Jessica Leigh Lebos
Introducing Savannah Sideways: The Substack
Seems the whole writing world has migrated to Substack, and you can find my latest writing at https://jessicaleighlebos.substack.com/ ,...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Savannah Weighs Value of Art and History Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Ancient Roman statues once owned by a local Gilded Age millionaire are up for sale. Should they be? The azaleas were blooming in...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Sublime Sanctuary Just Off The Coast
If you sailed 20 miles straight east off of Sapelo Island and gazed around the horizon, you would see nothing but a seamless view of...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
The People's Doctor
The disruptive course of the coronavirus pandemic took many of us by surprise, but Dr. Diane Weems saw it coming with eyes wide open. The...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Importance Of Being Earnest
The eyes of Earnest McIntosh, Sr. seem to reflect the water, even when he’s nowhere near it. Perhaps it’s because he has spent his life...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Keeping the Beat: The Gretsch drum factory's rhythm of a 136-year-old legacy
Located just over the Talmadge Bridge in the bucolic town of Ridgeland, SC, the low-slung, beige warehouse looks like it might produce...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Jan 8, 2020
- 4 min
Thrillist.Com: Why Thanksgiving Means Sweet Potato Orange Balls
We got the call that my mother-in-law died between dinner and dessert. It wasn’t so unexpected, as she had been confined to bed with...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Jan 8, 2020
- 4 min
Michael Twitty on Jewish Food and Soul Food
Matzah meal fried chicken, black-eyed pea hummus, turkey gumbo — for some, these combinations might not resemble the traditional culinary...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- Jan 8, 2020
- 2 min
Kitchen Influential: Savannah Magazine
Natasha Gaskill of The Grey and The Grey Market Back when our kids were toddlers at Maggie’s Morning School, Natasha Gaskill was always...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- May 22, 2019
- 1 min
Well, Ain't This Just the Best (of Savannah)?
Lawd, lawd, lookee here. I'm honored to have been voted "Best Local Author" by the readers of Connect Savannah, and even more so to have...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- May 15, 2019
- 4 min
Yo, Yenta! Why the Virgin Mary?
The latest project in my reclaimed Mardi Gras bead series might cause a little confusion, perhaps even some plotzing among the...
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Jessica Leigh Lebos
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
What Does "JLL not Jill" Even Mean?
Hiya, I’m Jessica Leigh Lebos - yes, it’s three names. Prounounced "Gesika. Lee. Lee-Boze." I'm a working writer and journalist, so in...
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