Last night’s cSpot was a hit. And unexpectedly so, since it was raining cats and dogs until about 6:15 pm. Aside from my soaked new pumps (which I abandoned for about half the night), I thoroughly enjoyed myself. As evidenced by the feedback Fitz, Cari and I have received this morning, so did you.

We’d like to extend our great appreciation to last night’s hosts and sponsors Savannah Art Works (SAW) and Savannah Fun Tours, for a great spread of food, wine and brewskies (kudos go to Cari for the great idea!). Four lucky cSpoters won door prizes – three $20 gift cards to SAW and a two-hour trip on the Fun Bus (what’s a fun bus?), valued at $120 – and many people walked out with some new treasures they bought at a discount.

But last evening’s great social success makes us wonder: what do you want in a creative, networking group? Even as recently as I’ve come on board to help, we’ve had a wide array of cSpots: new places (The Distillery and Sol), oldies but goodies (1790), chic establishments (Cha Bella), laid back locales (Blowin’ Smoke), dive bars (American Legion), free booze supplied (last night and at Blowin’ Smoke), venues beyond downtown (bar-food) and even themed parties (4th of July at the Legion). This month we chose a local business (Savannah Art Works) as our party place, and people were pleased.

You spoke and we listened. Via Twitter, we asked you what you wanted to read more about on our blog. And you (thanks @bradleyktaylor) responded: Parking. (You’re next, @kplawver!)

So we called up area expert and all around great guy Sean Brandon, mobility and parking director for the City of Savannah. We had ourselves a chat and took him to task over the issue of parking in downtown. With all the hype over parking in Savannah, here’s your chance to learn a little bit about the history, business and future of parking. You might be surprised by what he had to say (for example, parking garages cost roughly $15,000 per spot). I was…

TCCa: With respect to the parking dilemmas in downtown Savannah, how did we get into this mess?

Being in the movies ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.  It’s hard work.  It demands patience, thick skin and endurance.  It’s unglamorous.  Above all, it’s unappreciative. 

I got a call at 6 am on Tuesday.  It was Patrick, a persuasive crew member on the set of Miley Cyrus’s hot new flick “The Last Song.”  He wanted to know if I was coming. The day before I received a forward from “thelastsong@gmail.com”.  They needed extras for the wedding scene, being shot July 20 and 21 at Wormsloe.  Being that I am a Gemini and fancy myself famous (call me Stevie Nicks’ unsinging protege) and being that I really wanted to see the house at Wormsloe, I sent in my photo, age and contact information as requested.  Not 2 minutes later I received a call.  I made the cut.  I was on my way.

Know anyone with a large empty building, workshop or warehouse? Then be sure to tell them to listen up! Our good friends over at All Walks of Life (AWOL) have grown too big for their britches and need to find a new space to set up their new IT program.

Known as the Goon Squad, the program takes young people referred by the Chatham County Juvenile Court and teaches them how to clean and refurbish used computers, load them with a comprehensive package of practical open-source software, and then gives the computers away for free to local families and institutions in the community.

The program helps close the digital divide—increasing access to technology among low income families. Plus, over the next three years at the current level of donations, the program will divert over 300 tons of e-waste from landfills, provide thousands of free computers to needy families and most importantly, help re-tool Savannah kids with valuable computer training skills. How cool is that? A win-win-win for the kids, the environment and our community.