SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Savannah is one of those places where, no matter how much time I spend exploring, I could never begin to even scratch the surface. She has her secrets - and intends to keep them.

The Mercer Williams House

Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil

The architecture is beautiful everywhere you turn. The houses are all centered around parklike squares filled with live oaks dripping with Spanish moss. There are 22 squares in the city center.
Stop for lunch at Soho South ...............we highly recommend the Soho South Salad.

Great wine list too.............................................

The only way to really see Savannah is to walk it one square after another............................


You could ride a bike or take a pedicab .............but walking is still best....................
When you get tired (and you will) stop for a latte at Gallery Espresso to people watch...........
The city is full of hip artistic types due to the College of Art & Design...................................

End the day at The Pink House ...............Great restaurant and a nice bar that opens up to the street for more people watching. Lovely on a warm evening.

Cheers!

Ry

Sotto Il Monte Vineyards

Photos: Ryannan & Jim Hickman

New Year

January is almost over and I'm still trying to catch up to myself. It's been non-stop travel for a while now and no end in sight. The holidays were lovely and the New Year is well underway. Handheld devices have had to suffice until I could get back to my blogging computer at the beach. In the next couple of weeks - I hope to get a few posts in of where we have been and catch up on all of my favorite blog sites before I leave again.I think about this quote nearly every day. Everything in my life needs attention, but a little time off is always crucial. The house needs constant work, the vines need to be pruned, requiring another cross country trip, the Brunello that has been aging on French Oak has been bottled but not labeled. All worth it though as the bottles we opened this past weekend were awesome!Best wishes to you and yours,

Ry

Photos By: Ryannan Bryer de Hickman

Merry Christmas!!

With temperatures in the 70's all this week, it has been a little hard to get into the Christmas mode. Not really any point in decorating or baking as I've been here at the beach all on my lonesome for the last few weeks. I'll fly out on Friday to meet up with Jim and we will be spending this Christmas in Chicago with Jim's brother and his family. It has been far too long since we have seen them so we are looking forward to catching up. At any rate, I'll have to content myself with pictures from last year.

Our favorite place to spend Christmas, Bar None, is San Antonio, Texas. Last year was extra special because it was our first Christmas with our new grandchildren, Savannah & Talon.



I made a Prime Rib dinner on Christmas Eve, we opened presents and then went down to the River Walk to show the kids the tree at the Alamo and the lights along the river.
They are such great kids and we love them dearly. Little Heart Stealers!




While we really, really miss them this year, we are happy to announce that next Christmas we have even more cause for Christmas Joy as we will be celebrating with Talon, Savannah...........................................................................
our daughter Jasmine, son-in-law Jason and their new baby boy who is due in March!!! WE ARE OVER THE MOON HAPPY!!!!!
I hope everyone has a beautiful Christmas

Cheers!

Ry

Sotto Il Monte Vineyards

Photos By: Ryannan Bryer de Hickman