Fancy That!

It was the middle of last summer when John and I drove to Savannah for the day. We started downtown on the Grayline Trolley Tour at the old train station. The trolley route took us through all the many squares and the driver knew a lot of historic facts. If I could recommend a stop or two to get off the trolley and get some shopping in it would be the Riverstreet and the City Market.

Originally, I wanted to go to Paula Deen's restaurant, the Lady and Sons. After seeing the line of people gathering in the smoldering heat, it was a bit discouraging. It was early afternoon and the doors wouldn't open until 5pm. Plan B was to get lunch at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. We walked in at 2:40pm, and lunch seating is over at 3pm. It's a little bit off the beaten path, and that's what made the view of the river so stunning. We sat in the blue room seen on some of the Paula's Parties shows. I can still taste the buttery garlic Georgia steamed shrimp. Can someone get me the recipe out of the Uncle Bubba's cookbook. I was told that if you want to attend one of Paula's parties, you've got to submit your request by the website a few months ahead of time. They are probably doing a background check before inviting you to the party. If you go to www.unclebubbas.com you can see the menus for lunch and dinner.

That night we drove on to Hilton Head Island. Since we were on a budget, we stayed at the Comfort Inn. It was pretty close to the beach, and there is a free shuttle from the hotel. It's this retired guy who drives a golf cart with stops at hotels and public beach access. The beachfront Holiday Inn looked great. (maybe next time) It was too hot for tennis, but there were alot of villas with tennis courts around. I'll bet this place is a great place to play in the spring and fall. I'm sure the best place to stay if you love tennis is at the Sea Pines Plantation.
Doing my research online, I found THE best little bakery and sandwich shop ever was featured by Rachel Ray's $40 a Day!! Signe's Heavenbound Bakery was a treat for the senses. I think John and I had to stop by twice that week in itself. Signe if you could please FedEx me a Hot Nancy Sandwich, I'd kiss ya! The bread was sweet, but the dressing - can ya give me a hint? What can I do 8 hrs. away to get that taste! I wish there was a baker with this much attention to detail in so many different ways here. I sampled the chocolate mud daubers and one day savored a piece of smooth pina colada cake. Don't think me and John can eat all this high calorie stuff without going to the gym. We found a cool place to pump some iron too at the Breakthrough Fitness Center nearby. www.breakthrough-fitness.com Even our gyms don't have personal tv screens w/ remotes to change channels while you plug in your headphones to watch. They had some aerobics classes, but no spin classes for the week we were there. Sometimes ya just gotta get those endorphins going!

Don't forget the sunscreen if you book a dolphin cruise in Harbour Town. John and I booked a few hours on a big boat. We went out toward the fishing boats to find dolphins jumping a twirling in the air. I wanted to reach out and pet one! The drivers took us out Calibogue Sound toward the Atlantic. The closer we got - the more nauseated I felt. It was rough!! I don't think I'll try deep sea fishing - at all. There were plenty of other water sports you could do in the sound like boating, water skiing, and jet ski rentals.


It was a coincidence that we were at the Crazy Crab at Jarvis Creek the Friday night when there were fireworks from Harbour Town. We could see them from the back patio just as the sun was going down. Our last night was perfect, and we had enjoyed ourselves