-Jim Rohn

so now i just have to figure out if it has been seen through…

so we returned, reluctantly, from our vacation to savannah and charleston. it was a great trip–i got to feel the introduction to summer in the south (yay, heat! blake was miserable anywhere above 75 degrees…) but it still remained chilly at night. savannah was amazing…the whole town built around parks and courtyard gardens. a much smaller scale than charleston, you could feel the presence of the college of art and design (albeit there are buildings for the school everywhere) as little glimmers of contemporary art permeated the rich southern history of the architecture and mood of the town

charleston was much more, oh, ritzy, i guess? there were more men walking around in pastel polos with sweaters tied around their shoulders than i have seen outside of an easter ralph lauren advertisement. and everything was priced for tourists in the area where we were, but i suppose we were tourists… it was a strange mentality there, where you could very much tell that this was where men fought to preserve slavery. very strange.

we saw historic homes, toured fort sumpter where the first civil war battle took place (by the way, the first two casualties of the civil war did not occur during the 34 hour battle for the fort, they occurred during the 100 cannon salute after the fort had been surrendered) we went into an old prison/dungeon where prisoners were kept during the time of america’s fight for independence from the british, we ate some rowdy southern food at a great little southern cafe, we went to an art museum where the first work of art done by an african american was acquired just a couple of decades ago (and they didn’t know it was by a black artist until later—oops!) and saw a great installation by two art professors about the role of african americans in the community and their representation in the museum, we went too a 500 acre plantation that was probably one of the most gorgeous things i’ve seen, we went to an african village located between charleston and savannah, we went to an antique print store where i geeked out hardcore and blake bought me a souvenir, we saw many, many cannons, and we chonicled the growth of blake’s beard. it was a good trip!

here is the slideshow of all of the photos…