Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Bonaventure Cemetery

SAVANNAH’S MOST BELOVED LITTLE GIRL Little Gracie Watson was loved by Savannah’s elite for her role as entertainer and hostess during her mother’s extravagant Pulaski Hotel parties. She drew many a smile, not only with guests, but with the many street vendors outside the hotel on Johnson Square. It was said that she ‘adopts every passerby and every passerby adopts her.’ When she died suddenly at age six in 1889 due to nephritis, not only her parents, but the city was devasted. Thousands in Savannah attended her funeral over an entire week. Her lifesized statue, carved by the famous sculptor John Walz from a photograph of the dead child, and unveiled in 1894, is the most visited gravesite in the cemetery. Walz said this was his greatest work ever. Stare deep into her eyes. She almost comes alive. (Section E, Lot 99 / F-17 on map)

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Calico Rock, Arkansas. this is where Joe Ray from The Boonies walks to get his supplies, 8 miles from his cave home.

We plan to re-open for the 2016 season around April 1, 2016.
If you get a chance, check out Calico Rock’s newest and hottest dining, the Printing Press CafĂ© on Main Street. (and yes, our grandson, Lee, is the head chef)
We use only 100% cotton sheets, towels, and other linens and dry them in the sun on the clothesline out back.
This is a mom and pop business. There’s no business manager or receptionist.
Our target audience is guests that appreciate historic hotels. If you’re interested in outdoor activities or local music, we’ll be happy to provide suggestions from our more than 20 years’ experience in the area.
While there are 3 motels on the highway, we’re the only hotel in Calico Rock and the only downtown lodging that overlooks the river.

stack 4 end tables and paint them....

I HAD to post this...showed up in my newsfeed here on FB...Aj's Bar and Grill in Sterling, IA... .UNBELIEVABLE tenderloin!!!!

google says:
2 h 1 min (108.0 mi) via IA-2 E
2 h 5 min (112.4 mi) via US-136 E
2 h 40 min (144.3 mi) via US-65 N and US-34 E
open Sundays noon-9:00p.m.

adding this to my MUST WATCH list.....

2010 movie All Good Things