Savannah St. Patrick's
Re-do of the Savannah St. Patrick's weekend
St. Patrick's Day in Savannah is one of the largest celebrations in the country, second only to Boston in some rankings. Green beer, green river dye, parade routes that wind through the squares.
Getting there was a saga. The week of March 13 was when the FAA grounded every Boeing 737 Max in the US after the Ethiopian Airlines crash. My flight got cancelled. I rebooked. That got cancelled. I rebooked again. I finally got to Savannah on Friday morning, two days behind schedule.
On the river cruise the next afternoon, the boat was quiet for about ten minutes — and then 150 high school students boarded. They claimed entire sections of seats and got angry when people sat in them. The kind of moment you can't make up.
I'd been to Savannah before, but this was the trip that made the city feel like a real place I knew rather than a postcard.
"Let the Shenanigans begin" decal in River Street
Talmadge Bridge over the Savannah River
River Street and the Talmadge Bridge
River Street at night