3/13/2016

Weekly Update 3/13/2016

All of us (me, my visitors Dave, Kerry, and Ishy) were all up early Monday and ready to tour Savannah. We took the trolley ride half way around the city, with a stop at the middle for lunch at the historic Pirates House Restaurant. After we were finished in historic Savannah, we drove out to Tybee Island. While it's not a big attraction for me, and Ishy has seen it before, a view of the ocean is not something those who live in Kansas City to see often. The evening was spent visiting at my condo and playing some board games.

lunch at the Pirate's House

Tuesday we started out in the downtown area again, because their son had recommended that a visit to Goose Feathers for breakfast would be good - and it was! I had missed going there at the Book Fest this year because I was too interested in the speakers, so this worked out really well. Kerry wanted to make a quick stop at the Paula Deen Store, which was close by, and she bought a souvenir mug - FOR ME! How sweet, thanks! Because my brother, Dave, is a veteran of the Air Force (he was stationed in Missouri at the height of the Vietnam War, and that's why he lives there today. He was not a career soldier, but he spent four years protecting missile sites in the Mid-West when he was in the service), I thought a visit to the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum might be of interest. So we did that on Tuesday, and I think he enjoyed it. It is very interesting, and not one of my go-to museums when I have visitors, so I really liked it. Driving back to the condo, we made a detour through BC, and I could point out some of my favorite places there. We went across the highway to Wiley's for barbeque for supper (notice how I'm living up to my reputation of not cooking, even when I have guests) so they could compare KC barbeque to good southern cooking. That evening, I got out a deck of cards to play some games because we had played a lot when we were growing up. To my surprise, Dave wanted to play the Wikipedia game again. We laughed so hard! That was great. 

 

memories for Dave from a long time ago

Ishy must have won this round, while Kerry is wondering how that happened

 

Dave and Kerry wanted to get a good start on the long drive back to their home on Wednesday, so soon after we got up, they took off. It was wonderful to have them visit here, and I hope they will come again. Ishy and I played BUNCO at the clubhouse in the afternoon, and watched tv and videos in the evening.

Thursday, since neither Ishy nor I do a lot when we are alone, I had thought we would just hang around. But she announced that she had never been to any of the forts in Savannah on any of her visits here. We went to tour Old fort Jackson. I was really surprised that there was an interpreter giving a cannon firing demonstration when we were there, but that really added to the interest. No visit to Savannah is complete without a trip to Leopold's Ice Cream, we did that next. How cool is this? - the flavor for March is Guinness! It doesn't taste like beer, but it was GOOD! We then walked for a few blocks so I could show Ishy The 90, where I spend nearly every Friday evening, and we drove around a little so I could point out some other non-touristy things (like where Jim and Connie live). We met Dave and Lisa at The Crystal Beer Parlor that evening for supper. Then we watched a little more tv. 

Ishy at OFJ

oh man! Guinness ice cream!

Ishy's flight back to Rochester was Friday morning, so I had plenty of time to get her to the airport before going to DH. Then, I was back on schedule - DH, The 90. Friday was also the Greening of the Fountains in Savannah, when the water in all the fountains in Forsyth Park and the squares is turned to green for St Patrick's Day. Columbia Square, where the DH is, had the water turned green while I was doing my tours.

 

quite pretty and very Irish

Saturday, I went downtown in the morning to enjoy some of the Tara Feis festival, which is the family-friendly event leading up to St Patrick's Day. I met Lisa and Dave there, and we had a little lunch (a hot dog? where's the corned beef?) and watched some entertainments. I like the Irish dancers, especially the little kids. I even recognized a few from last year's event. And the always popular, always entertaining Harry O'Donough sang some Irish fold songs and told some jokes. In the evening, Donna had invited the Besties to her condo for a wonderful home cooked roast pork dinner. The food was great, and the friendship and camaraderie can't be equaled. 

Irish folk dancers

and an Irish folk singer

 

By Sunday, I was all caught up with laundry. I still have a lot of extra food to get rid of, but that's not as big a problem as the extra washing of sheets and towels. I remembered to turn my clocks ahead and was at BC on time for my tour.