Savannah Shopping - SCAD.

The QCI Annual meeting is almost here! If you are staying at the Hotel DeSoto you will be excited to know that the Savannah College of Art and Design Shop is right around the corner
What is so special about this shop, according to FD Luxe magazine:
- Popular with design teams, Crate & Barrel and Henri Bendel regularly cruise the space for inspiration
-A 2010 fashion graduate was a competitor in the series "Project Runway
-The winner of 2010 Style Etoile Awards in New York City
-has also received attention from Vogue and rave reviews from designers such as Dianne von Furstenberg.

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corner of Bull and Charlton streets
912-525-5180

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FYI: QCI Savannah Meeting Attendees.

If you are planning on coming to the QCI meeting in Savannah this October why not set aside some time either before or after the meeting to discover the nearby town of Beaufort?
Barely 40 miles north of Savannah, Beaufort is a delightful little waterside town of about 12,000 people.
Scads of movies have been made there; Forest Gump, The Big Chill and The Prince of Tides.
It’s easy to see why.

The town, sits snugly on the Intracoastal Waterway and is one South Carolina’s low country gems.

Few small towns in the States can compete with Beaufort’s abundance of antebellum mansions.

A stroll down some of the neighborhood streets, lined with trees draped with Spanish moss, is a real treat.

You could check out the Greek Revival manse, take a buggy ride through the historic district, and visit the Penn Center Museum, the first school for freed slaves after the Civil War.

The Beaufort Arsenal was the home of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, which traced its formation to an earlier company organized in 1776 and served in the Revolutionary War. The BVA was stationed at Fort Beauregard during the Battle of Port Royal on November 7, 1861.
If you have time consider joining Jon Sharp for his wonderful Historical Walking Tour.

A myriad of inlets and waterways offer great fishing and boating, the beaches of Hunting Island are vast and walkable in October.
For those of you who enjoy birding, there are a myriad of species of sea birds in the area.
With wonderful places to eat and stay, a visit to Beaufort would be well worth your while.
For more information visit the Beaufort County Visitors Website by clicking  here.

Sojourn in Savannah: QCI Annual Meeting 2010.

Visitors to our blog who are also members of the QCI will already be aware that the 2010 Annual Meeting will be taking place this year October 24th thru 27th in Savannah GA.
As one of the co - hosts, it is going to be my pleasure to blog this month about the upcoming meeting and tell everyone about the events we have planned, places to go & people to see!
Since they live part of the year in the vicinity of Savannah my co - host Nina and her husband Tom have been very busy for the past several months, talking to service providers and visiting locations suitable for our group.
Many miles have been travelled, much Starbucks coffee has been consumed and much walking has been done! There have been times however when I would have happily traded the quiet life in Normandy to have visited some of the wonderful houses and museums with them. I shall be sharing their tales and photographs with you during the coming weeks.
To assist her with this humungous task, Nina has gathered together a small team of fellow volunteers and what is so great about this little gang is that they are virtually all QCI newbies.
Some of their collections, with one exception, are what you might call "fledgling" and so we came up with the idea of showcasing these, small but perfectly formed, collections by gathering them all together and they will be on display when we visit Moss Creek Plantation during our "on the bus" bonus day.
Our base for the meeting is the beautifully restored Hilton Savannah DeSoto Hotel and the meeting will officially begin there with the Meet & Greet on Sunday evening, 24th October.
However, for those who arrive in town ahead of Sunday we have arranged a couple of extra treats; dinner at The Olde Pink House on Saturday evening and a Riverboat Luncheon Cruise on Sunday afternoon.
We really plan on spoiling eveyone with Savannah's special brand of warm hospitality and Southern charm.