this hasn’t been the most awesome place i’ve been, but it’s still someplace different from where i was last week…

after being here for a week, i’ve started to find some stuff to do. broad street offers a couple of interesting boutiques (particularly the vintage clothes store, even though it’s way over priced). quite a few antique stores that made for a fun afternoon of poking around.

the riverwalk is fun to walk down. we checked out the phinizy swamp too, which was very well kept and pretty cool.

i haven’t seen anything yet that is extraordinarily special, but if you’re not from the deep south (i’m from oklahoma which is contrary to popular belief, not southern), it is interesting to watch the slightly different culture off the locals.

i’ve found the people to be half and half on the friendly/non friendly scale, although when you meet someone friendly, they’re really friendly and will sit and chat with you for some time.
i guess this is fairly normal for everywhere. oklahoma is kind of an exception to that, where pretty much everyone waves, says hi, or given a chance will talk your ear off about anything.

anyhow, off topic.

as far as the base goes (Ft. Gordon, i’m here with my husband for a while who’s in training there), it’s one of the nicer bases i’ve been to, with plenty of foliage, a lake, and is spread out. they also have horse stables, which i plan on hitting up next week.

since i’m a big eater/purveyor of restaurants, i plan on coming back to this entry to recommend some places. i can recommend right now:

shangri la chinese restaurant – delicious, non-buffet, very nice atmosphere, yet still casual, friendly wait staff

the pizza joint – pretty good food, but we were there for the beer selection, very good! we brought a backgammon board and sat outside for 2 hrs. at least just drinking beers and playing before ordering a pizza.