1/24/2016

Weekly Update 1/24/2016

I had visitors from Rochester this week. Vicki Bordanaro and her boyfriend, Mark, visited for a few days. It was wonderful to have them here, and they were easy - they had a rental car and pretty much did whatever they wanted on their own. Monday, however, I did go with them to the historic district. It was a failed attempt at showing off my delightful tourist city as it was the holiday, and I forgot (retired people without any 3-day weekends tend to forget holidays) and streets were blocked off for the parade and the trolleys weren’t running. We were able to walk around a bit and we went to the Crystal Beer Parlor for a nice lunch. The trolleys started up again in the afternoon, so they stayed downtown to take a tour while I went home. They have a friend of Mark's who lives here in Savannah, and they spent quite a bit of time sight-seeing with Pat. Pat is a manager of B Matthews, a well-known restaurant on Bay Street. And since he's a lot younger than I am, he had better suggestions about what Vicki and Mark would enjoy. My guests left on Wednesday, so while it was a quick visit, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

 

a selfie

The Massie Heritage Center held their annual meeting on Thursday evening. It included a report of membership, finances and activities, as well as some good snacks. The lecture was by Dr Robin Williams, professor of architecture and preservation at SCAD. It was very interesting. I thought he looked familiar, but I couldn't place him. It occurred to me later that he was the leader of the SCAD group I had taken through DH a while ago, when I locked one of his students in the attic. I guess it's good that I didn't speak to him and remind him of my incompetence. 

Dr Williams at the Massie Heritage Center

Friday I was back at DH and The 90. It was raining most of the day, residual effects of Jonah, I think, so not many tourists came to the museum. There were a lot of people trying to stay out of the weather at the bar, however, and it was pretty crowded for being off-season! It's the first I’ve been there in several weeks, but it was like riding a bike - I didn't forget. Then, I went to the amazing SCT production of Spamalot. What a great job they did - again! But this performance had far fewer young kids than I'm used to seeing in the show.

King Arthur and his knights, looking for their Grail

 

Saturday morning I was surprised when I received an email, 2 text messages and a phone call alerting me to the fact that it was SNOWING. Well, snowing in Savannah is not the same as snowing in New York! I looked out quickly and took a photo, but it was all over in less than 10 minutes. That's the kind of snow storm I like!

this is what snow looks like in Savannah

I enjoyed a wonderful brunch at B Matthews with Kay and Lisa on Sunday morning. Vicki and Mark had given me a gift card for that restaurant, and I was lucky to able to treat two of my good friends to a nice breakfast. I was back to the condo just before kick off, and watched the championship games. I also watched a little tennis.