Southern Soul BBQ: Down, But Not Out

Southern Soul BBQ burns down!

Down, but not out!

The old Gisco building, which is home to the best BBQ in the world, Southern Soul BBQ, burned down today.

Truly is a sad day for St. Simons... Not only did we loose an AMAZING place to hang, eat, drink and laugh, we lost a landmark building for on the island.

Im not too worried about Southern Soul at all though... if I know those guys, they'll be peddling sammichs from the trunk of their car faster than you can say fried green bean.

New h2o sign!

After almost one year, we finally
have a sign about our place of business. But it's not just any sign. What else would you expect from a creative group!?

You need the back story first. Before we were h2o creative group, we were Hambright and Associates Design. We had a sign made, and then got in trouble from our landlord for not having "raised letters" on the sign, per the sign codes in our lease. Well, it took us a long time to finally have our sign remade and it was a pretty big pain in the neck... Considering the effect wasn't even noticeable.

So fast fwd three years...

We create h2o creative group and need a sign. We're just too dang busy to get something going. Then an epiphany. One of our employees has a father that is retired and has nothing better to do than play around in his work shop. So we draw him fullscale plans and let him go to town! The end result is nothing BUT raised letters! At roughly 30" tall, each letter is made from several pieces of 2" thick insulation foam, that has been glued together, cut to shape, epoxied for resilance and painted to match! It looks amazing. George also made a custom mount for it so stands up just right!

Now, taking it a step further is what we're all about. I researched online and found two LED bulbs that change colors! I had them mounted on the roof in watertight floodlight housings since the bulbs are interiour only. The effect is AWESOME!


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Drive-Ins, Diners and Dives

A little late I know, but better than never.

I had the chance to hang out with the host and crew of DDD while they filmed on location at one of my favorite local restaurants, Southern Soul BBQ! It was a pretty awesome expierence.

Griffin, one of the co-owners, invited me to come and be an extra while they filmed. I've known him for a good while and his BBQ biz is one of our favorite and most loyal clients.

He told me they didn't want any photographers on set... like I listened! Below is the link to the photos I took (we did the web site too!). I don't know if I'll be in final video, but my Jeep definitely made the shot!!! And really, that's all that matters. I'll update y'all on when it airs.

http://southernsoulbbq.com/ddd/



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