Savannah

I didn't get around to posting this fast enough but Christa and I had a really good time on our vacation despite the tornado sirens, hacking coughs, and rain-soaked clothing...check out these pics from our insider trip to the Copper Corgi studio (YARN!!)



And yes, that is that is Penny (the official mascot of Copper Corgi), a gorgeous clearly unloved Pembroke Welsh Corgi...I still have her hair on my purse...not to mention I am not allowing myself to buy yarn until next year. :)

We arrived in stormy weather but relaxed a bit before donning our walking gear and rain gear to head uptown to another yarn store, Wild Fibre-had fun there, got some neat stuff, heard some new music. Then we dolled around the area until Mass at the gorgeous St. John the Baptist Cathedral (so beautiful!). We then walked probably another mile (all of this is in the rain, while we're both sick, and the temperature continues to plummet) for hibachi and soup. Mmmm....

We retreat to our bed and breakfast (the lovely Forsyth Park Inn) for lemon filled vanilla cupcakes and board games after our hot showers. We then go upstairs to sleep-but the Christa coughs her head off til 2am. Luckily she took an antihistamine to help her sleep; wish it helped me! Just kidding, Christa, I love you still!

We awoke to fantastic weather and walked through Forsyth Park with all the trendy folks and their insanely well behaved dogs AND children (something in the water, I gather) and got some coffee at a local joint. This was all after a great breakfast of yogurt, homemade granola, a fresh tomato basil frittata, with oj and tea. We jumped in the car that Christa worked SO hard at parallel parking (WOOT!) and went to riverside to buy some overpriced souvenirs and local honey. Plus, we had pizza at Sweet Melissa's, a local parlor directly across the street from Paula Deen's 'Lady and Son's' restaurant for a whopping $5! We got to snicker at the folks paying that for a drink across the way as our arms stuck to sticky counters and we feared the college style restroom of our lunch choice...

After a relaxing Cheez-it and leftover lunch, we headed south to the Starland district to check out yet another yarn store (yes, that's three over the course of the weekend), Unwind, and had fun with the local needlefolk. Onwards to the Byrd's Cookie Company for some delightful tiny cookies by the ounce and our last stop at the Copper Corgi (the pictures above). We returned home, and prepared ourselves for our ghost tour via trolley on that chilly night. We got to tour the city and learn about the bizarre happenings of America's Most Haunted City (American Paranormal Society)? and walk about the Sorrel-Weed house. Our host was humorous to say the least and we had a good time catching up on some of the local history. We even were able to see Jim Waters' home from the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"...fun, fun! We returned home to eat some chocolate covered strawberries and partake in an awful game of 'war'.

We checked out Monday morning after awesome french toast and fresh fruit and headed home the same way we came.

It was truly lovely. The kids did great with dad all weekend and their limbs were intact when I returned. Christa and I hope to make it an annual trip.