3/10.2019

Weekly Update 3/10/2019

I went to City Hall again on Monday to continue trying to decipher the old hand-written deed records into a data base. I completed the “C” entries of book one. I’m going to go blind. But it is very interesting. Some things I can make a good guess at: land acquisitions for the creation of Daffin Park, sewer lines near 41^st Street where I lived for a few weeks just after moving to Savannah, a few familiar names.

hard at work in the archives office at CH

Since I was getting ready to go to New Orleans, I had a few things I needed to do. I got my first pedi of the season, so now I can wear flipflops for some of the time. And I got my haircut. It was getting a little long, but now it’s too short!

And I got my taxes done. That is an unpleasant job, but there’s no point in putting it off. I knew I would feel better if I didn’t have that facing me when I got home again after a nice vacation. So I sat down and got to it. I used a tax program, and filed electronically. And it appears I’m getting quite a bit back. So, I’ll have to adjust my estimated quarterly payments, but I won’t think about that until later.

DH sponsored a Slavery Walking Tour on Thursday; it was fascinating, and the story tellers did a wonderful job. I don’t know if I learned a whole lot, as I knew most of the history behind the urban slavery in Savannah, but the tour was told in stories and even a few songs.

beginning the tour at River Street

The weekly tours at DH FINALLY were full this week. I find it frustrating to have only one or two people on a tour, especially if they do not seem that interested. And it’s even worse if no one shows up at all and I have to twiddle my thumbs for an hour. But this week, all my tours were full of tourists who asked great questions and were genuinely interested in the information I gave them. It makes a huge difference. Tourist season is upon us, so this should continue for the coming weeks.

At The 90, after DH this week, a friend of Sarah Davenport’s stopped in to have a glass of wine with us. How cool was that? (Jan is a costumed performer for the Tea With Mrs. Davenport special program that is held in March, and she came by in after the show).

I went to the wonderful Lucas Theater to see Savannah Christian School’s production of Newsies. There were over 60 students of all ages who were involved in the show, and it was very good. And, yes, I broke protocol and took a photo during the curtain call. It seems as if everyone else was taking pictures all through the musical, which is distracting, to say the least. There’s a reason this is not allowed.

  

Saturday I was up early again to go to a Lunch Bunch breakfast at an Irish Pub in Richmond Hill. It was an interesting place, and they serve full Irish breakfast, but baked beans and blood pudding are not my favorites; I opted for a nice omelet. And I tried to dress for the occasion.

some of the Irish memebers of the Lunch Bunch

I’m leaving tomorrow for a trip to NOLA. I should have a few interesting pictures for next week’s blog.