Georgia
The Best Kept Secret on Tybee Island: Coco’s Sunset Grille
There’s a lot of restaurants on this small, 3-mile barrier island off the coast of Georgia. Most of them offer seafood. Some even offer local seafood and I have partaken of many a meal on my trips to this lovely locale situated a few miles from Savannah. But it wasn’t until this trip to … Continue reading
Pin ItRiver Street Inn; Savannah, Georgia
I promised you when I wrote about the wonderful, wonderful time we had at the Tall Ships Challenge in Savannah, Georgia in May that I would come back and tell you about our stay in the truly fabulous River Street Inn and now here I am. Keeping that promise. Because I had been to Savannah … Continue reading
Pin ItTall Ships Challenge 2012, Savannah, Georgia
I had never been to Savannah before this year and now I have been there three times in the last few months. That’s absolutely OK because the first time I was there, last summer, I fell in love. In love with the lush live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, the lovely, beautifully landscaped squares … Continue reading
Pin ItMermaid Cottages, Tybee Island, Georgia
We turned off the main road through Tybee Island onto a quiet side street which had at its end a sandy path leading directly to the ocean. We pulled up to the teeny, hot pink cottage that was steps from the beach. We were both taken aback at the perfection of this little place. Old Love Cottage is … Continue reading
Pin ItWho, What, When, Where and Why – the Five W’s of a Bargain Beach Vacation
I’m writing this article in a tiny, circa 1920s cottage called Old Love on Tybee Island, Georgia. The hot pink exterior is complemented by the bright turquoise and white interior where lazily turning ceiling fans evoke that special, incomparable beach mood. Mermaid Cottages offers a wide variety of cottages all over the island in different … Continue reading
Pin ItLow Country, High Country and Beach: On The Road Again
It all started with lovely, Spanish moss-draped Savannah, Georgia. I read somewhere that the Tall Ships Challenge – a series of races and cruises up the Atlantic coast by huge and beautiful wooden rigged sailing ships – was going to be in Savannah. I don’t know much of anything about ships. I have no idea … Continue reading
Pin ItWhat goes around…
My dad passed away a few years ago. He had suffered for a while with lung cancer but the end was very peaceful. In a morphine-induced twilight world, he took one last breath and slipped away. I wasn’t in the hospital room. I was in the parking lot lugging a basket full of food up … Continue reading
