I love Savannah, Georgia.  Not in the way that would make me want to live there, but in the way that makes me thankful that I live only a few hours away.

My Fantasy Goddess (aka “wife”) Carole and I visited Savannah over the weekend on business but took some of our spare moments to enjoy some of the local flavor.

And what flavor there is in Savannah!

My two recommendations from this visit are:

  • Huey’s - this is a really great seafood restaurant on River Street.  The shrimp and grits and the seafood omelet are both to die for!
  • Savannah Smiles - this is a dueling piano bar on Williamson near River Street.  Carole and I went there to watch the Georgia Bulldogs get DESTROYED by the Alabama Crimson Tide (which thrilled me and made Carole very unhappy) and got to enjoy a really great show and lively atmosphere.

The only disappointment was that we didn’t have time to do a “pub crawl” like we did once before.  If you’ve never done it, you really must.  The way it works in Savannah is like this:  You join an organized group at some restaurant, and you then follow that group (who has a specific leader familiar with the area) from pub to pub at which two things happen:

  1. The leader tells a ghost story about the history of the particular building you’re visiting (since Savannah is of course the “most haunted city in America”) and
  2. You get a drink at each pub

As you can imagine, as the evening wears on, the quality of the ghost stories become less and less important, and the social environment among fellow pub crawlers grows ever more cordial.

All in all, a really good trip.  I’m thankful to be married to Carole.