11/20/2022

Weekly Update 11/20/2022

A wonderful week! But not too many pictures. I was too busy doing other things.

We’ve spent a lot of time eating, drinking and walking. Whenever Kay is able to join us, we include her, because she’s very much a part of the group. For eating, we’ve been to the places that Dave and Lisa used to like to go to, and places that Allen has been before and enjoyed: Jim and Nick’s, The Rail, Churchill’s, Sandfly Barbecue (I think this was new to Allen, but the rest of us enjoyed a re-visit), and others.

Dave and Lisa stayed at a hotel in downtown Savannah from Tuesday until Sunday, They needed some time alone to walk around the city and remember when they lived here. I had some time to myself, but that filled up quickly.

Tuesday was a mix up. Things that I should have been able to take care of before anyone arrived were all pushed to this day. I had to go to the IRS to straighten out an error on my 2022 tax return that I believed had been done with an amendment to my original filing. And I had to go to the Beltone office to have one of my hearing aids fixed because they were closed all last week. Wednesday, too, I had to leave Dave and Lisa alone while I had lunch and a very nice visit with Mark and Vicki Remein from Rochester.

Wednesday evening, Dave, Lisa and I drove to Bluffton to an Irish bar to listen to Harry O’Donoghe sing. He used to appear occasionally in Savannah, but Since Kevin Barry’s closed a few years ago, he hasn’t been singing as much, and never locally. When I found that he was in Bluffton, I made reservations so we could go. That was great.

Allen arrived Thursday morning. We visited for a while, then went to meet Dave and Lisa at The Rail Bar in Savannah, followed by Mexican at Tequila Town. It was wonderful to see Allen coming down that long hallway at the airport, and I could spy him immediately with his Syracuse sweatshirt.





Friday, I gave everyone a tour at DH. No one else was on the tour with us, so I told them everything I knew about the Davenports and the House, and I was there for about an hour. We also met Jaime and Jeff. That afternoon we drove to Sandfly for the barbecue there, because the restaurant they had downtown had closed, and Dave and Lisa wanted some of that great pulled pork. It did not disappoint. Poor Allen! We were back to the apartment early, so I made him watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles, my very favorite Thanksgiving video. I suppose it was less boring than listening to me drone on and on, but still it must have been boring.

Saturday, Allen and I zoomed with Adrian. Ade was not impressed, but we didn’t do that for long. We had a few errand to run in Pooler, so we got those done, then picked up Kay and met Dave and Lisa at Churchill’s for drinks and dinner. We just sat there, laughing, talking, enjoying one another. Churchill’s is great for that, and now we have another memory of that restaurant.

Sunday, I bought steaks and Allen grilled them out for me, Dave, Lisa and Kay. They were really good and it was great meal shared with great friends. But then the highlight was after dinner, we made gingerbread houses! I’d found a kit that was “village”, including five little buildings. Of course, it was a lot of great memories for me, as I’ve made gingerbread houses for many, many years. This is the first year where wine was involved, and we really laughed.