Savannah’s Pubs, English, Scottish, Irish – A Photographic Pub Crawl

The Six Pence Pub

Savannah is a great city to walk around in. Like most world class cities, there is a lot of history, architecture, and British and Irish pubs! It’s time for a Savannah pub crawl. One of the things I rarely do is go for a drink while I’m on location for a shoot. More often than not, I’ll be going out till the early hours of the morning, so it wouldn’t be prudent to partake in the festivities at the local pubs. I’m tempted, but I really want to get my photos, so it’s a small sacrifice to make. Well, I’m not sure that “small” is the right word to use, after all we’re talking about Kilkenny, Guinness, Newcastle, Bass, and all the other awesome beers form the U.K. and Ireland. I often wonder if there is something wrong with a guy named Ken having a favourite beer named Kilkenny. This deep thought usually comes to me after indulging in a few pints of the stuff, so I usually forget all about it by the next day ;)

Murphy’s Law Pub

I would have loved to have more time in Savannah, it really has an incredible vibe, especially in the stunning historic district where all these photos were taken. I think one day, I’ll go back in the spring for a month, when the trees and flowers are in bloom. Now that would make for some stunning photos. Plus, I’d get the chance to actually hang out and socialize in these very cool looking pubs. The fish & chips must be fantastic in pubs that are in seaside cities. With access to all that fresh fish, it just has to be good. It’s not even noon yet while I’m writing this, and I’m already craving a pint and an order of fish & chips!

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub

The facades of the buildings in Savannah are truly uniquely American and while they have similarities, there are a lot of variables in the style and architecture. I’ll share a whole lot more in future blog posts. I found that no matter the look, there was always something very charming about the buildings. It’s not just the history, there is that intangible feeling that you get in your gut. For me that is a feeling that makes me feel at home, at ease, and peaceful. Savannah had a way of getting under my skin, in the best way possible. The people are friendly, the city is steeped in rich American history, there is a thriving art community and it’s right on the water which to me always adds so much to a city. Where ever there is a seaport, there is an influx of traditions from other cultures that makes these cities more open and easygoing. My kinda place!

Savannah Ink Tattoo

In case you end up indulging a bit too much at one of these fine watering holes and are feeling slightly courageous, I thought I’d leave you with one last photo of a place that many people end up at, after a night out on the town.

Okay, so who will admit to getting a tattoo after drinking too much one night?  Share your story in the comments!

I’ve been far too chicken to get one… yet.

I always think of this passage from Moby Dick when I think about tattoos. It makes them sound so exotic and mysterious.

And this tattooing had been the work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth; so that Queequeg in his own proper person was a riddle to unfold; a wondrous work in one volume; but whose mysteries not even himself could read, though his own live heart beat against them; and these mysteries were therefore destined in the end to moulder away with the living parchment whereon they were inscribed, and so be unsolved to the last. ~Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

 

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