Beautiful Slow-vannah

As promised, here's some pics from last weekend's trip to Savannah, Georgia. We stayed two nights and had a great time. Savannah is a great little city because there's so much history there from the Revolutionary War and Civil War and all the periods in between, and all of the architecture is so amazingly preserved and maintained. It attracts a lot of tourists, but it definitely does not have a cheesy, tourist-trap feel to it. In fact, it's very laid back. Here was our trip: Day 1 - Check-in at the Sheraton Four Points, sightseeing on foot all around the historic district/riverfront, lunch at "Bernie's" (named after me, of course), drinks at Murphy's Law (Irish pub); Day 2 - Morning visit to Ft. Pulaski, guided trolley tour of the historic district, lunch in an old dining car from the last train to ever leave the Savannah Terminal, relax-time by the hotel pool, dinner/drinks at Churchill's pub, guided pub crawl ghost tour (good, campy, intoxicated fun!), Day 3 - Breakfast and bid farewell. We walked by 'The Lady & Sons' restaurant (Food Network chef Paula Deen's famous restaurant) a zillion times, but never went in to eat. Oh well! We originally intended to go, but it was constantly so jam-packed with hodads waiting to get in that we decided to skip it. Plus, if we had gone we would have gotten the buffet and would have eaten ourselves into oblivion (and not saved room for beer!). It's funny how her restaurant serves traditional, run-of-the-mill "Southern" food, but yet it was crammed wall-to-wall with people outdoing themselves to look ultra-trendy! It's amazing what a little bit of celebrity will do for a place! Savannah is also the home to SCAD - Savannah College of Art and Design, one of the toughest art schools to get into in the country. If I had any inkling of artistic talent, that would be the place I would want to go! It must be so much fun to attend a school like that. The main building is housed in one half of the old train terminal (the other half is the Savannah visitors' center) which has been beautifully renovated. SCAD is also the only art school in the country to offer a master's degree in historic preservation. That makes sense since the historic district there is so heavily protected and maintained by the local preservation society. More power to them!

Enjoy the pics!