MORE SAVANNAH..MARCH 10

Savannah is obviously a very sophisticated town, although we didn't catch much of the action ourselves. Saturday night we made the mistake of going to the Pink House jazz bar for dinner. After waiting over an hour for a table, we were tucked into a teeny corner of a busy throughway so it wasn't relaxed dining by any means. The restaurant itself had many dining rooms, and looked lovely, with an outstanding menu and wine list but a reservation or long wait would have been the thing on Saturday night. Just the wrong time I guess. 

  By the time we ate, my appetitie had waned but the presentation was beautiful and Ted really enjoyed his crab-stuffed grouper. As an offset, the jazz was super, a pianist who sang accompanied by a young lady on double bass. But a group of women by the fireside decided it was karaoke night so it was rather drowned out by their squeals until they left. 

  One thing that is totally charming is the riverside walk. The old cotton warehouses have been cleaned up, also I suspect the red light district, and it's now shops, restaurants and boats. Huge old stone buildings and cobbled streets line the waterfront. You can take the free ferry across the river to the ritzy Westin hotel, and up the river, with 3 dropoffs. 

We skipped the one-hour paddlewheel tour after we'd done that. Savannah celebrates the second largest (after NYC) St.Patrick's day celebration. It starts a week before and we were into that window. You can also drink on the streets, carrying your drinks around in red mugs! What a zoo. Guys in green drag everywhere, gaggles of drunken women, glad we were out of there before 17th! But there was live music everywhere you went on the streets, in the restaurants, on the patios, and often good jazz so a big plus there.

  Of course like St.Augustine and Charleston, horse & carriage is a typical way to view the town but we did well on our feet. 

  Definitely a place we would consider coming back to in a quieter time of year.