9/23/2018

Weekly Update 9/23/2018

This was the week that Jan Waggoner and her friend Frances came to visit. They arrived Monday afternoon, and left early Friday morning. So, much of what I did this week involved tourist activities.

Monday morning, however, I did go downtown to the Georgia Historical Society. Abraham Baldwin’s draft copy of the United States Constitution is one of the national treasures of the GHS collection. One of only a few still in existence, the draft includes the handwritten margin notes of Baldwin, one of Georgia’s signers of the Constitution in 1787. In celebration of Constitution Day, The Research Center featured a public showing of the unique document. Almost every fifth grader in Chatham County Schools was visiting, and me.

The Georgia Historical Society HQ

I also did a lot of housework, went to an author talk at the library, and did the grocery shopping. Jan and Frances arrived just about supper time, and I made one of my specialty dinners: shake and bake chicken, packaged salad, and rice-a-roni (and I forgot to add the flavor package; it was awful). It was too late to visit anything, but we visited and looked over some brochures and made plans of things to see while they were here.

Because I had a lecture on Sea Turtles at TLC center that I wanted to see, Jan and Frances went downtown to take the trolley tour while I attended the lecture on Tuesday. I met them at the Tap House for lunch. We went to the Owens Thomas House and Davenport House. The Disney movie, Lady and The Tramp, is filming in Savannah. We walked past one of the “stages” at Wright Square. I’ll have to look for this background when the movie comes out. We also went to The 90. My bartender, Martha, doesn’t work on Tuesdays, but I wanted them to see where I spend so much of my time. June and Barbara came over to the condo to visit in the evening so I could impress everyone with what great friends I have.

a turn-of-the-century flower shop on Wright Square

taking photos in the Owens Thomas House

Wednesday, I parked at Forsyth Park and we walked. (As we were walking though the park, some man on a bench engaged us in conversation. He said he had been in the film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, but I don’t remember. We did watch the video in the evening, and, sure enough, we were able to identify “Jerry” in the film) We did both the Telfair Academy, where Mary Telfair met with us and told some of her life stories, and the Jepson for the Art in Bonaventure exhibit. We wanted to go to the Harper Fawkes House, but there was a private event, so we were not allowed inside. We also went to the Prohibition Museum, and that was fun. When I’d visited a long time ago, the speakeasy wasn’t opened yet, but it since then, it has obtained a liquor license. I had something called Pimm’s Cup – delightful. And what visit to Savannah is complete without a trip to Leopold’s?  

at the fountain

with new friend, Mary Telfair

the speakeasy menu and my Pimm's drink

Thursday, we started at BC. Then out to Tybee. We went to Paula Deen’s Creekside Restaurant for a late lunch. The appetizer special was candied bacon – and it was really grand! We went downtown to tour Temple Mickve. But that was all the sightseeing we could possible fit into the time we had here. We were all tired, and they wanted to get a good night’s sleep to be ready to leave early Friday morning and drive 10 hours to get home.  

Jan & Frances getting their feet wet at Tybee

candied bacon

Temple Mickve

I hope they enjoyed being here as much as I enjoyed having them.

Friday I was back on schedule – DH and The 90. It was the first I’d seen Kay since she got back from UK, and I loved to hear her stories about visiting with Dave and Lisa. Saturday, I was even more back to normal as I got back in the pool to swim again after almost a whole week out of the water. I liked that! In the evening, there was a fund raiser at DH, which included a vintage clothing fashion show in the garden. It was nice until the bugs came out.

the DH garden 

the fashion models getting ready to parade

Sunday, I didn’t go to Coach’s. I’ve been embarrassed there for the first 2 games, and I had no reason to believe we wouldn’t get beat up on by the Vikings. So, perhaps all the Bills fans who are happy about a win have me to thank! And perhaps I’m not going to be able to go to any more games at the bar as I seem to be a jinx. I did meet with the Lunch Bunch for drinks at the Hyatt Hotel downtown in the evening. And I was dressed in my Sunday uniform.  

tucked away in the back - in the blue Bills shirt