southern hospitality

susan h and heidi m were in town last week, and it was sooo great hanging out with them. ate way too much southern food and did a bunch of touristy things, including a few that i had never done before.

- first we headed to savannah and spent one night there. walked around the city...it's a nice, quaint city, but the highlight was probably eating way too much (dude, it was painful, but oh, so good) at the lady and sons (paula deen's restaurant)...
the next morning, we headed over to tybee island, which is the main beach. since it's winter and a bit chilly, we just saw the lighthouse...
...and this cannon. felt like a captain morgan ad...
headed back to atlanta, and spent a couple of days roaming the city. hit the atlanta history center, where they have galleries, plantation style buildings, a garden...and this in the gift shop that reminded me of my little house on the prairie phase...
we also headed over to sweet auburn and the martin luther king, jr. center. it's a small facility, but it's amazing to learn about his life and see footage of him speaking...get chills every time.
we hit a few other things, and the weekend just flew by! i was definitely sorry to drop them off at the airport on sunday, but it was comforting to know that i'll see them again when i'm back in los angeles in...10 more days!!!!! (yup, still counting 'em...yaaaay!!!)