We also walked down to Chippewa Park which is where a scene of Forrest Gump was filmed. It is where he is sitting on a bench with his chocolate. Remember the famous line "Life is like a box of chocolates....you never know what you are going to get". I am starting to believe that very phrase.
We sat in the park and watched the school kids play on their recess. These kids were dressed in school uniforms. I think there was a private school nearby. I asked one of the teachers where the bench was from Forrest Gump, but she said she thought the bench was on permanent display in the visitor's center.
In the afternoon, we took the Paula Deen tour and learned quite a bit about her. She has two grown sons. Her first husband was Jimmie Deen. Now, she is married to Michael. Paula is a very nervous person and takes medication for it. Her parents both died in their early 40s, so it made her fearful of going out of her house for some years. She used to bring her kids to the doctor office all the time. I don't remember the name of the disease she has, though.
She has a house about 5 miles outside the city, which has 9 kitchens in it. We are hoping to go find it tomorrow on our way to Atlanta.
We went by Jones Street in Savannah, which is where doctors and lawyers used to all live. That's where the phrase 'Keeping Up with the Jones" came from.
Our tour took us to Paula Deen's brother's restaurant called Uncle Bubba's. It isn't far from her home. He was actually at the restaurant today, so we got our picture taken next to him. He also signed our cookbook which we bought.
For dinner, we ate at Paula Deen's restaurant in downtown Savannah. Since we were on a tour, we were able to get priority seating; otherwise, you would have to get there at 8 a.m. and wait for 2 hrs to get a reservation for the day.
This evening, we just rested up, as we have a long drive tomorrow to Atlanta.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment