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If you eat out on Thursday

Date April 22nd, 2008 Comment No Comments

Consider choosing one of these locales, as they will be donating a percentage of sales on Thursday (4/24) to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes of local children who suffer from life-threatening illness.
In Savannah
45 Bistro • Atlanta Bread • aVida
A Whimsical Teacup • B. Matthews • Corleone’s Trattoria
Hirano’s (Habersham location only) •Houlihan’s […]

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You need Derby in your life

Date April 4th, 2008 Comment No Comments

What’s better than being toppled over by a smokin’ chick in torn fishnets while seated in the suicide section? Nothing!
You, too, can share in this distinct pleasure on Saturday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Savannah National Guard Armory, 1248 Eisenhower Drive.
“The Big LeBOUTski” marks the first bout of the season played in Savannah. […]

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Scott Larson wants to know where you party

Date March 28th, 2008 Comment No Comments

if you are under 20 years of age, that is. Here at BlogSavannah, we don’t flatter ourselves into thinking our posts attract such a youthful audience, but perhaps some of you readers have KIDS who are under 20?
Seriously, though, check out Larson’s challenge on his blog, The City Unfiltered. He wants to know where […]

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Lauren Lapointe performs Saturday at Cherchez la Femme

Date March 27th, 2008 Comment No Comments

Savannah folksinger Lauren Lapointe will perform this Saturday (March 29) at Cherchez la Femme - “Look for the Woman” - a Celebration of Women in Art.
The performance is free at the City of Savannah’s Black Box at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry Street in downtown Savannah.
For information, call 912-651-6783 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

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Unlock your muscles at work and home

Date March 19th, 2008 Comment No Comments

It’s easy to get sucked into your computer screen for hours on end, racing the clock to meet a deadline. STOP. Really, stop. You think you’re being productive, but, as the wise Lloyd Dobler once said, “YOU MUST CHILL!”.
Licensed massage therapist Charles Dane of Savannah Massage noticed my BlogSavannah T-shirt at the gym last […]

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One man’s retired plant is another man’s treasure

Date March 18th, 2008 Comment No Comments

So, I hear the Biannual Savannah-style plant swap is coming up on Saturday, March 29 from 8 to 11 a.m. at 415 West Boundary Street.
The garden site is about a mile south of Louisville Road, next to Chatham Steel, across from Garrison Elementary School.
Plant swaps occur in the spring and fall. Everyone is invited, those […]

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Environmental Education Workshops for Teachers

Date March 18th, 2008 Comment No Comments

The National Park Service announces the Summer 2008 Environmental Education Workshops at the Chattahoochee River Environmental Education Center.
Click here to see the flyer.
Registration is open to private and public school teachers, nature center instructors, resources agency educators, youth organization leaders, and all interested volunteers. College students receive a discounted rate.
Students may avoid lodging expenses by […]

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I know, I know, do we exist?

Date March 14th, 2008 Comment No Comments

I hope y’all are still reading BlogSavannah.Com. Maybe with your magical RSS subscription, you are visiting us now, yes?
Today, a good friend at Armstrong made me aware of a series of presentations and guided talks on health and women’s rights called “Embodied Inequalities.”
Of particular interest to the medical community is a presentation on Friday, March […]

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Savannah has wedding weather

Date March 6th, 2008 Comment No Comments

If you were married in Savannah, or attended a wedding in this city, consider yourself lucky. While Savannah’s weather has its ups and downs, it has often been spared hurricanes, snowstorms and other weather systems that have ruined many a couples’ Big Day.
In fact, five hundred couples from around the country recently entered the “Worst […]

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What are you doing on Saturday, March 8?

Date February 26th, 2008 Comment No Comments

How about taking a step toward a cure for AIDS?
The 2008 AIDS Walk for Life is on Saturday, March 8th from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. at Forsyth Park.
Walkers take off at 9:00.
You or someone you love could be at risk for becoming one of the 1 million people in the United States who are living […]