“I’m visiting my cousins from the south,” as my cousin Tim from Massachusetts referred to my brothers and I on a phonecall. “Y’all’s a bunch of Yankees,” said a Florida man my friends and I encountered in a town near Lake Worth, FL. When our Northern neighbors call us Southern and when our Southern neighbors…
Author: k8lynann
McDonald’s Infiltrates Historic Savannah
For the last two years, we knew it was coming. It just was put off for so long it still came as a shock to see the work begin on this historic building at the corner of Broughton and Jefferson Streets. Yesterday as I walked from the parking garage to work, my eyes were immediately…
They Fix Anything But A Broken Heart: Bradley’s Lock and Key is a Savannah Gold Standard
After living in Savannah for 2.5 years, I finally had the chance to go into this amazing little shop. It always drew my interest when passing by, but it wasn’t until my boss needed copies of a key made that I went in. Upon entering, I was immediately taken back to another place and time….
Shopping Local for Christmas and beyond
Every winter the holiday season seems to get more and more commercialized, with corporate greed seeming to trump common sense and the whole holidays bringing people together idea. This concept is not lost on many people, as evidenced by the recent Occupy movement, as well as just conversations I have had with various friends and…
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
Here is a recent photo from my site visit on 11 Oct 2011
A Marvelous Life-Ruth Gittone looks back on 100 years
I don’t know many people who can say they have attended a 100th birthday celebration. I am lucky enough say I’ve been to two. Most recently, on August 27th, my Auntie Ruth turned 100 in style with roughly 70 friends and family members enjoying an afternoon soiree at MerIghi’s Savoy Inn in Vineland, NJ. Vineland…
What makes a community?
It is precisely this question that we sought answers for one summer day in West Savannah. Working with a group of 3 students in a summer camp at the Moses Jackson Advancement Center (MJAC), we explored the elements that make a place more than a series of houses. MJAC exists to improve the lives of…
Presentation comments
Sorry I did not post this yesterday but if you have any feedback about my presentation I will be happy to take your comments!
The reason why I vote
I was recently doing some research about the former students who attended the Patapsco Female Institute in Ellicott City, MD. My hope is to find out what happened to the lives of these women after leaving school. True, Patapsco Female Institute transcended the typical ‘finishing school’ of the period with courses in natural philosophy, mathematics…
Divergent Wanderings 