Blogs from Savannah, Georgia, United States, North America - page 14

And summer has officially begun. With a most welcome vacation. The past three weeks have been incredibly dull, being basically filled with a desperate search to find a full-time job (or at least a few part-time positions - either way, money is money right now). Every year my father and I go to my Grandmother's family reunion in the Georgian countryside on Father's Day weekend. It's been held the same set of three days for the past forty years now. The crowd has thinned in the years as I've grown up but it is still an event I enjoy immensely. I like being able to see how the area around Towns, McRae, and Hazelhurst continue to change through the years. Stores and restaurants that were once alive and thriving when I was a child have long ... read more

Every year, more than 400,000 revelers converge on Savannah for our Saint Patrick’s Day parade and celebration - the second largest in the nation. Partygoers dressed in the requisite green attire and “Kiss me, I am Irish” buttons watch the annual parade of Irish folk dancers, marching bands, floats, and city eccentrics then consume large quantities of green beer and libations on River Street while enjoying live music, people watching, and generally making fools of themselves. If you are planning to join in on Savannah’s 2008 celebration, here are a few things you need to know: Parade date changed - Although the Saint Patrick’s Day parade usually takes place on March 17th to coincide with the Feast of St. Patrick, the Catholic Dioceses of Savannah has changed the 2008 parade schedule to Friday March 14th. The ... read more

Posted by Onaxthiel: It's been a while since I last posted, and I needed a break after the last two days of driving. Since we found out about the chance to see a shuttle launch, we decided that driving across half the south would be a good idea. It is kind of a twenty first century march to the sea, but with much less killing and a bit less burning. Particularly since the south east of the US is in a sever drought right now and the state parks think that one spark from a camp fire will cause their entire state to explode like a car load of villainous mooks in a Hollywood action flick. There really isn't a good reason to disallow burning at Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. They disallow burning ... read more

is how John Cusack describes Savannah in 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'. Having never seen Gone With the Wind, nor taken Mescaline, I can't verify this statement. But I can confirm that Savannah is a pretty town, a colonial relic spared by the Union troops in the Civil War at a time when they were burning every city they took. My journey here was fine, apart from my panic attack when I thought I saw my hotel a good 45 minutes before we got to the city. False alarm luckily. I'm still 15 minutes from the historic downtown region, but I'm also staying in a gorgeous hotel suite, nearly as big as my flat. Today I got the bus into town which was a mission in itself, after my bus driver first stopped ... read more

As soon as we left D.C. and entered Virginia, confederate flags started appearing on cars and homes, indicating we had officially made it into the south. As a "coloured" car, Shazza was a bit concerned about coming down here, after hearing the history about how the civil war was waged primarily over the south's right to use black slave-labour. After some reassurance, we drove west to the Skyline Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway, both renowned as scenic drives to take in "Fall" to see the coloured leaves. Despite the dry season, the stories of amazing colours were true, with a full range from green through to fire-red on both sides of the road. It was surreal driving along in the evening, as the sunset lit the whole forest with a warm glow, despite the chilly air ... read more