SENIOR SAVANNAH 

We've survived our first hurricane in Georgia. This photo above was taken Thursday, September 14, 4 days after Irma hit our island. The power was back on. As residents and neighbors we gathered to celebrate survival and optimism. It's what The Landings does so well. Celebration and gratitude. Oh, and cocktails. When Savannah gathers, cocktails are usually involved. Our home was spared. Our new roof held, our windows and doors held 70 mile winds. But storm surge drove 2 feet o

Big steps forward on our renovation. The original hardwood floors in the house were in pretty good shape. Our contractor determined they were fine to refinish and that he could match that flooring in the areas of the house that had tile floors, which we wanted removed. He scraped up those old tiles and then laid in white oak to seamlessness blend with the original. Walls are now all up. Doorways finished, recessed LeD lighting installed. The bathroom has begun tiling and the

When I was growing up my brothers and I had the enormous privilege of travel, which my parents adored. They took us on some wonderful vacations including Northern Europe, Spain and Morocco. Often we’d be touring an ancient abbey or a historic site and sometimes (let’s face it, we were kids!) we’d begin to roll our eyes. Our tours were accompanied by my parents unending descriptions which included the often “family famous” statement by my mother that something was “Old and ele

We found our house. After months of trolling the online real estate sites we’ve zeroed in on 8 properties that could work. Our criteria was specific. We wanted a ranch but with a bonus room over the garage. We wanted a 2+ garage so it could house both our cars and a golf cart. We wanted some sort of water view and we wanted a bit of a fixer upper. Our house-hunting visit was scheduled for the end of October just weeks after Hurricane Matthew hit the east coast which caused de

While we have so many wonderful friends in the New Jersey area we’d come to realize that we wanted something in a warmer climate that offered us an active lifestyle where our money would stretch a bit further. We visited many, many properties that we thought were wonderful, in beautiful areas including Sarasota, Florida, Asheville, NC, Sawgrass, Florida and Lake Oconee, Georgia all of which we seriously considered. We really didn’t see a place we didn’t like, yet we began to