Florida Favorites

I just got home from a lovely mini vacation in Florida! Here are a few of my favorite things about Florida:

Grandma and the cutie things she makes:

Grandma and Grandpa (for some reason I didn't take any photos of Grandpa):Hedgehog (or giant green octopus) greetings from sweetie cousin Emily (and Susie!):Picking Grandpa's tomatoes and eating them right away (or eating them in the pool):Eating delicious fresh food for lunch outside:And bright blue water and palm trees::) What are some of your Florida favorites?

A Little Bit More

Here are just a few more photos of Savannah:The Girl Scouts began in Savannah which is totally cool, in my opinion. I was Girl Scout paparazzi! :) They were all really cute. We had a nightmare-ish trip home but we tried to make the most of it. How often do you get to pose on the runway?I guess it wasn't really the runway, but I don't know what this place is called. I think that's about it on Savannah... for now!Bye!

Live Oaks

As you can probably tell from previous posts, I pretty much went bananas over the live oaks in Savannah! I think they're beautiful, calm, eerie, and super cool! We drove down lots of streets like this: The Wormsloe Estate has a driveway lined with live oaks:It's amazing and definitely a little scary! Here is the biggest live oak in Savannah: And here is my very own live oak: Sweetie!

Eating in Savannah

Raf and I had a little trouble choosing where to eat in Savannah, but we ended up eating really good food! We had delicious homemade ice cream at Leopold's:I had strawberry shortcake and Raf had strawberry:We had dinner at The Crab Shack on Tybee Island. It was the closest we got to southern food, I think. We ate delicious crab and a "Low Country Boil" which was sausage, potatoes, corn, and shrimp.It was pretty Disney World-ish but still really cool and fun. They have live baby alligators (which you can see in previous posts) and a deck on the water.We had a delicious lunch at Clary's, where the man with the flies on strings and the vile of poison ate every day in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It was really nice to eat outside. Especially with a sweetie d-dog nearby!Raf and french toast and I had cheese blintzes. Everything was super good and fun and relaxed!
You can see a photo of Raf and me eating there in this post!

Tybee Island

Tybee Island is near Savannah and has just as much charm. The beaches are very beautiful too. Here is the Tybee Island Light House:Pretty stripes! Palm trees on beaches are a rare sight for me so I was very excited! The island is full of lots of pretty little cottages. I loved all of the colors and plants. Raf thought it was a good place to take a nap::) Cutie. As you can see, it wasn't very warm. I wore 2 sweaters, my vest, and gloves! I still like the beach in cold weather, so I was happy. (And so was Raf.)The GPS wanted us to do this:We didn't. :)

Savannah Houses

There were some super cool houses in Savannah. Here are a few of my favorites: Lots of ivy, even on the stairs! This one was in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil:Oooohh! Of course I liked the purple house! This one is also a cool color:Lots of houses in Savannah are haunted, but I'm not sure which ones are. I wouldn't want to live in one, but I would like to live on a street like this:I think everything about Savannah is friendly. The people were all super nice and I think even the streets look welcoming! I wish Boston was a little more like that.

Food Break

I thought I'd take a break from Savannah posts to show you what I've been cooking and eating lately. I made this a few weeks ago: It's green beans and rice noodles with soy ginger sauce and fried tofu with Hoisin sauce. We ordered this delicious Thai food earlier this week:We ate yellow curry, friend rice, Pad Thai, and of course, Thai iced tea! It lasted about 3 meals. A few days ago I made this, which is similar to the meal above:It's rice noodles and tofu (not fried) with Hoisin sauce and garlic baby spinach. I love baby spinach these days! Here's what I made tonight for a special at-home meal:Roasted chicken and whole wheat orzo with cherry tomatoes and homemade pesto. I also made roasted Brussels sprouts but they didn't look very pretty so I left them out of the photo. They didn't taste that pretty either... I think I did something wrong. I liked how the rest of the meal came out!

Savannah Squares

As you may know, Savannah is a city organized around many squares. They are beautiful little parks and we went on a long walk to all of them! We started at Forsyth Park, which is actually not a square, but it is really nice and has the famous fountain: It also has lots of beautiful plants and paths lined with live oaks. There was a chess/checker board is one of the paths:Cool, right? Thank you Raf for the lovely posing! Then we continued on to the squares. Some of them had really beautiful flowers which I was excited to see since it's still going be a long time until we have blooming here:

Unfortunately, I don't remember which square was which because we saw so many! I'm only including photos of a few. Some of them had really cool fountains:
The squares really make Savannah a beautiful city. I kept telling Raf, "It even smells good here!" I think it was all of the plants. I hope you're enjoying all of my Savannah posts. As you can probably tell, I REALLY loved Savannah! Stay tuned for more!

Savannah Animal Paparazzi

There were lots of cuties in Savannah! We got to see lots of them in Forsyth Park (including one Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil moment): The owner of this sweetie said that I was the second person to take their picture that day (haha!):
We saw this lovey (my favorite) on Tybee Island: I love how it's acting so golden retriever-ish (like, "I'm going for a walk! Yes!!!")! Not all of the animals were so active: Pobrecitos! Not all of the animals were cute either:Oooooh blue eyes! I made friends with them anyway (in my wild outfit): Oops I forgot this guy:Bruno's southern cousin!