Savannah, Georgia: Part 2

More pictures of Savannah, Georgia!

Chippewa Square, my favorite square right next to my favorite coffee shop, The Gallery Espresso. Apparently this is the square where all the bench shots in Forest Gump was filmed :)

The Crab Shack on Tybee Island. I personally don't like sea food so I wasn't impressed, but I feel like ever tourist on the island has to eat here once. They have huge sea food platers and a trash can under the table with a hole over it so you can throw away all the shells and what not. It is outside and they have a gator pit that's entertaining!

Sweet Potatoes! An amazing southern restaurant off of Waters, home of the world's best banana pudding according to the Food Network show, Man vs. Food!! 

Another must do while in Savannah. Mrs. Wilkes is a family style restaurant where you sit a table with a group of around 10 people. All the food is served in bowls and on platters that are passed around the table. It's delicious southern food and it's really fun talking to the other people at your table!

Bonaventure Cemetery is a little drive outside of downtown, but it use to be home to the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil statue that's extremely famous to Savannah!! The statue has been moved to a museum, but the cemetery is still worth a visit. John Mercer and other significant people to Savannah are buried there, but it's located right on the water with a pretty view!

Like I said, I had a bucket list to do while I was here. Here's my list, the one's with a strickthrough are places I've been, including all the photographed ones already posted plus places I didn't take pictures at. There are some places I haven't gotten to and hope I can in future visits!

• Old Town Trolley
• ShopSCAD
• Ghost Tour
• The Breakfast Club on Tybee Island
• Savannah Bee Company
• Chippewa Square
• Forsyth Park
• Huey's on River St.
• Vinny Van Go-Go
• B. Matthews Eatery on Bay St.
• Gallery Espresso on Bull St.
• The Cotton Exchange on River St.
• The Cookie Bar
• Gryphon Tea Room
• Kayak on Moon River
• Back In The Day Bakery on Bull St.
• Leopold's Ice Cream
• Wormsloe Plantation
• Bonaventure Cemetery
• Ice cream in a Square
• The Lady and Sons
• A Sand Gnats Game
• SCAD Museum of Art
• Bluff Drive
• Old Pink House
• Scad Theater
• Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
• Tybee Island Light Station and Museum
• Ogeechee Canal Trails
• Fort Pulaski
• Broughton Street Bistro
• Sisters of the new South on Skidaway Rd.
• Sweet Potatoes on Waters
• Palm Avenue: A Lilly Pulitzer Signature Store

I may have to edit this post after this weekend since it's my last weekend here! Until then, stay sweet & sassy! xx

Savannah, Georgia: Part 1

For those of you who don't know, I have been lucky enough to spend the whole summer living and interning on Skidaway Island, an island just below Tybee Island and about a 30 minute drive from downtown Savannah. I had only visited Savannah in my middle school years for the Georgia state swim championship , therefore I spent more time at the aquatic center than roaming the city. At first I was really excited, then super nervous about moving to a city where I didn't know anyone or really anything about. Luckily, I am 1 of 8 interns from my school out here and since the institution I'm working for provided housing, they threw us all together to live under 1 roof. Although we are stuck out here on an island, we have figured out ways to entertain ourselves. I started doing some research and reading tourist pamphlets and made a list of things I wanted to do during my time here in Savannah. Luckily I have been able to accomplish most of this list! I figured I could break down the list into a few blog posts to give people a glimpse at some possible things to do in the Savannah area.

For starters, here's where I lived. A 4 bedroom, 3 bath bungalow on my institution's campus.

Here's a view of Moon River from the campus. This river is literally a 1 minute walk from our front door. Pretty cool!

The first week we were here we did a group dinner at The Cotton Exchange on River Street. I wouldn't recommend the restaurant, but of course River Street is a must see for anyone visiting.

One thing I do remember about Savannah from my previous trips is the candy stores. Also on River Street, they smell soooo good and make their candy right there! Free samples are always given out when you walk around the store which will only tempt you more to buy something! :)

Tybee Island! One of the few beaches in Georgia and not a far drive from Savannah! We frequented the beach all summer, sometimes even leaving work early for a beach day :) 

So this is a little embarrassing, but I googled Paula Deen's address on Wilmington Island and boyfriend and I drove by her house one day. It's gated and there's lots of plants around the fence so you can hardly see anything, but she has a beautiful piece of property right on the inter coastal and across the street from the island's golf club!

Another thing Savannah is known for are the many squares scattered throughout the city. I can't tell you how many times I've had ice cream, coffee or just relaxed in the beautiful squares. If you go on a ghost tour they'll tell you which ones are haunted too!!

Paula Deen's restaurant The Lady and Sons is a must go to in Savannah! Be sure to make reservations at least a week in advance. Located in the middle of downtown, the restaurant offers a large menu of southern style meals including a buffet of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and other southern goodies. You will leave very full and happy!

Forsyth Park! Also in downtown Savannah, Forsyth Park a great place to walk around, have a picnic, or play a game of frisbee. Some of my roommates and I stumbled upon the park one Friday afternoon and it was busy with people walking their dogs and SCAD students just hanging out. It's in a very different part of town than River Street and we fell in love with it!

A beautiful Catholic church on Bull Street we found the same evening. I'm hoping to attend mass there this Sunday and see the inside, but judging from the outside it will be absolutely stunning on the inside too! Again, I loved this area of Savannah. Lots of small boutiques, coffee shops, art galleries. Very historic, beautiful, and very southern.

Colonial Cemetery, apparently it's haunted by a man who died from being mugged on night in the cemetery. But besides that, it's cool to see some family vaults and important people's to Savannah gravestones.

That's all I'm going to do for now :) Trust me there is SO much more!! Until next time, stay sweet & sassy! xx

Boyfriend's Birthday Weekend!

Sorry for my lack of blogging! I've actually been busy with my internship and traveling back home on the weekends that I haven't had time to sit down for a post! Thankfully this past weekend my boyfriend came to visit me in Savannah, GA where we were able to celebrate his birthday that's coming up on June 19th (tomorrow!). Not only was I super excited to see him but I was also super excited to give him his presents :) One I had been working on for a couple of weeks, and the others I had ordered about a month in advance (better earlier than later).

All of his presents!

His gifts consisted of 2 Southern Tide frocket t-shirts, a Southern Tide colligate polo, and wooden Kappa Sigma letters. I got the letters from B Crafty, they were the cheapest place I could find just completely plain wooden greek letters. They were a little rough when I got them so I bought some sand paper from Wal-Mart and smoothed them down before painting them with normal acrylic paint and modpodging to seal. It was a fun craft for me and now he can add some decorations to his bare room in the fraternity house (sorry babe, but you know it's true!).

Saturday morning we woke up decently early to eat breakfast at a place called The Breakfast Club on Tybee Island.

My waffle, sausage and coffee.

The place was soo good! Even though the line was down the side walk outside, we still didn't wait more than 20 minutes and after ordering our food was ready in 10. The menu mainly consists on omelets, which I am not a fan of eggs so I stuck with a waffle since they didn't have pancakes. The waffle with really good and so was the sausage which they warned would be a little spicy but I thought it was perfect. Boyfriend liked his omelet and hashbrowns and was very full afterwards. The place is located on 15th street so we were able to leave our car parked there and take the boardwalk at the end of the road to the beach. The weather was beautiful! Warm but not too hot thanks to the breeze and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. 

Boyfriend showing off his new t-shirt on the beach

After a long day on the beach I promised boyfriend a home cooked dinner for his birthday. I made Crispy Chicken with Creamy Italian Pasta. The chicken was really good, but I was not impressed with the creamy sauce. Maybe I'm just super picky about it being from a pre-made cooking cream, but boyfriend liked it which is all that matters! Saturday night I had made reservations for us to go on a Ghost and Gravestones tour in downtown Savannah. It was really fun! But next time we want to try a ghost tour that's all on foot, this one was spent mainly on the trolley where we would have liked to explore the places a little more. We ended the night stopping by Hueys on River Street for beignets and coffee! Yum!

Sunday morning I made boyfriend a special birthday breakfast. I tried an idea I saw on pinterest of pancake muffins with sausage in them. 

The pancake muffins with sausage in them before baking

Now there wasn't a specific recipe and instructions so I'll do a separate post to explain exactly what I did, but they turned out amazingly! They were delicious! I also made a little fruit bowl.

Fruit bowl!

It was all yummy :) After breakfast we went downtown to my new favorite area my roommates and I discovered last week. We walked around Colonial Cemetery, Chippewa Square, and Broughton Street. We stopped for iced coffee and some sweets at The Gallery Espresso on Bull Street, it's an adorable coffee shop that has delicious drinks and treats. Boyfriend had to leave mid-afternoon so that's the extent of my exciting weekend. Since I didn't go home all I could give my dad was a phone call for father's day! I'll be seeing him and my mom on the week of July 4th for our annual trip up to Greenport, NY! I can't wait to see all my family up there and enjoy one of my favorite places to visit! Here's some more photos from the weekend.

A gorgeous Catholic church downtown. We're planning on going to mass next weekend!

Historic Downtown Savannah

River Street view

Colonial Cemetery

Chippewa Square

Until next time! Stay sweet & sassy! xx