5/12/2013

weekly update 5/12/2013

I didn't do much this week until Marcia and Andy arrived on Friday. This week was all about them. I did, however, do the first house cleaning I've done since the last time I had guests. So I was exhausted on Thursday.

Friday, I expected they would arrive from Charleston about 10:30 am. I was certainly shocked when I first opened my eyes and the clock said 10:25. I haven't moved that fast since the time I thought I'd missed book club. I was showered and dressed in less than 5 minutes. I still had time to spare, and it was so wonderful to see them enter the Mercer Point condo community. We spent that afternoon taking the trolley around Savannah, and touring the Visitor Center Museum and the Railroad Museum - both highlights of their stay here, I'm sure. Being the excellent guide that I am, I was unable to find the Pink House for dinner, so we decided on Vic's at the River. However, by the time I steered Andy to a parking place, we were actually as close to Pink House as we were to Vic's, so it was back to plan A. We had a very nice meal there, and then back to the condo. They skyped with Maddie & Zack, and those kids are so-o-o cute. They both said hi to me, but not enthusiastically, since they have no clue who I am.

Marcia, Andy & I on the trolley tour

 

Saturday, we got up early to drive to Jekyll Island. Andy drove again, which probably made them both feel safer. We first went to take pictures at driftwood beach, and stopped briefly at the Horton House ruins. We had a nice lunch at the Crane cottage in the historic district. Before taking the tram tour, we had just enough time for a quick tour of the sea turtle museum and hospital. (I made them do that because it's my favorite thing to do on Jekyll). Then we took the tram tour around the historic district, and were able to get inside 2 or the “cottages”. We drove back to Savannah along route 17, because it's a more scenic drive that on interstate 95, and looked for a seafood place to eat. Of course, since don't really know all the restaurants around the area, so I directed us to Uncle Bubba's, which is around the corner from the condo. It was a long day, made better by the two bouquets of flowers that were waiting at the door of my unit when we returned - both Allen and Brian had remembered me and had send flowers to me!

on Driftwood  Beach

 

Sunday, being Mother's Day, we went out to brunch. I had made reservations at the Pirate House, and the meal was very good. but the biggest surprise was the waiter. when he greeted us, he said to me that he had waited on me before and he remembered me. Well, I've eaten there twice in three years, so I suppose that could be true, but it didn't seem that he would remember me. Then he said, no it was when I had been a tour at Bonaventure Cemetery for his wedding! yes, of course, when a couple requested a tour for their wedding guests last December, I was one of the guides - I remember him too. But I never would have recognized him like he did me. I guess I made a good impression that day. WE had a lot of time between the brunch and when I would need to be at the cemetery again for my Second Sunday Tour, so I made Andy drive around some non-tourist parts of Savannah, primarily where I used to do my meals on wheels deliveries. Then they were forced to listen to me in full docent mode and I did my tour at the cemetery. Back to the condo again, we had the beef stew I'd made earlier in the week, and then settled in to watch the my Sunday night TV shows. 

 

brunch at the Pirate House (it's unusual that someone has to hold a gun on me to get me to eat. And, you can notice that I've got two plates of food, so it's not exactly that I'm not doing my best)