Cilantro’s Mexican Cantina and Grill This new location of an old favorite has taken a definite step up in new digs located on Bay Street between Ruth’s Chris Steak House […]
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Cashing in
The photo used in the advertising for this week’s Tybee Seafood Festival shows a beautiful, sunny southern afternoon, with hundreds of happy folks strolling through a gigantic, neon carnival set […]
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What’s Next: The Hold Steady
It’s turning into a banner year for rock ‘n’ roll in Savannah – the fresh stuff, I mean. That REO Speedwagon concert last month doesn’t count. As if it weren’t […]
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Paint it Black
Comedians who riff on the day–to–day ridiculousness of the American political scene literally never run out of material. The folks in Washington, God love ‘em, don’t ever let them down. […]
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Three Days Grace, Secret Army
THREE DAYS GRACE Sandwiched between those young music lovers who fill their days (and iPods) with hip hop and R&B Lite, and those who prefer quirky electronica, pop country or […]
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‘A black comedy about white trash’
Sordid Lives, the Los Angeles Times said in 1996, “has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks. Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy.” Billing itself as […]
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Moa better beers
Many exotic critters are native to the Down Under nations of Australia and New Zealand. These animal oddities — koala bears, kangaroos, penguins — crop up on wine labels to […]
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From a local perspective: ‘The Last Song’ reviewed
No one in The Last Song ever utters the word Tybee. Not even once. Oh, someone does mention that the story is unfolding in Georgia, and a little sign about […]
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Dead in the water
There’s something foul on the Savannah River. And it’s not the stinking remnants of last week’s diesel spill. As sure as there’s green beer on St. Paddy’s Day, a homicide […]
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Dirty dozen
In an unusual twist, the stage production of Twelve Angry Men began life as a TV screenplay for the CBS series Studio One. Written in 1954 by Reginald Rose as […]
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Seductive Saracina
The label “Saracina” may not be a household name, but if I mention “Fetzer,” most wine drinkers would recognize the name. But the Fetzer family, particularly former CEO John Fetzer, […]
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Random bites: Bayou Cafe, Mirage, Cilantro’s
Bayou Cafe I have high expectations when I see Cajun food on a menu,. After all, it’s a cuisine built around integrity, tradition and freshness. That’s not what I found […]