Day two in Savannah is about to come to a close.
Joey and I got up (sorta) early and headed out to Tybee island for some surf, sand and sun.
And bruises, but those were unintended. :)
Even though most of you already know, I'll repeat the great news one more time. I love saying it:
JOEY AND I ARE ENGAGED!!! WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!! AHHHHHHH! :)
He proposed at the top of the Tybee Lighthouse. And it was the most romantic proposal I ever could imagine.
Here's the lighthouse...now imagine the view from waaaaaaay at the top.
Yep. Romantic. Amazing. Incredible.
My ring is gorgeous. I keep catching myself staring intently at it, as if I expect it to sprout legs and try to dance. I keep dancing. I'm ecstatic!
On another note...
Keeping with the spirit of food, which is why I started this blog, we had a wonderful lunch on the beach, post perfect proposal.
We had a beach grille shack suggested to us by a couple at the top of the lighthouse (who had no idea what had just happened), and sauntered over to see what they had.
In classic beach grille fashion, they had a slew of bugs, sand, busted-down furniture, and a menu that seemed, at first, pretty basic: burgers, salads, sandwiches...
Joey ordered a grilled fish sandwich (which he put a ton of different "house" hot sauces on, all of which were amazing, especially the mango habanero sauce) and I got a grilled vegetable sandwich.
I expected it to be beach basic, but it had fresh zucchini, squash, eggplant and a few slices of fresh baby mozzerella with a balsalmic glaze, served on toasted ciabatta.
It was amazing! The baby moz really made the sandwich
Both of us had the pasta salad side dish, which also had a balsalmic glaze and was completely scrumptious. I devoured my entire plate, and stared enviously at a couple of kids' plates a few tables down...the fried chicken strips looked and smelled like heaven.
My goal for the trip is to find awesome southern-fried chicken.
After lunch we did the beach thing...and less than ten minutes into beach fromping I got stung by a jellyfish. Ick.
In all honesty, I wasn't initially sure that's what it was...all the hype, I figured it would be a LOT worse.
Instead, it was a little irritating and a dull stinging sensation, but after a quick spray of ammonia/salt water spray from a lifeguard (who confirmed the jellyfish diagnosis) I was back to being on top of the world. And waves. (I have a nice welt to show. It isn't too bad, and it no longer hurts.)
I watched Joey frolic for about 20 minutes while the ammonia spray sank in and worked on my tan, and then I learned the finer points of body-boarding. I love it all. I love the water in general.
Joey's got an impressive bruise from having a body-board scrape all up his midsection.
We look like we had an intense afternoon...but we were both laughing the entire afternoon. I'm sure there are more than a few people who assumed we were either deranged, drunk or fundamentally stupid. :) It's incredible!
...Dinner. Oooooh, dinner.
I don't know where, exactly, to start.
It was a romantic engagement dinner, for sure.
We split a bottle of wine and made googly eyes at each other the entire meal. We're nerds.
The bread at (Insert name of restaurant here....) was perfect. Light golden brown and crispy on the outside, cushy and warm on the inside. "Perfect French bread" according to Joey.
Appetizer: raw oysters on the half shell, served with a lemon pesto sauce, a horseradish sauce and a cocktail sauce. Incredible. Really, absurdly fresh.
Entrees: Joey had the duck. It was fantastic. Light soy glaze, crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. Served with a mushroom risotto and fresh green beans. All of which were phenomenal, and one of the "best meals ever," according to Joey.
I had one of the daily specials...a trout served with a lobster sauce, fresh steamed okra and scalloped potatoes. It was, by far, one of the best meals I have had...ever.
Dessert: Fresh blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries served over cinnamon and vanilla ice cream in a homemade almond bowl. It was mmm-mmmm-mmmmmazing.
The kitchen even wrote "congratulations" in chocolate across the side of the plate. :)
And now, we're just about to relax after a swim in the hotel pool and are ready for a new episode of "No Reservations" on the travel channel with Anthony Bourdain....my food hero.
I love you all!
Goodnight! xoxo
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