10/28/2013

weekly update 10/28/2013

It seems as if my swimming days are behind me. I didn't get to the pool even one time this week. I did, however, go for walks. I've found another thing I like about my iphone - I can tune it to Pandora, set it to the Buddy Holly station, and it makes my walking easier. I did that four times this past week. I don't think it will last, however; I don't like to walk. 

 

the path at the Y where I walk

I also am right back into lecture season. This, also, is at an end as there is nothing on my calendar for next week. Last week, I went to a talk on Mary Telfair given by the Victorian Society, a lecture about the Georgia economic recovery (based almost entirely on slavery) following the Revolutionary War at CHS, and another lecture at the Jepson Center for the Arts about the Great Migration and how is was depicted in African American art in the first part of the 20th Century. All very interesting. And, I was lucky that my friend Donna went with me to all the lectures.

The Ladies' Dining Out group were scheduled to meet on Friday this month, instead of the usual Saturday, so after DH, I went out to Tybee Island with the group to a place there that I'd been to a couple of times for lunch, but never dinner - Sundae's Cafe. It was very nice, and I had a really good piece of beef, loaded with crisp fried onions, and tasty mashed potatoes. And a peach martini. It's always good to be with that group.

Saturday, it was my day to open BC and then take the first shift at the Visitor Center. Donna met me there as I was ending my time because we were going to drive out to The Landings on Skidaway Island to go to an annual wine tasting that we've been to a few times before and have really enjoyed. But, here it gets into that stranger-than-fiction scenario. As Donna was waiting for me to finish answering a few questions, the tourist I was talking to asked me if I was from Massachusetts because my accent was not Southern. Well, no, but Donna mentioned that she had lived there for about 5 years a long time ago. They got to talking, and this tourist couple live on the same street that Donna had lived on, and they knew some of the same people! What are the chances? The sidewalk festival at The Landings was very nice, and I bought two bottles of wine (one a very very sweet bubbly Moscato that I'm hoping to have when Allen visits on Thanksgiving), and a slice of to-die-for pumpkin cheesecake. There was also a used book sale at the library, but I didn't buy anything. That is probably the first time I’ve been able to pass a used book sale without purchasing at least a few books. Not that there wasn't anything I found interesting - but I have so many books on my shelves now that I need to read, I don't want to have more. Also, the Corvette club had a show, and that was, of course, interesting to me. There were a few small craft booths, but I don't need anything in that department, either. The weather was perfect, and it was nice to be able to have something nice like that to do. 

a magnificent 1956 'vette

 

Sunday, since the Bills were playing the Saints and I pretty much knew that wasn't going to be something I'd want to watch, I joined Lisa at the SCT production of Charlotte's Web. The musical had been playing for two weekends, but I've been busy and haven't been able to get there. I always enjoy the plays, and didn't really want to miss this, so I put my big girl Buffalo Bills t-shirt on and went to the play. Naturally, I had my phone and I could watch the scores before the lights went out. At intermission, I turned the phone back on, and was not surprised that the Buffalo game was essentially over, and that the Pats were leading by a wide margin, but I was surprised that KC was hanging on by a thread and the Lions were losing! Before the second act began, I knew that the Chiefs won, but it looked like Detroit was going to lose - they were down by 6 points and less than a minute to go, so I turned the phone off and just accepted it. Imagine my surprise when I saw the final score! Go, Matt! 

it's illegal to take photos at a performance, so i hope I'm not arrested.  this is the wonderful SCT

 

I'd like to say something about game 3 of the World Series, but I didn’t watch, and I don't know what happened. Ask me about football or tennis, but that's the best I can do. Baseball is alien. I also know very little about auto racing, but this past weekend was the Savannah Speed Classic. I have no idea what that is, but I could hear the race cars when I was doing my tours at DH. My tours end on the back porch where I wind up by telling a little about the gardens and the fate of the house following Mr Baynard's purchase from Mrs. Davenport in 1840. The roar of the engines was so loud that I had to speak up. And, as I was sitting in my condo Saturday morning, quietly reading my book, I could hear the cars again. The track is on Hutchinson Island, across the river from River Street in the historic district, near the big Westin Hotel, about 12 miles from my condo. Those cars can really make some noise!