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Savannah Sideways, Up and Down

Former Connect Savannah columnist, Jessica Leigh Lebos, has published a book of her essays, and it is Savannah Sideways. Last night there was a book party at the tiny yet legendary Book Lady Bookstore. It was standing room only as Jessica read three of her essays from her collection. Jessica has an authentic voice that is funny, thoughtful and focused. Get a copy at your local bookstore; and review it on Goodreads.

My dad says, “You learn something new every day”; I learned about the delicious tequila-based cocktail, Paloma. A Paloma is a Mexican cocktail that is three parts grapefruit soda, one part tequila. What’s better a than a Paloma? A frozen slushie Paloma. At Pinkie Master’s they have Paloma slushie. For a festive drink to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but I suggest having a Paloma slushie while supplies last.

Thumbs down to the crab cake appetizer at Sorry Charlies at Ellis Square. In the South, portion sizes tend to be bigger, so I when I ordered the crab cakes, I assumed it would be smaller than an entree but bigger than h’orderves. When my plate arrived, I got three tiny crab cake puffs that were probably the same size as the hush puppies. They were tasty but tiny. Sorry, Charlie but the crab cake appetizer is too small.

Coming Up:

TED X Savannah is May 11th.

She Hustles is May 24th.

Four Of My Friends Came To Savannah

A few weeks ago, I got a text from my friend David. He and Cat plus Mark and Wendy were coming to visit me for New Year’s. Yay! I looked for a place for them to stay but AirBnB options were scarce. VRBO had more options, but most were out at Tybee Island. They ended staying at a hotel in the Southside area of Savannah, and taking Uber to get them to and fro downtown. I am telling you this so you have an idea of lodging options. By the way, Mashable just announced that Savannah is one of the places people should visit in 2016.

On the first night of the visit, Mark, Wendy and I stopped by Green Truck Pub for a beer. The smell of the burgers was so distracting that we drank quickly and then walked over to The Florence where we had a reservation for dinner. Luckily David and Cat were already there. Also, Hugh Acheson was there. Hugh is the owner of The Florence, noted cookbook author and judge on Top Chef.

We got a photo with Hugh. Gina, our wonderful server, took the photo. By the way, The Florence makes a red velvet cake with actual beets which Wendy make try to incorporate in her own red velvet cake recipe. Her frosting includes mascarpone and it is delicious.

Photo by David Kaplan

Thursday, we walked around Broughton Street and River Streets. We stopped by Kobo Gallery, Ancient Olive and later we had cocktails and oysters at The Grey.

On New Year’s Day, we went back to The Grey for oysters, collard greens and hoppin john.

After The Grey, we went to Service Brewing for their New Year’s Day event. Bunny Ware of the Savannah Morning News chatted with us. We also stopped into Coffee Fox and enjoyed kolaches. By the way, get Lisa Fain’s cookbook, Homesick Texan, to learn how to make kolaches. Two of my friends did a mead tasting at Savannah Bee Company.

Later we went to 17hundred90 for dinner and a drink at famous dive bar Pinkie Masters. On Saturday afternoon, we went to Foxy Loxy, Gypsy World and had lunch at Starland Cafe. It was great showing friends a bit of my Savannah.