anyway, lee came to visit for a nice long weekend and we had a good time. he arrived on thursday afternoon and left later monday evening. it was nice! thursday was very lovely and warm, and spoiled the rest of the trip because then it was cold the rest of the time (and the paper mill smell was sometimes overpowering...). but on thursday when he arrived, i took him for lunch at the savannah tea room. tea is big down here, and savannah has several tea houses. i had the blackened grouper sandwich and lee had a chicken and bacon panini. lunches come with tea, scones, fruit, and sweets. it was yummy!
then lee was on his own on an "architectural walking tour" of savannah that i put together for him. he saw the juliette gordon low house, where the founder of the girl scouts of america was born. (in case you didn't know, the girl scouts were also founded in savannah and the place is often over-run with traveling troups of them!) he also saw the sorrel-weed house and the green-meldrim house. the sorrel-weed house is supposedly haunted, like everything else in savannah. and of course, the mercer house was part of his tour--yes, of "midnight in the garden of good and evil" fame. please, don't waste your time on the movie--it doesn't follow the story from the book really and the book is really quite good. and yes, in some parts, savannah is still like that... anyway, lee just did a walk and picture tour. most of the houses are rather over-priced and are just full of period furniture, so not really the kind of thing either of us are interested in. but i'm glad he had fun seeing savannah while i finished up at work that day.
then on friday, we went to the telfair museum and the jepson center for the arts. the telfair was the first art museum in the south. i kind of like it because it has similar collections to my old job at the boston athenaeum. they were contemporaries after all. and both times i've been to the telfair, they have had special exhibits from boston. it's a sign, i know.
the jepson is the contemporary art wing of the telfair. the building was done by moshe safdie, but i wasn't that impressed with it or the collections.
lee did make a rather nice corinthian column, though. this was in the children's educational area.
then we had lunch at paula deen's restaurant, the lady & sons. this is not good for your health. i had a pretty upset stomach after lunch from the sheer quantity of grease and salt. it was way too fried--especially the french fries! see below, with my tasty and good asparagus sandwich. the bread was also very good, but the rest i could live without.
after lunch, we went to the owens-thomas house because this is one house that is part of the telfair museum complex and so it's included in your museum admission. it was nice, but again, mostly just period furniture. i guess it's cool that marquis de lafayette stayed there, though!
on saturday, we went to tybee island with scott and jessica. tybee is about 11 miles east of savannah. it's a barrier island and it's where all the rednecks and southern bubba's live. observe the rebel bikini... and this was only the beginning of the rebel material we saw. my favorite saying i've spotted is "i love g.r.i.t.s." (i love girls raised in the south.)
but the beach was lovely, as usual, and we also ate at a delicious seafood restaurant called stingray's. lee had the traditional low country boil.
and of course, we stopped at the crab shack to see the gators. i have blogged about the crab shack before when my friend amy took me. we did not eat there. once you go there, you do not need to go again.
sunday and monday were pretty low key. i didn't realize until sunday that i had plum run out of things to do. savannah isn't really a bustling metropolis. but lee has a spot in his heart for wet willie's. this is new orleans-style alcoholic slushy drinks--i think i may have mentioned this when lee came for thanksgiving. anyway, he got another one and enjoyed it on a walk. this one was monster melon flavor.
and then on monday, before lee left, we had lunch at my favorite pizza joint in town--the mellow mushroom. it might be some of the best pizza i've ever had. but i had the tofu sub instead this day, and i was equally amazed at the tasty food there.
then lee went home and i was sad, but we'll see each other again soon in d.c.! we're planning it now, and i'm greatly looking forward to it. :)
1 comment:
1) you couldn't think of any georgia songs? like georgia on my mind? there's also going to georgia by the mountain goats. and unseen power of the picket fence by pavement, which is really about REM, but has the chorus "...and they're marching through georgia..."
2) i am glad you had a good time
3) i think you need that rebel bikini
4) you better let me know when you're in DC. i'm just sayin...
-Marc
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