Social engineering fail
Editor, Regarding your recent column “A Christmas message not everyone wants to hear”: Do you find it ironic that you decry the love of money as the root of all evil and yet every example you provide advances the belief that more money can resolve all human ills? Libertarian opposition to progressive social engineering policies…
Rhone trip
I stepped into Le Chai, Galerie du Vin, with Cotes du Rhone on my mind -and already tasting its rich earthiness. I knew shop proprietor Christian Depken would get it. When it comes to Old World wines, Christian is da man. No one follows the flavor trends of French and Italian winemakers as closely -…
A sweet and sour taste of China
China Taste When Ms. T.J. has a day off, I cook dinner. Come to think of it, when she works, I cook dinner – or we go out.In all honesty, she bakes. Most baking bores me, except for cornbread and pecan pie, the two things I will bake because I love them so. It was…
2010’s best Nigerian Scam e-mail
AS YOU ENJOY our Year in Review special issue, I’d like to present to you something near and dear to my heart: My choice for the year’s best Nigerian Scam letter. Longtime readers will know of my abiding love and connoisseur’s appreciation for the highly creative, if quite illegal, literary genre known as the “Nigerian Scam”:…
Be your own favorite chef
Let’s face it – holidays are known for being fun and festive, but they can easily become overwhelming. For this reason, Chef Darin Sehnert’s recent cooking class offered through 700 Kitchen Cooking School at the Mansion on Forsyth Park focused on how to plan, prepare, and present your holiday meal with ease, making your holiday…
Not in Florida anymore
Police dispatch asked officers to be on the look out for a white truck with a motorcycle in the back that had been driving recklessly according to reports from several people. The driver had apparently run someone off the road near Hwy 17. An officer on patrol spotted the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop…
Mark your calendar: KidSyc, Mountainfilm
Congratulations and a tip o’the fedora to KidSyc@Brandywine, the Savannah hip hop act that won Sweetwater Music’s Gearfest Song Contest last June. They’ve done it again. Lloyd Harold’s group is in the final round of the Georgia Lottery’s All Access Music Search, beating out more than 2,000 other acts (there are 12 competing in the…
Jubal Kane, Sinister Moustache
JUBAL KANE At 9 p.m. Dec. 31 (with Listen 2 Three), and 9 p.m. Jan. 1 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 Friday, $5 Saturday To understand the philosophy behind Jubal Kane’s fierce, take-no-prisoners roadhouse blues, one must first contemplate singer and harmonica player Ace Andersson, who huffs and puffs like smokestack…
Investing in culture
Looking back on 2010, Savannah is coming off one of its most vibrant years, culturally speaking, in recent memory. Numerous times over the past 12 months I’ve found myself having conversations about the busy nature of the city’s events calendar. The Savannah Film Festival, Picnic in the Park, the Jazz Festival, and myriad theater productions,…
Top 20 in 2010
Part of the fun of any “Top Whatever” list is arguing about it. You can get some of that action this year by hotly debating our own staff–picked list of the Top 20 local news and cultural happenings of the past year, presented here in order of impact, total buzzworthiness, and general all–around wow factor:…
Shoot the ‘works!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Certainly there are a few things about 2010 that some of us would like to put behind us. However, the party’s the thing, and as we go out with the auld, we also come in with the new, and there’s myriad opportunities for celebrating the calendar switch in the Hostess…
Hallacas is your friend
As much as I like the menu at Rancho Alegre, either location, I’ve always been far more intrigued by what Venezuelan–born owner and gourmand Juan Manuel Rodriguez eats when he cooks for himself. He’s shared plenty of those dishes with me over the years. It’s always a treat. That’s one more reason I was humbled…
Sparkling suggestions for New Year’s Eve
Nothing quite says New Year’s Eve like a tall flute of champagne. Effervescent bubbles are the trademark of champagne, and its non-French speaking step-sib, sparkling wine. Whichever you choose for your celebration – champagne or sparkling wine – you’ll be among millions of wine lovers world wine who ring in the New Year with a…
10 for ’10
Glance at any two random critics’ 10 Best lists from 2010 and chances are the majority of the titles will match. What that means — at least to my way of thinking — is that truly fine films were in such short commodity during 2010 that the nation’s scribes were all forced to rally around…
Plunging into 2011
On New Year’s Day a year ago, Tybee Island was cold and rainy. Still, that didn’t stop about a thousand people from lining up four and five deep to take the Polar Bear Plunge into the frigid Atlantic, celebrating the arrival of 2010. For 2011’s new and improved Polar Bear Plunge –– a charity event…
