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In this episode, Cody sits down with Richard Kessler, the visionary Chairman and CEO of The Kessler Collection. With over 50 years of experience in hospitality, Kessler has built a legacy of innovation, luxury, and excellence in hotel development and management.Kessler's impact on the industry is undeniable. He previously served as President and Chairman of Days Inns of America and has played a pivotal role in the boutique hotel movement. His passion for historic renovations has brought life to iconic properties like the Casa Monica Resort and Spa in St. Augustine, FL, The Mansion on Forsyth Park in Savannah, GA, and the transformative Plant Riverside District in Savannah. His influence also extends into the launch of Marriott's Autograph Collection, where he was the first and largest franchise operator in the U.S.Beyond hospitality, Kessler is deeply involved in philanthropy, supporting causes like the Treutlen House for abused children, the Kessler Reformation Collection at Emory University, and numerous scholarships for visual and performing arts education. His commitment to community and culture has shaped not only his properties but the industry as a whole.Tune in to hear Richard Kessler's inspiring journey, insights into hotel development, and his vision for the future of hospitality.Website: https://www.kesslercollection.com/ Follow us on Instagram - @thevibrantteam@virtualgmpodcastCheckout our website - www.thevibrantteam.com

Join Tamara for an interview with oil painter Carmen Aguirre, a Miami native who got her BFA Fine Art in Miami, and then went to Spain for graduate study with Valencian classical painter Amadeo Roca Gisbert.   Carmen moved to Savannah in 2016 and then spent about 10 years working for the former Grand Bohemian Gallery at the Mansion, eventually becoming Gallery Director. She is a figurative painter working in oil on canvas and/or panel. While she represents scenes of daily life, her objective is also to convey how the subject touches and inspires her.  Check out more of Carmen's work and follow her here:  https://www.instagram.com/carmenmaguirre/  https://www.carmenmariaaguirre.com/    Topics in their chat include: The sharp learning curve of her graduate program in Spain, where she was thrown into the deep end of representational oil painting; she reminisces about her college and grad school era of not being super concerned about what her art would lead her to, career-wise, but just being at peace about pursuing your art degree for learning's sake; living in Miami and attending Art Basel from when it began in 2002; how she moved to Savannah about 20 years ago after having visited her daughter here many times; how she met good friend and fellow painter Dana Richardson when coming across Dana painting in Forsyth Park; her preference for including a frame on her art to call it "finished;" lessons learned from a past solo show at the JEA in which she had 24 (!) paintings; what are mangroves?; her conceptual painting of an orange LifeSaver candy; her years of having real creative control over discovering new Savannah artists and bringing them into the Mansion's Gallery; her recent series of paintings exploring Daffin Park and depicting the sense of vast space there; and her goals for 2025 of: building up a big series of paintings, putting on a public show, and possibly starting a series of artist salons.   Tune in and get all the details! 

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Rolling Through Autumn: A Sibling's Festive Journey Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2024-12-08-08-38-20-he Story Transcript:He: בוקר שמשי היה בפורסת' פארק בסוואנה.En: It was a sunny morning in Forsyth Park in Savannah.He: עלים נשרו מהעצים אל הקרקע, מציירים שטיח מוזהב וכתום.En: Leaves were falling from the trees to the ground, painting a golden and orange carpet.He: אורי ונגה יצאו לפארק בעונת הסתיו החגיגית, עם רולרבליידס, לחגוג את חג החנוכה המיוחד שלהם השנה.En: Ori and Noga went out to the park during the festive autumn season, with rollerblades, to celebrate their special Hanukkah this year.He: אורי היה אח מסור, מוקדש למסורת ואוהב במיוחד את חנוכה.En: Ori was a dedicated brother, committed to tradition, and especially loved Hanukkah.He: הוא רצה שהשנה תהיה מיוחדת עבור נגה, אחותו הצעירה, שתמיד סבלה מאסתמה, אך לא נתנה לזה לעצור אותה מספורט.En: He wanted this year to be special for Noga, his younger sister, who always suffered from asthma, but didn't let that stop her from sports.He: נגה, ספורטאית בנשמה, נתקלה פעמים רבות בקשיים עם בריאות ריאותיה, אך תמיד ניסתה להתגבר על הטבע.En: Noga, an athlete at heart, often faced challenges with her lung health, but always tried to overcome nature.He: השניים התחילו לגלוש במרץ בשבילי הפארק, צוחקים ונהנים מהאוויר הקריר שהביא עמו הסתיו.En: The two began to skate energetically along the park paths, laughing and enjoying the cool air that autumn brought with it.He: לפתע, נגה התחילה להשתעל והתקשתה לנשום.En: Suddenly, Noga started coughing and had difficulty breathing.He: הפנים של אורי קפאו בחרדה.En: Ori's face froze in concern.He: הוא רץ אליה, לוקח את ידה בעדינות.En: He rushed to her, gently taking her hand.He: "נגה, קחי נשימה," אמר בקול רך.En: "Noga, take a breath," he said softly.He: נגה הרגישה מבוכה והתרגזה בעצמה.En: Noga felt embarrassed and frustrated with herself.He: היא לא רצתה להרוס את היום שלהם.En: She didn't want to ruin their day.He: "אני בסדר, אורי," אמרה בשקט, מנסה להתנער מהתחושה החונקת.En: "I'm fine, Ori," she said quietly, trying to shake off the choking sensation.He: אבל אורי התעקש.En: But Ori insisted.He: הוא הוציא את המשאף מתיקו והגיש לה אותו.En: He took the inhaler from his bag and handed it to her.He: "אין מה להתבייש, אנחנו כאן כדי ליהנות, לא לסבול," הוסיף בחיוך מעודד.En: "There's nothing to be ashamed of, we're here to enjoy, not to suffer," he added with an encouraging smile.He: אחרי שנגה השתמשה במשאף, הם ישבו על הספסל הקרוב, מוקפים במשפחות שחגגו את הדלקת הנרות במרכז הפארק.En: After Noga used the inhaler, they sat on a nearby bench, surrounded by families celebrating the candle lighting in the park's center.He: אור הנרות האיר את פניהם, מעצים את הרגשת החמימות שביניהם.En: The candlelight illuminated their faces, enhancing the feeling of warmth between them.He: אורי ונגה דיברו בנחת על מה שיעשו בשאר החג.En: Ori and Noga calmly talked about what they would do for the rest of the holiday.He: הם החליטו לשנות את התוכניות ולהתאים אותן יותר לנגה, בלי לוותר על הכיף.En: They decided to change their plans and adapt them more to Noga, without giving up on the fun.He: במקום פעילויות מאתגרות, בחרו בישיבה רגועה עם שוקו חם והנאה מהאוירה הפסטורלית סביבם.En: Instead of challenging activities, they chose to relax with hot chocolate and enjoy the pastoral atmosphere around them.He: כשלילה ירד, הם נהנו מהאור הקרוב של הנרות ומהרעשים השקטים של העלים הנופלים.En: As night fell, they enjoyed the nearby candlelight and the quiet sounds of falling leaves.He: אורי הבין את חשיבות ההתאמה לצרכים של נגה, ואילו היא קיבלה את תמיכתו באהבה, בלי להרגיש כעול.En: Ori understood the importance of adjusting to Noga's needs, and she accepted his support with love, without feeling like a burden.He: פסיו של הזמן בפארק הצטמצמו, ועליהם נשמע רק ההד הפנימי של אחווה ושיתוף.En: The passing moments in the park were reduced, leaving only the internal echo of camaraderie and sharing.He: כך, בפשטות, הם מצאו את דרכם המשותפת ליהנות מחנוכה, מתאימים את שמחתם לתנאים, וממלאים את הלב בחום משפחתי ואור.En: Thus, simply, they found their mutual way to enjoy Hanukkah, adapting their joy to the conditions, and filling their hearts with family warmth and light. Vocabulary Words:sunny: שמשיleaves: עליםfalling: נשרוgolden: מוזהבathlete: ספורטאיתchallenges: קשייםenergetically: במרץfaced: נתקלהconcern: חרדהembarrassed: מבוכהfrustrated: התרגזהshame: להתביישinhale: נשימהinhaler: משאףencouraging: מעודדcelebrating: חגגוilluminated: האירcamaraderie: אחווהovercome: להתגברadapt: להתאיםpastoral: פסטורליתserene: נחתquiet: שקטיםsupport: תמיכהburden: כעולinternal: פנימיmutual: משותפתfilling: ממלאיםtradition: מסורתdedicated: מסורBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Fluent Fiction - Hungarian: A Glimpse of Light: Finding Inspiration in Savannah's Glow Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hu/episode/2024-12-08-08-38-20-hu Story Transcript:Hu: Tamás szívét és fejét homály borította, miközben a Forsyth Park bejáratánál állt.En: Tamás' heart and mind were shrouded in haze as he stood at the entrance of Forsyth Park.Hu: Még soha nem járt Savannah-ban, mégis valahogy ismerősnek tűnt a hely.En: He had never been to Savannah before, yet somehow the place seemed familiar.Hu: A karácsonyi fények melegen ragyogtak, a magnóliafák között pislogtak, mintha suttogó köszöntést küldtek volna neki.En: The Christmas lights glowed warmly, flickering among the magnolia trees as if whispering a welcome to him.Hu: Tamás a tökéletes fotó reményében érkezett, de a szíve mélyén a magány is ott lapult.En: Tamás had come in the hope of capturing the perfect photo, but lurking deep in his heart was loneliness as well.Hu: Körülnézett, miközben a hideg téli levegő csípte az arcát.En: He looked around as the cold winter air pinched his face.Hu: A park tele volt emberekkel: nevető családok, kézen fogva sétáló párok, és egy barátságos kutya, aki a hóban ugrándozott.En: The park was full of people: laughing families, couples walking hand in hand, and a friendly dog frolicking in the snow.Hu: Tamás úgy érezte, hogy meg kell örökítenie ezt a pillanatot, de valami hiányzott.En: Tamás felt that he needed to capture this moment, but something was missing.Hu: Eliza a közelben állt, Marigold, a vidám golden retriever pórázát fogva.En: Eliza stood nearby, holding the leash of Marigold, the cheerful golden retriever.Hu: A kutya meglátta Tamást, és azonnal felé szaladt, mintha valami különlegeset érzett volna benne.En: The dog spotted Tamás and immediately ran towards him, as if sensing something special within him.Hu: Eliza kedves mosollyal követte Marigoldot, de egy része hezitált. Sok csalódás érte már, nehezen nyitott az új emberek felé.En: Eliza followed Marigold with a kind smile, but part of her hesitated, having been through many disappointments, making it difficult for her to open up to new people.Hu: Tamás lehajolt Marigoldhoz, és megsimogatta a fejét.En: Tamás bent down to Marigold and petted her head.Hu: Észrevette az egyik közeli standon Eliza gyönyörű festményeit, amelyek élénk színeikkel vonzották a tekintetét.En: He noticed Eliza's beautiful paintings at a nearby stand, their vivid colors catching his eye.Hu: „Nagyon szépek a képeid” – mondta Tamás csendesen, bátortalanságát leküzdve.En: "Your paintings are very beautiful," Tamás said quietly, overcoming his shyness.Hu: Eliza elmosolyodott, de még mindig óvatos maradt.En: Eliza smiled but remained cautious.Hu: „Ma este különleges valami van a levegőben” – mondta Eliza, miközben Marigold a lábai körül ugrándozott, vidám farkcsóválással.En: "There's something special in the air tonight," Eliza said as Marigold frolicked around her legs, wagging her tail joyfully.Hu: „Talán együtt alkothatnánk valamit.”En: “Maybe we could create something together.”Hu: A parkfények különleges atmoszférát teremtettek.En: The park lights created a special atmosphere.Hu: Tamásnak hirtelen ötlete támadt: "Mi lenne, ha fényből és árnyékból hoznánk létre valamit?"En: Tamás suddenly had an idea: "What if we create something from light and shadow?"Hu: Eliza szemében egy pillanat alatt megcsillant a lelkesedés.En: Eliza's eyes sparkled with enthusiasm in an instant.Hu: Ezen az estén, ebben a különleges, meghitt világban elkezdtek együtt dolgozni.En: On this night, in this special, intimate world, they began to work together.Hu: Tamás elhelyezte a kameráját, és Eliza segített neki úgy helyezkedni, hogy az árnyékok és fények összefonódjanak.En: Tamás set up his camera, and Eliza helped him position it so that the shadows and lights intertwined.Hu: Ketten valami újat és gyönyörűt hoztak létre: a fény és az árnyék tánca lett a képen.En: Together, they created something new and beautiful: the dance of light and shadow on the photograph.Hu: És ebben a pillanatban Tamás megérezte azt a hőn áhított inspirációt.En: And at that moment, Tamás felt the long-desired inspiration.Hu: „Ez az! Megvan” – mondta Tamás, arca felderült, miután elkészítette a képet.En: "This is it! I've got it,” Tamás said, his face lighting up after taking the picture.Hu: Érezte, hogy visszatért a kreativitása.En: He felt his creativity had returned.Hu: Eliza oldalán pedig valami másra is rátalált: új barátra és alkotótársra.En: Beside Eliza, he found something else too: a new friend and creative partner.Hu: Ahogy a park fényei lassan kihunytak, Tamás ígéretet tett, hogy visszatér.En: As the park lights slowly dimmed, Tamás promised to return.Hu: Eliza mosolyogva integetett utána, a szíve immár nyitottabb volt az új lehetőségekre.En: Eliza waved after him with a smile, her heart now more open to new possibilities.Hu: Marigold boldogan futott köztük, mintha azt ünnepelné, hogy valami szép kezdődött el.En: Marigold happily ran between them, as if celebrating the beginning of something beautiful.Hu: Savannah csillogó emlékei között Tamás új célt és hitet talált önmagában, Eliza pedig egyre inkább nyitott lett arra, hogy az élet milyen szépségeket hozhat még számára.En: Among the sparkling memories of Savannah, Tamás found new purpose and faith in himself, and Eliza became increasingly open to the beauty life might still bring her. Vocabulary Words:shrouded: borítottahaze: homályflickering: pislogtakcapturing: megörökítenielurking: lapultfrolicking: ugrándozotthesitated: hezitáltcautious: óvatosintertwined: összefonódjanaklong-desired: hőn áhítottdimming: kihunytaksparkled: megcsillantintimate: meghittcreativity: kreativitásaatmosphere: atmoszférátinspiration: inspirációtpossibilities: lehetőségekreglowed: ragyogtakvivid: élénkspecial: különlegesenthusiasm: lelkesedéspurpose: céltfaith: hitetloneliness: magányretriever: retrieverleash: pórázátdisappointments: csalódássparkling: csillogóflickering: pislogtakchilly: hideg

Fluent Fiction - Italian: A Squirrel's Serenade: Embracing Chaos in Forsyth Park Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/a-squirrels-serenade-embracing-chaos-in-forsyth-park Story Transcript:It: In una mattina di autunno, le foglie croccanti si spargevano per Forsyth Park a Savannah.En: On an autumn morning, the crunchy leaves were scattered across Forsyth Park in Savannah.It: Il sole splendeva tra i rami delle querce gigantesche, dipingendo ombre danzanti sull'erba verde.En: The sun shone through the branches of the gigantic oak trees, casting dancing shadows on the green grass.It: I bambini correvano, le coppie ridevano, e gli scoiattoli gironzolavano, sempre in cerca di avventure.En: Children ran around, couples laughed, and squirrels wandered about, always in search of adventures.It: Lucia e Giovanni camminavano lentamente sul sentiero del parco.En: Lucia and Giovanni were walking slowly along the park path.It: Lucia teneva con sé un cestino da picnic. Era decisa a impressionare Giovanni con le sue doti culinarie.En: Lucia was carrying a picnic basket, determined to impress Giovanni with her culinary skills.It: Giovanni, da parte sua, osservava con curiosità, sebbene nel suo cuore ci fosse un certo scetticismo.En: Giovanni, for his part, watched with curiosity, though there was a certain skepticism in his heart.It: Amava l'ordine e un certo livello di eleganza anche nel cibo.En: He loved order and a certain level of elegance, even in food.It: Trovarono un posto perfetto sotto un grande albero.En: They found the perfect spot under a large tree.It: Lucia aprì il cestino, mostrando con orgoglio panini artigianali, formaggi francesi e frutta fresca.En: Lucia opened the basket, proudly revealing artisanal sandwiches, French cheeses, and fresh fruit.It: Giovanni cominciava a essere affascinato dalla spontaneità di Lucia, ma il suo sguardo calcolatore notò qualcosa di insolito.En: Giovanni began to be fascinated by Lucia's spontaneity, but his calculating gaze noticed something unusual.It: Uno scoiattolo audace si avvicinava, attratto dai profumi invitanti.En: A bold squirrel was approaching, drawn by the inviting scents.It: Prima che Lucia potesse reagire, lo scoiattolo infilò la testa nel cestino.En: Before Lucia could react, the squirrel stuck its head into the basket.It: Con un guizzo, cominciò a frugare tra il cibo, seminando il caos.En: With a dart, it began rummaging through the food, spreading chaos.It: Lucia cercò di cacciarlo via agitando delicatamente una mano, ma lo scoiattolo era deciso e rapido.En: Lucia tried to shoo it away by gently waving a hand, but the squirrel was determined and quick.It: Giovanni osservava la scena, combattuto tra ridere o intervenire.En: Giovanni watched the scene, torn between laughing or intervening.It: Luoghi di pane e pezzi di formaggio cominciarono a volare mentre Lucia cercava di riprendere controllo della situazione.En: Pieces of bread and cheese began to fly as Lucia tried to regain control of the situation.It: Le persone intorno iniziarono a ridacchiare.En: People around started to chuckle.It: Giovanni, vedendo la determinazione di Lucia, scoppiò a ridere.En: Seeing Lucia's determination, Giovanni burst out laughing.It: Era un momento perfetto nella sua imperfezione.En: It was a perfect moment in its imperfection.It: Finalmente, Lucia riuscì a scacciare lo scoiattolo, ma nel movimento il cestino si capovolse.En: Finally, Lucia managed to chase the squirrel away, but in the movement, the basket tipped over.It: Panini e formaggi volarono in aria come una pioggia colorata.En: Sandwiches and cheeses flew into the air like colorful rain.It: Si fermarono entrambi, fissando i resti sparsi sull'erba.En: They both stopped, staring at the remains scattered on the grass.It: Dopo un'attimo di silenzio, scoppiarono a ridere insieme.En: After a moment of silence, they burst into laughter together.It: Non c'era più nulla che potessero fare se non ridere della situazione.En: There was nothing more they could do but laugh at the situation.It: Giovanni abbandonò i suoi pensieri di perfezione, scoprendo un nuovo apprezzamento per l'improvvisazione e il divertimento.En: Giovanni abandoned his thoughts of perfection, discovering a new appreciation for improvisation and fun.It: Lucia, nel vedersi rilassata e accettante, si accorse che erano proprio quegli attimi imprevedibili a rendere la vita speciale.En: Lucia, seeing herself relaxed and accepting, realized it was these unpredictable moments that made life special.It: Insieme, seduti sull'erba, condividevano ciò che rimaneva del loro picnic, godendo della compagnia reciproca e del parco in piena vita autunnale.En: Together, sitting on the grass, they shared what was left of their picnic, enjoying each other's company and the park's full autumn life.It: I momenti di imperfezione avevano arricchito la loro giornata, insegnando loro a godere del presente e del suo caos meraviglioso.En: The moments of imperfection enriched their day, teaching them to enjoy the present and its wonderful chaos. Vocabulary Words:oak tree: la querciashadow: l'ombrasquirrel: lo scoiattoloculinary skills: le doti culinarieelegance: l'eleganzabasket: il cestinoartisanal: artigianalicheese: il formaggioskepticism: lo scetticismospontaneity: la spontaneitàaroma: il profumogaze: lo sguardounusual: insolitoinviting: invitanterummage: frugarechaos: il caosintervene: intervenireremains: i restiimprovisation: l'improvvisazionejoy: la joydetermine: determinareappreciation: l'apprezzamentoacceptance: l'accettazioneunpredictable: imprevedibileenrich: arricchiremoment: l'attimoperfect: perfettodetermination: la determinazionesilence: il silenziocompanionship: la compagnia

Fluent Fiction - French: A Serendipitous Encounter in Forsyth Park Transforms Lives Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/a-serendipitous-encounter-in-forsyth-park-transforms-lives Story Transcript:Fr: Alors que les feuilles d'automne dansaient au rythme du vent, Forsyth Park se transformait en un tableau vivant coloré.En: As the autumn leaves danced to the rhythm of the wind, Forsyth Park transformed into a living, colorful painting.Fr: C'était la période du festival d'art local, et l'air était empli de rires, de musiques douces et de l'odeur du café chaud.En: It was the time of the local art festival, and the air was filled with laughter, soft music, and the aroma of hot coffee.Fr: Élise, une jeune artiste, arpentait les allées, l'appareil photo à la main, à la recherche de quelque chose.En: Élise, a young artist, wandered the paths, camera in hand, searching for something.Fr: Peut-être une étincelle, une inspiration.En: Perhaps a spark, an inspiration.Fr: Elle était venue à Savannah avec l'espoir de trouver un souffle nouveau pour son art.En: She had come to Savannah with the hope of finding a fresh breath for her art.Fr: Pourtant, une petite voix dans sa tête répétait : "Tu n'es pas assez bonne."En: Yet, a small voice in her head kept repeating, "You're not good enough."Fr: Mais les couleurs vives des peintures et les expressions concentrées des artistes autour d'elle offraient une lueur d'espoir.En: But the vivid colors of the paintings and the focused expressions of the artists around her offered a glimmer of hope.Fr: Non loin de là, Thomas réfléchissait à sa prochaine cible.En: Not far away, Thomas was pondering his next subject.Fr: Photographe local, il était habitué à capturer des moments, mais dernièrement, le monde de l'art lui semblait un peu terne.En: A local photographer, he was used to capturing moments, but lately, the art world seemed a bit dull to him.Fr: Il espérait rencontrer des artistes avec qui partager ses idées et, peut-être, raviver sa passion.En: He hoped to meet artists with whom he could share ideas and, perhaps, rekindle his passion.Fr: Leurs chemins se croisèrent devant une peinture sublime représentant des vagues s'écrasant sur des rochers.En: Their paths crossed in front of a sublime painting depicting waves crashing on rocks.Fr: Les yeux d'Élise brillaient d'admiration et de désir de créer.En: Élise's eyes shone with admiration and a desire to create.Fr: Thomas remarqua ses yeux émerveillés et s'approcha, hasard ou destin.En: Thomas noticed her enchanted gaze and approached, by chance or fate.Fr: "Elle est belle, n'est-ce pas ?"En: "It's beautiful, isn't it?"Fr: demanda Thomas avec un sourire.En: Thomas asked with a smile.Fr: Élise, un peu surprise, répondit timidement : "Oui, elle est magnifique.En: Élise, a bit surprised, timidly replied, "Yes, it's magnificent.Fr: Ça me donne envie de peindre."En: It makes me want to paint."Fr: Thomas l'observa un moment et puis dit : "Tu peins aussi ?"En: Thomas observed her for a moment and then said, "You paint too?"Fr: "Oui," avoua Élise.En: "Yes," Élise admitted.Fr: "Mais je doute parfois de moi.En: "But I sometimes doubt myself.Fr: Je ne suis pas sûre que mon travail soit assez bon."En: I'm not sure my work is good enough."Fr: Thomas sourit doucement.En: Thomas smiled softly.Fr: "On a tous des doutes.En: "We all have doubts.Fr: Peux-tu me montrer un peu de ton travail ?"En: Can you show me some of your work?"Fr: Après un moment d'hésitation, Élise sortit son carnet de dessins.En: After a moment of hesitation, Élise brought out her sketchbook.Fr: Thomas fixa les pages, ses yeux s'illuminant au fil des croquis.En: Thomas gazed at the pages, his eyes lighting up with each sketch.Fr: "C'est vraiment impressionnant," dit-il, sincère.En: "It's really impressive," he said sincerely.Fr: Élise se sentit soudain plus légère.En: Élise suddenly felt lighter.Fr: Elle entendait enfin les mots qu'elle avait besoin d'entendre.En: She was finally hearing the words she needed to hear.Fr: Ensemble, ils déambulaient parmi les stands, partageant histoires et conseils.En: Together, they wandered among the stalls, sharing stories and advice.Fr: Thomas parla de ses défis et de sa recherche de nouvelles perspectives.En: Thomas spoke of his challenges and his search for new perspectives.Fr: Élise se sentit encouragée par ses paroles et, peu à peu, sa confiance revenait.En: Élise felt encouraged by his words, and gradually, her confidence returned.Fr: "J'aimerais te présenter à quelqu'un," déclara Thomas soudainement.En: "I'd like to introduce you to someone," Thomas declared suddenly.Fr: "Un ami tient une galerie en ville.En: "A friend runs a gallery in town.Fr: Je pense qu'il aimerait ton travail."En: I think he'd like your work."Fr: Le cœur d'Élise battait la chamade.En: Élise's heart raced.Fr: "Tu le penses vraiment ?"En: "Do you really think so?"Fr: Mais avant qu'elle ne puisse trop douter, Thomas la guida vers un homme discutant avec passion de son dernier projet.En: But before she could doubt too much, Thomas led her to a man passionately discussing his latest project.Fr: Après une brève introduction, le galeriste exprima un vif intérêt à voir ses œuvres.En: After a brief introduction, the gallerist expressed great interest in seeing her works.Fr: L'enthousiasme d'Élise grandit avec chaque mot.En: Élise's enthusiasm grew with every word.Fr: À la fin de la journée, Élise était prête à prendre un nouveau départ.En: By the end of the day, Élise was ready to start anew.Fr: Thomas avait trouvé un sens renouvelé à son art en voyant l'espoir dans les yeux d'Élise.En: Thomas had found renewed meaning in his art by witnessing the hope in Élise's eyes.Fr: Ils avaient formé une connexion, chacun aidant l'autre à voir au-delà de ses propres craintes.En: They had formed a connection, each helping the other to see beyond their own fears.Fr: Forsyth Park, avec ses couleurs d'automne et ses esprits artistiques, avait réussi à transformer une simple rencontre en un nouveau chapitre pour deux âmes créatives.En: Forsyth Park, with its autumn colors and artistic spirits, had succeeded in transforming a simple encounter into a new chapter for two creative souls.Fr: Dans les jours qui suivirent, Élise préparerait sa première exposition, tandis que Thomas retrouverait le plaisir simple de capturer des moments, renouvelé par cette rencontre inattendue.En: In the days that followed, Élise would prepare for her first exhibition, while Thomas would rediscover the simple pleasure of capturing moments, renewed by this unexpected meeting. Vocabulary Words:the autumn: l'automnethe wind: le ventthe festival: le festivalthe aroma: l'odeurthe artist: l'artistethe path: l'alléethe spark: l'étincellethe inspiration: l'inspirationthe hope: l'espoirthe voice: la voixvivid: vivesthe painting: la peinturethe expression: l'expressionthe glimmer: la lueurthe photographer: le photographethe moment: le momentthe world: le mondedull: ternethe subject: la cibleto ponder: réfléchirto rekindle: raviverthe gaze: le regardthe fate: le destinthe doubt: le douteto admire: admirertimidly: timidementimpressive: impressionnantthe stall: le standthe advice: le conseilthe gallery: la galerie

Join Tamara for an interview with Mary Carol Kenney, a "figurative artist known for her work in painting and mixed media, often drawing inspiration from her surroundings to explore themes of nature, people, and culture." Mary Carol moved to Savannah in early 2021, largely because someone once told her she would really like it here, and joined the City Market Art Studios at the beginning of July, after having spent years working from her home studio. Visit her symbolism-filled figurative paintings and her pop art screenprints in her studio, or on Saturdays at the farmers' market/lane of artists selling in Forsyth Park!  * This Sunday, Sept 8 from 4-7pm we're throwing an Open Studios event at the City Market North side (above the Georgia Tasting Room) - please join us to chat with the artists and enjoy light refreshments and music! *   Check out Mary Carol's work and follow her here: https://www.marycarolkenney.com/ https://www.instagram.com/marycarolkenney/   Topics in their chat include: How Mary Carol transitioned from being a "happy hermit" in her home studio to working out of City Market at the beginning of July, to boost her sales from just selling Saturdays in Forsyth Park; what are cyanotypes and screenprints?; her time spent in Santa Barbara taking all variety of art and craft classes at the local school; her first career of working as a self-taught seamstress for 40 years; her thoughts about the "generosity of spirit" she saw amongst artists both in Savannah and in Santa Barbara; how Mary Carol ended up in Savannah based on someone once telling her she would really like it here; how she began her painting series of shells with Dutch pours through doing crafts with her young grandchildren, of which 6 paintings were recently chosen by a new interior decor shop downtown (!); how her "To Err is Human" series was inspired by the time she spent caring for her mother with late-stage dementia; getting involved in a few upcoming art fairs this fall: Gordonston and Isle of Hope; and her thoughts about selling in Forsyth Park and all of the energy the SCAD students bring to town.  Tune in and get all the details!

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Finding Home: A School Trip's Unexpected Discovery in Savannah Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/finding-home-a-school-trips-unexpected-discovery-in-savannah Story Transcript:Zh: 夏天，阳光明媚，微风徐徐。我和我的同学们在萨凡纳历史区进行一年的终点学校旅行。En: In the summer, with bright sunshine and a gentle breeze, my classmates and I went on an end-of-year school trip to the historic district of Savannah.Zh: 这里有鹅卵石街道，历史建筑，还有满满的绿色植物。En: This place features cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and abundant greenery.Zh: 特别是福赛思公园，那里有着著名的喷泉和挂满西班牙苔藓的橡树。En: Especially famous is Forsyth Park, with its renowned fountain and oak trees draped in Spanish moss.Zh: 我叫莉娜，刚刚从北京搬到萨凡纳。En: My name is Lina, and I just moved to Savannah from Beijing.Zh: 我很努力，想要融入新环境，结交新朋友。但我真的很想家，有时候感觉很孤单。En: I've been trying hard to fit into my new environment and make new friends, but I often feel homesick and lonely.Zh: 我的朋友魏是一名交换学生，他已经在这里一年了，适应得很好。En: My friend Wei is an exchange student who has been here for a year and has adapted well.Zh: 他很友善，热情，愿意帮助我适应。En: He is kind, enthusiastic, and willing to help me adjust.Zh: 学校组织这次旅行是为了庆祝学年的结束。大家都很兴奋。En: The school organized this trip to celebrate the end of the school year, and everyone was quite excited.Zh: 我有点紧张，因为我还不太熟悉这里的一切。En: I was a bit nervous because everything was still new to me.Zh: 魏看出了我的不安，走过来拍拍我的肩膀说：“放心，我会帮你。”En: Wei noticed my unease, walked over, patted my shoulder, and said, 'Don't worry, I'll help you.'Zh: 在福赛思公园，我和同学们一起游玩，看着美丽的喷泉。En: At Forsyth Park, I played with my classmates and admired the beautiful fountain.Zh: 我试图和大家聊天，但总是觉得有点拘束。En: I attempted to chat with everyone, but I always felt a bit restrained.Zh: 魏总是站在我身边，介绍我给其他同学认识。En: Wei stayed by my side, introducing me to the other classmates.Zh: 突然，我们有点走散了。En: Suddenly, we got slightly separated from the group.Zh: 魏和我迷路了。En: Wei and I got lost.Zh: 公园里的人很多，我有点害怕，但魏依旧很镇定。En: There were many people in the park, and I felt a bit scared, but Wei remained calm.Zh: 他微笑着对我说：“别担心，我们可以一起找到回去的路。”En: He smiled and said, 'Don't worry, we can find our way back together.'Zh: 我们沿着鹅卵石小径，边走边聊。En: We walked along the cobblestone paths, chatting as we went.Zh: 魏对我说起他刚来的时候，也感到很失落，很想家。En: Wei shared his own experience of feeling lost and homesick when he first arrived.Zh: 他告诉我，他是怎么通过结交朋友，参加学校活动，慢慢适应的。En: He told me how he gradually adapted by making friends and participating in school activities.Zh: 我也和他分享了我对北京的思念和到这里后的感受。En: I also shared with him my longing for Beijing and my feelings since arriving here.Zh: 我们走着走着，终于听到了同学们的声音。En: As we walked, we eventually heard the voices of our classmates.Zh: 原来我们并没有走远。En: It turned out we hadn't wandered far.Zh: 当我们重新和班级汇合时，我感觉心情轻松了很多。En: When we rejoined the group, I felt much more at ease.Zh: 通过和魏的交流，我觉得自己更有力量去面对新环境了。En: Through my conversation with Wei, I felt more empowered to face the new environment.Zh: 这次旅行结束后，我变得更愿意和同学们交流，也更积极参与各种活动。En: After the trip, I became more willing to talk with my classmates and actively participate in various activities.Zh: 魏也发现自己在帮我的过程中，更好地平衡了学习和友谊的关系。En: Wei also realized that by helping me, he found a better balance between studies and friendships.Zh: 我开始感觉到，萨凡纳这个地方，不再那么陌生。En: I started to feel that Savannah no longer seemed so foreign.Zh: 我终于有了家的感觉。En: I finally had a sense of home here.Zh: 而这个新的开始，让我的内心都充满了温暖和期待。En: This new beginning filled my heart with warmth and anticipation. Vocabulary Words:breeze: 微风historic: 历史district: 区cobblestone: 鹅卵石abundant: 满满的greenery: 绿色植物renowned: 著名的draped: 挂满的Spanish moss: 西班牙苔藓homesick: 想家exchange student: 交换学生adapted: 适应enthusiastic: 热情nervous: 紧张unease: 不安restrained: 拘束separated: 走散wandered: 走远empowered: 更有力量actively: 积极foreign: 陌生anticipation: 期待gentle: 徐徐的patted: 拍拍admired: 看着calm: 镇定path: 小径loss: 失落celebrate: 庆祝balance: 平衡

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: 4th of July Rescue: A Tale of Friendship and Survival Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/4th-of-july-rescue-a-tale-of-friendship-and-survival Story Transcript:Ca: El sol brillava intensament a Forsyth Park.En: The sun was shining brightly in Forsyth Park.Ca: Era el 4 de Juliol i tot el parc estava ple de gent celebrant la Independència.En: It was the 4th of July, and the entire park was filled with people celebrating Independence Day.Ca: Els nens corrien, les famílies feien pícnic, i una banda tocava cançons patriòtiques a prop de la font principal.En: Children were running around, families were having picnics, and a band was playing patriotic songs near the main fountain.Ca: Marcel, un artista local conegut, passejava amb el seu amic d'infància, Jordi, que havia vingut de Catalunya per visitar-lo.En: Marcel, a well-known local artist, was strolling with his childhood friend, Jordi, who had come from Catalonia to visit him.Ca: Marcel sempre havia tingut problemes amb l'asma, però avui volia gaudir del dia sense preocupar-se.En: Marcel had always had issues with asthma, but today he wanted to enjoy the day without worrying.Ca: Volia gaudir dels focs artificials, la música i l'ambient festiu.En: He wanted to enjoy the fireworks, the music, and the festive atmosphere.Ca: N'havia parlat molt amb Jordi i tots dos estaven entusiasmats amb la festa.En: He had talked a lot about it with Jordi, and both were excited about the celebration.Ca: La calor d'estiu era sufocant.En: The summer heat was stifling.Ca: El sol cremava la pell i l'aire era espès i pesat.En: The sun burned their skin, and the air was thick and heavy.Ca: Marcel va començar a sentir-se incòmode.En: Marcel started feeling uncomfortable.Ca: Cada respiració es feia més difícil i el seu pit estava molt tancat.En: Each breath became more difficult, and his chest felt very tight.Ca: Va mirar Jordi amb preocupació.En: He looked at Jordi with concern.Ca: Havia començat una crisi d'asma.En: An asthma attack had begun.Ca: "Jordi, no em trobo bé," va dir Marcel, amb la veu apagada.En: "Jordi, I don't feel well," Marcel said, his voice faint.Ca: Jordi va notar l'angoixa en els ulls del seu amic.En: Jordi saw the distress in his friend's eyes.Ca: "Has portat l'inhalador?En: "Did you bring your inhaler?"Ca: " va preguntar, ja sabent la resposta.En: he asked, already knowing the answer.Ca: "No, l'he deixat a casa," va admetre Marcel, penedit.En: "No, I left it at home," Marcel admitted regretfully.Ca: Fent un esforç, Marcel va intentar tranquil·litzar-se, però l'atac empitjorava.En: With effort, Marcel tried to calm himself, but the attack worsened.Ca: La seva visió es tornava borrosa.En: His vision blurred.Ca: No volia espatllar la festa per a Jordi.En: He didn't want to ruin the day for Jordi.Ca: Va intentar seguir caminant, però les seves cames no el sostenien.En: He tried to keep walking, but his legs wouldn't support him.Ca: Just al costat de la font, Marcel es va desplomar, la respiració era gairebé inexistent.En: Just beside the fountain, Marcel collapsed, his breathing almost nonexistent.Ca: Jordi, desesperat, va cridar per ajuda.En: Jordi, desperate, called out for help.Ca: La gent es va aturar i va mirar, alguns preocupats, altres sense saber què fer.En: People stopped and stared, some worried, others unsure of what to do.Ca: Per fortuna, una dona amb una samarreta roja de la festa es va apropar corrents.En: Fortunately, a woman wearing a red festival shirt rushed over.Ca: "Sóc infermera," va dir ella, traient un inhalador de la seva bossa.En: "I'm a nurse," she said, pulling an inhaler from her bag.Ca: S'inclinà sobre Marcel i li va donar l'inhalador.En: She leaned over Marcel and gave him the inhaler.Ca: "Respira profund, tranquil·litza't," li va dir.En: "Breathe deeply, stay calm," she instructed.Ca: Marcel va fer una respiració, després una altra.En: Marcel took one breath, then another.Ca: A poc a poc, l'aire va tornar als seus pulmons.En: Slowly, air returned to his lungs.Ca: La seva respiració es va estabilitzar una mica.En: His breathing stabilized a bit.Ca: Mentre això passava, Jordi va trucar a emergències i va explicar la situació.En: Meanwhile, Jordi called emergency services and explained the situation.Ca: Quan finalment va arribar l'ambulància, Marcel estava més calmat però encara feble.En: When the ambulance finally arrived, Marcel was calmer but still weak.Ca: Els paramèdics el van estabilitzar i el van portar a l'hospital per precaució.En: The paramedics stabilized him and took him to the hospital as a precaution.Ca: Jordi va anar amb ell.En: Jordi went with him.Ca: Passades les hores, ja a l'hospital, Marcel va mirar Jordi amb una nova determinació.En: Hours later, at the hospital, Marcel looked at Jordi with newfound determination.Ca: "He après la lliçó," va dir.En: "I've learned my lesson," he said.Ca: "Sempre he de portar l'inhalador.En: "I must always carry my inhaler."Ca: "Jordi li va agafar la mà.En: Jordi took his hand.Ca: "I jo he après que he de tenir més cura de tu," va respondre.En: "And I've learned I need to take better care of you," he replied.Ca: "No volem passar per això de nou.En: "We don't want to go through that again."Ca: "Després d'aquesta experiència, Marcel i Jordi van entendre millor la gravetat de la situació.En: After this experience, Marcel and Jordi understood better the seriousness of the situation.Ca: El 4 de Juliol no va resultar com havien planejat, però van sortir-ne més forts i més units.En: The 4th of July didn't turn out as they had planned, but they came out of it stronger and closer.Ca: Des de llavors, cada vegada que Marcel sortia, el seu inhalador anava amb ell, assegurant-se que mai més tornés a passar un ensurt tan gran.En: From that day on, every time Marcel went out, his inhaler went with him, ensuring that such a scare would never happen again. Vocabulary Words:the sun: el solshining: brillantbrightly: intensamentfilled: plecelebrating: celebrantIndependence Day: la Independènciachildren: els nensrunning around: corrienhaving picnics: feien pícnicpatriotic: patriòtiqueswell-known: conegutlocal artist: artista localstrolling: passejavachildhood friend: amic d'infànciavisit: visitarissues: problemesasthma: l'asmaheat: la calorstifling: sufocantthick: espèsheavy: pesatchest: el pitconcern: preocupacióattack: una crisicollapsed: es va desplomardesperate: desesperatnurse: infermerareturned: va tornarlungs: els pulmonsparamedics: els paramèdics

Fluent Fiction - Danish: A Daring Rescue in Forsyth Park on July 4th Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/a-daring-rescue-in-forsyth-park-on-july-4th Story Transcript:Da: Solen skinnede højt på himlen over Forsyth Park, en varm 4. juli i Savannah.En: The sun shone high in the sky over Forsyth Park on a warm July 4th in Savannah.Da: Parken var fyldt med mennesker, der fejrede friheden med picnics, grill og børns glade latter.En: The park was filled with people celebrating freedom with picnics, barbecues, and the joyous laughter of children.Da: Midt i al denne livlighed sad Søren og Astrid på et rødt tæppe under et stort egetræ.En: Amidst all this liveliness, Søren and Astrid sat on a red blanket under a large oak tree.Da: Søren havde slået sig ned i Savannah for nylig på grund af arbejde og håbede på at imponere Astrid denne sommerdag.En: Søren had recently settled in Savannah because of work and hoped to impress Astrid on this summer day.Da: Astrid var lokal og kendte hver en krog af parken.En: Astrid was a local and knew every corner of the park.Da: Hun nød at vise Søren stederne, der havde betydning for hende.En: She enjoyed showing Søren the places that were meaningful to her.Da: "Søren, har du nogensinde set noget så smukt?" spurgte Astrid, mens hun pegede på den gamle springvand, der reflekterede solens stråler.En: "Søren, have you ever seen anything so beautiful?" Astrid asked while pointing at the old fountain that reflected the sun's rays.Da: "Nej, det er virkelig fantastisk," svarede Søren med et smil.En: "No, it's truly amazing," Søren replied with a smile.Da: Men under overfladen var han nervøs.En: But below the surface, he was nervous.Da: Han havde en hemmelighed han ikke havde delt med Astrid endnu – en alvorlig allergi.En: He had a secret he hadn't shared with Astrid yet—a serious allergy.Da: De tog maden frem, som Søren havde forberedt.En: They took out the food that Søren had prepared.Da: Sandwicher, frugt og kage.En: Sandwiches, fruit, and cake.Da: Alt virkede perfekt.En: Everything seemed perfect.Da: Men da Søren tog en stor bid af sandwichen, vidste han straks, at noget var galt.En: But when Søren took a big bite of the sandwich, he immediately knew something was wrong.Da: Hans hals begyndte at føles stram, og hans ansigt blev rødt.En: His throat began to feel tight, and his face turned red.Da: "Astrid, jeg... jeg tror, jeg er allergisk," stammede Søren, mens han forsøgte at skjule sin frygt.En: "Astrid, I... I think I'm allergic," Søren stammered, trying to conceal his fear.Da: Astrid kunne straks se, at noget var meget galt.En: Astrid could immediately see that something was very wrong.Da: "Åh nej, Søren! Jeg vidste ikke, du havde allergier. Hvad skal vi gøre?" Astrids egen frygt begyndte at tage over.En: "Oh no, Søren! I didn't know you had allergies. What should we do?" Astrid's own fear began to take over.Da: Minderne om tidligere medicinske nødsituationer vældede op i hende, og hendes hænder rystede.En: Memories of previous medical emergencies surged in her, and her hands trembled.Da: Søren forsøgte at berolige hende.En: Søren tried to calm her.Da: "Det er okay, Astrid. Jeg har medicin i min taske," hviskede han, mens hans vejrtrækning blev mere besværet.En: "It's okay, Astrid. I have medicine in my bag," he whispered as his breathing became more labored.Da: Astrid bukkede sig hurtigt ned og fandt Sørens taske.En: Astrid quickly crouched down and found Søren's bag.Da: Hun rodede panisk rundt, indtil hun fandt den lille sprøjte med allergimedicinen.En: She frantically rummaged through it until she found the small syringe with the allergy medication.Da: Hun tog en dyb indånding og tænkte, "Jeg bliver nødt til at klare det her."En: She took a deep breath and thought, "I have to handle this."Da: Hun satte sig ved Søren og injicerede medicinen i hans lår.En: She sat by Søren and injected the medicine into his thigh.Da: "Søren! Sig noget, er du okay?" råbte hun, mens tårerne begyndte at fylde hendes øjne.En: "Søren! Say something, are you okay?" she cried as tears began to fill her eyes.Da: Søren begyndte langsomt at trække vejret lettere, men han var stadig svag.En: Søren slowly began to breathe easier, but he was still weak.Da: "Vi skal have fat i en ambulance," sagde Astrid bestemt.En: "We need to call an ambulance," Astrid said decisively.Da: Hun rejste sig og råbte til de nærmeste mennesker.En: She stood up and called out to the nearest people.Da: "Hjælp! Vi har brug for en ambulance!"En: "Help! We need an ambulance!"Da: Folkene omkring dem kom hurtigt til undsætning.En: The people around them quickly came to their aid.Da: En mand ringede 112, og en kvinde hjalp med at holde Søren i ro.En: A man called 911, and a woman helped keep Søren calm.Da: Astrid sad ved hans side, holdt hans hånd og forsøgte at berolige både sig selv og ham.En: Astrid sat by his side, holding his hand and trying to calm both herself and him.Da: Ambulancen ankom hurtigt, og paramedicinerne tog sig af Søren.En: The ambulance arrived quickly, and the paramedics took care of Søren.Da: Astrid fulgte med til hospitalet, hvor lægerne hurtigt stabiliserede ham.En: Astrid accompanied him to the hospital, where the doctors promptly stabilized him.Da: Efter et par timer kom en læge ud og smilte beroligende til Astrid.En: After a few hours, a doctor came out and smiled reassuringly at Astrid.Da: "Han kommer til at klare sig fint.En: "He's going to be fine.Da: Det var godt, du handlede så hurtigt."En: It was good you acted so quickly."Da: Astrid åndede lettet op og gik ind til Søren.En: Astrid breathed a sigh of relief and went in to see Søren.Da: Han lå der, træt men smilende.En: He lay there, tired but smiling.Da: "Du reddede mig, Astrid.En: "You saved me, Astrid.Da: Jeg ved ikke, hvordan jeg skal takke dig."En: I don't know how to thank you."Da: Astrid satte sig ved hans side og tog hans hånd.En: Astrid sat by his side and took his hand.Da: "Du behøver ikke takke mig.En: "You don't need to thank me.Da: Jeg er glad for, at du er okay.En: I'm just glad you're okay.Da: Og måske... er der mere mellem os end bare venskab."En: And maybe... there's more between us than just friendship."Da: Søren smilte bredt og nikkede.En: Søren smiled broadly and nodded.Da: De havde begge lært noget vigtigt denne dag.En: They both had learned something important that day.Da: Ærlighed og mod kunne overvinde meget, selv frygten for det ukendte.En: Honesty and courage could overcome much, even the fear of the unknown. Vocabulary Words:shone: skinnedecelebrating: fejredejoyous: gladeliveliness: livlighedblanket: tæppelarge: stortsettled: slået sig nedimpress: imponerecorner: krogmeaningful: betydningamazing: fantastisksurface: overfladennervous: nervøsprepared: forberedtthroat: halstight: stramconceal: skjuleimmediately: straksemergency: nødsituationertrembled: rystedecalm: beroligerummaged: rodedefrantically: panisklabored: besværetcried: råbtetrembling: rystedeinject: injiceresyringe: sprøjtehandle: klareambulance: ambulance

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: From Isolation to Connection: Lars' Leap at the Summer Picnic Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/from-isolation-to-connection-lars-leap-at-the-summer-picnic Story Transcript:Sv: Solen sken starkt över Forsyth Park.En: The sun shone brightly over Forsyth Park.Sv: Lars stod i skuggan av ett stort ekträd, och betraktade sina klasskamrater.En: Lars stood in the shade of a large oak tree, watching his classmates.Sv: Alla var så glada.En: Everyone was so happy.Sv: De spelade frisbee, åt smörgåsar och skrattade.En: They were playing frisbee, eating sandwiches, and laughing.Sv: Det var sommarens slutet av året-picknick, och Lars kände sig lite ensam.En: It was the end-of-the-year summer picnic, and Lars felt a bit lonely.Sv: Lars var en utbytesstudent från Sverige.En: Lars was an exchange student from Sweden.Sv: Han hade varit i Savannah hela året, men kände fortfarande att han inte riktigt passade in.En: He had been in Savannah for a whole year but still felt like he didn't quite fit in.Sv: Han längtade efter att få vänner innan skolåret slutade.En: He longed to make friends before the school year ended.Sv: Han ville få någon att dela minnen med.En: He wanted someone to share memories with.Sv: Freja, en annan svensk student, satt med en grupp och skrattade.En: Freja, another Swedish student, was sitting with a group and laughing.Sv: Hon hade anpassat sig mycket bättre.En: She had adapted much better.Sv: Lars såg på när hon deltog i ett gruppspel.En: Lars watched as she participated in a group game.Sv: "Om jag ändå vågade", tänkte han.En: "If only I dared," he thought.Sv: Han fortsatte att titta, och kunde inte bestämma sig.En: He continued to watch, unable to decide.Sv: Skulle han stanna kvar där han var, eller skulle han ta steget och ansluta sig till spelet?En: Should he stay where he was, or should he take the step and join the game?Sv: Hans hjärta bultade nervöst.En: His heart pounded nervously.Sv: Han ville verkligen ha vänner här.En: He really wanted to make friends here.Sv: Det var nu eller aldrig.En: It was now or never.Sv: Lars tog ett djupt andetag och gick framåt.En: Lars took a deep breath and walked forward.Sv: Han pustade ut när han ställde upp sig i en led.En: He exhaled as he lined up.Sv: Spelet hade börjat, men det verkade som om han fortfarande kunde hoppa in.En: The game had already started, but it seemed like he could still jump in.Sv: Freja såg honom och vinkade glatt.En: Freja saw him and waved cheerfully.Sv: Det gav honom lite mod.En: That gave him a bit of courage.Sv: Spelet kräver snabbhet och precision.En: The game required speed and precision.Sv: Lars fick bollen och tvekade bara ett ögonblick innan han sköt den mot målet.En: Lars got the ball and hesitated for just a moment before shooting it towards the goal.Sv: Många ögon var på honom.En: Many eyes were on him.Sv: Under ett ögonblick stod allt stilla, sedan gick bollen in!En: For a moment, everything stood still, then the ball went in!Sv: Hans lag jublade.En: His team cheered.Sv: Efter spelet kom Freja fram till honom.En: After the game, Freja came up to him.Sv: "Bra jobbat, Lars!"En: "Great job, Lars!"Sv: sade hon med ett leende.En: she said with a smile.Sv: Lars kände hur en börda lyftes från hans axlar.En: Lars felt as if a burden had been lifted from his shoulders.Sv: De andra i gruppen nickade uppskattande mot honom.En: The others in the group nodded appreciatively at him.Sv: "Vill du sitta med oss?"En: "Do you want to sit with us?"Sv: frågade Freja och pekade mot sin filt.En: Freja asked, pointing to her blanket.Sv: Lars nickade och följde med henne.En: Lars nodded and followed her.Sv: De satte sig ner, och snart var han involverad i samtal.En: They sat down, and soon he was involved in conversations.Sv: De pratade om sina hemstäder, roliga minnen och planer för framtiden.En: They talked about their hometowns, funny memories, and future plans.Sv: Lars kände sig mer och mer delaktig.En: Lars felt more and more included.Sv: Han skrattade och berättade historier om Sverige.En: He laughed and shared stories about Sweden.Sv: För första gången kände han att han var en del av något.En: For the first time, he felt like he was a part of something.Sv: Det var en underbar känsla.En: It was a wonderful feeling.Sv: När solen började gå ner, tänkte Lars på hur mycket som hade förändrats på en dag.En: As the sun began to set, Lars thought about how much had changed in one day.Sv: Han hade tagit risken, och det hade varit värt det.En: He had taken the risk, and it had been worth it.Sv: Han hade funnit en liten bit av tillhörighet här, långt hemifrån.En: He had found a bit of belonging here, far from home.Sv: Från den dagen var Lars mer självsäker och öppen.En: From that day on, Lars was more confident and open.Sv: Han insåg att det gick att hitta vänner och må bra, även i ett främmande land.En: He realized that it was possible to find friends and feel good, even in a foreign country.Sv: Hans år i Savannah skulle alltid vara speciellt för honom, tack vare den dagen i Forsyth Park.En: His year in Savannah would always be special to him, thanks to that day in Forsyth Park. Vocabulary Words:shone: skenshade: skugganoak tree: ekträdlonely: ensamexchange student: utbytesstudentwhole: helalonged: längtadememories: minnenadapted: anpassatdared: vågadecontinued: fortsattenervously: nervöstprecision: precisionhesitated: tvekadegoal: måletcheered: jubladeburden: bördaappreciatively: uppskattandeblanket: filtincluded: delaktigwonderful: underbarworth: värtbelonging: tillhörighetconfident: självsäkerrealized: insågpossible: gickforeign: främmandespecial: specielltshared: berättadepounded: bultade

Fluent Fiction - Spanish: Teen Trio Takes on Ghostly Treasure Hunt in Historic Savannah Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/teen-trio-takes-on-ghostly-treasure-hunt-in-historic-savannah Story Transcript:Es: El sol brillaba intensamente en el distrito histórico de Savannah.En: The sun shone intensely in Savannah's historic district.Es: Los árboles con musgo español creaban sombras intrigantes, y el bullicio de turistas llenaba el aire con risas y conversación.En: The trees draped with Spanish moss created intriguing shadows, and the bustle of tourists filled the air with laughter and conversation.Es: Forsyth Park, con su famosa fuente, se convirtió en el centro de una emocionante búsqueda del tesoro de verano.En: Forsyth Park, with its famous fountain, became the center of an exciting summer treasure hunt.Es: Entre los participantes, Mateo, Clara y Lucia formaban un equipo muy especial.En: Among the participants, Mateo, Clara, and Lucia formed a very special team.Es: Lucia era la líder entusiasta del grupo.En: Lucia was the enthusiastic leader of the group.Es: Su objetivo era claro: ganar la búsqueda del tesoro y impresionar a Juan, su amor secreto.En: Her goal was clear: to win the treasure hunt and impress Juan, her secret love.Es: Mateo, siempre optimista y juguetón, en realidad tenía miedo de los fantasmas.En: Mateo, always optimistic and playful, was actually afraid of ghosts.Es: Clara, la más pragmática del grupo, aunque escéptica, era bastante supersticiosa.En: Clara, the most pragmatic of the group, though skeptical, was quite superstitious.Es: —¡Vamos, chicos!En: "Come on, guys!Es: La siguiente pista dice que debemos tomarnos una selfie con el "fantasma" de la fuente de Forsyth Park —dijo Lucia con energía.En: The next clue says we need to take a selfie with the 'ghost' of the Forsyth Park fountain," Lucia said energetically.Es: Clara suspiró y revisó el mapa que llevaba.En: Clara sighed and checked the map she was carrying.Es: —¿Un fantasma?En: "A ghost?Es: No creo en esas cosas, pero creo que podemos hacer una foto interesante —comentó, tratando de ocultar su nerviosismo.En: I don't believe in those things, but I think we can make an interesting photo," she commented, trying to hide her nervousness.Es: Caminaron por el sendero empedrado hasta la fuente.En: They walked along the cobblestone path to the fountain.Es: El agua brillaba con la luz del sol y los turistas tomaban fotos alrededor.En: The water sparkled in the sunlight and tourists were taking photos around.Es: —¿Cómo vamos a encontrar un fantasma?En: "How are we going to find a ghost?"Es: —preguntó Mateo, su voz temblando un poco.En: Mateo asked, his voice trembling a bit.Es: —No necesitamos encontrarlo de verdad —explicó Lucia—.En: "We don't really need to find one," Lucia explained.Es: Solo tenemos que ser creativos.En: "We just need to be creative.Es: Podemos usar una sábana blanca y algunos efectos especiales.En: We can use a white sheet and some special effects."Es: Mateo asintió, algo más tranquilo.En: Mateo nodded, feeling a bit more at ease.Es: Clara observó la fuente y dijo: —Tengo una linterna que puede ayudar con los efectos de luz.En: Clara looked at the fountain and said: "I have a flashlight that can help with the lighting effects."Es: Mientras preparaban su plan, vieron a Juan y su equipo cerca de la fuente.En: As they were preparing their plan, they saw Juan and his team near the fountain.Es: Lucia sintió que el corazón le latía más rápido.En: Lucia felt her heart beat faster.Es: —Es nuestra oportunidad, chicos.En: "This is our chance, guys.Es: ¡Vamos!En: Let's go!"Es: —exclamó Lucia.En: Lucia exclaimed.Es: Mateo se envolvió en la sábana blanca, mientras Clara sostenía la linterna para crear sombras espeluznantes.En: Mateo wrapped himself in the white sheet, while Clara held the flashlight to create spooky shadows.Es: Lucia preparó su cámara.En: Lucia prepared her camera.Es: Justo cuando estaban listos para capturar la foto, una brisa extraña hizo que la sábana de Mateo se moviera de manera extraña.En: Just as they were ready to capture the photo, a strange breeze made Mateo's sheet move strangely.Es: —¡Uy!En: "Eeek!"Es: —gritó Mateo, saltando asustado.En: Mateo screamed, jumping in fright.Es: —¿Qué pasó?En: "What happened?"Es: —preguntó Clara.En: Clara asked.Es: Antes de que Mateo pudiera responder, notaron una figura borrosa cerca de la fuente.En: Before Mateo could respond, they noticed a blurry figure near the fountain.Es: Parecía un verdadero fantasma, moviéndose lentamente hacia ellos.En: It seemed like a real ghost, moving slowly towards them.Es: Los tres se quedaron congelados, sin saber qué hacer.En: The three were frozen, unsure of what to do.Es: Lucia, sin embargo, no perdió tiempo y tomó la foto.En: Lucia, however, didn't waste any time and took the photo.Es: —¡Lo tenemos!En: "We got it!"Es: —dijo con una sonrisa.En: she said with a smile.Es: La figura desapareció tan rápido como había aparecido.En: The figure disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.Es: Clara y Mateo se miraron con ojos muy abiertos.En: Clara and Mateo looked at each other with wide eyes.Es: —¿Eso fue real?En: "Was that real?"Es: —preguntó Mateo, todavía temblando.En: Mateo asked, still trembling.Es: —No lo sé, pero lo importante es que tenemos la foto —respondió Clara, tratando de calmarse.En: "I don't know, but the important thing is we have the photo," Clara responded, trying to calm down.Es: Cuando entregaron la foto a los jueces, todos quedaron impresionados.En: When they handed the photo to the judges, everyone was impressed.Es: La imagen realmente parecía tener un fantasma real.En: The picture really seemed to have a real ghost.Es: Lucia, Mateo y Clara ganaron la búsqueda del tesoro.En: Lucia, Mateo, and Clara won the treasure hunt.Es: Esa noche, durante la ceremonia de premios, Lucia miró a Juan.En: That night, during the award ceremony, Lucia looked at Juan.Es: Él le sonrió y le dio un pulgar arriba.En: He smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up.Es: —Hicimos un buen trabajo equipo —dijo Lucia, sintiéndose más segura que nunca.En: "We did a good job, team," Lucia said, feeling more confident than ever.Es: Mateo y Clara estaban igualmente satisfechos.En: Mateo and Clara were equally satisfied.Es: Habían cuestionado sus miedos y habían aprendido a confiar más en Lucia y entre ellos.En: They had questioned their fears and learned to trust Lucia and each other more.Es: Y aunque todos se fueron a casa con más preguntas sobre los fantasmas de Savannah, una cosa era cierta: habían vivido una aventura inolvidable.En: And although they all went home with more questions about the ghosts of Savannah, one thing was certain: they had lived an unforgettable adventure.Es: Forsyth Park, con su misteriosa atmósfera y la icónica fuente, siguió siendo un lugar mágico para todos los que participaban en la búsqueda del tesoro de verano.En: Forsyth Park, with its mysterious atmosphere and iconic fountain, continued to be a magical place for all those participating in the summer treasure hunt. Vocabulary Words:the historic district: el distrito históricothe shadows: las sombrasthe tourists: los turistasthe laughter: las risasthe conversation: la conversaciónthe treasure hunt: la búsqueda del tesorothe participant: el participanteenthusiastic: entusiastathe goal: el objetivothe secret love: el amor secretooptimistic: optimistaplayful: juguetónthe ghost: el fantasmapragmatic: pragmáticaskeptical: escépticasuperstitious: supersticiosathe clue: la pistathe sigh: el suspirothe cobblestone path: el sendero empedradothe flashlight: la linternathe breeze: la brisathe nervousness: el nerviosismothe figure: la figurablurry: borrosato freeze: quedarse congeladoto disappear: desaparecerto impress: impresionarthe judges: los juecesthe award ceremony: la ceremonia de premiosthe adventure: la aventura

Fluent Fiction - Korean: Summer Rescue: Friendship & Bravery at Forsyth Park Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/summer-rescue-friendship-bravery-at-forsyth-park Story Transcript:Ko: 여름의 햇살이 반짝이는 포사이스 공원은 사람들로 가득 찼다.En: Forsyth Park, with the sparkling summer sunlight, was filled with people.Ko: 푸른 잎사귀와 스페인 이끼가 걸린 떡갈나무가 그늘을 만들어 감탄을 자아냈다.En: The oak trees adorned with green leaves and Spanish moss created shaded areas that drew admiration.Ko: 미니는 관광 가이드로서 손님들에게 이야기를 들려주고 있었다.En: Minnie, working as a tour guide, was narrating stories to the guests.Ko: “여기는 사바나의 포사이스 공원입니다,” 미니가 밝게 말했다. “여름 동안 이곳은 많은 관광객이 찾는 명소예요.”En: “This is Forsyth Park in Savannah,” Minnie said brightly. “It's a popular spot for tourists during the summer.”Ko: 훤은 사진을 찍는 데 열중해 있었다.En: Hwon was engrossed in taking photos.Ko: 그는 사바나에 처음 왔고, 이곳의 아름다움을 사진에 담고 싶었다.En: It was his first visit to Savannah, and he wanted to capture its beauty in his pictures.Ko: 지수는 미니의 가까운 친구이자 의대생이었다. 오늘은 미니를 도와주려고 나왔다.En: Jisoo, Minnie's close friend and a medical student, had come out to help Minnie today.Ko: 유달리 더운 날이었지만, 훤은 그 사실을 잊고 있었다.En: Though it was an exceptionally hot day, Hwon had forgotten about it.Ko: “조금만 더 찍고,” 훤이 중얼거리며 계속 사진을 찍었다.En: “Just a few more shots,” Hwon muttered, continuing to take photos.Ko: 시간이 지나고 훤은 점점 피곤해지기 시작했다.En: As time passed, Hwon began to feel increasingly fatigued.Ko: 그러나 그는 쉬지 않았다.En: However, he didn't take a break.Ko: 결국 훤은 갑자기 얼굴이 창백해지며 쓰러지기 시작했다.En: Eventually, Hwon's face suddenly turned pale, and he started to collapse.Ko: 미니는 놀라서 달려왔다. “훤! 괜찮아요?” 미니가 외쳤다.En: Minnie, alarmed, ran over. “Hwon! Are you okay?” Minnie shouted.Ko: 그러나 훤은 움직이지 않았다.En: But Hwon did not move.Ko: 지수도 달려왔다. “일단 그늘로 옮겨야 해,” 지수가 말했다.En: Jisoo also rushed over. “We need to move him to the shade first,” Jisoo said.Ko: 미니와 지수는 훤을 그늘로 옮기고, 물을 찾아서 주었다.En: Minnie and Jisoo moved Hwon to a shaded area and found some water to give him.Ko: 그러나 상황은 여전히 심각해 보였다.En: However, the situation still looked serious.Ko: “미니, 나한테 휴대폰 줘. 응급 상황이야,” 지수가 침착하게 말했다.En: “Minnie, give me your phone. It's an emergency,” Jisoo said calmly.Ko: 미니는 재빨리 휴대폰을 건네주고 응급서비스에 전화를 걸었다.En: Minnie quickly handed over her phone, and Jisoo called emergency services.Ko: 지수는 훤을 살피기 시작했다. “도와줄 방법이 있어,” 지수가 자신 있게 말했다.En: Jisoo began to check Hwon. “There's a way to help,” Jisoo said confidently.Ko: 지수가 훤의 심호흡을 도와주고, 피부에 물을 뿌리며 체온을 낮추려 노력했다.En: Jisoo helped Hwon with deep breaths and splashed water on his skin to lower his body temperature.Ko: 시간이 지날수록 훤의 상태는 조금씩 나아지기 시작했다.En: As time went by, Hwon's condition gradually began to improve.Ko: 한편 미니는 긴장한 손님들을 안심시키며 상황을 설명했다.En: Meanwhile, Minnie reassured the anxious guests by explaining the situation.Ko: “걱정 마세요. 응급 서비스가 곧 도착할 거예요.”En: “Don't worry. Emergency services will be here soon.”Ko: 드디어 구급차 소리가 들렸다.En: Finally, the sound of an ambulance was heard.Ko: 훤은 병원으로 이송되었고, 지수는 끝까지 그의 곁을 지켰다.En: Hwon was transported to the hospital, and Jisoo stayed by his side until the end.Ko: 훤은 병원에서 더 나은 치료를 받았다.En: Hwon received better treatment at the hospital.Ko: 며칠 후, 그는 미니와 지수를 찾아 감사의 뜻을 전했다.En: A few days later, he visited Minnie and Jisoo to express his gratitude.Ko: “정말 고맙습니다. 두 분 덕분에 큰일 날 뻔한 걸 피했어요.”En: “Thank you so much. Because of you two, I avoided a grave situation.”Ko: 미니는 깊이 한숨을 내쉬며 말했다. “정말 다행이에요. 지수가 있어서 큰 도움이 되었어요.”En: Minnie let out a deep sigh of relief. “I'm really glad. Jisoo was a huge help.”Ko: 미니는 이번 사건을 통해 자신감을 얻었다.En: Through this incident, Minnie gained confidence.Ko: 비상 상황에서도 침착하게 대처하는 법을 배웠다. 그리고 친구의 소중함을 다시 한 번 느꼈다.En: She learned how to remain calm in emergency situations and once again realized the value of friendship.Ko: “앞으로는 더 철저히 준비해야겠어,” 미니가 다짐하며 밝혔다.En: “I need to be better prepared from now on,” Minnie resolved with determination.Ko: 포사이스 공원의 따뜻한 햇살 아래, 세 친구는 서로를 돌아보며 미소를 지었다.En: Under the warm sunlight of Forsyth Park, the three friends looked at each other and smiled.Ko: 공원은 여전히 아름다웠고, 여름은 그렇게 지나가고 있었다.En: The park remained beautiful, and the summer continued to pass by. Vocabulary Words:sparkling: 반짝이는adorned: 걸린engrossed: 열중해 있었다capture: 담고fatigued: 피곤해지기pale: 창백해지며collapse: 쓰러지기alarmed: 놀라서rushed: 달려왔다emergency: 응급ambulance: 구급차hospital: 병원serious: 심각해splashed: 뿌리며temperature: 체온anxious: 긴장한reassured: 안심시키며condition: 상태treatment: 치료gratitude: 감사의 뜻grave: 큰일incident: 사건confidence: 자신감emergency situatie ಯ: 비상 상황determination: 다짐하며reassured: 안심시키며admiration: 감탄situation: 상황shade: 그늘remain: 여전히

Eric Brown spends most of his time designing beautiful buildings and doing urban plans for his firm, Brown Design Studio. But, when you get him away from the desk, you find someone with a good sense of history, and an understanding of how to get things done. We partnered up together in Savannah to help create the Savannah Urbanism Series (a guest lecture series), host CNU 26, and create the Savannah 2033 Plan for greater downtown.With all of Eric's many accomplishments, he's a good person to talk with when we try to understand the bigger landscape of change and cities. So, we cover a lot of ground including the role of the business community in planning historically, what all is going on in Savnanah, and what he's seeing with new, greenfield development. He talks a bit about his project Selah, in Norman OK, as one example.Find more content on The Messy City on Kevin's Substack page.Music notes: all songs by low standards, ca. 2010. Videos here. If you'd like a CD for low standards, message me and you can have one for only $5.Intro: “Why Be Friends”Outro: “Fairweather Friend”Transcript:Kevin K (00:01.346)Welcome back to the messy city podcast. This is Kevin Klinkenberg Got my good buddy Eric Brown with me today. Eric is architect urban designer man about town Savanian What what else should I have on your resume here?Eric (00:22.818)Probably my best accomplishment, which is being a father.Kevin K (00:25.718)There you go, there you go. All right, well, I'm in that with you now as well, although I was a little later at the party than you, but it's a pretty awesome responsibility and I know Nick's a great kid, so congratulations on that.Eric (00:41.494)You haven't seen him in a while. He's six foot one now.Kevin K (00:45.142)Jesus, it's taller than me? That's not possible.Eric (00:47.982)He's a, he's still grown too. He's a big boy. He's going to be a big boy. And, uh, you also haven't seen ace the wonder dog.Kevin K (00:57.418)Yeah, yeah, I know. It's been a couple of years since I've been back. Although watch out rumor is we're gonna make a trip back this year, so I'll let you know. So I wanted to, there's a lot of things Eric and I talk about and there's any number of directions we can go with this hour today, but I do wanna hit a couple of things specific to like what stuff that you work on and some things that we did years ago.Um, Eric and I were kind of partners in crime in Savannah, um, really trying to, um, bring more discussion about new urbanism and, and better long-term planning, uh, to the city. And that may seem like a strange thing because Savannah is famous for its planning, uh, and its built environment. But like a lot of cities in the last several decades, um, it's really just been kind of the default.same stuff that you see everywhere, other than the historic district. So one of the things that Eric and I kind of put our heads together on was to get a group together and do an updated master plan of sorts for the greater downtown area of Savannah. We did this in 2018. We called it the Savannah 2033 plan. And...We called it 2033 because not just because it was like 15 years was a nice round number away, but really because 2033 is the 300th anniversary of the founding of Savannah. Savannah is actually older than the United States as a country. So it felt like a great benchmark for us to give. And I flew the coupe a few years ago, so I haven't been in touch in Savannah with every...as much of what's going on, but I wondered, Eric, if you could talk a little bit about that plan and effort and any legacies from that and what might be going on today, sort of good, bad, or indifferent, regards to thinking about planning in downtown Savannah.Eric (03:11.402)Um...That's a good question. And you know...I'm gonna kind of circle back to that answer in a second. But, you know, we also, you know, you and I also kind of had our little CNU group here, brought the Congress here in whatever year that was. But, you know, as part of that CNU group, we did a series of...Urban Speaker Series. You know, we had Mayor Riley, we had Deiru Tadani, we had Rick Hall. Um, we had, yeah, we had a, um, you know, the top talent and, you know, I'm sure I'm forgetting a few on there. And.Kevin K (04:01.738)Chuck Morrone, yeah, Joe Menard goes there, yeah.Eric (04:14.634)you know, when I'm really kind of proud of our efforts, you know, even after all these years.Eric (04:23.242)because people still talk about that. You know, they still talk about those. And, you know, if you were listening to you and I back in 2018 or 17 or whenever that was, we were doing those, 19. You know, our mission, what we told everybody our mission was is to raise the bar of discourse and education here on urban planning matters and.You know, I got to say buddy, congratulations, because it took a while to sink in, but we did it. You know.Kevin K (04:56.175)Well, things move a little more slowly in Savannah, right?Eric (04:58.938)Absolutely they move slow.Kevin K (05:01.586)Although, honestly, they move slowly everywhere. So, what are you gonna do?Eric (05:07.531)But I've seen the effects of some of those. And I think.You know, we've given people the vocabulary and in some cases, passion to go deal with some of these issues. Some of our elected officials, some of our staff members. And so I just wanted to kind of tell you that, you know, all those efforts that were pretty much thankless at the time are still somewhat thankless. But, you know, we did do it. We had an effect on that. So.I'm real proud of you and our efforts on there. So I wanted to throw that out there. There's some significant changes coming that I really can't mention. I don't think it's appropriate to mention right now. But when they do occur, you'll be shocked and you'll know exactly how much of an effect we had.Kevin K (05:54.046)That's great to hear.Eric (06:17.038)exciting to see if that does come to fruition. And everyone out there in podcast land, cause I've talked to other senior groups about doing this or those grassroots education efforts, they are thankless, just they're important though. It's really the most important thing I think you can do as a local group. So hammer away at that stuff, cause it does bear fruit.But back to your planning question, you know that master plan...Eric (06:57.246)was really good work. That our team.you know, just did some really amazing work in a very short time for what we were doing.Kevin K (07:08.89)on a shoestring too. I mean, we did that on a ridiculous budget.Eric (07:10.51)Oof.Yeah, yeah, we did. Um, but.Kevin K (07:17.078)I mean you and almost – you and basically everybody else donated huge amounts of time or else it never would have gotten done.Eric (07:24.47)Well, you know, again, I think it's kind of the same thing. You know, we did get, you know, city council to adopt that guide.You know, I don't know that they have ever gone back and looked at it since then. Um, but it has. Spurned off and affected a lot of things. You know, the tide to town has been a success here, which is, you know, kind of linking up, um, some bike trails with some of our canals Savannah's got a lot of canals, um, and waterways.and kind of tying all those together so that you can really get somewhere substantial on a bike that's in a nice interesting setting, you're not sharing the road with automobiles. So that's just, they just got more funding for their next phase. It's very, it's a huge success story and that's probably the biggest one that came out of that effort. You know, there'sThere's continuing work with the Civic Center, which is one of the focal points of that plan. And the work we put in there is a good kind of milestone, I think, to judge the future work by.Eric (09:00.246)And the Waters corridor has finished up and it looks really nice. I just went, I was over there the other day. And so, you know, those efforts kind of helped that area a little bit, which was part of the East side charrette as well from the Congress.Kevin K (09:21.13)Yeah. You know, one of the things we used to talk about, Eric, it kind of may help people to have some context to know that this was basically a planning effort that we put together that was outside City Hall. We worked kind of through the remnants of Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, but we also went out and raised money privately andand pieced it together. And that was something like, you and I used to talk about that all the time, how, I wonder if you could just expand on this, you know, that one of the frustrations we have is that in so many cities, the business community and people who ought to know better about development and, you know, things that would work well, at least financially in a city.the business community largely has kind of stepped away from being involved in planning and we used to just, that's something we kind of wrung our hands about all the time. Even in a great historic city like Savannah that was often the case, but clearly cities all over the country, you know, it's just been a sea change in how people think about that. And I wonder if you could kind of share some of your thoughts on that.Eric (10:43.033)Yeah, so...You know, I'm a big history buff, history fan, as it relates to planning, but just in general. And, you know, when you look at some of the great plans that have been done.Eric (11:05.366)plan for San Francisco, the plan for Chicago, heck, even the 1815 plan for Manhattan. You know, it wasn't the city of Chicago didn't do that plan. It was the business community that wrote Dan Burnham and Unlimited Check to go get it done, make us a world-class city.And San Francisco did the same thing.It's because the business community needed a competitive city to be competitive in an emerging national market, you know, and never in our history until probably, I would guess, posted.post-war or maybe probably during the depression that started where you had you started to rely on government agencies to do that.you know, because there was no planning profession prior to 19 something, 1912, maybe. Um, and so that's interesting. Um, again, how we used to do it. And, you know, not, I sound like an old man, get off my lawn kind of thing, but, um, you know, it worked and it, those were beautiful plans and they've stood the test of time. They've built magnificent world-class cities.Eric (12:31.282)Chicago is a top three, top five US city, however you want to rank it. San Francisco same. So, you know, you know, so where's our business community? What's the question you and I kind of asked ourselves over some beverages, I think one or two nights and you know, it's.It's different. It's different now. And I don't think we realized this at the time, but you know, let's say in 1893, you know, the business community in Chicago and you had some national, you know, obviously Sears was based, I think Sears was based out there at the time. And you know, you had some national companies, but you know, businesses were for the most part locally owned.Eric (13:30.042)So you had the department store that was locally owned. It wasn't a Macy's yet. It wasn't a Woolworths yet. There were locally owned businesses that did things, steel mills, building cars or mufflers or whatever it was. And all that's gone. Literally that whole class of independent businessmen.that are locally based and care about where they actually are and where they live and how their kids are going to view all this. Those guys are gone and they're replaced with global.corporate MBA dipshits that just care about stock price. And so they're running a global company out of somewhere. And it's real hard to get them to do anything other than for the PR work. And raising funds for CNU, I think we've got a taste of that. But what was interesting is Delta's based out ofAtlanta Chick-fil-A is based out of Atlanta. And so they were willing to fund some efforts in their home market they perceived it as. So we got lucky with a few of those. But Gulfstream here is one of our few major businesses in Savannah. And they do a ton in the community. They do. But they don't gives**t's about the planning work here. It's just not on their radar.Eric (15:18.166)You know, so I think that.that whole shift is something to be cognizant of. And you have to find kind of that civic leadership somewhere else. And by all means, if you have a local-based business, then lean on them. They're just not that prevalent like they used to be. Before we relied on the city.You know, here we have obviously tourism groups that are interested in the planning. So, you know, they provide some of that leadership, right or wrong. And...Eric (16:07.678)I think you have to, you know, as a...You know, as like what we were doing is basically, you know, guerrilla warfare, you know, I always viewed it as, you know, working outside the system as the system isn't getting it done. You know, we were trying to model our efforts on, you know, what some of the great planners before us, Daniel Burnham, and them were doing and engage that business community. And, you know, we found some success here.And so for people that might be trying that same thing, I would do some research into where some of the capital or trusts are in your city. Those are usually good sources for funding efforts to do stuff like this.Kevin K (17:04.594)Yeah, I was thinking about like, even here in Kansas City, we had a great City Beautiful Plan like a lot of American cities did, starting sort of 1880s and all the way through the 1910s. It's interesting that there's a couple of great books that talk about how the creation of the Parks and Boulevards plan here. There was a core group of local business people, including the newspaper publisher that basicallytown and lobbied for that thing to happen. They hired a famous landscape architect at the time, George Kessler, who was an Olmsted disciple. And they basically went around and lobbied to make sure it would happen. And over 100 years later, that's as big a part of what the city is known for as anything for people who come here and see it. And you can see the Parks and BoulevardKevin K (18:02.814)I mean, that's pretty common all over the place. I think you make a great point too about just like the local civic leadership in like, do you ever think about that like in your, compared to your native Ohio? So Eric grew up in Ohio and you know, Ohio is interesting because let's say, you know, 70, 80 years ago, there was unbelievable wealth and industry and local leadership and great cities that were built.As a result, great architecture, but it's probably suffered as much as any place with a lot of those companies becoming part of what you describe. They all eventually got absorbed and combined and merged or dissolved. And there's not as much of that local civic leadership as there probably was.Eric (18:56.934)No, it's not. You know, all those rust belt cities. Pittsburgh's actually probably the best example of a city that was able to pivot quickly, in part because they have a variety of higher learning institutions there that really help them become a research center in many ways and survive the shift away from making steel.Eric (19:25.955)and you know.Cleveland in 1920 was a top five city. It was number four or five city in America in terms of population. And it fell off a cliff there. I mean, it's still a big city, but it's a skeleton of itself. Everybody lives in the burbs, mostly.You know, they don't make, Cleveland never made cars or they made some steel, but they made a lot of the stuff that went into cars, mufflers, transmissions, engines, um, all sorts of that stuff and some steel. But I'll, you know, a lot of that's gone. Not all of it, but most of it.Eric (20:14.026)But you know, I think.Eric (20:18.334)I think those grassroot efforts to find better planning and better design work and expecting better.I think it needs to start with somebody in the community. If that business community is not there, then maybe it's a neighborhood association or downtown association or somebody needs to start it. And I think just follow that path of educating and doing some demonstrative projects, which I know you've done both in Kansas City and-time here in Savannah, you know, just showing how you can, nobody knew what a parklet was. You know, after that, I did one and, um, you know, COVID kind of opened that box and in many places.Kevin K (21:06.385)So we just went out and did one.Eric (21:17.778)I think it's just, but you're fighting uphill guerrilla warfare, but it's actually easier that way because you don't have to answer anybody. You just kind of do what you do. And so I really enjoyed that time we were doing that stuff here.And you know, we just met, a couple of us met again here in the fall. You know, we're going to pick up on some of that again, which is somewhat falling off the radar here. I just haven't had the same time that I had when you and I were doing it.Kevin K (21:54.73)Yeah. And Savannah also is, I guess it's kind of unique when you think about it because it's got, they're probably more like multi-generation families and people who are really invested in the place than there are in other cities in the country. We had a lot of luck with like realtors and other people who also cared about real estate value. But there definitely were, there are.some of those still legacy families that give a damn about the place and what it's changing into for better or worse. I think probably a lot of cities have that, but it felt like maybe some of those older southern cities, Savannah, Charleston, Beaufort, where it used to be, might have a little more of that than other places.Eric (22:46.226)Yeah. Yeah, no, I agree. You know, this, this whole topic is really almost worth.Eric (22:55.147)a CNU sub-chapter or, you know, boot camp for guerrilla warfare or something.Kevin K (23:01.508)Ha haEric (23:03.574)You know, how, how to affect change in your local city. That would be actually an interesting session to do. Cause I get asked a lot on stuff.Kevin K (23:16.914)Yeah. Well, and you've also done it not just in Savannah but in Beaufort. You were there with like what, 14 years? Yeah. Something like that. All right.Eric (23:24.082)I don't remember yet, a long time. No, more than that actually, but because I'm getting old now. But yeah, and you know.Kevin K (23:31.736)HeheheEric (23:36.866)There's, you know, once you start waving the flag, people come out of the woodwork and say, yeah, you know, that's a good point, or I agree with that, or, but, you know, you got to, somebody's got to light the fire.Kevin K (23:51.651)Yeah.So what else is happening in Savannah these days? What are you seeing from a development or a design standpoint? I know when I left town and since then, there's been a lot more, I guess what we call, large-scale development east of downtown and a little bit on the west of downtown. And then we had a lot of discussions about, how do you make incremental?change and make some of that missing middle stuff easier in the older neighborhoods? What are you seeing these days? Is it kind of gradual change? Does it feel like things are moving faster or what?Eric (24:35.596)Um...Eric (24:39.702)No, it's there's, you know, if you drive over the bridge into Savannah from South Carolina, you know, I did it the other day and I don't know, there were 13 cranes, you know, the amount of cranes in the air is always a good judge of what's going on. And, you know, we are in that stage where.We kind of are coming out of a stage where we couldn't build hotels fast enough anywhere.And they've kind of run out of downtown space, although not entirely.actually they two of the biggest buildings you knowjust sold to hotel companies that are going to convert them back. The one building used to be a hotel that sits on Johnson Square. That's going to be converted back to a hotel, so we're losing all that office space. And the one East Bryant building, which is the tallest building in Savannah, was just bought. It's going to be at Ritz Carlton.Kevin K (25:42.58)Okay.Kevin K (25:54.63)Oh wow, that's quite an upgrade. It was a great building.Eric (25:57.59)Well, yeah, it's a great building. It's just, you know, it's displacing. We're losing two of the major office buildings downtown. Um, and you know, there's a ton of hotel buildings still going on. Um, there's a couple on their construction. I can see out my window here. Um,And the other thing is the large apartment building that takes up as much, you know, it's as much of a Texas donut as you can fit on whatever site you're on. So there's probably.Eric (26:37.558)six, seven of those going on in various parts of town right now. And some just finished, some just finished up. There are several kind of over by the bridge. There's a lot on upper Montgomery Street that are either built or coming online. That whole area is kind of marching southward. There's a couple of infill ones over by where I live. There's two right, right by my.Eric (27:09.858)And you know they're just they're huge big buildings and the ones inside the historic district you know have enough of a review process. I was walking by the one the other day and you know it's got a really nice brick to it. It's got nice windows you know but the all the you know all the details are kind of crappy. You know theThey made them put brick lintel up there, but it's fake. You know, it doesn't overhang the masonry at all. So, you know, all that little stuff that we kind of gripe about, you know, that stuff's not a hundred percent, but you know, the building forms okay and the materials are okay. But then you look at the ones that are outside that district and holy s**t, it looks just like the fourth war in Atlanta or, you know.any big city is that nameless, shitty architecture.the crazy colors and the rain screen b******t and the ins and outs and the balconies and all sorts of just, you can just see that those fall apart within 10 years. So we're getting some of that, you know, wherever they can do it, they try that. Thankfully, historic district kind of protects us from that to some degree. These are the same issues, you know, Charleston faced as well.We're usually about seven years behind whatever Charleston's going through.Eric (28:50.647)And but you know, it's especially during COVID.You know, all the downtown real estate in a span of 18 months doubled in value, doubled and had already, you know, I'll be here 10 years.Eric (29:10.527)in October.Eric (29:15.514)And you know everything's over four times of what it cost when I first moved here. Coming up on five times. So, you know, there's...Kevin K (29:27.182)It was already kind of at a high basis by then, at that point, honestly.Eric (29:34.376)It's, you know, coming up on, you know, residential stuff in my neighborhoods.Eric (29:46.622)eight, nine hundred bucks a foot. Something like that, you know?which is pretty expensive.Kevin K (29:56.786)Yeah, that's the understatement.Eric (30:00.987)You know and so that's kind of what's going on here. You know it's really filling in and you know theMidtown District, which is south of the Historic District, south of Forsyth Park, that continues to thrive.Eric (30:26.07)you know, some businesses, mostly food and beverage stuff opening up. And, you know, that neighborhoods, which is your old neighborhood, that's, that's also seen a similar, you know, bump in value, you know, which was a lot more affordable back in the day. It's even be hard pressed to find something, you know, under a million bucks up there now or something close to that.$800, $900, $800, $900. And tons of people, especially during COVID, they flocked here, man. There's so many people that cashed out of, my old neighbors were from Brooklyn. Sold whatever they had in Brooklyn, paid cash for whatever and put money in their pocket. So it's so cheap compared to those kinds of places.Still, still is.But yeah, it's a big jump in population here. And it's been interesting, because it's a big jump in.Eric (31:39.586)people living, so that's good. And then, we're still overrun with our, and most people I'm sure won't know that, but Savannah's got a hellacious take rate for Airbnbs, short term rentals. I've never come across anywhere that has any sort of ordinance like the one we have. It's 25% non-owner occupied.Kevin K (32:00.33)HeheheEric (32:09.226)by ward, which is our neighborhood system, if you will. So that doesn't include the owner-occupied ones or the illegal ones. So just the economics on that math drives a lot of... A lot of the Victorians were picked up as Airbnb investments by holding companies. I mean, they would sell without even looking at them just because they can do the math, right?Kevin K (32:39.286)I keep wondering when that bubble's gonna burst. Feels like it's bursting nationwide in different places, the Airbnb bubble, but Savannah, Charleston, those cities are so popular. I don't know.Eric (32:52.49)Yeah, the tourism numbers here are ridiculous for a city of this size, honestly. And with the last round of hotels online now and more coming, it's really overrun with tourists. It just wasn't designed to have as many people as we have here. So it's like, you need reservations now to go get dinner. It's like Manhattan.It's hard to roll in unless you find a neighborhood joint. There's a few left. You can just roll in and you happen to know somebody and you get dinner. Otherwise, there's her standing in line for some of these dumb restaurants. It's like.Kevin K (33:35.498)Hmm. Yeah, that's a new thing.Eric (33:37.975)this.Kevin K (33:38.998)So I also want to talk a little bit about how your practice has changed over the years and like what all you're doing today. Eric's firm is Brown Design Studio. He's an architect. He's done architecture and urban design and urban planning but probably heavier on architecture. And I'm curious like – so you've been doing this a couple of years now? And –You know, obviously a lot has changed from when you initially started doing like new working in new urbanist communities and doing the architecture you're doing. What do you see in today that what if anything is kind of different about your approach and what you're working on, who your clients are, that sort of thing?Eric (34:30.783)Um, that's like, you know, that's a good question.I think, and this is our 26th year in business. So we've survived a couple minor meltdowns and one major one, but our whole focus, we don't do anything that's not, that wouldn't be classified as new urbanism, whether it's infill work or.Greenfield work or something in between. So, you know, we're not like local architects doing whatever comes in the door locally. You know, we work solely in New Urbanist projects, you know, across North America and a few other spots. But that's what we continue to do. And so, you know, not much has changed.In that regard, that's always what our mission was. And we're still on our, it's like the Starship Enterprise, we're on our 26th year mission to help build healthy, walkable places. And it's worth it. It's been a fun challenge. So we continue to do that. We have long-term relations with a lot of, most of our clients are developers. And we have...You know, we have some long-term relationships that, you know, we're here when they need us. They know what we do and, you know, what we're good at, what we're not good at. Um, so that's, that's our, that's our core. That's our core right there.Kevin K (36:19.658)Do you find yourself doing more infill these days as opposed to greenfield stuff or is that not the case?Eric (36:31.054)Um, no, it's, you know, we always, we've always done, you know, because something that plugs in a new urbanist community also plugs in an older urbanist community. You know? Um, and so those always went hand in hand for us, but you know, to, to the heart of your point, yeah, after, you know, definitely after, you know, when the market came back in 2012, 13, whatever 14, you know, um,Definitely we're doing a lot of smaller infill projects. Some of them are pretty random. We'll get a call from a guy in Michigan somewhere that wants to do six townhouses on an urban property his parents owned or something. All sorts of stuff like that all over the place. And some bigger projects, there's still some bigger projects kind of plodding along.we were able to do.Eric (37:34.562)project in Oklahoma, outside Norman, in between Norman and Oklahoma City. That's pretty interesting, a greenfield project. It's big, 720 acres. We did that planning work about three years ago and last year we just got some finished vertical architecture done. So we're continuing to work on that project that we're real proud of.which is called Salem. And it's been fun, you know, doing the land plan, you know, internally. A lot of times we work with some other land planners. So this one we did in-house and then you know with some other team members, but it's been real fun, real rewarding and then you know delivering the architecture to build it out. That's keeping us busy as well, you know that project.But yeah, we've always somehow been known for our missing middle work. We were doing that before anybody knew what to call it, before Dan had invented that term. And so that's still one of our bread and butters. We're still known for that somehow.Eric (38:55.714)done a lot of multi-family projects, continue to do those a lot, a lot of townhouses. And what's interesting is I finally got...Eric (39:08.054)You know, over the years, and I'm sure you've done this as well, you know, where you, you want to take a garden apartment guy and get him to do what we want him to do, right? And I've failed. I failed probably. I'm probably, I'm now like one in 17. So I've got one that I got to actually do it. Um, that's not totally true, but, um, this was a big, you know, 350 unit.project and we got him to build it out of, you know, four, six, eight and 12 pack units. And it's under construction right now. So that was interesting. I think that's going to be a good case study going forward because his rent, you know, I'm anxious to see how his rents compete. It's in a, it's in a, you know, a decent walkable community.So I'm interested to see how the financial case study works out.Kevin K (40:13.557)Where's that one?Eric (40:14.942)That one's in Bluffton, actually, which is across the river in South Carolina. Near for people who don't know it's near Hilton.Kevin K (40:16.842)Okay, cool.Eric (40:25.425)Um.Kevin K (40:27.476)How have the conversations changed with builders and developers since the early days of doing this stuff? Did you have to do a lot more arm-twisting early on with some of your early clients? Is it an easier sell now to do the kind of work that you want to do?Eric (40:50.27)Well, no, it's not. It's the same cell. However, you know, I'm not the smartest guy, but I eventually learned to stop chasing those clients. So, you know, I don't waste my time with them. If you want to do something else, you know, have fun. Here, I'll give you some names of people to call. You know, we can't help you. Um, because I don't give a s**t. You know, if you want to go do some five-car garage, houses somewhere, go have fun.Um, but, you know, so we only take on projects that, you know, are in line with our vision, our mission. And, you know, that that's just what I learned to do, you know, be selective about, you know, who we're going to work for, because we don't want to do everything. We only want to do, you know, something that helps our, our mission, which is, you know, building great communities. And, um, if we're, you know, in alignment,When people do call us, we're gonna run through a wall for them. And we believe in what we do every day. And so I guess I got smarter is what happened.Kevin K (42:02.292)I remember a lot of those conversations too. I got, my God, we went through trying to convince so many crappy builders and developers to do something better.Eric (42:12.31)And what was your, you know, and I did the same thing, man. Um, we were both young, you know, I have similar backgrounds and, you know, had young companies and were young men. Dumb young ideals that you probably put, you know, what was your, what was success rate on?Kevin K (42:14.378)there.Kevin K (42:24.259)Yeah.Oh, almost zero. Yeah.Eric (42:28.726)Yeah, it's like me with these apartment guys. I finally got one, a big one to do it. You know, we've done lots of little ones, but to get a 350 unit thing, that was a big win, but it took me 20 some years to do it. So that's not a good use of my time. But I think what's interesting.Kevin K (42:45.311)Yeah.Eric (42:56.014)is in my, you know, my, my victory that I'm kind of patting myself on the back about there with the apartment, they wouldn't have come to me.if they didn't get rejected prior, because it was, they had to conform with a form, form-based code that we have in the right. And so that's how, you know, otherwise they would have just happily built their normal shitty garden apartment. You know, so that code reform is still critically important.you know, part of our world. Cause you really, you know, convincing someone, you know, to do what we would term the right thing versus, you know, what they're planning on doing. It's a low percentage win rate for anybody. I don't care how good you are, you know, as a closer or whatever, but, and it's just, you know, it's a waste of all of our time and efforts cause it burns you out cause you lose so much.Kevin K (44:00.979)Yeah.Eric (44:01.954)And, you know, I think our efforts would be better spent into, you know, guerrilla warfare to get the codes changed so that these developers now have to start doing the right thing. And then.Kevin K (44:12.698)Yeah, and nurturing like other younger developers who want to do something different, helping bring them along.Eric (44:23.254)Yeah, for sure. Um, you know, but a lot of these projects, you know, are still the big boy, you need $40 million in capital to tackle and you know, those, those guys, you know, I love the small income stuff. We do a lot of that. Um, but you know, it's like, you're talking about the market share of like a Bugatti versus, you know, Volkswagen or something.Kevin K (44:30.098)Yeah. Yep.Kevin K (44:51.902)Yeah.Eric (44:52.374)You know, you got to change Volkswagen. You got to change the mass market.And so I think that guerrilla warfare into code reform at a local level is something that we don't advocate enough for, which goes way back to our start of our conversation. So I think that's, if I could do something besides outlawing traffic engineers.Kevin K (45:07.358)Yeah.Eric (45:22.814)That would be one of the things is push us on this code reform where everybody's working off some type of form-based code.Kevin K (45:32.166)Yeah. Well, it's interesting because even after working in that world for almost 30 years or whatever, we've seen some good efforts with code reform and some good efforts with regulatory reform but there are a lot of days where it feels like we've made zero progress depending on where you're working.Eric (45:56.)It is, you know, it's and I've.You know.Eric (46:03.734)Like the analogy is...Eric (46:08.27)You're.You know, somebody's spending all sorts of time and effort to build stuff downtown here. Great. And we're trying to, you know, expand downtown even, which is a, which is an awesome thing that we're able to do here a little bit, you know, expand your urban core. Meanwhile, you know, out in our suburbs are happily building, you know, Costco's and targets and all sorts of b******t subdivisions. And it's like.Eric (46:40.502)You know, we don't learn. And we don't learn. And some of the strong town stuff makes so much sense when you look at how the life cycle of those suburbs. And it's funny because poolers now, after spending all sorts of money on all sorts of great police stations and city halls and all this stuff, now all of a sudden, they've got funding that's different.Eric (47:10.847)It's just so funny because you know they're hitting that seven year curve on a lot of stuff.Eric (47:18.358)But, you know, I guess that's just, you know, it's just frustrating that the, the conventional model is still building, you know, what, 90% of our built environment here easily. And, um, you know, I guessKevin K (47:31.986)Yeah. Easily. Yeah.Eric (47:40.526)You know, I've just kind of almost accepted it. It's like almost you have to let that happen before you can come back and fix it in maybe 30 years or urbanize it in 30 years. It's almost like, you know, the old patterns of.development where you would build, you know, one story buildings down on Main Street. And then all of a sudden it made sense to somebody build a two story building and made more money than everybody tore down the one story buildings. And you just have to maybe go through that process, I guess. I don't know.Kevin K (48:14.198)Yeah, I mean, it's such a machine. All that stuff is such a – I mean, so you have to envy it. It's an incredible machine. The efficiency of it is amazing. It makes a ton of money for people if you get your timing right in the market. Of course, you could lose a ton of money if you get your timing wrong. But yeah, I like –I always think about like, I make the military analogy. So if you're somebody who cares about traditional urban planning, it's like we fight hand to hand combat in our older neighborhoods and we're really excited when we're in a battle or two. In the meantime, it's like the enemy is carpet bombing, you know, everything outside the older neighborhoods just at will and we kind of willfully ignore it. But yeah.It will continue on I think as long as it can continue on, it seems to.Eric (49:16.246)Well, you know, we're...were how many, you know, it's the expected lifestyle. You know, there's no more generations. There's very, you know, very few percentage of people that have not been raised in the suburbs. Yeah, so it's the normal and, you know, driving, you know, 25 minutes to.Kevin K (49:34.43)Yeah, exactly. It's been like four generations now, yeah.Eric (49:44.75)go to your super Kroger or whatever, or a grocery store, is normal for us.Kevin K (49:51.706)Yeah. That's like, so like the last thing I wanted to ask you is, I mean, so you just mentioned you've, you're working on this Greenfield project in Oklahoma. And I know, I know you well enough to know that you've worked, you still work on some other Greenfield projects here and there. But, but by and large, it seems like I might have the wrong impression about this. I fully admit that I could be wrong about it. You're more plugged into the, this world than I am, but it seems like there's a whole lot less.of those Greenfield New Urbanist projects going on than there were say 20 years ago across the country. I don't know. I guess I wonder, do you think that's wrong or right? If that's the case, what's going on? I think we all thought that once Seaside and all those projects and then Kentlands and once they were all 10, 15 years old.and people saw how cool they were that we would see like an explosion of these around the country and that clearly hasn't happened.Eric (50:55.65)Not exactly. And I think you're, you know, I think you're right. Our, I think our expectations 20 years ago that we were going to change the machine or if not the machine, at least the, my thought was always you would show the market there alternatives.Kevin K (51:18.678)Admittedly, we were like naive and idealistic. I mean that was also part of it.Eric (51:23.67)Well, you know, I'm still kind of that same naive, idealistic person in many ways, which is both pro and cons. But, you know, I think...Eric (51:40.466)I think these projects.Eric (51:46.102)have shown people.that there are alternatives to living in the cul-de-sac, conventional neighborhood world.Eric (52:00.358)And I think that if you look at the market research, it shows you the prices in Ketlin's, the prices in ION, the prices in Norton Commons is significantly higher than its competitor that's a conventional thing right next door or right down the road.Eric (52:30.076)But it also takes 10, 15 years to do something like that. And meanwhile,You know, most of the development work is.Eric (52:45.398)you know, it's easier to go to a D.R. Horton and be done in three, four years, five years. You're done. Right. And the landowner got their money in the first year.They didn't get as much money as they could have, but they got it the first year and they're out. They're on to the next thing.You know, and I think there's just a perfect storm of all these variables there. Those are some of them, you know, the time investment that it takes. I think, you know, we've all, UI has stolen most of the good ideas of the new urbanism that they can make sense of on a spreadsheet, right? And they've thrown all the other stuff away. So they, you know, they have,co-opted some things from us, but you know, UIs, those folks are developing most of the stuff here, you know, not the Urban New Urbanist group, NTBA is a fantastic group that I really enjoy spending time with.Eric (53:56.066)You know, those are developers that are in one, two, three, four places, you know, for 10 years, 15 years, or, you know, you can only do so much. Even the bigger, more sophisticated ones. You know, meanwhile, these other guys are just, you know, knocking down 10,000 houses a year.Kevin K (54:22.686)Yeah, and while I think we kind of recognized how hard it was to do those first TNDs 30 years ago, and I think it's gotten a little easier, it's still incredibly hard. Everything about it is incredibly hard, and you really have, it's kind of a unique personality of a developer who wants to take that on and push for it, because you're gonna be fighting, even today, you're still gonna be fighting so many battles.to just execute even a mediocre T&D.Eric (54:56.626)And, you know, I think there's, you know, there's still a lot of Greenfield work. I think you're seeing a little bit of, you know, obviously no one, not many projects survived 2008. And so, you know, you didn't see many come back on.It took a long time for them to come back online. And in some places, our sailor project, which has virtually very little regulatory oversight, it took three years to get vertical, which is unheard of anywhere else. Most places are still in their entitlements in year three. It takes you five years to come out of the ground. Most places.Eric (55:45.89)You know, it's just a long investment. And, you know, again, the ULI guys are typically...A lot of those guys have to answer to the capital.And the capital is not that patient generally. You know what I mean? They gotta have a plan to move so much dirt or lots or whatever it is. And they just can't wait into something for 10, 15 years, it's hard. I think for that group to understand that. And I guess, you know, that's.Kevin K (56:04.233)Mm-hmm.Eric (56:25.858)you know, maybe something that we have never solved is how do you engage that industry in a different way. And, you know, you remember back to the New Urban Fund that was supposed to show them how to do it. Um, that didn't quite work.So I don't know, you know, it's that.Eric (56:47.362)I, you know, I'm a market guy. So the market guys believe the market's going to kind of tell you what to do. And, you know, they're going to go the easy route, but they're going to put in the big pool and all the stuff that helps them increase their sales rate and all that kind of stuff. And, you know, it is what it is.But the people who do, you know, trail with outside Atlanta, they're doing great. They're killing it. You know, so whenever we do these, you know, Norton Commons continues to kill it.They just dominate the market. Once, once you do it, you can do it right. We haven't been able to set up the machine in most cases, you know, the industry to, to continue that it's always been kind of a family or one-off or. You know, very few of these have been done by corporate folks, I guess, just like watercolor that there's been a few, but, you know, they quickly went back to selling pine forest or whatever they were doing before that.Kevin K (57:54.102)Yeah, exactly. Like St. Joe Company did watercolor and water sound and stuff and they own so much land and I think they – it seems like they've kind of gone away from that back to a hybridized version of what they were doing before.Eric (58:08.574)Yeah, and it's, so I don't know, man. I, you know, I do think, you know, if you, if you look around, there's also a lot of smaller projects that we don't really hear about. You know, if you call up Mike Watkins or somebody like that, Mike, Mike's extremely busy and that's what he's working on. You know, he's working on these a hundred acre little projects that he's, you know, nailing and, you know, we do a lot of work with Mike andTom Lowe and those guys. There's a lot of smaller projects that just you aren't gonna hear about. And they're never gonna be, you know, we've done some DPZ. We've got a DPZ project that's stuck entitlement in the entitlement process that we're set up to do some of the architecture on. But you know, it's year four.Kevin K (58:42.536)Interesting.Eric (59:00.394)So they'll call us when they need us, but there's not as many getting the limelight that we used to get. And I, you know, I just had this conversation with Rob Studeville, who used to do one of my favorite things, which was write the New Urban News. I love getting that magazine every month. Remember? Um, so it was good to catch up with him about that, but he, you know, he had those same thoughts and, um, you know, I just don't think maybe as a movement, we're communicating what we're doing very well with.Kevin K (59:15.936)Mm-hmm.Kevin K (59:29.534)Yeah.Eric (59:30.13)other. You know, nobody knows about my Salem project. It's probably one of the bigger ones. You know, Mike doesn't, you know, Michael shares stuff, you know, when he needs one of us to come in and help him on stuff. I don't know what they're doing.I don't know what DPZ or Dover Cole is doing, unless we're working on a specific project with them. So we really don't share as much as we used to.Kevin K (59:57.67)Yeah, I think that's a great point. You know, it's like another, we could do a whole other hour sometime on how CNU itself has changed and gotten away from a lot of the practical side of just building great communities. And I think a big part of that is we've lost, we're not talking to each other about who's doing what. And we used to actually have a running list of all these places all over the country. I don't think that even exists anymore.Eric (01:00:25.798)I don't think that's a priority anymore.Kevin K (01:00:27.558)No, it doesn't seem to be.Eric (01:00:30.434)But you know, I think.Eric (01:00:34.282)you know, that, that CNU group.has gotten away from communicating and with each other our successes. Cause that's a large, cause it kept you going. You know, we'd all go back to our little hometowns after seeing you and you feel, I would feel renewed and re-energized. And, um, you know, I would, I would love getting New Urban News in the mail. And I would, whatever I was doing, I would stop and sit down and read the thing. Cause it was great to hear about, you know, some new exciting stuff or some new projects.And ironically, in an age where it's very easy to communicate these days, you know, we don't. We don't pat ourselves on the back. We don't share our success stories.Kevin K (01:01:21.242)It's kind of like seeing you never evolve and communication wise we never evolved past the email to serve.Eric (01:01:28.53)No, you're right. You're exactly, you're 100% about that. The most painful way to communicate that's ever been invented, I think.Kevin K (01:01:29.618)Kind of hilarious. Yeah.Kevin K (01:01:36.864)No doubt.Eric (01:01:38.114)except maybe the group text, I don't know.Kevin K (01:01:42.697)Yeah. Eric, I think we'll wrap it there. It's been about an hour. What are your, what's your favorite spots in Savannah? Your favorite hangout spots these days.Eric (01:01:53.902)Hmm, that's a good question. Depends what my mood is. But, you know, I've got a...I've got a couple of establishments, you know, two blocks from my house that you're most likely to find me in one of those three places. You got, you know, the most famous dive bar in the world, Pinky's.Kevin K (01:02:16.159)Mm-hmm.Kevin K (01:02:19.914)Mm-hmm.Eric (01:02:23.642)There's a place called Savoy, which is run by the people who own Pinkies. And I think that wasn't there when you were here, was it? So that while you were here, it was this kind of shitty wine bar that nobody ever wants. So it's in that space in the Drake Tower. And it's, you know, you go in there and it's 95% locals, 90% something like that. So, you know, I hang out there and then, you know, over by the...Kevin K (01:02:32.05)I don't think I don't remember it now.Kevin K (01:02:37.57)Oh, yeah, yeah. OK.Eric (01:02:53.198)Perry Lane Hotel. There's some stuff there. Those are my hangouts these days.Kevin K (01:02:59.454)All right, so anybody listening, if you're in Savannah, you know where to find Eric, buy him a drink and talk about all this stuff and much more and find out what he's up to. So it's been great to catch up with you. I'll get my butt down there to Savannah one of these days soon so we can dive a little deeper and do the off-color stuff.Eric (01:03:25.17)Okay, good. I don't think you have to censor anything. So I was on my best behavior. But, you know, I, again, just want to reiterate, I think it's great that you're doing this. This is a great way to communicate with folks. Again, we need to do kind of more of this stuff. And, you know, I think just to reiterate earlier, you know, we accomplished a lot here, man. So I'm proud to.Kevin K (01:03:30.11)Not this time, yeah.Eric (01:03:54.606)have had you here as a Superman to my Batman or whatever, whatever you want to term it. So I miss you.Kevin K (01:04:00.29)Thank you.As long as it's not Batman or Robin.Eric (01:04:07.158)I don't want to see you in tights. That would not be a pretty sight, but miss you here, buddy. I appreciate you.Kevin K (01:04:10.305)Nobody.Thanks very much. I definitely miss you, Miss Savannah. I need to find myself there more often. So good to talk to you. See you.Eric (01:04:22.466)All right, buddy. Get full access to The Messy City at kevinklinkenberg.substack.com/subscribe

Join Tamara – and David Laughlin, previous co-host of the show! – for an interview with Ron Martinez, owner of Hostess City Hot Glass, and his assistant Chris Charley. A native of nearby Metter, GA, Ron was first introduced to glassblowing while in college in the Pacific Northwest. While supporting himself in jobs ranging from salmon fisherman to antiques dealer, Ronald continued to pursue his love of the ancient craft in Seattle, the Bay Area, and even on a program in Sweden! Ron eventually returned to Savannah with his wife and daughter, and after a few years of working at the now-closed Drayton Glassworks, he opened Hostess City Hot Glass in 2018.  In his amazing glassblowing studio you can take a class, book an event, and shop online and in-studio. They even put on seasonal "epic little scavenger hunts" called Glass Hunts, which allow folks to explore a certain spot in Savannah and find their very own one-of-a-kind hand blown piece of art!  Check out Ron's glasswork and follow the shop here:  https://www.hostesscityhotglass.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hostesscityhotglass/  https://www.etsy.com/shop/HostessCityHotGlass  Topics in their chat include: Ron considers himself to be a glass turner, as opposed to a glass blower; how a glass business is really difficult to maintain, not least because your electric and gas bills are super high - the temperature in his studio frequently reaches 2300 degrees so they have fans running and much of their making is done at night; Ron's belief that his business's success is due to keeping a balance of both making/selling products, and teaching glass making; his term "glasshole" for the jerks in his business; the glass hunts they put on every few months - keep an eye out on their social media! - basically an Easter Egg hunt in a particular spot in town, but you're finding and keeping one of Ron's small glass objects!; at the beginning of the second half Ron goes into the history of glassmaking and info about the modern scene, how the two major tracks are Venetian and Swedish; creating all of the art for his show last year at the Mansion on Forsyth Park in one week; how Ron will be exploring light fixtures for his new/upcoming work; his focus on symmetry as the main technical element in his work; his loss of fingerprints on one hand (!); their new shopdog, Peaches the bulldog; and his awesome answer to David's last question: What's something you can do with glass that you can't do with other mediums? Tune in and get all the details!

Tucked under the Spanish moss-draped oak trees in Savannah lies an alluring fountain whose ornate beauty has charmed visitors for over 150 years. The Parisian-inspired spring has been the heart of the oldest and largest park in this cozy Southern city since its construction in 1858. As the gentle murmur of cascading water joins the chirping crickets to fill the humid summer air, a rosy scent from the nearby Garden of Fragrance floats through. Relax for a moment and have a seat on one of the many park benches that line the outer rim of this romantic display, and watch as the water sparkles under the warm lantern glow of a summery evening. 32.06926, -81.09559

Discovering the Charm of Savannah: A Journey Beyond the Boring DriveThe anticipation of exploring the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, was dampened only by the seemingly endless two-hour drive to get there. Despite the mundane journey, the charm of this city was waiting to unfold, promising a day filled with delightful surprises.Forsyth Park: Where Spanish Moss Meets Farmers Market BlissUpon arriving, the weariness from the drive melted away as we stepped into Forsyth Park, a true gem of the city. Towering trees draped in Spanish moss created a serene atmosphere, casting a shade that invited us to explore further. The park is not just a feast for the eyes; it hosts a year-round farmers market that is nothing short of legendary.Strolling through the market, we were captivated by the vibrant stalls offering an array of fresh produce, and delectable treats. Unable to resist, we indulged in some mouthwatering delights that would later serve as delicious dinners.Oyster Delights on River StreetWith our energy replenished, we made our way to River Street, a bustling waterfront area known for its charming shops and eateries. Opting for an oyster bar, we dove into a plate of the freshest, tastiest oysters the region had to offer. The riverside ambiance added an extra layer of enjoyment as we savored each bite.Boardwalk Bliss and Christmas MagicPost-lunch, we ventured down to the boardwalk, where the atmosphere shifted from riverside charm to a festive winter wonderland. A visit to the beer garden allowed us to unwind and enjoy a variety of local brews, perfectly complementing the scenic surroundings.As we strolled through the outdoor Christmas shops, the air was filled with the infectious spirit of the holidays. The shops, adorned with twinkling lights and festive decorations, showcased unique gifts and souvenirs that made for excellent mementos of our day in Savannah.Heading Home with Hearts Full and Memories AbundantDespite the initially lackluster drive, our day in Savannah turned out to be a delightful adventure filled with culinary delights, scenic beauty, and the festive spirit of the season. The city's unique blend of history and modern charm left us with memories that transcended the monotony of the journey.In retrospect, our visit to Savannah was a reminder that sometimes the best experiences are found in unexpected places, and the journey, no matter how mundane, is often worth the destination.Teton sports affiliate linkProudly partnered with Teton Sports! As outdoor enthusiasts, we've tried numerous camping & hiking products, but none rival Teton's quality. Get 15% off your first order with code rvofthree.Email us your questions or comm"As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases." "(paid link)", "#ad", or "#CommissionsEarned" Teton sports affiliate link We are proud to have partnered with Teton Sport! As outdoor enthusiasts we have used many products for our camping and hiking needs. None have compared to the Teton Sport product line! Enjoy 15% off your first order of any Teton sport product by using our code rv_of_three Email us your questions or comments at: rvofthree@gmail.com Join our facebook group: “Healthy RV living, Working & Traveling” Want to help support our travels? View Our Amazon Wish List Follow us on Instagram: @Rv_Of_Three YouTube

This week we get into one of the most haunted parks in the south, Forsyth Park in Savannah Georgia. We also talk about flight 571, also known as the miracle of the Andes.  Email us your stories!!! or if you want to sponsor us ;) Email - ⁠⁠⁠mysteriesmythslegends@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ ESTY: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuxieandLuna?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=826447453⁠⁠⁠ We post pictures of our stories every week on instagram!!!! FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS: Tiktok: @myths_podcast Instagram: @myths_podcast Twitter: @myths_podcast Taylor's Instagram: @teeelive Taylor's Twitter: @teeelive Savannah's Instagram: @kavannahaha Savannah's Twitter: @sanna_sunshine Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/georgia/haunted-park-ga/ https://www.sjchs.org/home/locations/hospitals-and-facilities/candler-hospital https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-tunnels/ https://savannahterrors.com/old-candler-hospital/ http://southernghoststories.com/georgia-ghost-stories-forsyth-park-inn https://realhaunts.com/united-states/haunted-places-in-georgia/forsyth-park-savannah/ https://lubalowry.com/postcardsfromsavannah/3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Kayton_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival https://abcnews.go.com/US/survivors-1972-uruguay-plane-crash-revisit-tale-extremes/story?id=98405303 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221011-the-andes-crash-and-cannibalism-tale-that-stunned-the-world-50-years-ago https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-14/the-andes-flight-disaster-50-years-later.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mysteriesmythsandlegends/support

On this week's Marne Report podcast we learn all about the 2023 Best Squad Community Fitness event that's happening tomorrow at 9 A.M. at Savannah's Forsyth Park. Get the lowdown on this year's Best Squad competition and what you can look forward to during tomorrow's community event. Take a listen now by searching "The Marne Report" wherever you get your podcasts!

This week we're talking about another amazing haunted house in Savannah - known as the Mansion on Forsyth Park! Located right beside historic Forsyth Park, this boutique hotel and restaurant has some interesting history - and some ghosts! We recently went to Las Vegas (again), and visited the fantastic Mob Museum! If you're a fan of true crime, you'll find out about this great attraction. Also you'll find out why Brett shouldn't be allowed to do any forensic investigating. While we're on the subject of Las Vegas, we also talk about the recent alien sightings there. On What We're Watching, we talk about the 2015 horror/mystery movie “Hell House LLC.” On Layla and Coffee talk, Elijah kept them alive while we were in Vegas, and Coffee crashes the studio. Find us on the web: https://www.scarysavannahandbeyond.com We now have exclusive content on our Patreon page! This includes audio and video episodes! Please go check it out at: https://www.patreon.com/scarysavannah Please leave us a 5 star review, and we'll read it on air! You can find a link to do this on our webpage, just click on the links tab. If you do, send us a message through the contact form on our webpage, let us know, and we'll send you some free Scary Savannah stickers! Give us a call and leave a voicemail about a story idea or a message for the podcast (we'll play it on the show!) ph. 912-406-2899 Get some goods at our awesome merch store! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scarysavannah?utm_campaign=27395&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=ScarySavannahSavannah and Beyond - TeePublic Store | TeePublic Visit us on social media: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scarysavannah Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarysavannah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarysavannah YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/scarysavannah Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scarysavannah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scarysavannahandbeyond References: https://www.wjcl.com/article/mansion-at-forsyth-park-savannah-hotel-bardo/44036541 https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60814-d522605-r670071343-Mansion_on_Forsyth_Park-Savannah_Georgia.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPu9okEmLTM https://www.newspapers.com/image/422807790/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQyMjgwNzc5MCwiaWF0IjoxNjg2MTY5OTIzLCJleHAiOjE2ODYyNTYzMjN9.mZd2i8aN1M1A9SL2tQbmtV81g_DiYdv_IAfmvYAxX-Q https://www.newspapers.com/article/102050708/obituary-lewis-kayton/ https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2022/08/15/first-city-progress-look-left-lane-hotel-replacing-mansion-forsyth-georgia/10242374002/ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60814-d522605-Reviews-or10-Mansion_on_Forsyth_Park-Savannah_Georgia.html#REVIEWS  

We FINALLY made our way to Savannah, GA! Our first TRUE "remote working" adventure as empty-nesters did not disappoint. From Denise's new favorite side dish to James' boys weekend with a new friend, this Georgia city gave us history, hauntings and... yellow baseballs. Go Bananas!  We could've stuck to the usual sites--the Bird Girl, Leopold's and The Grey, to name a few--but why give you the same old peaches you could find with a quick Google search? NO. We dug into everything that makes this city great, and it's not just Forsyth Park! So get ready for some rib-sticking content, because the Hostess City of the South gave us so much love that it wouldn't fit into one episode. This is Part 1 of 2 of Savannah. Enjoy! Find all of our social media links and the map of EVERYWHERE we went in Savannah here. #emptynest #fulltank

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Savannah Morning News arts and entertainment editor Zach Dennis joins the Thursday episode of The Commute to talk about his recent column suggesting that Savannah should host more cultural festivals in Daffin Park compared to Forsyth before diving into some arts and culture topics and reflecting on John Duncan, who died recently and received a tribute in a recent edition of SMN. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Savannah Philharmonic executive director Amy Williams and Music/Artistic Director Keitaro Harada join the Thursday episode of The Commute to talk about this weekend's Phil the Park return to Forsyth Park and what folks can expect from the event before talking about what they learned from the Phil the Neighborhood series and what fans can expect from the 2022/23 season. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts

Join Tamara for an interview with freelance artist and longtime Savannahian Willie Smith. He's worked on an independent web comic with his brother, titled "BlackGuard," as well as channeled his love for Professional Wrestling into a career drawing portraits of many wrestlers in the industry, and even a freelance project for World Wrestling Entertainment itself. https://www.instagram.com/suicidal_assassin/ Plus a Mini Interview with Michelle Perez about selling her art in Forsyth Park (starts at about 53min). https://www.instagram.com/chelpaints/ https://www.chelpaints.com/ Get the answers to such burning questions as: How did Willie manage to get his portfolio reviewed by one of his favorite artists? What made Willie break out from black-and-white media and venture into colors?  Just how hard is it to airbrush a t-shirt anyway? Tune in and find out!

Thank you SO MUCH to our newest Patrons! Join us on Patreon for early access to ALL episodes from both of our podcasts! This one and "From One TO Wicked". www.patreon.com/savannahunderground In this episode of The Most Haunted City on Earth, Madison, Chris, and JT talk about the highly requested Forsyth Park! Underground morgue tunnels, murder with oleander leaves, and a terrifying killer in the Candler Hospital. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-taylor-timmons/support

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Savannah Morning News reporters Katie Nussbaum and Zoe Nicholson joins the Tuesday Commute to talk about their recent series of stories on the Forsyth Park master plan that was proposed by the Trustees' Garden Club. They talk about the changes made in the original plan to the final one, who the club is and what neighbors are saying about the proposal. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Historic Savannah Foundation president/CEO Sue Adler joins the Tuesday Commute to talk about their Preservation Month events, updates on the Kennedy Pharmacy work, their recent purchase of the Kiah House Museum and what the future of Savannah's downtown will look like with proposed changes to the flyover, Civic Center site and the Forsyth Park master plan. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts

Season 2, Episode 5 takes us to Savannah, Georgia, home to the summer college baseball team that is changing the way we watch the game, the Savannah Bananas. Representing the Bananas and telling us how the team became the talk of the game plus Savannah travel tips is Team President Jared Orton.SHOW NOTES08:12 - Coastal Plain League 09:27 - Player Recruitment12:52 - ”Banana Ball”17:34 - In Game Promotions21:30 - Grayson Stadium23:34 - All-Inclusive Ticket26:14 - Ad-Free Stadium29:08 - Bananas World Tour32:59 - Savannah Travel Tips 33:59 - Hilton Head Island 34:06 - Jekyll Island 34:52 - Forsyth Park 38:44 - Ghost Tours 40:03 - Food Recommendations44:36 - Bananas TicketsMake sure to subscribe to Travel For Sports on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts. Also remember to follow the show on Instagram and to visit TravelForSportsPodcast.com for photos, show notes, and more.

In this episode we interview 13 year former Savannah Georiga haunted tour guide Scott Siegel. He tells us his experiences from his years of hosting tours. Scott is also currently employed at the Forsyth Park Inn, one of the most haunted locations in Savannah. He tells us about his personal experiences there as well. Find us on the web: www.scarysavannahandbeyond.com Please support the podcast: www.patreon.com/scarysavannah Give us a call and leave a voicemail about a story idea, a message for the podcast (we'll play it on the show!), or a sick beat box performance: 912-406-2899 Visit us on social media: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scarysavannah Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarysavannah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarysavannah YouTube: Scary Savannah and Beyond - YouTube Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scarysavannah For some reason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scarysavannahandbeyond You can follow the show creators on Twitter as well! Brett: https://www.twitter.com/brettlay Crystal: https://www.twitter.com/crystallay

WTOC Digital Anchor gives you a recap of the week's biggest stories from the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry. In this episode: - Jury selection begins in trial for three men charged with Arbery killing: https://www.wtoc.com/news/ahmaud-arbery-case/ - Bond denied for Murdaugh: https://www.wtoc.com/news/lowcountry/murdaugh-case/ - One dead, one charged in Forsyth Park shooting: https://www.wtoc.com/2021/10/21/suspect-arrested-deadly-shooting-forsyth-park/ -SCAD Film Festival returns in-person this weekend: https://www.wtoc.com/2021/10/04/24th-annual-scad-savannah-film-festival-schedule-announced/

We are back for our regular weekly show and we wanted to take another look at the Tybee Island City Elections coming up. We are joined by Elaine Mcgruder, Candidate. She brings a wealth of policy and legal knowledge to the table. She's also a strong proponent of STVR regulation. We talk a lot about political will which translates well to many of our issues.After the interview John and Chuck catch up on 2 reading series over at Savannah Morning News with Adam Van Brimmer's year old take we discussed a while ago, and Bill Dawers updating us on the Friends of Forsyth Park proposal. Some great media criticisms here. We won't have any regular shows the next two weeks as we broadcast 5 interviews for the candidates running for HD 165. We will post the schedule of broadcasts ASAPWant access to those interviews right now? go to www.patreon.com/bettersavannah and subscribe to unlock the content and support our mission at the same time.  

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Meb Ryan with the Friends of Forsyth joins the Thursday Commute to talk about the changes made to their initial master plan, what the next steps are for the group and what happens if the plan is approved. Then, Teddy Adams joins to talk about this year's Savannah Jazz Festival and the history of the storied event. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Historic Savannah Foundation president Sue Adler joins the Wednesday episode of The Commute to talks about historic preservation in Savannah, expanding that outside of the historic district and programs that HSF is working on. Then, Savannah Morning News reporter Katie Nussbaum joins to discuss her recent stories on Yamacraw Village's possible demolition and the removal of the Confederate monument in Forsyth Park. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our first ever Panel Show,  Friends of Forsyth, VNA (Victorian District Neighbirhood Association President Ryan Madson, DNA (Downtown Neighborhood Association Matthew Hallett), TSHD (Thomas Square Historic District Neighborhood Chris Shomo) join us to discuss the Garden Club's proposal for Forsyth Park in Savannah, GA Original Airdate: April 29th, 2021Video Episode at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54gjkgHi7shttps://www.facebook.com/113796806675005/videos/457312815564834

On this week's episode we're thrilled to present our Field Note with renowned public artist Jerome Meadows!   During our nearly hour long conversation, Meadows discusses his African Burial Grounds project in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Confederate monuments, and the Weeping Time grounds. Plus, he gives a preview of his talk “Demystifying the Monumental Burden of Public Art,” set to take place Thursday, May 27 at 6 p.m. at Grand Bohemian Gallery at the Mansion at Forsyth Park located at 700 Drayton Street.    Truly a can't miss episode featuring one of Savannah's most highly-regarded artists!  

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Retired Savannah journalist Tom Barton joins the Thursday Commute and "Savannah Voices" to talk about retirement, local issues that he's been monitoring and his travel blog. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is brought to you by National Office Systems Trustees Garden Club co-chair and member of the Future of Forsyth Park group Meb Ryan joins the Tuesday Commute to discuss misconceptions around the group's work, what the "plan" for Forsyth means and why it should be considered. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Think you know all the cool spots in Savannah? Think again because this week we're getting a double dose and second POV with @simplynikibblog and getting the Lowcountry local lowdown... Savannah is always a good idea! SHOW NOTES Where to stay: Historic District, Starland District Where to eat: Flock to the Wok, Flying Monk Noodle Bar, Trailer Park, The Olde Pink House, 17Hundred90, Starland Yard, Little Duck Diner, Fox & Fig Cafe, Collins Quarter at Forsyth Park Where to drink: Bohemian Hotel, Electric Moon, Baobab Lounge, Myrtle & Rose, The Peregrin, Perry Lane Hotel, McDonough’s Restaurant & Lounge, The Peacock Lounge What to do: Walk through Forsyth Park and down Bull Street, ghost tours, walk/tour Bonaventure Cemetery, visit Plant Riverside (they have live music, pop-ups, etc.), walk all of Jones Street, SCAD Museum RAPID FIRE Most Instagram-able spot: Wormsloe Best pizza joint: Vinnie Van GoGo’s Favorite event: St. Patricks. Day, Picnic in the Park Best season to visit: Fall, spring Favorite coffee shop: Henny Penny Art Space and Cafe Best wine & cheese bar: The Grove Favorite rooftop bar: The Peregrine, Myrtle & Rose Favorite local business: Savannah Bee Company, Satchel, E. Shaver, Mamie Ruth, The Paris Market (great for coffee too!)

Hear the GOOD DEEDS happening in town with Bunny Ware before 4pm & after 5pm on G100Savannah: - Today 4pm Food Box Drive Thru Greater Works Church at 3205 Waters Avenue -Friday DONATE BLOOD at the American Red Cross Blood Drive-Be a Super Hero! at the Grand Lake Club at Southbridge -Friday celebrate The Exchange Club of Savannah feeding the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire families for the next year -Friday caregivers relax at the Yoga Relay for Supporting Caregivers at Lake Mayer Park -Friday HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO The Culturist Union founder Elbi Elm -Saturday SHOP the 5 Mile Bend Farmers Market, Islands Farmers' Market and Bloom & Grow Open Market -Saturday join the For the Future Womxn's March at Forsyth Park at 3pm - Saturday Support the Savannah Mustang Club, Inc. Open Air Truck and Motorcycle Show to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire - Saturday night celebrate the Savannah Philharmonic Virtual Picnic in the Park Halloween Masquerade on WTOC-TV -Saturday night start your Halloween celebrating with DJ Maria Cecilia Weinkauf at Namaste Savannah. -Sunday support the Humane Society for Greater Savannah at their Fall Fair from 10am-4pm -Tuesday cheer on the 5th Annual Parker's "Fueling the Community" golf tournament - Tuesday celebrate the BEST OF THE BEST with Connect Savannah - Tuesday join the Savannah Jaycees virtual Georgia House and Congressional debate on their Social Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we hang out with some of the most amazing creators and super hosts of airbnb "Rosé All Day" Savannah and sipped away with Vanessa, Master of wine of Wine Access!! About Rosé All Day Welcome to Rosé All Day in beautiful historic Savannah, y'all! Grab a glass and relax in this insta-worthy luxury home. As referred to as the “Barbie Dream House” by Narcity.com, our perfectly pink Victorian fuses old-world details with a cheerful, modern vibe. Our two-bedroom, one bathroom first-floor condo (that sleeps up to six people) fully renovated & restored in 2020 (!!) is just steps from Forsyth Park and perfectly walkable to all that beautiful historic downtown Savannah has to offer! About Wine Access We've spent decades cultivating relationships with under-the-radar winemakers and iconic producers who define the art of wine. Our personal connections unlock access to the most out-of-reach wines from first growth Bordeaux estates to Napa cult icons with an array of rare treasures and new discoveries in between. Collectively, we taste over 20,000 wines a year and offer only those that exceed the expectations defined by their price. Our top recommendations are offered through a daily email, supported by a selection of singular wines that are featured in our online store. About Vanessa Conlin Vanessa was head of sales and marketing for several of Napa's most prestigious estates including Arietta Wines, Dana Estates, and Realm Cellars. Previously, she was a retail buyer and wine bar wine director in New York. She's President of the Board for the Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch holds the WSET Diploma, and was the recipient of the Niki Singer Memorial Scholarship from the International Wine Center. Vanessa became the 52nd MW in the United States in February of 2020. Rosé's --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therosehourpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/therosehourpodcast/support

Art on the Air is pleased to present a special interview with internationally-known multidisciplinary artist Sheb Wooley!From his bio:"Sheb Wooley primarily works in the medium of raw materials from a classical standpoint, bringing lofty aesthetics to earth by engaging urbanistic methodologies. Making a statement of the environment with tools of the world by cultivating transparent mappings. His recent work, in his hometown of Ludowici, Georgia, was titled “Cream for a Day”, an interactive installation where visitors driving through would experience, in textures, smells, and screen projections, becoming a cake. From primary materials, through the baking process, and completing the journey with a light, fluffy icing made with the natural elements from the area. Mr. Wooley’s next project on the horizon is named “Mudder”, set to be in Savannah, Georgia, downtown at Forsyth Park, and will be a humble tribute to the roots of the lowcountry region with a medium of modern days. His creations have appeared in municipalities throughout the world, in remote settings, and have gained critical recognition and acclaim."TUNE IN!

Leading from City Hall down through five of the Historic District’s prettiest and most interesting squares to Forsyth Park and its fountain, Bull Street is one of Savannah’s most prominent promenades and thoroughfares.Bull Street has been one of the most important streets in Savannah through most of its history. Because of this, many of the city’s most significant buildings – commercial, governmental and religious – and its largest and most beautiful historic homes were built along the street and around its squares. Many of Savannah’s monuments, too, are located in the Bull Street squares, again chosen for their importance and centrality.The monuments that we will chat about are the Greene Monument, erected in 1830 in memory of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene; the Tomochichi Memorial, honoring Chief Tomochichi, leader of the Yamacraw and ally of James Oglethorpe; the Gordon Monument, erected in memory of William Washington Gordon I, first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad; the Oglethorpe Monument commemorating Savannah and Georgia founder James Oglethorpe; the Savannah Theatre; the Jasper Monument, commemorating Revolutionary War hero William Jasper; the Pulaski Monument, dedicated to one of the nation’s favorite generals of the Revolutionary War, Polish-born Casimir Pulaski.Squares: Johnson Square; Wright Square; Chippewa Square; Madison Square; Monterey Square

Built for wealthy cotton merchant Captain Aaron Churchill, the building that is now home to the Forsyth Park Inn. Mystery and legends surround the house and a shocking murder that allegedly took place in 1899? Did a little girl unknowingly kill her mother that she never knew? Across the street the beautiful Forsyth Park is one of the most awe inspiring sites in Savannah. It also holds a deadly secret that city leaders never wanted to get out.Join us as we take a closer look at all the paranormal activity in one of Savannah's most haunted inns and historic parks! Also, don't forget to download the Savannah Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of Savannah at your own pace.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Amilia and Caleb, sorta companions, sorta dance partners, to chat about why they came to visit Savannah, Georgia for a long weekend. They needed to get away and ended up staying with me in my guest room and agreed to be interviewed. What I learned about them is fun and insightful, and I am excited that you will have an opportunity to learn about this amazing, NOT COUPLE!

Savannah Talks' Co-Host, Ryan, Interviews Co-Host Daniel. Learn a little about Co-Host Daniel as Ryan discussing why he started Savannah Talks. Savannah Talks is a bi-weekly podcast exploring the people who live-in, work-in and visit Savannah, Georgia.

Co-Host Daniel interview Co-Host Ryan. This episode will introduce you to Ryan and all of his Savannah weirdness. Savannah Talks is a bi-weekly podcast discussing those who live in, work in, and visit Savannah, Georgia.

Episode 1 is an introduction to the hosts: Daniel, Ryan and Razz. They sit down and discuss Savannah Georgia's history and it's current business climate. The topics covered range from Politics, Religion, Sex, Rock and Roll and of course the Parks, Churches and Buildings, Tourism, and future topics. Join the hosts in this introduction to Savannah Talks and visit our website at www.SavannahTalks.online.

This Week in Savannah... We tell you what events are going on this week in Savannah You can pay parking tickets with a canned food donation, much to Courtney's chagrin (because she just paid cash for a ticket a couple days ago) An incident on news during the marathon has made national headlines Forsyth Park Area will be testing a 90 day open container zone SCAD is trading a new police headquarters with the city for $12 million dollars worth of city property A city in GA called "Santa Claus" is experiencing their busiest month of the year.