The Savannah Riverfront is about to make a change that will greatly impact the economy of the city. The Savannah River Landing will be a new work – live community encompassing 54 acres of homes, public squares and retail shops. According to their website, the Landing will feature “a luxury hotel, a boutique hotel and streets of world-class retail space, restaurants and office space…a new social center pointe along the river.”

You can take a virtual tour on their website and check out the site plan, Riverfront Estates, Gracious Town Homes and Luxury Condominiums.

Looks like Savannah has a great growth coming soon!

Panera Bread is moving in to a space at the corner of Broughton and Bull Streets this summer. Now if there’s anything that I love, or used to love before I developed a wheat allergy, is a tasty bagel. Panera has delicious bagels, pastries, and coffees that keep you coming back for more. I personally love their cinnamon crunch bagel, with extra honey-walnut cream cheese, of course, and since Panera is a chain bakery, I know I can count on tasting the same quality at every location.

Because I am new to Savannah, and haven’t frequented all of the downtown local bakeries, I am going to ask you this; where is the best place in town to get a bagel? Are there any local bagelries? Is ‘bagelries’ a word? Leave your fave local bagel shop and/or local pastry shop in the comments. I’d love to try them out!

As I was driving around town the other day, I noticed a ‘Native’ bumper sticker on a local car. I’ve seen these stickers in other states, Colorado, Oregon, you know, places where non-natives visit, fall in love with the area, and return permanently. I always find it amusing that people put these stickers on their cars because they have so much pride, but there always seems to be a bit of hostility behind it, like an ‘I was here first’ kind of feeling.

You may be wondering how I ended up here in Savannah, and if you haven’t read my bio, please do so. Ok, are you back? Basically, the busy life of the city started to take its toll on me and my GSU Alumni boyfriend, and I asked myself, ‘Self, where is your soul the happiest?’ The answer was Georgia; so we made the call to move to Savannah. I often wonder where other people have moved from; I seem to have met a lot of people that are not from Savannah. I find it great that people do relocate to other cities, I think it makes the city feel more diverse, without changing the history and culture. I moved to Savannah to embrace the city’s culture, and instead, I find it embracing me. (Collective, Awww….)

Has anyone noticed that in Savannah people say, “It’s nice to see you”, instead of ‘meet you’? Why is that? Is that because people might see each other more frequently and if they forget their names it is a more polite way of recovering? Or is it because Savannahians are so nice that it really is ‘nice to see you’ when you are out and about? I don’t mind what the answer is, I love the expression!

What other quirky and unique Savannah expressions or phrases have you come across?