GA Meet Up

[DumbAss Tanker]

15th as in a week from today, or as in St. Pat's weekend (shudder)?

As in the Ides of March.

Hmmm, may not make that, I'm on the road the week before and rendezvousing with my family in MS then...perhaps I will piss them off enough during the week to make it back early, though.

[Chris_]

15th as in a week from today, or as in St. Pat's weekend (shudder)?

As in the Ides of March.

Hmmm, may not make that, I'm on the road the week before and rendezvousing with my family in MS then...perhaps I will piss them off enough during the week to make it back early, though.

That stinks. 

[Chris_]

Some lurking guests are taking a lot of interest in this thread.  Just a heads up.

[Freeper]

Some lurking guests are taking a lot of interest in this thread.  Just a heads up.

Ok I won't mention we are meeting up at the Blue Oyster. 

[Rebel]

Hmmm, may not make that, I'm on the road the week before and rendezvousing with my family in MS then...perhaps I will piss them off enough during the week to make it back early, though.

Where at in Ms? I'm here now.

BTW, even though it's crawfish season, these damn things are SMALL. I need to come back in May. They should be pretty big by then.

[LadyLiberty]

Some lurking guests are taking a lot of interest in this thread.  Just a heads up.

I was wondering about that 

[Chris_]

Some lurking guests are taking a lot of interest in this thread.  Just a heads up.

I wonder if it's the Floridian CU'ers thinking they can crash it.  I think it would be best that we keep the EXACT location of the GTG in PM. 

Then again, they wouldn't be able to get into Savannah, anyway.   

[Freeper]

Some lurking guests are taking a lot of interest in this thread.  Just a heads up.

I wonder if it's the Floridian CU'ers thinking they can crash it.  I think it would be best that we keep the EXACT location of the GTG in PM. 

Then again, they wouldn't be able to get into Savannah, anyway.   

Yeah I agree keep the exact location a secret.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Hmmm, may not make that, I'm on the road the week before and rendezvousing with my family in MS then...perhaps I will piss them off enough during the week to make it back early, though.

Where at in Ms? I'm here now.

BTW, even though it's crawfish season, these damn things are SMALL. I need to come back in May. They should be pretty big by then.

A week-long re-enactor thing which I haven't actually looked up on the map yet.  Kind of a last chance to get away from 3ID and be with my family, but also with some friends from here, before this tour of duty winds up.

The location is definitely PM material, but Savannah's going to be crazy that weekend anyway.  I went to a function at a place in Richmond Hill that might be a good pick, I'll PM ya about it.

[Rebel]

A week-long re-enactor thing which I haven't actually looked up on the map yet.  Kind of a last chance to get away from 3ID and be with my family, but also with some friends from here, before this tour of duty winds up.

The location is definitely PM material, but Savannah's going to be crazy that weekend anyway.  I went to a function at a place in Richmond Hill that might be a good pick, I'll PM ya about it.

Well, I'm in Byram, where I'm from. I'm heading back to Augusta tomorrow. I did get to thinking about it. I need to be spending more time in Savannah. All my friends moved away. 2 ****ed me over majorly, but the good ones....all moved. One I saw in PA, the other, my best, lives in Savannah. He's from Augusta but lives in Savannah now.

[Wretched Excess]

heh.  i may even show up.   

[Chris_]

heh.  i may even show up.   

NOOOOO!!!!!   

Sarge has a place picked out.  I have no idea what it is.

[Chris_]

heh.  i may even show up.   

NOOOOO!!!!!   

Sarge has a place picked out.  I have no idea what it is.

Hope he gets the reservations soon then, or else we won't have any place to go.   

[Wretched Excess]

heh.  i may even show up.   

NOOOOO!!!!!   

Sarge has a place picked out.  I have no idea what it is.

it's close to charleston.  don't freak out, but it will probably happen.

[Rebel]

it's close to charleston.  don't freak out, but it will probably happen.

That's like 2 freakin' hours away from Savannah, man.

[Chris_]

it's close to charleston.  don't freak out, but it will probably happen.

That would be cool.  I'll buy you a glass of milk or someting.

[Wretched Excess]

y'all spare me the time it would take to pour through 6  pages of posts, and just tell me when it is, and where we are meeting.

[Chris_]

March 15.  TRG has a place picked out, but no reservations.

[Wretched Excess]

March 15.  TRG has a place picked out, but no reservations.

the ides of march?  that could not have been a coincidence.

[Freeper]

March 15.  TRG has a place picked out, but no reservations.

the ides of march?  that could not have been a coincidence.

lol didnt think of that when I picked the date. I went by ACC's spring break and Reb wanted it around ST Patty's day.

[Wretched Excess]

March 15.  TRG has a place picked out, but no reservations.

the ides of march?  that could not have been a coincidence.

lol didnt think of that when I picked the date. I went by ACC's spring break and Reb wanted it around ST Patty's day.

let's just check for daggers at the door.

[LadyLiberty]

March 15.  TRG has a place picked out, but no reservations.

the ides of march?  that could not have been a coincidence.

lol didnt think of that when I picked the date. I went by ACC's spring break and Reb wanted it around ST Patty's day.

Yeah, and I've got my hair appointment the week before.

This revolves around my fundy hair-do, ya know 

Hope you can make it, WE...the more the merrier.

[DumbAss Tanker]

heh.  i may even show up.   

NOOOOO!!!!!   

Sarge has a place picked out.  I have no idea what it is.

He does?  Howsabout someone PMing me to let me know where it is?  Thx!

[Chris_]

GlobeTrekker is a travel show on PBS geared toward the under-30 crowd.  This is their writeup of Savannah.

link

Savannah's Historic District is flanked by the river, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard in the west and, to the east, Broad Street, the old commercial main street and offices. Broughton Street has since become the main thoroughfare of downtown Savannah. You can get an overview at the Savannah History Museum , behind the visitor center, in the restored Railroad Station at 303 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (daily 9am-5pm; $3), where an informative jaunt through Native American culture, colonial development, the river and the Civil War is let down slightly by a slide show that is less a history lesson than a hard-sell promotion of Savannah's considerable charms. A block south, the Historic Railroad Shops (daily 9am-4pm) is a worthwhile slice of industrial architecture.

Most visitors take in one or two of Savannah's old mansions , such as the English architect William Jay's neoclassical Regency style Owen-Thomas House , 124 Abercorn St (tours Mon noon-5pm, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; $8; tel 912/233-9743), or the redbrick Georgian Davenport House , 324 E State St (Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm, Sat 1pm-4.30pm; $4; tel 912/236-8097). The latter, the first restoration project of the Historic Savannah Foundation, is sparsely furnished but boasts a wonderful elliptical staircase and delicate plasterwork. The Green-Meldrim House , on Madison Square (Tues & Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm; $5; tel 912/232-1251), is a splendid Gothic Revival mansion with dramatic ironwork, which General Sherman used as his headquarters. At the southern edge of the Historic District, the Massie Heritage Interpretation Center , 207 E Gordon St (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm; $3), is a simple, effective museum illuminating Savannah's architecture with displays on its neighborhoods and growth, and tracing influences from as far away as London and Beijing. While you can't go inside, the Mercer House on picturesque Monterey Square nearby is one of the grandest of the city's mansions and featured prominently in "The Book." Also worth a visit is another of Jay's Regency mansions, the Telfair Museum of Art , 124 Abercorn St (Mon noon-5pm, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm; $8, Sundays free; tel 912/232-1177), which also has the distinction of being the oldest art museum in the South.

A ten-minute drive east from Savannah will take you to the lovely Bonaventure Cemetery (dusk to dawn), swathed in trees and sloping down to the Wilmington River. The final resting place of luminaries such as Johnny Mercer and Conrad Aiken, it's also a major sight in "The Book" and written about there to great effect. Sylvia Shaw Judson's Bird Girl statue, which graces the cover and used to be situated here, has since been moved to the Telfair Museum of Art.

[Chris_]

Travel Channel site on Savannah, GA

Some historic sites within walking distance of Abercorn Street.  A 2.4 mile round trip with a stop at a park, a cemetery, and the Georgia Historical Society.

Google Maps


edit:  click on the Show All/Hide All Directions link to condense the list to someting readable.  Stupid Google.