Guest Blogger: Chad Coppess

This is a ghost town called: Scenic. In 1915 Scenic had 155 residents, its most ever. The entire town was purchased by a church from the Philipinnes in 2011, but no changes have been made and no plans announced.To check out more of Chad's amazing photography be sure to visit his site Daktograph. 

Happy 2nd Birthday

Today our blog and FB page turns 2 years old!! We never dreamed we would have this many friends. Thank you all for your comments, likes and notes. We wouldn't have made it 2 years and almost 1500 fans if it weren't for each one of you. ♥

Kings Grill

My heart always skips a beat for old diners. And when I'm lucky enough to find one, I always have to check it out. On a recent visit to Valdosta, GA, we discovered a little jewel called, Kings Diner. It's located on the corner of Patterson St. We had planned to have dinner there one night, but quickly learned this place is only open Mon-Fri for breakfast and lunch. They close at 3:00. So we had a late lunch there on our last day in town. Walking through the doors, I felt like I had stepped back into time.

One of the first things I look for when visiting an old diner, are the classic, spin around bar stools. I was so happy to see them lined up at the counter. I meant to ask if these were original, but judging from the looks they did appear to be authentic to the period. Gotta love chrome bar stool with vinyl upholstered seating. Especially in classic aqua. Looking around at some of the decor, I spotted an old vintage coat rack near the door. Unfortunately, that shot didn't turn out. :-(

After talking with the owner, we found out this place has been in business since 1974. It's in it's third generation and we got to speak with each one of these lovely ladies. Pat, Kim and Heather were just as sweet and down home as they get. I would loved to have spent more time in this place taking pics and talking with these ladies, but we realized it was approaching closing time and we didn't want to hold them up.

Sorry, we didn't get any of photos of the food. We were too hungry. But I can tell you it was great and quickly served. My only complaint was they serve Pepsi products and not Coke. :-(   But overall it was a great experience and if we are ever in Valdosta again we will not let a little drink called Pepsi stop us from visiting.

Loved all the sassy sayings and quotes that filled the walls.  Here are just a few"

"The waitresses may not be so hot, but the food is"

"Customer is usually right"

"The more you tip the nicer we are"

Pat, Kim and Heather if you are reading this...thank you ladies so much for your hospitality. We sincerely appreciate it. We loved meeting you ladies and hope to be back one day!!!

FYI

Hi Folks. We've been very slack with posting on the blog lately. We will continue to post here when time allows. But in the meantime feel free to drop by our Facebook page. We're a little more active there. As always thanks for stopping by!

Rusty Old American Dream

I just had to share this amazing video that my friend, Chad Coppess of Dakotagraph made. It features old rusty cars and trucks that have been put out to pasture. He collaborated with musician, Gordy Pratt on this project. I've just watched it 3 times.

Guest Blogger: Chad Coppess:

Capa, South Dakota is a true western ghost town now with only one resident. At one time it was a promising stop on the railroad with a hotel on Main Street, but actually never amounted to a lot. Some of the highlights of the town are listed below:

1907 - Railroad came through
1921 - Road atlas stated 75 people lived here, most ever at one time
1924 - Twister came through town, but missed many of the buildings on main street
1933 - Bank closed
1936 - Drought set in, drove people out of the town, grasshoppers ate many of the crops
1938 - High school closed
1956 - Town died as work on the railroad slowed
1976 - Post Office closed

 Directions to Capa and several other South Dakota ghost towns can be found at http://www.dakotagraph.com/search/label/ghost%20towns.

Twenty - 13!

We are so behind on blogging. But we wanted to take a minute to say Happy New Year. Hope you all had a great Christmas. Things have been out of control for us and it seems we only have to time to post a quickie here and there on our facebook page.

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Index for Jane Coslick Cottages Tour

1 -  Splash Shack:                              13 Logan Street

2 -  Old Love Cottage:                         9 Lovell Avenue​

3 -  Key Lime Parrott:                          401 A Jones Avenue

4 -  Shrimp Cottage:                            401 B Jones Avenue

5 -  Crabaritaville Cottage:                  501 Jones Avenue

6 -  Calypso Cottage:                          1310 Jones Avenue

7 -  Coral Cottage:                               606 2nd Avenue

8 -  Noras Cottage:                              703 2nd Avenue

9 -  One Bead Cottage:                        812 2nd Avenue

10- Breeze Inn:                                    906 2nd Avenue

11- Castaway:                                      908 2nd Avenue

12- Island Dog:                                     13 10th Court

13- Palm Cottage:                                 1208 2nd Avenue

14- Bohemian Cottage:                      1205 Miller Avenue

        15- Tween Waters Cottage:                  1211 6th Avenue

16-  Fish Camp Cottage:                        1213 6th Avenue

17- Tybee Tides                                     1212 Venetian

Heartbroken

I've been struggling to come up with the right words for this post. Like millions of other people I'm just speechless over what happened Friday. My heart aches for the Sandy Hook Elementary School community. This is just unspeakable and absolutely heart wrenching. And right here at Christmas time. My spirits are just crushed. I haven't been able to blog or post on Facebook lately. And, I've contemplated taking our Christmas tree down. Somehow it doesn't feel right to celebrate when so many families are suffering. 

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Clary's Cafe

After watching the movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil I have been very curious about Clary's Cafe. Each  time I have been back to Savannah since, I've had a hard time getting by there. Well, last weekend I finally made it to Clary's. And I was not disappointed. Thanks to my bestie, Dawn for her marvelous navigation skills and cool as a cucumber patience. I don't know what I would do without her. When I'm driving -- and don't know my way around I tend to quickly get frustrated. Not to mention I'm as geographically challenged as they come.

As you can see from the photo, Clary's is a rather small place. We stopped by at noon, so I was anticipating a large crowd and a difficult time finding a place to park. But that wasn't the case at all. We got lucky and pulled up as one car was leaving.

 Clary's Cafe has been around since 1903. It was originally a lunch counter style pharmacy. And yes, you can still get shakes, malts and floats too!

 Check out "The Elvis - Love me Tender" 

I had the Oglethrope and it was great!

 My partner in crime had the french toast and a side of grits. She didn't talk much so I think she enjoyed her breakfast too. 

Clary's Cafe is located at the corner of Jones St and Abercorn St. 

404 Abercorn St.

Savannah, GA 31401

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