...just shootin' the breeze with tybee folks who like to eat out. they say the hottest new chef on our island is Ryan Buttermer. you'll find him operating at Doc's Bar. his shrimp creole you'll want to kill for...at least.

about our Lighthouse, when does all the noise end? a lot of babble and mis-information in the air. a lot of noise in the news media. perhaps the clearest path is being voiced by Council Person Walter Crawford.
Walter is advising that a joint ownership agreement between the City of Tybee Island, and the Historical Society be created. makes sense, folks. both parties already have a lease agreement. maybe there will be peace in our time over this stewardship issue. it still centers around public domain issues. When you really boil it all down, the Lighthouse is about all of us on Tybee. we see it's strength and promise of protection. that is our heritage. let us all protect it and move forward...together.

... just shootin' the breeze recently with developer Jim Stoeffler on the roof of his spectacular Bull River Yacht Club. man, what a view of our tybee, tybee road, the shipping lanes, downtown. Jim even has a swimming pool on top of that building and the rumor is he's thinking about a secret deal to make the building even more incredible for Tybee and Savannah. more on this story as it develops. it's a dazzler...

no secret garden in front of Cynthia&Gavin Murphy's house on the ocean side of 18th street. Cynthia ought to get yard of the month for the next decade for what she has crafted. folks walking to the beach often stop and just gawk. hey, it's that pretty. check it out.

and when you are in Garden City, check out Tom Cannon, our former City Manager. Tom is now a Department Head of Public Works. we wish him well. his wife Delane tells me Tom is also wearing two hats as he heads up planning and economic development. busy guy, eh? Delane says he is looking forward to the challenge.

...just shootin' the breeze with Craig Harney at WTOC-TV and he tells me that last summer's mega hit, Improv at Doc's: A Tybee Celebration just may be repeated as part of the station's Beach Bum Parade coverage of the Memorial Day Celebration.

call the station and voice your support for a return of Improv! ask for Craig as he really loves the show! Craig shot it!

now that would be so cool and a tribute to Charlie Sherrill and all the incredible artists who worked with him to star in the local production that aired three times on WTOC last august. best advice...call Ms. Wanda Parker, Doc's owner, now... so the darlin' lady can squeeze you in! see it there...

jokin' with Tybee Legend Al Rooster Williams and his lovely bride Carol at their Miller Avenue home a while back. we checked out his gun collection, did our math, and now figure that Rooster is the 7th Largest Army in the free world. what a guy! you might want to ride shotgun in his classic bmw!

and you might want to shoot the breeze with Tybee's Jimmy & Becky Ford about D-J's Piano Bar. they like it and the dancin' floor works. so do the white tablecloths, the lighting, the great bartenders including Laura O’Neil ..and, you can have conversations without screaming over the music...imagine... and great sing along standards played on that magnificent piano. Ms. D-J is serving up a beaut of a start-up. The Breeze says thumbs up!

and imagine popcorn...popcorn by Tess at Rascal's...word on the street is she pops the meanest and tastiest stuff...and folks, she does it with a smile!

and there's Dean Morrison's idea of tasty---how about a TybeeTram based at the Pier that services us locals as well as tourists? he has that idea cookin' we hear. ask him to keep it alive. worth shootin' the breeze.

finally got a chance to jabber with Flower Wanda Martin about her incredible green carnations sold for St. Paddy's Day. these babies lasted more than two weeks without even starting to wilt. the lass has magic.

and magic lives in our 93 year old Sylvia Gott. the gifted percussion section queen returned from a successful musical tour of New Orleans bistros recently to claim her front table at Doc's Bar and keep the music sweet. she told me she had to update those folks on Tybee's Coastal Wave approach to creating very cool music.they probably wanted to steal her down there. glad her daughter got her back to us.

suppose if we had Ms. Gott as U N Ambassador.. well, the world might be just a better and safer place to live. she's Tybee Royalty!

probably will run into you soon
...just shootin' the breeze.