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Savannah Food

Savannah Food

Food: the most important part of a trip to the South! When I said the only thing I would miss about the South after moving would be the food I had absolutely no idea how true that would be. On the up side, I’ve learned to cook my favorites myself. Waffle House: raisin bread, cheesy scrambled eggs, city ham, hash browns with onions, ham, and gravy, and sweet tea: J. Christophers: shared oreo pancakes, eggs benedict, grits, banana bread pecan…

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Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta

Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta

Oakland Cemetery gets huge points from me for having a visitors center and gift shop. A GIFT SHOP. In a cemetery. This should be mandatory and I will work all of them. A few issues here. !!! Natural vignetting SNOW. It was freezing, raining, and snowing by the time we got here. We saw much of the cemetery by car except for a quick little run-around when I got out to visit the gift shop. I really hope I get…

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Fort Pulaski + Tybee Island

Fort Pulaski + Tybee Island

Fort Pulaski (located on Cockspur Island) and Tybee Island were both a dream. It was the first super sunny day and definitely the first warm day of the trip (at 60 degrees, such a shame). JESS DREAM HOUSE Look at that tiny observation platform >.< Dream table I like lighthouses so much I got married at one 🙂 Beach swings. They belong everywhere.

Bonaventure Cemetery

Bonaventure Cemetery

Bonaventure Cemetery is the most beautiful place I have ever been to and definitely the most beautiful cemetery. It is nestled just outside of Savannah in thousands of huge trees covered in Spanish moss. It’s a place to go to let your heart exhale. A poet from Savannah who watched his parents die in a murder-suicide. Interesting how neither of them have died yet. Also the first I have seen where the man is listed as the husband of someone…

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Colonial Park Cemetery

Colonial Park Cemetery

Colonial Park Cemetery is a happy little surprise in the historic district of Savannah. I found one of the most delightful things there; a playground overlooking the cemetery.

Savannah, GA

Savannah, GA

In this post I’m going to include our itinerary and general photos of Savannah. I will also have separate posts for photos of Bonaventure Cemetery, Colonial Park Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, and Tybee Island coming soon. Friday, February 5th 2016We flew from Seattle to Atlanta then drove 3.5 hours to Savannah. We stopped at Waffle House for dinner. Even though the drive was all in the dark, it was a good one. The trees and the road were familiar and the…

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Victoria, BC and the Olympic Peninsula

Victoria, BC and the Olympic Peninsula

In September my in-laws came out to take Joe and I on a little vacation to Victoria and the Olympic Peninsula. On Thursday after work we drove to Port Angeles and stayed the night there so we’d be able to take an early ferry to Victoria. On the way we ate at Sogno di Vino (I do not recommend), an Italian restaurant in Poulsbo. Leaving Seattle On Friday we took the Coho ferry to Victoria from Port Angeles and drove…

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New Orleans Day 4

New Orleans Day 4

On our last morning we woke up early to make it to Cafe du Monde before our 9:30 tour of St. Louis Cemetery #1. The beignets are not overrated!! We signed up for the Free Tours By Foot tour of the Cemetery; because of the vandalism, as of March 1, 2015 everyone visiting has to be with a tour group. Most of them are charging $20, which is a bit much, but this tour just charges $2 for the reservation…

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New Orleans Day 3

New Orleans Day 3

Once we realized that New Orleans isn’t that far from the Mississippi border and since we had a rental car the whole time, we decided to go if we could find something to do. You know, checking off another state and all that. I found Stennis Space Center (NASA-yowza!) and the Infinity Science Center, the latter giving free tours to the space center. We woke up early, hit District Donuts for breakfast, then headed over the border. The tour of…

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New Orleans Day 2

New Orleans Day 2

We had breakfast at Mister Gregory’s and it was A M A Z I N G. I had the Fierce Femme and it is tied as one of the best meals of the trip and possibly the best breakfast I have ever had. So simple, so filling. Will have pics with my “iPhone pics” post! We signed up for the hop-on hop-off bus tour and, despite the crazy rain, had a good time. We took it from just next to the St. Louis…

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