Faith Chapel - Jeykell Island

Faith Chapel was built in 1904.  The Chapel's Gothic - influenced design, exterior gargoyles, luxurious carpeting, and rich stained wood interior are most impressive.

The original organ which is very grand.

The West wall of the Chapel's front, features a stained glass window which was designed, installed, and signed by Louis Tiffany.  Reportedly this is one of 5 such pieces know to exist.

The Tiffany Window.

At the east end of the Chapel behind the altar, is a beautiful stained window - Adoration  of the Christ Child by Maitland Armstrong and his daughter, Helen.  The window was installed as a memorial to Joseph Stickney, a Charter member of the Jekyll Island Club.

Adoration of the Christ Child.

A visit to Jeykell Island is certainly worth while.  It provides a walkback in time of the rich  and famous of their day.

Cheers,
Beverley and Ross

Georgia- Part 3

We had a wonderful time with our dear friends and time just flew by.  Reginna and Jim were gracious hosts who live in a beautful area of Georgia.  There are magnicicant trees on their property.

And pretty azalias.

Saying farwell is never easy.

We  had a fantastic time and thank you Reginna and Jim for making it such a relaxing and fun time.  We look forward to catching up again before returning to Australia.
Cheers,
Beverley and Ross

Georgia - Part 2

The Jekyll Island Club remains very much as it was in the early days. It is located in this grand building.

The decore is beautiful and speaks for itself.  This is  the grand dinniing room.

We were fortunate to meet Butler Robert who had been in service.  Included in this role was teaching young folks etiquette.  He was a local who after retiring he returned to the place where his heart was.  He was a font of knowlege of all things on the Island and a real gentleman.

Every room had a different theme.

It has grand hallways.

There is a great coffee house located in the hotel were we enjoyed a coffee out on the verandah.

It provided many delicious eats such as this chocolate turtle.  We oped for a brownie cut into 4's.

Before leaving we popped into the gift shop.

It was a great place to visit.
Cheers,
Beverley and Ross

Jekyll Island - Georgia - Part 1

Last year we spent 3 weeks in our RV in Georgia and this year we decided to fly to Savannah to spend time with our dear friends Reginna and Jim.  They were very gracious hosts and took us for a day out to Jekyll Island which is located on the coast of Geogia.  Today the Island is owned by the State of Georgia and run by a self-sustaining, self- governing body.  The Island has an interesting past and since 1888 when iconic families such as the Vanderbilts, Morgans, Pulitzers, and Rockefellers were

members of the Jekyll Island Club. They came for the winters by private rail cars and luxurious yachts. The days were filled with red-bug races on the beach, golf along the ocean, tennis on grass courts, and dinner lasted for hours in the Grand Dining Room as the Members laughed, celebrated, and planned entirely new worlds. 

Today, the Island is open for all to enjoy so we hopped onto a trolley and enjoyed a 90 minute guided tour. There are beautiful moss covered trees through out the Island poviding tree lined streets.

                               

Furness Cottage also known as the Old Infirmary, for its later purpose.  Its a Shingle Style Victorian was designed by the prominent architect Frank Furness for his nephew, Walter Rogers Furness, who later became an architect himself. The younger Furness was one of the founding members of the Jekyll Island Club and wintered here for several seasons. He sold the cottage to Joseph Pulitzer in 1896 and after three moves and several subsequent owners, it served as the Jekyll Island Club Infirmary. Today, it’s home to the beloved Jekyll Books, a must-see shop for regional literature and unique gifts.

Built as a farmhouse for John Eugene DuBignon before he sold the island, this Stick Style Victorian seems out of place among the grander cottages built later by members of the Jekyll Island Club. It was used as the superintendent’s residence and housed overflow guests of club members in the early days of the organization. It originally stood on the location of the Sans Souci Apartments but was moved to its present location in 1896 to accommodate construction of that structure.

There are many elegant homes throughout the Island which are called grand cottages.

The Club house remains very much as it was in the early days.  Croquet anyone.

We enoyed lunch at the wharf which provided a wonderful view of the sea.

More to follow,

Cheers,

Beverley and Ross 

Ross's Birthday

We celebrated Ross's 69th birthday on 13 February so we took the opportunity to return to Wildfish.
Ross started off with dirty martini.  He says they are the best at this restaurant.

Followed by his dozen oysters which came from Irish Point, Rhode Island.

As the oysters are very filling he decided on a lobster bisque.  It was very elegantly served and was delicious.

Beverley had Chilian Bass in miso.  It was delicious.

With a side of spicy snow peas.

Dessert was on the house and was a creme brulei with scratch made cookies.

It was a wonderful evening.  On our return home we opened Ross's birthday gift, a bottle of Penfols Bin 389.  A great end to a fantastic evening.

As his birthday is the day prior to Valantine's day all the female guests received a red rose.

Cheers,
Beverley and Ross

More Food

Another place we enjoy eating is The Hoppy Monk.  This evening we shared Moules Frites which in English is penn cove mussels, wild caught gulf shrimp, spicy morzono broth, fennel, schallots and garlic leeks.  Accompanied by parsley fries.

And a great hamburger with an egg.

We always enjoy dinner with Stephanie and Justin.  This evening we were at Cody's Bar and Bistro.  It's a fantastic place to eat and provides a wide range of menue items from escargot from France to beef welltington from GB to baby back ribs from Texas.

Eggspectation is another favorate of ours.  The first time we ate at this establishment was in Montreal, Canada.  At that time there choice of menue was rather small being mostly eggs.  Today it offers a wide range of delicious foods.  Brunch this day for Beverley was vegitarian crepe stuffed with mushrooms, spinach, cheese , peper's etc.

Ross enjoyed eggs benidict served with montreal cornbeef.

Another day , same restuarant, Beverley had the brie and walnut crostini which was made up of ciabatta slices broiled with brie and drissled with honey.  Garnished with walnuts and freah apple slices.  It was delicious and only cost US$ 9.95.

Ross the lobster omelette which is a quarter-pound of gently sautaued lobster, brie and green onions, topped with hollandaise sauce.  Served with lyonnaise potatoes. it was very rich in taste but economical to purchase at US$ 19.95.

We do not eat out all of the time and this evening we enjoyed Australian lamb chops with advocardo salad with mustard, soy and ginger dressing.

Dinner was accompanied by a good Australian red, Jacob's Greek shiraz/ cab.  Both the wine and lamb is much cheaper to by here that in Australia.

Another evening we enjoyed fresh sea scallops with rice.

We really enjoy fish and this eveing we cooked spicy tilapia with lyonnaise potatoes and peas.

We up graded another evening to include garlic salmon mornay, honey and garlic prawns and tilapia with a warm fig salad including roasted walnuts and blue cheese.

We also make desserts at home and here is a wine trifle.

We also try to eat healthy so here is low carb icecream, blueberries, strawberries with home made caramel sauce.

Life is too short to eat bad food and drink bad wine.
Cheers,
Beverley and Ross