Savannah - Feb 27th Part 1

8:30a  Breakfast Time... and we have... wait for it... Banana Nut Pancakes (yeah I know I'm not a banana fan, but these were good...)


Left: This is how our breakfast try looked each morning... The orange juices on the side, mugs on the right... the main course in the middle and the extra muffins/scones on the top...

10:00a Left the Gastonian (in the pouring rain) for the SCAD store (Savannah College of Art and Design) There were lots of interesting things to see in the SCAD store... most of them items that had been created by current or former students who had/do attend the School. SCAD owned buildings etc are all around the city.

After visiting the store.... we went onto the E.Shaver Booksellers where I purchased postcards, a sketchbook/watercolor book of Savannah (the pictures inside were done by none other than SCAD students) and met the
new shop dog. A rescue Shih tzu named Cookie... who was intent on trying to get out the door any chance she got.                               

After feeding the meter we went into the SCAD Administration building where we got to see this massive metal bee... So cool...

Amazing right?                                                                                                                                      We still had time to 'kill' and with the rain clearing up a bit we walked across the square to one of the many churches in  Savannah.       Stain-glass windows lined the walls, wooden pews stood in two wide rows leading up to the front of the church...                                              After checking the time, we walked back to our lunch destination for the day... and waited patiently for the door be opened... 

 Hello Gryphon.... This charming restaurant was once an apothecary... and still has the stained glass mortar and pastel above the bar... The walls are lined with books, and coupled with the design of the interior you really feel like you have revisited the 1920's 1930's era... my kind of restaurant...                                                                       

Left: Here I am trying to decide just what I'm going to get for lunch. I finally decided on what I like to call a Caesar Salad on a sandwich... How did I come up with that you ask? Well the sandwich consists of French bread, grilled chicken, Romaine lettuce, shaved Parmesan and Caesar dressing.                   

The end result? Culinary bliss... 

But wait... there's more... Wait till you hear/read about what my mom had. To say that it was a goat cheese salad doesn't even give it justice... I'm going to paint a picture for you here.... are you ready?

Imagine this... Fresh field greens, silvered almonds, cranberries, sliced pears... now add to that a goat cheese that had been sliced, rolled in a breadcrumb and herb mixture and then baked to perfection....   Are you drooling yet?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                              
You didn't think I was going to tell you all about it and not show you a picture of it did you... That would just be unnecessarily cruel....      

                                                                                 Left: Now if you're not originally from the south... you always have one fear when you order Tea... will be it be so sweet that you feel like you've consumed your sugar quota for the entire year?                                                    Well the folks at Gryphon have that covered. You just order your tea and they bring you out what is known as 'Simple Syrup' allowing you to sweeten your tea to suit your own taste buds. 

Check please.....

Brilliant right?