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How Absurd Can It Get? Hold My Burger
Does the whiplash of the current political rollercoaster have your eyeballs rolling around your head? Did you slip on your moldy porch from the shock of…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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Let's Revisit: ‘Savannah Difficult’
Truth be told, I’d already planned to take the next couple of weeks off long before all that’s gone down in the last few days. I thought I’d catch up on…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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How Not to Drive in Savannah
Roundabouts in Iceland with a Romanian stickshift. Almost over a cliff on a moped in Crete. Parallel parking a VW van on the 45 degree angle of San…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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America, Crown Thy Good
I’m going to make a highly unpatriotic confession: I can’t stand the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Folks get canceled these days for admitting far less, but…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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June 2024

The Three D’s of The Perfect Tomato Sandwich
I was going to call this “Ode to the Tomato Sandwich,” but it turns out that title has been taken. Many, many times.
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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Greater than the Sum(mertime) of Our Parts
When the children were small, and I was kind of going out of my mind trying to keep up with the laundry and beans out of their noses, those wiser than…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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The Johnny Harris Legend Lives On: The Secret Is the Sauce
If you were any kind of Savannah party person in the 20th century, you turned a twirl at Johnny Harris Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge on Victory Drive.
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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28 Hours in Augusta: Not Disgusta At All
Nicknames for places are tricky; they tend to stick, even when they no longer pertain.
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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May 2024

Let's Revisit: The Bugs Are Back in Town
Y’all seemed to really love the cicada story from a few weeks back, so let’s keep on buggin’ with this pesty piece from 2022. Paywall’s down for this…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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Post TEDx-matic Blessed Syndrome
Back in January, my stomach squirmed like a snake stuck in a bucket as I gussied up in my favorite fancy jumpsuit. I layered on a few necklaces and…
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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I Know Why The Cicadas Scream
It begins with a few lazy tones, like a middle school orchestra tuning up after lunch.
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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Night of A Thousand Casseroles (and A Whole Lotta Love)
With several hundred attendees and absolutely no directive about who should bring what, you think you’d end up with way too many green bean casseroles.
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
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