OLD HAUNTS

April 7-10, 2026

From 1997-2000, we used to live about 50 minutes west of Savannah, GA. I worked at Georgia Southern University and Howie would jet off to a client site Monday-Thursday for IBM. I would sometimes drop him off at the Savannah airport early on a Monday morning and then pick him up for a fun evening on the Savannah River with gin and tonics and cheese and crackers that I had put into a cooler. It was the highlight of a busy week apart. We have come back a couple of times since, so coming in on the boat was really something special. We had a dear friend, Carolyn Bryan stay with us a couple of nights-our first official guest!! Carolyn and I go back to 1997 when we met at a new faculty orientation, almost 30 years ago. Wonderful to be together.

Waiting for the ferry to take us across to Savannah.

Old and new friends. Carolyn and I (Indiana sweatshirt) have known each other for 29 years. Kara (on the right) is a new looper friend.

Heading into Savannah there is a place called “Hell’s Gate”. Sounds a lot worse than it actually was.

When Howard and I lived in Statesboro from 1997-2000, we would frequent this amazing Greek restaurant called the Olympia Cafe. We have many great memories of talking with the owner Nick Pappas and enjoying amazing food. In 2025, my family rented a house near Savannah and we went to the Olympia Cafe for an incredible night of great food and drink. In the above picture, you can see that the restaurant is closed. They have started renovations, but we aren’t sure what will be going in since Nick’s death in May 2025 (basically about the time we were at the restaurant). The family has opened a new restaurant called “Limani” on River Street, very near to the old place.