Weekly Update 11/21/2021
Eating out with Kay, that was this week. Because we didn’t get together last weekend, we went out Monday night. We chose an Italian restaurant in Pooler. It was really good. Saturday, we went to the movies. I haven’t been to the movies since before the pandemic started! And now I remember why. I’m so used to watching my tv with closed captioning turned on, I’ve forgotten how to watch without reading along. We went to see Spencer, so that made it difficult for me to follow, too, as the accents are hard. After the matinee, we went to a nearby Indian restaurant. I don’t do Indian food a lot, and this was a great treat.
When I was at City Hall this week, I leisurely wandered back to my car after I’d finished reading as many old magazines as I could stand. I went to Ellis Square, where I was surprised to see police tape around the Johnny Mercer statue; I don’t know why that was there. (When I went by again on Saturday, the barricade and tape was removed). Then, I was curious to see if Bitty and Beau’s coffee shop had survived through the past couple of years. There were fine, and I got a pumpkin spice latte. I walked along the west side, down Montgomery Street, looking for remnants of Liberty and Elbert Squares. As I got closer to Crystal Beer Parlor, I remembered that there is a sandwich shop nearby that was supposed to be good. It is! I got a Reuben sandwich to go that was very good. Also expensive.
The new glasses I’d ordered were delivered on Wednesday. They don’t look very different than the ones I’m already wearing, but they are a little bit stronger. Because they are single vision lenses, with no tinting (I did pay for scratch protection), I got the two pair for $50, including the shipping. I love a bargain.
At DH this week. They had already set up for the holiday interpretation. That’s not a big deal because Christmas was not celebrated in the 1820s, so there’s little to talk about. I do have to tell a bit about the New Years, or end of year, traditions that most Savannahians joined in – feasting, entertaining, etc. But I’ve done this for enough years that I can fall right into it without thinking too much.
I had planned to go to the Georgia Historical Society research room in the Hodgson Hall after meeting in Green Square on Thursday. But as I got there, I saw it was closed. They were closed for almost two years to add to the building, but I thought they had reopened. Apparently not. My investigation into the lives of the Seven Ladies of the HFS will have to continue at another time.
Saturday was not the day I had planned. I had a lot to do. As I went to get out of the garage, there was a moving van parked across my entrance, and I was blocked in. Luckily, the driver came out to unload something else and moved the truck so I could get out. Then, as I was driving into town, the “check tire pressure” light appeared on my dashboard. I had just done that a few weeks ago, but it had been another cold night, so I thought maybe it needed a booster. I stopped at a garage along route 21, and he filled the tires, but also told me that I had a nail in one of the back tires. Great! But the light was off, and I thought I could continue with my errands.
I began downtown, parking by Forsyth Park and walking to River Street, and then taking the water taxi to the Convention Center for Christmas Made in the South. That is a huge craft market that I have not been to in many years. It bothers me to have to pay to get into an exhibit whose sole purpose to to sell me stuff. But I’ve been wanting to get holiday night lights for my bathrooms, and I hoped I could find some here. No luck. I did, however, see a Nutcracker box that I could not resist. It’s a small box, about four inches square. When you take to top off, it unfolds to reveal scenes from the ballet – Clara, the Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and 3D pictures like that. There were a lot of other boxes with other themes, but of course, I needed the Nutcracker. There was a lot of really nice stuff at this craft show, but I don’t need any more STUFF, so I was able to get by with just the box.
I had a ticket to go to the Tybee Post Theater in the evening for an Elvis impersonator show. It was originally scheduled for last spring, but had been postponed two more times, and tonight was the night. I would not have been comfortable driving all the way to Tybee, on a tire I didn’t trust, in the dark. So I skipped that. I would have liked to see that show.
I called to get an appointment to have the tire patched / replaced first thing Sunday morning, and the earliest they can get me in it Tuesday. I had thought about going to the R Bar in Bluffton to watch the Bills game, but, again, I wasn’t comfortable driving that far, on fast moving highways, with a faulty tire. I stayed home. And looking back, I’m glad I didn’t waste my time. The Bills are such a disappointment, when I’d begun the season with high hopes. What happened?
Adrian is learning at an amazing rate. He is eating food. He is sitting up. He is going to library book club. He is going to swimming lessons. He is using his hands. He is talking and making happy noises. And he’s working on the computer! I got a video today of him at the keyboard. I want to ask him how to organize my photos. Or get my tv to stream a sporting event without constant buffering.
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