me and the monkey
Mike and I met while attending art and design college in Savannah , Georgia.
Despite our complaints, some of which included a badly run administration
office, sticky heat and annoying tourists, Mike and I have very fond
memories of our time there. As one of the few cities that survived the
Civil War intact, Savannah’s historic routes run deep, one of the reasons it
draws so many tourists every Spring (although the publication of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil probably helped too). However, it wasn’t
always so. On her visit, Lady Astor, remarked that Savannah was “a
beautiful lady with a dirty face”. It is just in the last 20 years or so
that the city has gone through a kind of rebirth, most especially with the
preservation and restoration of its historic district. It’s historic homes
made it a wonderful place to pursue my degree in architectural history and
provided a picturesque setting for Mike to pursue his in photography. We
also had a chance to actually work in one of these homes the Owens-Thomas House Museum as tour guides. As one of the oldest and best examples of the Regency
Style in America, I would highly recommend visiting this museum if ever in
Savannah. I was required to write a senior thesis for my degree (Bachelor of Building Arts). It took me over a year to complete. My thesis committee have been more then patient with me, thank goodness. My topic was on the stave churches of Norway, specifically, portal(fancy term for “doorway”)decoration. I’m thinking I might try to put my thesis on my blog as a pdf file, but I haven’t figured out how to do that yet. Anyway, there a little more about me and the monkey.
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