A Road Trip To Savannah: a house log

John and I had a blast on our secret trip to Savannah, and the ride from Katie Bower’s lovely casa in Atlanta was somewhat uneventful except for this hysterical happening:

We try to eat fresh, local and organic for the most part when we are at home, but sometimes on vacation we can get a little lax… and before we know it the dog’s head is in the french fries.

We stayed at the Comfort Suites hotel for three blissful days (strong location, sweet deal on Expedia) and once we arrived we hit the ground running (although we must admit that we spent about 3 hours holed up in our hotel fixing the ZGallerie contest comment debacle since over 1000 entries in about an hour froze things up like you would not believe). But other than attending to some bloggy business here and there, we spent every moment seeing the sights and eating our way through Savannah for all three glorious days. The weather was ideal and the moss-draped oaks, cobblestone streets and picture ideal trolleys made for some fairly charming scenery. There was also an abundance of horse drawn carriages, which reminded us of New York’s Central Park minus the crowded streets and crazy taxis.

And speaking of Central Park, there is in fact a large park in the middle of Savannah called Forsyth Park where people walk their dogs, lay out, and do other parky things.

Burger had a blast sniffing his way through the whole park, and we had lively walking around the perimeter to snap photos of some fairly remarkable houses that overlooked the luscious lawn. We were especially inspired by the soft cloud-like gray paint on the exterior of this lovely abode. Does not it look dreamy with the moss that drips off the towering oaks above?

We also enjoyed this sage green house with black shutters and white porch and door trim (who knew black and white accents could come together so seamlessly with sage?):

Then we ventured over to Desposito’s Seafood, a famous dive known for bad lighting, peeling linoleum, newspaper covered tables and absolutely remarkable fresh seafood. Here I am embracing the bad lighting and doing my best crab impression:

When it was John’s turn to take on the roll of the crab, and he was swift to remind me that crabs have claws and poky things, so my impression was more octopus-ish than anything else.

But sufficient terrible crustacean impressions. Here is the grub. We ordered a heaping portion of shrimp, sausage, potatoes and corn (called the Low Country Basket) and also got an order of steamed snow crab legs and potato salad. And true to neighborhood lore, the peeling paint, duct-taped windows, and Little Shop Of Horrors-esque plants fell away and we were in heaven as soon as we took a bite.

Savannah also had it in the bag when it came to dessert. There were so many drool-inducing candy shops with amazingly diverse offerings like monstrous candied apples and gargantuan peanut butter cups (yes, they are as big as the humongous apples). We also dropped in on LuLu’s- a famous little dessert spot with a lounge-y atmosphere, live music, and magical peanut butter chocolate cake. Yeah, that baby did not last long (but we did have to pointer it over to eat it).

We also enjoyed walking around the restaurants and shops in the Historic District at dusk. Savannah truly is one of the most charming cities we have ever visited.

And on our last day there we took a swift twenty minute drive over to Tybee Island, a beachfront area simply outside of Savannah where we perused these cute little shops at Tybee Oaks (stay tuned for more shopping photos to come).

Our go-to place in Tybee Island was a quirky outdoor junk market with tons of diamonds in the rough. We enjoyed this sweet little aluminum boat (would not it make a cool sunroom coffee table topped with plexiglass or even wood?) and that excellent metal stool base (which would also make a killer accent table topped with a round of wood and painted black, white or anything in between).

Then it was back in the car for our drive back home. Burger did not fail to provide more entertainment along the way. In his defense, I would do this too if my head would fit.

Oh and you know we did a lot more window shopping, right? Savannah had a slew of remarkable decor stores and we raided them all, camera in hand. Stay tuned for all of our go-to shops and finds coming soon…