Away in a manger – or a hydraulic shop
Eight years ago, I set up a CNN e-mail alert for “Osama Bin Laden.” It was to alert me when he’d been caught or killed, you see. The info in the forwarded articles is always very mundane, and I feel stupid whenever I receive one. Still, I haven’t canceled them. I keep receiving them for…
Farm-raised vs. wild fish: The facts
I want to eat farm-raised salmon because wild salmon are depleted by overfishing. On the other hand, I hear there are many pollutants in salmon farms. So which is better, farm-raised or wild? -Judith I’ve heard most fish served in fast-food eateries is an ugly whiplike critter from the waters off New Zealand. I wonder…
The Science of Sex
• Wake Forest University’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which has successfully grown human bladders in the lab using only a few extracted cells sprayed onto a chemical frame that mimics the body’s tissues, has so far been unsuccessful at regenerating penises because of the organ’s complexity. However, it announced in a November journal article a…
What’s Next: American Ballet Theatre
One of the country’s leading dance companies visits the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head on Jan. 16.It’s the American Ballet Theatre – or, more precisely, ABT II, with 14 young dancers (age 16–20) who are in training to become full–corps members of the main company. The ABTII repertoire is firmly rooted in…
Noteworthy: ‘Jazz Yule Love’
Friday’s Coastal Jazz Association Christmas concert is a tradition with a hard-won history. Back in the 1950s, Savannah had separate unions for white musicians and black musicians. It was in this period that the Flamingo, a black club on the corner of West Gwinnett Street and Stiles Avenue, would throw a jazz jam every Christmas.…
The Looters: Full speed ahead
J. Lyon Layden has a lot of irons in the fire, but so far, he hasn’t been burned. That’s because he’s good at all the things he does. The son of a cabinet maker and a Ayur Vedic therapist, Layden — along with his younger brother, Eric — operates Layden Brothers Custom Cabinetry in Richmond…
Paying it forward
Reports of the imminent demise of Savannah’s community theatres may have been premature. JinHi Soucy Rand, a community activist who happens to be an 18–year veteran of the local stage scene, is embarking on a mission to make things better for everyone. Rand has taken over the lease at the Freight Station building on Louisville…
Fleeting wealth and false hope
Police were called in regard to a financial fraud incident. A young man received a check in the mail, addressed to him, for $2,980 from a business called First Impressions Inc. located in New York City. The man thought he was the winner of some sort of sweepstakes and immediately sought the advice of a…
The best in wines, 2009
Sometimes, you want a simple bottle of wine. Maybe it’s a basic Chianti for a quick pasta dinner; perhaps it’s a crisp Sauvignon Blanc to knock down the heat on a hot summer day. Other times, you really want to try something different. Maybe this bottle steps outside your usual budget or represents a varietal…
Random bites: T-Rex Mex, Fairmont
T–Rex Mex I slipped into this new Broughton Street restaurant late one Sunday afternoon, pretty much had the place to myself and left really happy. The basement level space has undergone a great transformation and suits perfectly the casual menu of Tex–Mex burritos, soft tacos, enchiladas and nachos. My chicken burrito was hot, fresh and…
Jingle, all the way!
There hasn’t ever been a whole lot of dashing through the snow in Savannah. And in the 1850s, the winter climate was pretty much the same as it is now — not a one horse open sleigh in sight. But that’s when James Lord Pierpont, who was organist and music director of the city’s Unitarian…
Five minutes to midnight in this garden
The plot of land on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 32nd Street hasn’t looked like the community garden it was intended to be. Although attempts have been made to sow the seeds of support necessary to sustain the project, the property spent several years abandoned and overgrown — much to the…
Dressed for success
Last week, 25 students at DeRenne Middle School took an important step toward growing up — learning how to tie a tie. The young men are all participants in A.S.P.I.R.E., an after school program started by Jimmie Cave, a science teacher at the school. A.S.P.I.R.E. stands for achievement, service, professionalism, initiative, responsibility and education —…
Response from Demand Media
Editor, Regarding your recent column “Weather or not:” I can honestly say that we at Demand Media are open to criticism and skepticism that accompanies people’s views of our model, especially folks outside the tech world. The reason why I’m writing you today is to point out that, in your criticism of us in your…
