Just got off the phone with the local parks service and tomorrow I go to check out the garden plots available for planting—free of charge—by Chatham County residents. The director of recreation told me these plots just west of the city used to fill up every year but that over time the number of active […]

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As part of its “Silver Anniversary Celebration,” the Savannah Tree Foundation is offering two interesting events. First is a lecture at the Coastal Georgia Center called “Trees: Growing Stronger and Healthier Communities,” by Dr. Kathleen Wolf of the University of Washington. That happens Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.On Wednesday morning at 8:30, Dr. Wolf will […]

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This month’s installment of GreenDrinks Savannah happens tonight at the Walker Mansion on Forsyth Park starting at 6 p.m. The formula also changes a bit, with a $5 charge at the door that covers “a free cocktail buffet, free wine or beer from Moon River and live entertainment by Silver Lining.”
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On his blog “Notes from the Food World,” writer/journalist Michael Ruhlman espouses the virtues of the humble coffee percolator, declaring “Percolator Love.” He wants to “rid the world of the ridiculous automatic drip coffee maker, a sham perpetrated on an unthinking, convenience-minded public.” I’d like to help him.
I currently own electric and stovetop percolators, and […]

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Gather a group of Savannah bicyclists in a room and they will invariably begin to share accounts of near misses involving inattentive or aggressive motorists. They’ll compare notes on which portions of the Lincoln Street bike lane are most often blocked by parked cars. It happens every time cyclists come together, just as […]

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