Friday: we got into Savannah by noon and it was 75 degrees. Glorious! Got the rental car, which they graciously upgraded to a Lincoln Town Car…I think I aged about 30 years just driving that thing around. But it was a nice ride! The Enterprise guy actually gave us some good information and started our journey with that in mind. First stop, hotel, Planters Inn. It’s a great old place with very friendly staff. I’d recommend it to anyone. We had an appointment to view a house that was “completely refurbished”. Right. It was nice, but since the bathrooms scared the bejesus out of me, we politely passed. We took a taxi to this place and she waited for us and from there we went to a realtor/property manager to look at their list and get some keys. Needless to say we couldn’t find half of the places and the other half scared us. We ended up on Wilmington Island to look at one or two and decided to drive around there to look at the other places available. This is like a suburb of Savannah and has a lot of apartment complex type places. We stopped at one that was “THE place to live on the island”…I don’t know what that lady is smoking. Yuck. It would’ve been like living in a hotel. So needless to say Friday was a bust, but at least we got some ideas of the areas and what was all out there.
Friday evening we ate at Spanky’s (the place we had so much fun at last time, see pic in previous post). The food was alright. We had some of their famous chicken fingers and a pizza. Then we stopped at Churchill’s Pub…modeled after an English pub and usually packed. We talked to a bartender there about apartments and she said there’s a bunch every day just popping up and to get the Penny Saver and Connect or Accent papers. After a beverage there we walked back towards the hotel and found a Connect or Accent…one of the two anyways! We stopped at the Planter’s Inn Tavern, which is under The Olde Pink House, which all are supposedly haunted also. We had a beverage there, accomplished not to pass out tired into it and went back to the hotel for a night of sleep.
Saturday morning we got rolling and first on our agenda was to look at a house in the ‘burbs on Norwood Ave. It was an alright house, painted horrendous colors on the inside and beat to crap from the previous renters. But it did have a fenced in yard and lots of space with a garage, so we asked for an application and said we’d keep it in mind. While we were waiting for the guy to come I called a couple places in the paper and got thru to one to make an appointment. So off we went back to town. We got there a little early so we drove around looking for Rent signs and scenery. Then it was time. We met Rhondda at 225 E Bolton and were pleasantly surprised. It was a group of 10 “condos” recently refurbished…the one we were looking at was bought by a couple in New York who someday plan on retiring there. You want your retirement home to be awesome right? Well so did they. We both really liked it and went back to Rhondda’s place (just a few blocks away) and filled out the application and had more discussions. But of course we needed the checkbook and neither one of us brought it along. So we set up a time to come back later and in the meantime we went and got that and monkeyed around. We went out to Oglethorpe mall. It’s huge! Of course like any other mall with all the other crap around it. But we went in the mall and I went into a Verizon store and asked as many questions as I could. So then we walked around and discussed it and ended up leaving the mall with a new cell phone. Nothing fancy of course, no camera and that…just something to blab with! We figured that this made the move written in stone since we now have a Savannah phone number! The Oaks (where the Enterprise car guy lives) and saw a couple of models there and they were halfway normal and decent so we took the information for there and planned on using this as a back-up. We went out to Tybee Island too. This the THE place to go in the summer for the beach. It was a little windy and chilly (around 53) when we were there, but there was lots of beach area and stuff to do! And back to town we went, afterall, we'll have all the time in the world to check things over!
Saturday night we went to eat at The Pirate’s House. It is a very old place, containing the oldest house in Savannah somewhere inside. I couldn’t find it, but it was there! It used to be an old watering hole for sailors, pirates or whatever other seamen…Supposedly Captain Flint died here and may still be haunting the place. But the food was delicious and neat ambiance. It was a bit of a wait to get in, but you’ll have that in a tourist town! There was one gal bartending before dinner and Greg said “they need to find you some help” and she said “they do, but they get scared and quit!” So after dinner Greg decided to fill out an application for a bartending job. After that we went to Churchill’s for one and over to Moon River Brewing, which is another haunted spot. The top 3 floors are unfinished because of the spooks scaring off the help!
Sunday: we drove out to Hilton Head. I believe there is a beach, but we couldn’t find a spot to park really…plus we’ll have all summer to find it! Lots of condos and rental cottages along the ocean so couldn’t see behind all the wood! We saw a lot of shops and Wal-Mart, Target, etc and an outlet type mall along the way there. I believe this Target was the first one in the area and now this past year or two they built one by one of the Savannah malls. Whew! While we’re driving around we were patiently waiting for Rhondda to call us with good or bad news. It was anxious couple of hours, but the waiting paid off and we got the place! Downtown living here we come!
After we left Hilton Head we went back to town and parked the car and decided to walk the rest of the day. We tried to eat at Lady & Sons, but couldn’t get in until 3:45 (which was about 2 or 3 hours later). So we walked over to the City Market and only had to wait 20 minutes to get into Vinnie Van Go-Go’s for some pizza. This is supposedly the local’s favorite. It was good and a fun place, but I said more sauce and Greg said more cheese. But while we were waiting we got to talking to a motorcycle dude…got a little info on that and had a fun conversation. Apparently City Market is where a lot of bikers come and hang out. Which we did witness as we were eating lunch. We decided that maybe a motorcycle would be the best form of transportation for Greg…ride it all year long and cheap! So we’ll have the Durango, motorcycle and my bike. One of those should get us to our destinations! After lunch we walked off to Forsyth Park, which is two blocks from our new digs. We had to drop off a Porter deposit with Rhondda and wanted to take another look. Guess what? Of course this is the time my battery in the camera decides to die. Oh well. So we walked back to the hotel (mind you this isn’t a “short” walk, but scenic and interesting) and Greg took a nap and I went down to River Street and did a little browsing.
7:30p.m. we were off to a Ghost Tour! We did this last time we were in Savannah…it was close to the same, but a little different. The stories were told a little differently and she showed us a few different things. But we both agreed our first tour was a little better…he was an excellent storyteller. After this we headed down to River Street to find something to eat. We planned on eating at Tubby’s Tank House and we did! It was another great round of food. After this we went to Spanky’s for a drink, watched the crazy people and then went back for bed. We were going to stop at the Planters tavern, but it looked like they were trying to close up.
Monday morning, we took one last drive by our new “condo” (it’s an apartment with finer details!) and headed off to the airport!
So here it is, a few pictures of where ya'll will be guests at!
The front, we're the bottom on the end, 225. They're still doing work on the outside (and a few finishing touches on the inside). 
This is looking from the front windows to the back.
And this is looking from the back to the front!
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