Archive for February, 2012

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah

February 27th, 2012 by Robbie Bell

Irish Forsyth Fountain - Happy St. Patrick´s Day!

St. Patrick's Day in Savannah -- there's nothing like it.

Lot’s of places in the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. In Savannah, Georgia, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Irish culture for more than two weeks.

The Savannah Irish Festival, a wondrous event filled with music and dance, took place February 17-19. If you missed that, consider coming to town on Friday, March 9, to witness the greening of the fountain in Forsyth Park and an Irish Heritage Dance at Alee Temple.

Tara Feis takes place on Saturday, March 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Emmet Park. There will be lots of Irish dancing, Gaelic music, and activities for children. There’s also a St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Tybee Island the 10th, a Celtic Cross Ceremony the 11th, and what should be an amazing performance by the Carrigbyrne Pike and Choir at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on the 15th.

All of our Savannah Vacation Homes are full on March 17, 2012, the day of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade; however, we do have space available during some of the events mentioned above. Come get a taste of St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah this year. Then make your plans for 2013, the 200th anniversary of St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah.

Please visit St. Patrick’s Day Savannah for a complete list of events and activities.

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2012 Savannah Music Festival

February 22nd, 2012 by Robbie Bell

The citizens of Savannah are already looking ahead to the 2012 Savannah Music Festival, which will run March 22 through April 7 at various sites across Savannah.

An exciting lineup is planned this year: Lyle Lovett, Pink Martini, The Head and the Heart, Justin Townes Earle, Acollective…. These are just a few of the performers scheduled for the 2012 Savannah Music Festival. Musicians are coming from Seattle, Tel-Aviv, Athens, Georgia, and elsewhere around the globe.

Savannah Music Festival 2012

Béla Fleck and the Fleckstones perform at the 2012 Savannah Music Festival.

Genres include Baroque, Classical, Bluegrass, Rock, Salsa, World, Flamenco, Funk, Cajun, Caberet, Old-Time, Country, and so on, and so on, and so on. Featured instruments include the clarinet, mandolin, trumpet, harmonica, lap steel, organ, and accordion. We’ll be stomping our feet and clapping our hands for two weeks.

There are worse ways to spend a couple of weeks, but you’d be hard pressed to find a better way. Come to the Savannah Music Festival. Stay at one of our Savannah Vacation Rentals while you’re here.

For more festival information, please see the Savannah Music Festival.

Please visit our reservations page to reserve one of our Savannah Vacation Homes.

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Savannah’s City Market

February 16th, 2012 by Robbie Bell

Three hundred years ago, fisherman, farmers, and merchants brought their produce and wares to Savannah’s City Market. It was the center of commerce; people came daily to trade goods and information. In many ways, it was the heart of Savannah.

Savannah City Market

Walk to the City Market from any of our Savannah Vacation Homes.

Two of the original market buildings were lost to fire prior to the 1850s, and a third was torn down after the Civil War. After two hundred years of service, yet another grand old market building was destroyed in 1954–this one lost to a wrecking ball. Yet the legacy of the Savannah City Market lived on.

The historic buildings that comprise today’s City Market are spread across four blocks in Savannah Historic Downtown District. Once again, the Savannah City Market provides a place to congregate, exchange news, and do business. Locals and visitors are drawn to this open pedestrian area filled with shops, art galleries, restaurants, and live entertainment.

Dine at Tapas By Anna, Vinnie Van Go-Go’s, or the Cafe at City Market. Enjoy the art at Jim Pennington Fine Art, the A.T. Hun Gallery, and the Stephen Kasun Gallery. Shop for clothes, sweets, cigars and books. The City Market has it all.

It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the City Market from our Savannah Vacation Rentals on Broughton Street, and about 10 minutes to walk there from our Savannah Vacation Home on West Liberty Street. Guests take advantage of the close proximity to visit it frequently for food, art, shopping, and to feel the pulse of Savannah.

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Savannah’s River Street Sweets

February 10th, 2012 by Robbie Bell

River Street Sweets Savannah

Stay in a Savannah Vacation Home and wander over to River Street Sweets.

Many lucky people will receive gift baskets from River Street Sweets in the coming days. Valentine’s Day means sweets for our sweeties; to those of us in Savannah, sweets means River Street Sweets.

River Street Sweets originated in an old warehouse on historic River Street. It started out in 1973 as “The Cotton Bale,” a gift shop that did not sell sweets. By the end of the decade, an enormous fudge making pot was added, and shortly after that, their “World Famous Praline” recipe was born. Thus The Cotton Bale was transformed into River Street Sweets.

Most people who stay in our Savannah Vacation Rentals eventually find their way to historic River Street and the original River Street Sweets store. Those who do are rewarded with free samples. The samples are a savvy marketing move, since it is practically impossible to taste one treat and not want more.

Gift baskets, gift tins, gift boxes, gift towers….you can offer your love a small token of your affection, or give a veritable monument. You could place your order on line, or you could do something even better: bring your sweetheart to the store.

Plan a sweet getaway in one of our Savannah Vacation Homes this February. Bring your true love to the original River Street Sweets. Indulge in pleasure, together.

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