Archive for November, 2006

Posted in Food

I want a big, honkin’ burger…

Date November 29th, 2006 Comment 7 Comments

Where do I get it? For those who are visiting the Savannah area or who live here and just aren’t “in the know”…where are some of the top burger places? If we had to assign the “Top 5 burgers” in Savannah…what and where? Let’s hear it!

Posted in Charity, Holidays

Does Santa really ride a motorcyle?

Date November 29th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Last year I was leaving Oglethorpe Mall only to be held up in traffic by a GAZILLION motorcycles. I must have waited for ten minutes. And then at the end, it was all validated. There he was. Santa. And not only was he riding a bike but he was wearing […]

Posted in Tourism, Transportation, Holidays

Weren’t the diesel fumes enough?

Date November 27th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Excerpts taken from Old Town Trolleys
The 2006 holiday season heralds the return of The Holly Jolly Holiday Trolley Tour to Savannah. Our conductor “elves” are delighted to entertain and amuse guests with tales of our favorite Holiday Traditions. Guests will enjoy caroling from the Trolley as they pass by festively decorated historic homes and city […]

Posted in Misc.

Un-Con ‘07

Date November 23rd, 2006 Comment 5 Comments

Many of you know that we have been wanting to have a blog conference here in Savannah for some time. With over 40 reported low country bloggers it is essential we all talk and let each other know what is going on in our little ‘hood. With that said…I invite you to the […]

Posted in Odd, Holidays

The Savannah Day Parade

Date November 22nd, 2006 Comment 4 Comments

Imagine if Savannah, the hostess city as it were, had a Thanksgiving Day parade. Wouldn’t that be something? We would all head over to Forsyth Park on Wednesday around 3pm to watch the teams blow up the balloons of Paula Deen, Johnny Mercer, and Stratton Leopold? In true Savannah fashion we would […]

Posted in Announcements

The South hits the stands

Date November 21st, 2006 Comment 6 Comments

A friend of mine at Parkers Convenient Store got word that the new edition of The South magazine is in. He tells me it is a double cover issue and has some pretty cool articles including one on Michael Brown, the developer of the much disputed Drayton Tower, Santa Claus, Georgia, and some of […]

Posted in Health, City Planning, Festival

A city proud of its waste

Date November 20th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

So, the children’s literature festival was a success this weekend. I was able to pop in on a few story telling times and even meet a couple of local authors that are publishing their first children’s book. And as an unknown surprise I was able to drop by the City Mission Feast just […]

Posted in Misc.

On the porch of Savannah

Date November 18th, 2006 Comment No Comments

As I prepare to go to the lit. fest at Forsyth Park today I wanted to stop and take a second to pay verbal tribute to one of my favorite things in Savannah; my front porch. I encourage you to add a verse or two, if you like!
Alone I sit
On a stoop made of […]

Posted in Technology, Business

KBBs in Savannah

Date November 16th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

Yesterday I received an email from Angel Ratcliffe concerning the state of Knowledge Based Businesses in the Low Country. I felt like this was information that blogsavannah readers would be interested in. Therefore, I have included her email to me and the download links for the reports!
From Angel:
Once a year, The Creative Coast […]

Posted in City Planning, Politics

Blog Alert!

Date November 15th, 2006 Comment 3 Comments

It is about time we were let into the city council inner sanctum. Albeit it is vicariously through this blog, written by Scott Larson and his City Unfiltered blog on the SavannahNOW site. It is good stuff though and Scott has a great wit about his writing. So, today, we dedicate our […]