So, we made it through our first Saint Patrick's Day here in Savannah! We had heard to get to the parade by 8 am so we could have a place to see along the parade route. The parade started at 10 am. Miguel and I slept in so didn't get down town till around 9:30... we had to park on Islands Expressway and walk at least two miles to the parade route. And we were carrying lots of beer, subway sandwiches, and the dog. Emma did really well. She was sort of overwhelmed, but she did really great! She got loads of attention because she was extra cute in her St. Patty's bandanna. We met up with some of our friends at one of the squares (the square where they filmed Forest Gump). The parade didn't get to us till around 11:30. It's a long parade! It lasted four hours.
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| Cute Saint Patrick's Day puppy! |
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| It was a really beautiful day! |
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| During the beginning of the parade... when I was actually interested. |
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| Here you can sort of get an idea of how crowded the squares were. It felt a lot like a tailgate to me. These people with tents got downtown very early to save their spots. |
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| Bathrooms had super long lines... however, we found a special, secret porta potty. Here, Miguel is explaining the importance of such bathroom. |
After a long day in the sun, we went back home to the islands, and Emma, Miguel and I all climbed into our bed and took a long nap.
Friday morning Miguel and I took Emma to the dog park. It wasn't busy at all. I guess people were still sleeping in or waking up to bad hangovers. Emma played with her friends Abby (a sweet 6 year old black lab) and Ardsley (a large, four month old chesapeake bay) and got some energy out. Later, Miguel and I went to a friend's house and cooked out. We met up with my brother-in-law, Juan, who came to visit from Greenville, SC for the weekend. Our friend, Jacob, came down from Atlanta too. We enjoyed time with friends. My favorite time of the night was sitting up on the porch, smoking cigars, and watching the sun go down. Afterwards, I went home to take the dog out and hang out until the boys needed a ride back home.
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| We cooked wings, brats, dogs, ribs, and burgers. Then our friend, Jason, pulled out this steak to grill. Ha. It was 14 oz! |
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| Twins! |
Saturday morning we all slept in a bit and made a yummy breakfast of pancakes, sausage, bacon, and eggs. The boys spent the day at the beach. I stayed home and let the boys do their thing and made tie dyed cookies (blog post to come later). After a day at the beach we headed over to one of our favorite restaurants, Bonna Bella Yacht Club. The sand gnats were awful! The wait was also really long, but we had a good time entertaining ourselves playing corn hole and drinking beer and $3 margaritas and snacking on fresh raw oysters. We saw the sun go down and the beautiful moon come up. All of us, minus one, got fish tacos...yum!
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| Bonna Bella |
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| Raw oysters |
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| Miguel owned the hook and ring game... |
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| Fish tacos... |
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| Yum! |
We're back home from dinner at Bonna Bella right now... the boys are sitting here sipping on Glenlivet deciding whether or not to go downtown. Crossing my fingers they stay here... I don't want to play taxi driver tonight. =) But either way, it's been a fun weekend. It's great to have good friends and family come visit!
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