When Bryce and I have a chance to explore a city, we usually land on the same three priorities: learning something significant about the area, finding an unassuming spot with great food, and ice cream.
#1: Learning Something Significant About the Area
There are times when you enter into a historical location eager to absorb all of the facts and anecdotes the walls are willing to share.
And then there are times when you are transported back in time and forced to be fully immersed in the real-lifeness of a place and its people.
The Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters kept no secrets in how luxury and loss coexisted on this property some two-hundred years ago.
And it left a mark. A necessary mark.
The rooms and the stories of the people who occupied them have spurred me towards empathy and a continued education of my country’s history.
#2: Finding an Unassuming Spot with Great Food
I already started daydreaming about our dinner in Savannah the moment I finished my first hushpuppy.
It was easy to see that this was a spot we would be hard-pressed to find back home.
Savannah Seafood Shack was just what we had been missing on our trek around the Florida peninsula.
Think crab, crawfish, shrimp, potatoes, corn, sausage, and just the right amount of spice. This is the food our hearts were made for. Food I can’t wait to have more of.
#3: Ice Cream
This is a priority that has been passed down to me through my father’s love of frozen treats. Bryce, well he could take it or leave it.
Leopold’s is an iconic ice cream spot that has been in Savannah since 1919. It’s oozes old-school soda parlor shop nostalgia. After waiting in a line that snaked down the sidewalk, we concluded that Leopold’s is an experience kind of spot, not a artisanal ice cream kind of spot.
Still, the essence of summer only seems to speak to me when I’m eating two scoops of chocolate fudge brownie in a waffle cone.
And Savannah’s scenic parks made a perfect spot for enjoying our dessert and soaking in the summer.
sincerely swaim 
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