Girls’ Weekend 2010

This weekend was the 3rd annual Girls’ weekend in Savannah with husbands in tow.  We had a wonderful weekend!  Friday afternoon once we arrived Casey drove us around the Isle of Hope and the entrance to Wormsloe Plantation.  If I could afford to live in Isle of Hope I would be there in a heartbeat.  This neighborhood is filled with old homes and streets lined with 100-year-old oak trees with Spanish moss.  I could spend all day just walking around here.  Wormsloe is unbelievably beautiful.  This is what I would love my driveway to look like.

Brian & I standing in front of the driveway at Wormsloe.

After falling in love with Savannah from the beginning, we headed downtown to explore Riverside.  Brian was in charge of the camera most of the weekend.  Here are some of his shots.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday night we went to Forsyth park to watch Galactic and G. Love sponsor by SCAD.  The park was packed full!  Here is a glimpse of how many people were there.  We were about in the middle and there was hardly any space open in front of us or behind us.

Saturday morning we headed to Back in the Day Bakery while we waited on Chip and Lisa to arrive.  Such a charming little bakery!  Saturday we wondered around town some more.  Casey cooked us a wonderful meal of Roy Finamore’s stuff game birds with arugula and asparagus and lots of prosecco and red wine.  Casey out did herself with the meal.  For dessert, we had fresh strawberries and peach over pound cake topped with homemade whipped topping. 

Sunday was a first for us (well Casey, Michael, Brian and I).  Chip and Lisa have started kayaking and thought we would enjoy it too.  I will admit I had the most trouble starting out, I was afraid I would lose my balance and tip over.  We started out against the current and strong winds; you could not let us paddling else you would lose the ground you covered plus more.  Once we got into one of the marsh streams it was very easy and we got to enjoy it more.  I did not take many pictures (Brian took a few) due to once again I was afraid of losing my balance. Coming back was a breeze since we were with the tide and the wind.  Here are the few pictures I have from kayaking, but head over to Casey’s blog for more.

After working muscles harder than you should on a vacation, we headed over to Tubby’s for some beers and seafood.  We ended the weekend with a haunted hearse tour of Savannah.  It was very interesting to hear stories about how many people are buried under the city and that several of the older building are built with bricks made from old gravestone markers. 

Our hearse for the night!

Here are all the pictures from the trip.   I always love getting to spend time with Casey and Lisa!!!  Cannot wait to start thinking about next year’s Girls’ weekend!