3/1/2015

Weekly Update 3/1/2015

I met Lisa on Monday for a walk around downtown. We took a few photos in case we ever want to create a scavenger hunt of our own. We ate at a little place on Broughton that I had been to before, but Lisa had never gone to. That evening, I drove out to Skidaway for a Learning Center lecture on Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Like all things, history sheds a different light on events that happened long ago.

I didn't even stick my head out the door on Tuesday as it rained all day, and was cold, but by Wednesday, I'd had enough. I went out. I started with a stop at the bagel shop where I can find the only really good bagels in Savannah. I was spoiled in Rochester when I stopped at Ishy's Balsam Bagels shop, that has a choice of dozens of different delicious bagels and many flavored cream cheeses. These luxuries are not found in Savannah, so I take what I can get, and pay $5 more than Ishy does. After that, I went out to the Savannah Mall the the cineplex there to see The Imitation Game. I liked that movie very much. I also enjoyed The Theory of Everything last week. Apparently I'm drawn to misfit geniuses.

Thursday there was an outing planned with docents at DH. We met at the Mighty 8th Museum near the airport. I had been there before, but I went on my own, and it's totally different when you have a guide. Listening to the stories of the 8th Air Corps and its service in Britain during WWII make the sacrifices much appreciated many years later. From there we went to New Ebenezer, about 22 miles north on the Savannah River. It is the city founded by about 300 Lutherans escaping persecution in Salzburg Austria in 1734. There is still an active church here, and the friendly and knowledgeable church ladies made us a delightful lunch (with 5 different kinds of German cookies - including pfeffernuesse YES!)

They then gave us a guided tour of the original church building, the parsonage, and a museum. It was wonderful. There was also a historic cemetery near the church campus. It wasn't on the tour, but I couldn't help but stop and get more photos. I rarely travel so far to find historic sites since there are so many great ones right in the historic district of Savannah, but this was well worth my braving the highways and driving.

Our guide explaining about the air strikes in Europe

amazing cookies and the ladies who made them

New Jerusalem Church

historic Ebenezer cemetery

 

By Sunday, I was REALLY tired of rain and cold. Suzy and I went to see Selma. It was another good movie. I think I had expected not to like it, since I'd read that it wasn't kind to LBJ, but I did enjoy it.

This was a week of movies. Not only did I go to the cinema twice, but, thanks to TCM's 31 Days of Oscars, I watched Chariots of Fire, Wait Until Dark, The Fiddler on the Roof, and The Great Santini on tv. I also borrowed a DVD from the library, Gallopoli. I had thought it might be more about the battle, but that wasn't the case. I enjoyed it anyway, as it was about friendships formed, the enthusiasm young men have for king and country, the horrific fate of “cannon fodder”, and the toll that watching your mates die takes.

I spend a lot of time this past week on my fat butt in front of a screen. I hope spring gets here soon, but with it will come the allergies, the high utility bills, and friends moving away for the season. Taken altogether, each season has its good and bad attributes.