MINI Coopers took over Savannah for The GREAT Ice Cream Run on the 7-day ice cream run from Sanford, Florida to Bar Harbor, Maine. MINI Cooper drivers stopped at homemade ice cream shops along the way to enjoy summer’s sweetest treat, including Savannah’s own Leopold’s. Check out local resident and MINI owner Murray Wilson enjoying the treats, and our very own Chris Miller explaining how to ‘catch’ smart, quirky, cool Mini owners.

Kind of makes me want to buy a MINI so I can join in next year’s festivities – and zipping around town and out to the beach wouldn’t be half bad either!

P.S. Thanks to the boys and girls over at the Paragon Muse for the spiffy video coverage!

Imagine not having to drive over the river and through the woods to relax in Hilton Head, but instead being able to enjoy the trip from the water. A reality in many other coastal locations (Portland, ME, Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay), the idea of linking Savannah and Hilton Head by ferry is not a new one. In 2000, the Chatham Area Transit Authority looked at ways to improve the flow of people between locales. Last semester, a class of 11 students at SCAD, taught by Professor of Architecture Greg G. Hall, kept busy designing two terminals for a proposed high-speed ferry.

The proposed ideas were for a Savannah Terminal, which would draw visitors to the south end of River Street to be greeted by a garden-roofed building housing the terminal for the ferry. Dwarfed by the Marriott, the building would hopefully draw crowds to the largely unused portion of River Street. The Hilton Head Terminal would snake down the roads of Jenkins Island, enclosed by glass walls, this building would be designed to blend into the undeveloped landscape of the island.

Can you imagine eating only foods grown within 100 miles of your home?

That’s exactly what one couple from Vancouver, British Columbia did for one year. Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon decided to eat foods from within 100 miles of their home after learning the statistic that when the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically traveled at least 1,500 miles to their plate. “Since then, James and Alisa have gotten up-close-and-personal with issues ranging from the family-farm crisis to the environmental value of organic pears shipped across the globe. They’ve reconsidered vegetarianism and sunk their hands into community gardening. They’ve eaten a lot of potatoes.”

Eating local like this would be difficult, in my opinion, although there are many locations to purchase local meats, seafood and produce. It would just take more effort in to thinking about what you’re putting in to your body and where you are getting that food from. Then again, it may be easier for me since I eat gluten free. The environmental impact of eating local would be huge, if you ate local for one month, just think of all the processed food boxes, cans and rubbish you would waste. But imagine having to make your own pastas and breads from local grown grains.

MSN has a slideshow on the ‘Best Cities for Young Singles’, and sorry, but Savannah is not listed.

(In no particular order)

1.) Washington D.C.
2.) Denver, CO
3.) Austin, TX
4.) Raleigh, NC
5.) Lexington, KY

Best Cities for Mid-Level Professionals:

1.) Portland, ME
2.) Huntsville, AL
3.) Kansas City, KS
4.) Boise, ID
5.) Fayetteville, NC

Atlanta ranked under Best Cities for Married with Children.

What do you think of these results? I haven’t been on the ‘dating scene’ in awhile, so I’m not sure how Savannah would rank for Singles. Do you find dating in Savannah easy? Where are the local ‘hot spots’ for Singles in town?

Where do you think Savannah ranks as a city for mid-level professionals? I have found Savannah to be a remarkably easy place to gain employment and establish a home.