savannah

This place is magical. A few weeks back we got to go to Savannah, a place that will always have so much meaning to me. It's where I went to school, found a community of people I adored, the first place that felt like home that wasn't, and where Will and I lived our first year of marriage. 

I always get asked what it was like to live around such beauty and history, and it really was amazing, but it was the people there that always made me open my eyes wider. I realize that we were living the dream. Living within a few mile radius of all your best friends is such a rarity, and I'll never stop looking back to those years. Savannah itself is just quirky and hilarious. One second you could be stuck behind a trolley bus full of tourists, and the next behind a carriage. But its got character to say the least and every time Will and I go we always ask why we aren't moving back there.

My best friend Sophie got married and I honestly couldn't be more excited about it. She's such a beauty and to get to see her marry Brooks was a moment I'll always think back to fondly. They're just the kind of people I feel I can be my whole self around, honest. Sophie and I met at a pancake breakfast and from that moment on I knew I had to be her friend and we pretty much were from the start. And when she met Brooks he just became like family to me. Sophie would come and wake me up with coffee some days at my house in college and make my day to day stresses not seem so big. And Brooks was always kind and willing to listen, once on a road trip when Will and I had just said goodbye for 6 months (we were engaged and he studied abroad in Rome) Brooks just let me cry on and off for 2 hours while making conversation. Its just so refreshing to have friends that know and love you even when life feels hard and overwhelming. They are just even that much better together. So, here's to you, Tompkins!

when we visit Savannah:
- Foxy Loxy for the best place to hang out with our pals / coffee / kolaches
- take walks in Ardsley Park
- go to Lucky's market- this just has so much sentimental meaning to us because it was our grocery store.. but it really is amazing.
- Daffin Park is pretty much the most beautiful park to take a walk in.
- The Atlantic, only been there once since it opened but, damn, that place is good. 
- Paris Market, so much beauty and antiques, but to be honest I've probably bought one thing from there, I just love looking around and ordering a pink sparkling lemonade.
- hang out with all our Savannah people. Gosh I just love them so much.