I just finished watching the second half of "forrest gump." tom hanks is amazing in that movie and the movie is loaded with quotable quotes. if you want a quick review of american history, this is your movie. it is one of the movies that hollywood really excelled in making. now, there is a piece in that movie, where robin wright introduces him to his son...that piece is filmed in savannah, georgia. savannah is one of the cities that is worth visiting. it beckons to you and it really captivates you when you are there. walking the streets of savannah makes one feel as if one has stepped back into history.
because i live in south florida, i appreciate this more. the reason is that most of south florida was undeveloped until the 1960s when wealthier northeasterners started the real estate boom here. there are no old buildings in south florida. it is a young place. even miami is pretty young. most of the architecture is from the 60s with the pastel paints and caribbean style windows. when you walk in the streets of savannah, you feel the age of the city. suddenly, jeans and a t-shirt is out of place and you feel as if you should be wearing colonial costumes to fit into the city. the roads leading down to the river are brick roads. the houses are old. everything is old and so well preserved. the thing about savannah is that you know it is savannah from the moment you see the houses or the parks...very much like associating the eiffel tower with paris. i guess that is the closest i can come to describing savannah. it is beautiful. a must see city.
this weekend, if all goes well, i will be going on another trip. this time i want to see stone mountain, georgia. the hospitality of the georgians is incredible. they put the southern in southern hospitality. there is no other state up the I-95 like georgia. when you enter georgia, there's a sign at the welcome center that says: " we're glad georgia's on your mind." it really sums it all up. We stayed in a Days Inn last summer in georgia. It was clean and the lady behind the desk was actually chatting with us and being helpful. usually, the receptionists are there watching tv. this one was there with the biggest smile on her face. even when we went for food in the fast food restaurant (we are a bunch of younguns, we ain't going to cook on vacation), we had the best treatment. made us feel as if we were eating at a more classy place. that is what i call hospitality!
well needless to say, i have been bad for the last week or so. santa wouldn't get me no presents this year! i guess i do it to get my way. i've been arguing with my parents to go on the trip. they are usually iffy when we say that we are heading out of town. they worry too much sometimes. and i guess i don't think that much. maybe i am a little too hot headed. something tells me that everything will be okay though. i am working myself up in a little frenzy that does me no good. in the end, everyone but me will be okay. usually ends up that way anyway. i feel as if i must do this though. for my sake.
last night i dreamt my godfather. i usually dream him in his turban and indian wear. last night i dreamt that he walked up and hugged me from the side. he told me that i was special and he really reassured me that things would be okay. i know that dreaming him is good. to have him speak is even better becuase usually, when i see him in my dreams, he never talks to me directly. this time he did. i guess for me, i know he died physically, but i know his spirit is there. he leads me still. and when he appears in my dreams, i know that things work out well. and life is a box of chocolates!
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