 441 in an ancient Mercedes during a nasty rainstorm brought out every hellish pothole. […]
The (Civil) Society Column
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We do our best, everyone wins
Almost 500 of Savannah’s most prosperous women (and a few men) filled the Westin’s biggest ballroom with the scent of success and Chanel Coco Mademoiselle.
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We need to talk about ‘Southern Charm’
Let’s be real, dahlins’: We all know by now that reality TV isn’t reality at all.
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A night at the Algonquin Round Table
Surely the servers at the Algonquin never laid a tablescape this enchanting for a bunch of cranky egg-eating writers.
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Finding serenity with the Saints & Sages
The Saints & Sages of West Victory Drive have been meeting for six years and boast an average age of about 80—bolstered by Elder Leona Williams, who’s 93 and still has her own parking space out front.
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Can Savannah create good parking karma?
This is going to be hard to believe—the new plan seems to create better and more parking options to accommodate our many visitors while taking into account residents’ quality of life. Quit yer scoffing and consider.
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Science, it’s a thing
“If we cut the public funding for basic research, it’s going to be very difficult to maintain the standards of knowledge in our society.”
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Aggressive Civility and other important newspeak
Jim Reed and Phillips Reynolds Price have co-founded the new social action organization, which not only makes a fabulous hashtag but stages events and sells swag to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Everyone needs a tooth fairy
I’ve always bragged that I’d rather be considered weird than pretty, but walking around this world with messed up teeth isn’t a social statement, it’s a liability.
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A Lone Wolf at the door or just the winds of change?
The partners presented their plan to the Zoning Board of Appeals last week. They were met with vociferous opposition from representatives of the Thomas Square Neighborhood Association.
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The urban planning vision behind A-Town Get Down
What was once a forlorn patch of weeds under the Talmadge Bridge will be transformed into a public park bustling with bands, food trucks and visual art, a testament to the possibilities and potential of climbing outside the proverbial boring box.
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Erin go bald?
“OH MY GOD, you look like a thumb,” cried my mother. “What did you do to your hair?” My dad’s reaction wasn’t as dramatic, but no less incredulous. “Did you […]