In This Issue

If you have ever been to the South magazine office, you know that from Bull Street, it appears to be just a door. A slim frame, snug between the cute primary colors of the Soda Pop Shop and the minimalistic…

Lifelong philanthropist Lois Wooten, a gleaming gem on Savannah’s crown, would like to apologize to any organization she’s involved in that is not mentioned here. The society queen simply has too many to name in this finite space. Her heart,…

Two huge grey Percheron draft horses named Rod and Todd pull a gorgeous surrey consisting of four rows of leather seats across the pristine coastal tract that is the Hampton Island Preserve. It’s an idyllic way to take in the…

A year after Fantasy Island was first broadcast in 1978, Philip Berolzheimer’s heirs turned their father’s private Georgia hunting island into a lodge accepting paying guests. It is unlikely that the pencil baron’s boys modeled their lodge after the hit…

  ERIK LYONS AND MARIA FERNANDA CASTRO WHAT THEY’RE DOING: The founders of Green Lifespace—Maria Fernanda Castro and Erik Lyons are Savannah’s go-to authorities on “going green.” Green Lifespace has three primary functions: Consulting businesses and individuals on greener methods…

We have an undeniable human tendency to gloss over the grittier neighborhoods of history—to avoid its darkest corners—in order to glorify the past. The woes of “the good old days,” as so many refer back to decades long past, were…

Wycliffe Gordon might not be considered a household name, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most prolific and acclaimed jazz performers around today. A native of Waynesboro, Georgia, Gordon first caught the eye of jazz legend…

These days, New York-born filmmaker John Sayles is as familiar with picking cotton as he is calling “action.” To be sure, Sayles—a godfather of independent cinema—is no carpetbagger. But he has wandered like a vagabond across the country, west to…

It’s been 22 years since the Battle of Mogadishu, but the images and the sounds still come. Retired Delta Force Command Sgt. Maj. Tom Satterly remembers watching the first Black Hawk helicopter spin out of control, realizing in that instant that instead of capturing enemy leaders his objective had become rescuing the Americans on board.

Heavy eating got you in a food coma? Let these vibrant, veggie dishes from our favorite restaurants wake up those taste buds!

Headaches. Stomachaches. Occasional bed wetting. Persistent coughing. These are nothing new to parents, but instead of being merely age-old earmarks of childhood ailments, these symptoms could turn out to be manifestations of something deeper and more sinister.

Like many southern boys, Bobby Deen grew up on a decadent diet of his mother’s best southern recipes. After years of feeling overweight he decided to take control of his diet. The result has changed the notion that Southern food can be healthy and delicious.

You voted and here they are, the cutest, sweetest, and most importantly, greatest kids in the South!

Emily Thurmon is on a journey to become one of the best ballerina’s in the country…. and at only 11 years old she just might do it.

Dr. Christa Jillard is opening up Savannah's first high-risk breast cancer clinic.

A dive bar, by definition, is an unglamorous neighborhood watering hole where friends and strangers come to swig light beer and throw a few darts. It’s a place void of pretention and fancy cocktails, where nobody gives a damn who you are yet most everyone already knows. The best dive bars have walls lined with cheaply framed photos offering grainy proof of the famous faces that were also once right here in this same dark space, lifting the lounge to legendary status that’s revered by locals.

Physical and spiritual advice for the new year.

Adrian Peterson’s athletic ability was apparent from the start; he was a two-time all-state, all-area selection and team MVP at Santa Fe High School in Alachua, Florida. He went on to play football at Georgia Southern University, where he dominated the field from 1998-2001. He finished his college career with 6,559 rushing yards, a Division I football record. He was inducted into the Georgia Southern hall of fame in 2012. From there, he made it to the NFL and played professionally for ten years with the Chicago Bears.

For most of us, going to the gym everyday can get monotonous to the point of discouragement—let these Athletes inspire you to mix up your routine and have some fun in the process

On a dark night, near a dimly lit backstreet in the heart of downtown, Kenneth Brown walks where few of us would choose to venture

Paul Fisher, a local retired businessman, believes targeting infants and toddlers could be the key to finding solutions to a wide variety of societal problems, including crime, poverty, low educational outcomes, and teen pregnancy.