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Brief Update from Savannah, GA
🕑 Added 2024-02-13 21:04:22 +0000 UTC(Please see the photo captions for more-concise early thoughts on my visit here.)
With the exception of the local drivers, upon whose murderous pathologies I will expound elsewhere—perhaps before legislature—Savannah presents itself as modestly charming.
My tourism needs are not difficult to satisfy. I hold fast only to the following humble requests, formed out of necessity over the course of a lifetime of travel:
1. That there not be more than three cavernous shops selling the same four dozen tasteless and vulgar T-shirts in any single block*;
2. That there be at least one museum containing at least one malfunctioning display, the malfunction of which having gone unaddressed for so long it has become accepted as part of the display, perhaps even garnering mention on an updated placard;
3. That no-one dressed as Paul Revere anachronistically beckons me into a T-Mobile store.
Savannah has delivered handsomely on all three counts. I would go into greater detail, but it is time for me to take my jeans out of the dryer (unrelated to point #2) and go to an oyster roast at Re:Purpose Savannah. Lauren is speaking at a conference on demolition and deconstruction policy, which means I'm about to spend three long hours listening to people bitch about dimensional lumber.
C
* E.g., "I Got My Lits Tickled on Bourbon Street"
Comments
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
That is an epic ship. My dad used to build models like that when he was a kid, except I think being high from the glue made his models a little more haphazardly constructed.
J.
I feel bad for the rest of the industry, but International Paper deserves every bit of what's happened to print media.
Chris Onstad
Please complete this as the first novel entirely published as Patreon comments
J.
It would have been difficult enough if an interdepartmental feud at the plant hadn't also kept our material from being properly stored, indoors, after it was delivered. Subsequent immersion in the many deleterious effluents onsite was probably less damaging than two years in an open field near the loading dock.
Chris Onstad
This comment offers its own deep new mystery, in a bold and exciting new genre (embattled freight elevators)
J.
As a long-time business traveler to Savannah, I'm excited to see the recommendations appearing in the replies. I can only add that if the opportunity arises, don't agree to modernize the freight elevators at International Paper in nearby Pooler.
John Ashton
"Yes, I am satisfied with my cell phone carrier, Mr. Revere. Don't you have somewhere in Massachusetts to yell warnings at?"
Chris Onstad
Noted. Anything called “Mobile Potatoes” requires further sleuthing
Don Rowe
On the subject of vulgar t-shirts, if the town doesn't have its own take on "The Happy Fisherman" regardless of the locale's angling tendencies or lack thereof, I may have to reconsider the trip.
Fartlord90210
And Brochu's Family Tradition is an amazing restaurant. The mobile potatoes are an experience.
Fartlord90210
That's great -- I am happy to fill your days with activities if you need ideas. As you may have noticed, locals regard pedestrian crossings as a signal to speed up.
Michael Akey
Brothel Cat may be my new antique collecting obsession
Chris Onstad
Thank you Fartlord! Leopold’s was on the list and now Frali’s is too. I do enjoy it very much here.
Fartlord90210
Please visit Leopold's Ice Cream (for ice cream) and Frali's Market (for lunch). Savannah's my home and it's a great place.
