Doctor’s orders: Efficient reform needed
In a neighborhood behind the Y on Habersham Street near Stephenson, if you told someone you’re a doctor, you might hear, “Isn’t that wonderful? ” whereas on Duffy Street downtown, the reply might be “So what?” Physicians are less esteemed in poorer neighborhoods where folks have a harder time gaining access to health care.…
The best medicine
When you think “pizzeria,” you don’t usually think health insurance. Think again. Siciliano’s, a humble but popular locally-owned pizza place and bar on Whitemarsh Island, has provided full medical and dental coverage for its eight employees since owners Scott and Holli Jackson bought the business five years ago. “We never had any hesitation,” says Holli.…
Battle of the bar
Last Tuesday evening, City Manager Michael Brown and Revenue Director Buddy Clay hosted a public meeting with bar owners and staff to discuss the proposed alcohol server licensing ordinance. About 75 people attended the meeting, which was held in the Civic Center ballroom, to hear the City’s proposal and provide input during an open question…
Healthy change
I’m probably not the first to point out that 40 years after America landed on the moon, we still don’t have a workable health care system. Nearly 50 million Americans are uninsured. This is bad for them, but also bad for those of us with coverage. The bills the uninsured rack up just raise costs…
What’s Next: Maxwell
Maxwell is in the house. An R&B crooner with highly emotive, silky-smooth pipes, Maxwell has been called the son that Marvin Gaye never had – he’s bright, and creative, and his love songs have a level of depth not found in the lyrics of today’s other soul music lovin’ men. He’s in concert Tuesday night…
Not playing around
For most people, the word ‘game’ immediately evokes memories of family and friends engaged in jovial, albeit cut-throat, competition. From Trivial Pursuit to Hungry Hungry Hippos and beyond, games equal fun. But for veteran game designer and SCAD professor Brenda Brathwaite, after more than 20 years in the industry and dozens of games to her…
Three bites: Ken & Candi’s, Egg Roll King, Five Guys
Ken and Candi’s Bar-B-Q This former Southside restaurant has opened in a brand-spankin’ new home on Ogeechee Road, just south of the intersection with Chatham Parkway. It’s big and spacious — and still sparkling new. I sampled the pork platter — and didn’t really know what to expect. No style is defined on the menu…
New take on Oregon Pinot Noir
Listen, this gig’s not just about swilling some awesome grape juice and pontificating. I do research and grueling after-hours field study. Such was the case last week when I sat through a wine and food-pairing class led by the young wine merchant Casey O’Rear of National Distributors/Atlanta Wholesale Wine held at Kitchenware Outfitters. It was…
Reviews: Harry Potter, Bruno
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE*** Chris Columbus was unfairly lambasted in some quarters for the first two Potter pics, but I think his comparatively lighthearted approach worked since the early chapters were as much about the Disneyland appeal of the Hogwarts school as anything else. But as J.K. Rowling’s books progressed, the child…
Wrath of woman scorned
A man was enjoying a night in a club downtown when he ran into a female friend of his. The woman became enraged when she saw him talking to another girl in the establishment, and after a brief exchange of unkind words, the woman left the club, leaving the man behind. When he left several…
Shower the people you love with love
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.” Should you ever hear those words issue from the lips of a desk clerk in a run-down, spooky highway motel, run like hell. Unfortunately Marion Crane, the sexy young centerpiece of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, doesn’t sense any foreshadowing, even though the director has laid it out for…
Noteworthy: Ken Will Morton
KEN WILL MORTON Talk about your left brain/right brain. Friday’s Sentient Bean show will put the spotlight squarely on Athens singer/songwriter Ken Will Morton’s acoustic side. He’s also a fierce electric guitarist, with a crackerjack band (the Wholly Ghosts), but this time, it’s just Ken Will and his ol’ acoustic. In 2008, Morton put…
Farewell, Pink Kodiak
As Maya Angelou said, so eloquently, about Michael Jackson: We had him. For nearly three years, Savannah had Pink Kodiak. Now he’s easing on down the road. Pink Kodiak is the nom de stage of Jeremy Hilbert, who writes sweet, simple, sometimes humorous songs, records basic tracks and then performs live – playing left-handed bass…
To the rescue!
Philip Palmer’s father Ken was one of Savannah’s best-known jazz musicians and orchestra leaders, and his wife Betty Rose – Philip’s mom – was his band’s vocalist. Understandably, the parents wanted their musically-inclined son to follow them into the family business. Philip Palmer, however, dug rock ‘n’ roll. “I guess it’s like a jock…
‘I’d like to do him justice’
In this the centennial year of Johnny Mercer’s birth, we’ve seen the Savannah songwriting legend honored in all sorts of creative ways, from theater to literature to dance. The bronze statue arrives in November. Music, of course, is always the best way to pay homage to a musical titan. One day soon, perhaps we’ll…
Those zany Scientologists
Lead Story Scientology trains its leaders a good deal more aggressively than other religions do, judging by the revelations by four former church officials to the St. Petersburg Times in June. In an exercise concocted by founder L. Ron Hubbard, leaders who screw up are taken out to sea and forced off a gangplank with…
Y2K prep: a total waste?
What’s the final word about Y2K? We were told this was a serious problem, and that huge dollars and man-hours were needed to head off trouble. Why didn’t the sky fall, as predicted? Were the dollars spent before January 1, 2000, well spent or not? The date change seemed seamless to a layman. Was this…
