Savannah and Charleston trip report

The Fat Dave family made a trip to Savannah and Charleston. It might not be a trip to excite any gourmand or highfalutin traveler but it was fun. . We hit up Pappasitos for margaritas and TexMex the night before the flight out of hObby. Good food especially the guacamole & beef quesadillas and the filet mignon and shrimp fajitas. The morning of the flight we hit the hotel breakfast and had some decent Texas-shaped waffles. Hobby's PreCheck line was smooth and quick!

We stayed at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah. It's directly on the river and there is a water taxi stop right at the bottom of the hotel elevator that will take you to the convention center.

The Convention Center is short 10-15 minute water taxi ride away but in practice it really sucks. You have to be in line to catch the damn thing and its either freaking hot or raining in the summer. This is the water taxi to and from the Convention Center

Here is the view from the convention center
The views from a River View room at the Hyatt


The Hotel is in a great location but the place is worn down. The place screams 1980's with Hollywood lighting underneath the atrium elevators and 2 ft. balconies with "plants". Check out the "privacy ropes" in the lobby


We hit PS Tavern across the street for shitty beer and Keno because it was happy hour and they had shitty beer and keno.

We walked the area near the hotel and always felt safe. The parks and squares near the hotel were really cool and had many statues, historical markers and stuff for any history geek to have blast exploring.




One day we drove over to Tybee Island. AKA Georgia's Holly Beach complete with chocolate milk beach and water....




After the beach we hit some T-Shirt shops that had an abundance of glass pipes next to large signs for $5 shirts.


We hit up the Crab Shack for a Low Country Boil. Cool atmosphere. Bring seasoning.




The next day we did more walking along the river and in the really cool public squares. We hit up the Savannah Tap-house for beers and burgers.


The Mac n Cheese burger

The Heart Attack burger



The next day we hit the River house and had some Tripel Allagash and apps. The best was the Mahi sliders.




Hey Look There's Paula "Butter -n- Mayonaize" Deen Y'all




People ain't scared to eat a Paula Boofay!!! That's right.......fried yardbird, ribs, meat and gravy along with greens, yams and hoe cakes for the righteous price of $19. Hey... I said "butter, y'all"


I have to admit the shrimp n grits to go was good!! And a lot better than it looks here! And the wine from the local market was cheaper than Paula's



We walked over to Leopold's for some ice cream but there was no way the family was going to stand in line like this for ice cream....at almost 9pm. We might be fat.... but we ain't standing in lines like this for ice cream!


The next morning it was biscuits from the B Mathews Eatery and a bloody mary before setting out for Charleston.