mini moon

hey y'all!
so last weekend, hb & i woke up early on saturday morning to head over to savannah. we had a great time on what we have dubbed our "mini-moon". we decided to take a trolley tour to get the layout of the city knowing that we would come back for other sites that interested us. we forgot to take pictures of some places, but here's a little recap of what we did.

hb & i on the trolley at the start of the tour -


if you have seen midnight in the garden of good and evil or read the book, then this is where the murder occurred. this is the williams-mercer home. i feel in love with all the homes in savannah. if you are ever there, you will see so many beautiful buildings that are historical homes. scad has definitely been key in helping restore and preserve these homes. the historical society also makes a lot of rulings, and you cannot change anything in your home without them approving.

savannah is also full of squares (they have a little over 20 i believe). before lunch hb & i decided to explore forsyth park. you will probably see this fountain in a lot of postcards. the park sits on about 40 acres, and it also has a very fragrant garden that is used to train the blind.

there is also a mansion that is used as a hotel now at the park. we opted to eat at the hotel restaurant 700 drayton. we had a nice leisurely lunch there (sorry no pics of the food!).
i don't have many pictures of dinner saturday night, but sunday brunch was at lady & sons. if y'all watch food network, y'all know this is paula deen's restaurant. y'all, i love paula and i love butter, but to be honest, i thought the food was kind of meh. it was pretty salty for me, and really heavy. BUT i will say that the service was excellent. everyone was super nice and kept it clean. i think that i would go again, but have something off the menu (sundays is buffet only) to give it another try. i did like the hoecakes with syrup and the hot sauce that paula sells! people line up pretty early to get a reservation, and hb did the waiting while i slept in at the hotel. here is a pic of lady & sons (it rained for most of the time we were there).


here we are after eating at the buffet. can you tell we are so full?!?!


paula & i sayin' best wishes & best dishes! y'all come back now :)