Every city has a few things you cannot Google your way into. You hear about them from someone leaning in across a bar. Someone who lowers their voice just enough to make it feel earned. In Savannah, one of those things is a drink that does not appear on a menu. It lives at 1790, […]

Savannah Music Festival Is Back, And It’s Everywhere There’s a certain feeling that hits right before something begins. Not loud, not obvious. Just a shift in the air. In Savannah, that feeling shows up this time of year when the stages start waking up, when soundchecks echo through historic rooms, and when the Savannah Music […]

Some restaurants use fire like a prop. A flash of flame. A moment for the room to look up. A reminder that something primal is happening somewhere behind the pass. Here, the fire does not perform. It works. You notice it because it will not let you ignore it. The hearth sits at the center […]

He does not walk on stage with a plan. At the Savannah Music Festival, where the rooms are quiet in a different way and the audience actually listens, that choice carries weight. There is no setlist to fall back on. No predetermined arc. Just a piano, two other musicians, and whatever happens next. For Tord […]

The camera belonged to Jonathan Sage’s father. Jonathan found it while cleaning out a closet years after moving to Savannah. A Pentax K1000 from the late 1970s. Fully mechanical. Heavy in the hand. The kind of camera that does not guide you or correct you. It waits. It demands attention. And if you rush it, […]

Savannah is not trying to decide what it is anymore. That question is settled. It is not chasing polish, and it is not clinging to grit. It is not choosing between elegance and chaos. It wants both, and it wants them close enough that you can move between them without thinking about it. That instinct […]

Savannah does not slow down on St. Patrick’s Day. It simply changes gears. When the celebrations across the city begin to settle into the evening, one of the most respected voices in American songwriting will be stepping onto a stage just off Whitaker Street. Robert Earl Keen arrives at Victory North on March 17, bringing […]

Good coffee and observation. Though I write in cafes for simple reasons, serendipity abounds. Pop by Flora and Fauna sometime, my new favorite haunt. You just might spot me posted in a corner, head phones on, ticky tapping away. But believe you me, I see the face you make at that first sip melting away […]

When I’m not playing music in Savannah, South Carolina, or North Georgia’s boutique wineries, I’m a freelance writer. And though as musician I’m on the road regularly Wednesday through Sunday, I look forward to returning to the Hostess City’s Starland District. Here, I can catch up on emails and work on writing projects. And once […]

Dear Medford, and Boston. And whoever else wants to fight us on this. We’re going to say this one time. Jingle Bells was written in Savannah. And if you are wondering why this even needs saying, here is the short version. People have been arguing for years about where Jingle Bells was written. Medford claims […]

This is how the SCAD Museum of Art unveils its spring season. Not quietly. Not cautiously. But with intention. With international weight. With an artist whose influence stretches across music, performance, film, and technology. Laurie Anderson does not simply headline the season. She defines it. Daniel S. Palmer, chief curator at the SCAD Museum of […]

Inside a quiet Savannah studio, the air hums with focus. There’s music spinning on the record player, today it’s the Black Pumas, and a table with pen caps, over two hundred of them collected from the past two years. Each one is a casualty of obsession, a small testament to the hours Jayce Hall has […]

“The church next door could not have been better to us. That rumor was completely false. They were incredibly welcoming from day one.”   For years, the Darling Oyster Bar was a mystery. Locals peered through cracks in the papered windows, guessing what might be taking shape inside. The rumor mill spun faster than a […]

Savannah a city of creatives. In this series we explore how to bring out the most in our creative selves. We sat down with Hannah Equinazi. Hannah Esquenazi is a senior student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. You can find her work at hannahesquenazi.com or on Instagram @hannahesquenaziart.   When do you […]

There are a few events every year that quietly tell you where a city really is. Not what it says it is becoming, but what it already is. On paper, it sounds simple. A group of Savannah chefs. A farmers market. Good food. A good cause. Live music. But when you listen to how quickly […]