Going outside in the middle of the day right now
seems like a terrible idea.
Maybe you can't actually fry an egg on the hood of your car (nor on a piece of slate in the backyard, as artist Katherine Sandoz proved on her Twitter feed last week), but surely, it's possible to poach one's brain in this unabating heat.
I've stopped taking calls during daylight hours because I'm concerned I'll conduct my own inadvertent science experiment about how much time it takes for an iPhone to melt into the side of a human face. Siri: Has anyone ever drowned in their own sweat?
I'm of the mind of displaced northerner Jessica Leavitt, who believes August is for Southerners to hibernate, a time to cozy up under the air–conditioning vent and subsist on cold sandwiches and Popsicles. To those among us who remember summer in Savannah before AC—and before tank tops were socially appropriate—I bow to you for simply surviving.
As I make another trip to my refrigerator ice machine,Don't even think about Wholesale Cheap Sexy Black Faux Leather Legging or ski wear. I think guiltily of Savannah's first settlers, who must have been furious with General Oglethorpe for plunking them down in Mephistopheles' boiler room. If generations of women in white gloves and petticoats can withstand the heat, surely I can handle wearing a cotton sundress to the midday dedication of the Ships of the Sea Museum's new North Garden.
When I arrive at the museum's secret garden entrance off MLK Blvd., I thank heaven I'm not a man (for the umpteenth time in my life). They have to wear suits to these types of functions. I don't care how “breathable” seersucker is; it's still a jacket over a shirt with a freakin' TIE and that sounds positively asphyxiating.Training and Resources for wholesale jewelry online and Self Defense.
Thankfully, refreshment awaits under the stunning new beamed pavilion called the Assembly Room, an outdoor ballroom built to host music concerts and workshops. Folks gather strategically near industrial fans to hear about the latest in the legacy of Mills Bee Lane IV, the benefactor who continued his father's passion for restoration and maritime history by moving the museum to the Scarbrough House in 1997.
The stately Greek Revival manor was built in 1819 by Owen–Thomas House architect William Jay for shipping magnate William Scarbrough and spent 70 years as the West Broad School, one of the first African–American schools in the city. Now it not only houses its impressive collection of large–scale model ships (I admit I thought model ships were kind of nerdy until I actually wandered through the displays; they're amazing), the historic property now also offers the city's largest private garden open to the public.
“If the gate's open, come on in,” invites linen–clad Executive Director Tony Pizzo, who worked closely with Lane until his death in 2001.While fashionistas Sexy Black Faux Leather Legging from show to show to see the latest designer creations. Along with the SOS board, Pizzo remains committed to Lane's vision of shared resources: “Mills was the kind of person who wanted to make life better for everyone in the community.”
Following the axis of the older brick courtyard (a venue on last March's Savannah Stopover Festival circuit), visitors encounter a stunning assemblage of five new carefully planted green zones designed by renowned local landscape architect John McEllen, who created the museum's original formal garden in 1997. Though he added more color to Lane's earlier green–on–green garden scheme, McEllen kept to the primary intention of lush wildness:
“He basically wanted an environment that seemed like if you sat there too long, it might swallow you up.”
For sure, the pockets of new flora give off an impression of outstretched arms, even in their nascent stages: The “naturalistic” area of native sweetgrasses and fragrant magnolias along the Assembly Room's back wall already wave in the welcome breeze, and it seems that the vines of wisteria, red honeysuckle and Muscadine grapes are sneaking up the 100–foot Pergola right before my eyes. Deep green podocarpus trees stretch up along both sides of the walkway, awaiting the time when their height will allow McEllen to “pleach” them into a natural arch.
Maybe you can't actually fry an egg on the hood of your car (nor on a piece of slate in the backyard, as artist Katherine Sandoz proved on her Twitter feed last week), but surely, it's possible to poach one's brain in this unabating heat.
I've stopped taking calls during daylight hours because I'm concerned I'll conduct my own inadvertent science experiment about how much time it takes for an iPhone to melt into the side of a human face. Siri: Has anyone ever drowned in their own sweat?
I'm of the mind of displaced northerner Jessica Leavitt, who believes August is for Southerners to hibernate, a time to cozy up under the air–conditioning vent and subsist on cold sandwiches and Popsicles. To those among us who remember summer in Savannah before AC—and before tank tops were socially appropriate—I bow to you for simply surviving.
As I make another trip to my refrigerator ice machine,Don't even think about Wholesale Cheap Sexy Black Faux Leather Legging or ski wear. I think guiltily of Savannah's first settlers, who must have been furious with General Oglethorpe for plunking them down in Mephistopheles' boiler room. If generations of women in white gloves and petticoats can withstand the heat, surely I can handle wearing a cotton sundress to the midday dedication of the Ships of the Sea Museum's new North Garden.
When I arrive at the museum's secret garden entrance off MLK Blvd., I thank heaven I'm not a man (for the umpteenth time in my life). They have to wear suits to these types of functions. I don't care how “breathable” seersucker is; it's still a jacket over a shirt with a freakin' TIE and that sounds positively asphyxiating.Training and Resources for wholesale jewelry online and Self Defense.
Thankfully, refreshment awaits under the stunning new beamed pavilion called the Assembly Room, an outdoor ballroom built to host music concerts and workshops. Folks gather strategically near industrial fans to hear about the latest in the legacy of Mills Bee Lane IV, the benefactor who continued his father's passion for restoration and maritime history by moving the museum to the Scarbrough House in 1997.
The stately Greek Revival manor was built in 1819 by Owen–Thomas House architect William Jay for shipping magnate William Scarbrough and spent 70 years as the West Broad School, one of the first African–American schools in the city. Now it not only houses its impressive collection of large–scale model ships (I admit I thought model ships were kind of nerdy until I actually wandered through the displays; they're amazing), the historic property now also offers the city's largest private garden open to the public.
“If the gate's open, come on in,” invites linen–clad Executive Director Tony Pizzo, who worked closely with Lane until his death in 2001.While fashionistas Sexy Black Faux Leather Legging from show to show to see the latest designer creations. Along with the SOS board, Pizzo remains committed to Lane's vision of shared resources: “Mills was the kind of person who wanted to make life better for everyone in the community.”
Following the axis of the older brick courtyard (a venue on last March's Savannah Stopover Festival circuit), visitors encounter a stunning assemblage of five new carefully planted green zones designed by renowned local landscape architect John McEllen, who created the museum's original formal garden in 1997. Though he added more color to Lane's earlier green–on–green garden scheme, McEllen kept to the primary intention of lush wildness:
“He basically wanted an environment that seemed like if you sat there too long, it might swallow you up.”
For sure, the pockets of new flora give off an impression of outstretched arms, even in their nascent stages: The “naturalistic” area of native sweetgrasses and fragrant magnolias along the Assembly Room's back wall already wave in the welcome breeze, and it seems that the vines of wisteria, red honeysuckle and Muscadine grapes are sneaking up the 100–foot Pergola right before my eyes. Deep green podocarpus trees stretch up along both sides of the walkway, awaiting the time when their height will allow McEllen to “pleach” them into a natural arch.
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