Restaurant Gimmicks
At some restaurants, children are given coloring books and crayons, or word jumbles and mazes on their paper placemats. One pizza restaurant we went to gave children balls of dough […]
Category Archives: Georgia
Hot Boiled Peanuts
As you drive through Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, you’ll see signs along the road offering HOT BOILED PEANUTS. Apparently, this is a Southern delicacy and one we felt compelled […]
To Bee or Not To Bee?
During our trip to Savannah/Tybee Island, I got the unexpected treat of realizing one of the two items on my bucket list. (I am horrible about making bucket lists.) We […]
Lessons Learned at the Tybee Lighthouse
I used to dream about living in a lighthouse. I imagined the sound of the surf crashing against rocks as I stood alone, looking out at sea with the blinking […]
Jellyfish Jonestown
I’ve been to a lot of beaches and have seen plenty of jellyfish before, but usually they’re small gelatinous blobs that people accidentally step on because they’re covered with sand. […]
Tybee Island – “Savannah’s Beach”
If you visit Tybee Island, you’re probably looking for a beach retreat. The island (20 minutes east of Savannah) is a throwback to the 1950’s with unspoiled beaches and little […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
I’m diverting from travel for a minute. I saw the WordPress weekly photo challenge theme and immediately knew which pictures I wanted to share. We’re prompted to share two pictures […]
If These Dresses Could Talk…
Gone With the Wind Museum A few years ago, my husband detoured off of I-75 during a road trip to Florida and surprised me with a side trip to my […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
One photo immediately came to mind when I read the Daily Post’s weekly photo theme “kiss.” It’s this one of my son and his then-fiance, Chelsea, kissing in front of […]
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