Monday, October 23, 2023

Jour Paresseux (Lazy Day French) 10-20-23

 Yesterday was maybe our laziest beach day yet, but we put on the most steps?  We got up, after coffee and went to the beach.  It was a lovely day and I had a great time piddling with that new bamboo paper (the verdict is still out), playing with trying to put figures in a piece and just generally working on my waves without the advantage of miscut.


I piddled with the image of 2 little girls playing on the beach so gave the piece rough as it was to the presumed parents before we left.
 

The tent is a God-send!  I got a little pink yesterday but it has allowed up to be together and allowed Jodi the opportunity to fry herself.  


WE went for a couple of walks


and read a bunch. It’s sort of funny that Jodi and I are both reading about Heloise and Abelard, as Jodi is reading our book for book group and I am reading fiction about a young woman from the Middle Ages.

I just love watching the darned Seagulls.  It is amazing how some of them just blend right in with the beach.  



Think they get to choose that?

For dinner we got cleaned up, sort of, and went to dinner in Savannah, at a French place called Circa 1875. 



 It was interesting, it was very fun inside, full of “French” (and victorian) stuff, crowded and loud.  The menu was not completely Jodi friendly so we had to ask some questions and figure out a menu for her.  And in the end it was still a bit surprising..

I had seared fois gras on toast with a peach sauce that was Devine! It was accompanied with a small “salad” with a limey dressing that left a bit to be desired.  It fought with the flavors of the fois gras. So not too much greens for me.  Jodi had French Onion soup which she said was good.  Then she had ratatouille (Jodi says it is spelled H O T) and I had Margaret du canard with mashed potatoes and Blueberry sauce.

  The Duck Breast was yummy, but the potatoes were thin, and HERBY.  The dish was also covered with herbs, I am thinking less herbs, a bit less water and the dish cold have been better, how do you say that to the manager when they come around without being a pill?  For dessert we had an alleged Chocolate Mousse, BUT here too the place fell short.



  The beauty of chocolate mousse is 2 things: egg whites whipped into a meringue and VERY carefully folded into Good melted chocolate. Whoever made this mousse was a bit vigorous in thier ”folding” and  the chocolate was definitely not “”Good” chocolate.  I am also NOT a chocolate snob, but the percentage of cocoa matters. This was not a BAD experience, I would go back. Well maybe after trying the other high end French restaurant in town, 45 Bistro. It just had less Jodi friendly options for this time. That said Jodi’s ratatouille was smoking hot, and I don’t think I have ever had ‘south of the border” ratatouille. Though I must admit I have only had it a couple of times as it is not my cup of tea. The other thing I have to say for this restaurant is that they had a great wine list, I got to have a Cahors!

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Huck-A-Hoos

Today was a quiet day, sort of.  We went to the beach, I painted,



and watched for dolphins


and we walked.
  



I only had an apple for lunch as I was saving myself for pizza again for dinner.  About midday Jodi offered up a beach drink, but I was afraid that it would flatten me after only having an apple for lunch………….

We came back after a nice day and went to order pizza, l left Jodi with the wagon and strode off to order, the plan was that we would order and then drive back to get it so it wold not get cold on the trip back. I was stepping over a curb when (it is a mess right there) i heard Jodi, i turned around and down she went.  She was……..not……. happy…………. But she got up again. She says her shoulder, hip and ankle are sore.  She is getting dressed for the beach so I figure it did not take her out.  When I finally got to the darned pizza joint, Wednesday hours were crossed out. Must be nice to just decide not to work today. So what to do.  I texted the owner of the cottage and they recommended Huc-A-Poos, it was on my list from intel from somewhere ( who knows what source?) so we ordered and had a bitch of a time finding the place.  The listed address is about 5 locks away, in reality it is well hidden about at the end of the island as one leaves.  Regardless we did find it and it was good, better, and probably a do over.  Maybe last night pizza………..





Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Two Turtles Diving

We went into Savannah after a leisurely morning.


On the way we decided to remember where the lighthouse is, and Jodi spied 2 Turtles sunning  them selves, but when she tried to get a good pic she scared them away.  My photographer left her camera at home!  

We did see many lovely egrets posing JUST FOR US!

Finding parking in Savannah is a nightmare every time, I had hoped since we were sort of “”off Season” it might be easier, but,  no.  We did find meter parking at last in a little side street and off we went to Goose Feathers a place I wanted to try only to find it closed on Monday and Tuesdays!   So off we went to choice #2, Le Gourmet Cafe. 


 It was pretty good though,  after we finally found it. I had Potato Leek soup (mine is better) and a sandwich called a Gourmet Croque which was Turkey, Mozzarella, cheddar and sour cream on a toasted baguette. 

  It was good. AND a pear Crepe, which was delish! 

 It had pears, Brie, brown sugar and walnuts. Boy was it a lot to eat though, I probably could have had just the crepe and been good to go.  Jodi had a egg and cheese baguette and a Nutella and Banana crepe.  

I was not sure weather to laugh or cry though as they charge 4% more for using a credit card, but they are ALL set up to do it.  

We meandered down (up?) Broughton St. to Dick Blicks to have a gander, but I think they are just expensive.  I say that because SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) is right across the street and they only have (for example) small size watercolor tubes and at not very good prices to begin with.  

So a student needing to come in and purchase art supplies is going to get stiffed. I did fine a couple of short handled brushed that I have needed this week to add to my “travel” collection.  Jodi patiently sat and read while I perused the store (s).  

Other than the art supplies we didn’t really find anything we wanted or needed.  We did find that the Parisian craze of floral coverings is headed here.  

We sat in one of the myriad of small parks and loitered a while, people watching, reading, checking out e-mail.  

AND checking out these shoes!  We did not go into the prohibition museum, felt that it would be a bit hypocritical in light of my intention to have wine on the beach later!  

We (I don’’t like the water here- go figure I am NOT a water snob) found a Walmart, I was worried that I wans’t dressed adequately but Jodi said I could just take off my dress and wear my slip in and maybe I wold pass.  We bought some drinks, and got gas $2.89/gal, and headed back to Tybee.  On the way back we saw this Jeep all decked out for the season, we thought the boys would like it.


We wanted to watch the sunset and we were just on time. 

 So were the wee little biting gnats, they were thick, and horrid, it was better away from the rocks, but still they were stinkers, I wonder how many I drank along with my wine. Which, is obligatory at the beach at sunset.




 It was lovevly however, lots of pink tones on the bottom of the clouds.





There was something going on at this 3 story house right on the corner, filming of some sort movie. Jodi posited that Bette Middler and Susan Sarandon (we had positive ID on the Stars, Jodi made up the movie title)  were filming The Revenge of the Killer Gnats.  It sounded likely to me. 

Monday, October 16, 2023

Blessed by Dolphin’s playing

 Well, getting the blog written has had a few hurdles.  I talked to Mom on the way to Jodi’s, picked up Jodi and we were off.  We drove and drove until I was ready to stop and all of a sudden we became like Mary and Joseph and encountered ………… We finally found a place to rest our weary heads about 0200 and while if felt crazy to spend the  sort of money they wanted, it also felt safer than trying to drive all night and get here WAY before we were due.  We stayed at a Hampton Inn and it was nice enough.  The breakfast was lame, unless you like waffles, but Jodi decided she wanted a Mickey D’s coffee so I opted for a Bacon Egg and Cheese biscuit and Jodi had a Egg McMuffin without meat.   The drive here was uneventful, and they had left the key under the mat for us so we were good to go.  




We got all settled and decided to go to the pier.  Parking here is almost all pay, “to aid in the upkeep of Tybee”,  $4.00 an hour. So we paid and went to the pier and played a game of backgammon, in which I whipped Jodi! 



We somehow always seem ( maybe it is me) to see weddings. I  did have to wonder at a train on the beach,  but to each their own.

We then went to dinner and paid again to park, and dined at Pier 16.  Jodi had a salad (I toyed with a Salad too and should have) and veggies.  I ordered scallops, fries, hush puppies and slaw.  The slaw and the fries dipped in the tarter sauce was good.  The “lightly breaded” scallops were hard on the outside and not done on the inside.  Let’s just say, not a do over.  

Yesterday we moseyed up and went to the beach and put up the beach tent for the first time. And it is cute as a button. I buckled under and put the Parking Tybee app on my phone and we paid $20.00 to spend a delightful afternoon on the beach.  We decided to order pizza as everywhere on my dining list was closed because it was Sunday.  So we ordered pizza from a little walk up joint and it was pretty yummy!  On the way back I got a phone call from Courtney that she was on her way to get Mom who was having CP and had been having it for 2–3 days. Certainly when I talked to her on Friday, and she’s didn’t say anything.    So I spent most of my night fretting about her.   To leave or to stay and wait it out? What is best?? What to do, what to do?  Jodi offered to go home right away,  but I didn’t want to be melodramatic.

This morning I got up still not knowing for sure how Mom was, what we should do. Pretty much depending on Courtney to guide me there. We poked around, and finally went to the beach. Jodi pointed out that no news is probably good news as if there was something serious they would be calling.



Today we borrowed the owners wagon and didn’t have to pay to park!  We went to the beach and the dolphins were playing so close to the shore, it was amazing to watch them!  









We walked a bit, I painted some, mostly just relaxed it was a good day.  

We came back and did Jodis favorite part of the day, dinner!  We went to the Sunday cafe, it was good, at least the pork and blue cheese bread pudding part, the succotash was dry and not a do over.  


Jodi said her salad was good.  After we had some ice cream at a place called the sugar shack, I had mocha almond and Jodi had butter pecan.  We DID NOT sit in the chairs. 

We are home and considering bed.  

 A little video, if you look real hard you can see the dolphins playing!