Hey, Hey Paula!

Richard went to Paula Deen's restaurant, The Lady & Sons, today at 7:30a.m. to get in line for a reservation. They start making reservations at 9:30 and by 10:30 each day they are booked for lunch and supper! It is in downtown Savannah and doesn't look that big from the outside, but once you are on the inside it's three stories tall.




















She has a gift shop right next door. All the cookbooks are autographed.














These were a few of the people waiting in line trying to get reservations. The line went all the way down the block and wrapped around the side street. After the couple with the stroller, the rest were turned away!














You can order off the menu or eat from the buffet. Since we had never been before, we chose the buffet so that we could try lots of different items. The meal started off with a cheese biscuit and hot cake. YUMMY!














The buffet had a salad bar, BBQ ribs, fried chicken, baked chicken, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, macaroni and cheese, green beans, turnip greens, sweet potatoes, etc. Everything was great, but the fried chicken and the sweet tea were the best! Ronda would drive all the way from Texas just for a glass of that tea!














On the menu, they had chesecake, key lime pie, pecan pie, etc, but these were the desserts that came with the buffet: peach cobbler, butter cake with chocolate chips, and banana pudding.














The meal was so good that I would recommend it to anyone! Richard is even talking about coming back to Savannah for a few days next year after we go to DisneyWorld, so it must be good for him to want to stand in line again!



















Look closely in the window and see who is standing behind Natalie!!!!! (Actually, it's just a cardboard cut-out, but I thought it was funny.)



















Posing with Paula. The waiter said that he has met her several times and that she is just as funny and friendly as she is on the show.



















A few streets over, we found a little shop were you could sample all different kinds of honey. This was a beehive they had in the store for the kids to play in.



















Some pictures from the river area:




























The cobblestone streets in the river area reminded us of Tallinn, Estonia.



















A street musician playing in the park. He told us about a few places to go see.