Rain! Rain! Go Away...

Madeline and I headed out to Tybee Island for a little beach time yesterday before hitting the Latin festival that was going on in downtown Savannah. Unfortunately, our beach time was cut short by some really dark clouds, which turned into rain as soon as we got in the car. We headed downtown and ended up parking near Paula Dean's restaurant, Lady & Sons. Unfortunately, at 4:00 they were already booked for the evening, so we were not able to eat there.

We walked down to River Street to hit the fiesta, but it continued to rain, so we found ourselves at a wonderful restaurant called Vic's On the River. I had Wild Georgia Shrimp over Stone Ground Grits with andouille sausage and tasso ham gravy. YUM, YUM, YUM!!! It was so good! Also, this is the second restaurant that we've been to that served us biscuits with orange marmalade... a southern thing, I guess. The marmalade has been scrumptous both times.

A neat fact about the building that houses Vic's: Workers, who were renovating the building in 1901, uncovered a map that was drawn on the wall. It is a map that was hand drawn by Union soldiers detailing General Sherman's march from Tennessee through Georgia. The building was used by General Sherman's troops during the Civil War. A small portion of the map remains on the wall under glass in the restaurant. Pretty neat to stand in front of that map and imagine the scene that might have taken place there over 100 years ago!

After the rain stopped, we checked out Fiesta Latina. I was sorry we had just eaten, because there were so many great smells coming from their food tents. I guess we missed the dance troupes with their colorful dress, but the music was fun and the people who were dancing seemed so passionate! I really enjoyed watching them!