Growing up, I was a total TV junkie.  I spent most of my after school time sitting with my sister and catching up on all the great shows I missed while I was in school.  I had to see all my favorite re-runs: 90210, The Brady Bunch, PeeWee Herman, and more.  I couldn't get enough of the crazy friends and family dramas that happened in every episode!

Well, now I find myself heartbroken.  I guess as a child, I expected my childhood stars to get caught in NeverNeverLand and stay young, too.  That was definitely NOT the case at all.

This 90210 star, newspaper editor Andrea Zuckerman went from cute - with her quarky early 90's hairstyles and glasses - to...

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After spending a week in the south, I've decided that "southern hospitality" is not just a myth, or something that you see in the movies.  In fact, southern hospitality is the number one reason why I love the south so much more now.

From opening doors to pulling out chairs, the strangers in the south are just generally kinder than the strangers I've encountered in the north, specifically the Tri-State Area.  Their southern "twang" is only an extra step that makes them seem so much nicer, moving the traditional "You're Welcome" to a "Why you're so welcome, miss!"

One of the greatest things that happened while in the south occurred in Savannah, Georgia on St. Patrick's Day.  As I wrote previously in another post, St. Patrick's Day in Savannah is the second biggest St. Patty's Day parade in America, so the imagination can only stretch to believe just how crazy the streets of this city get.  In desperation, my friends and I were looking for a cheap taxi to get from our hotel to the parade, and bumped into this man driving his own car titled "the Shamrock Shuttle."

Jay, the driver, was driving around the city waiting for kids and tourists alike to flag him down for a ride.  The traditional taxi was costing about $40 each way, while he was only charging $10 - which was such an incredible steal, we couldn't pass up getting in the car with this stranger.  Not only did he get us there and back safely, he gave us mini tours - taking us pass Forsyth Park (picture here) and spots where scenes from the movie Forrest Gump were filmed (picture of the park and distant bench here), he told us of all the hot spots in Savannah where tourists and young adults would be.

Now when was the last time you had a polite taxi driver in New York City?

Along with being the best tour guide I'd ever had, he called me several times that night to make sure that our group of five were all together and safe, being that the streets grew in its craziness as the sun began to set.  Once it was all said and done, he even called and thanked us for our patronage and said that he "hoped to see ya'll soon."

If he wasn't the perfect example of a southern gentleman, then I don't know what is!

Have you ever gone on vacation to find that a popular belief about that place was actually true?  Have you ever wanted to go back somewhere just based on how the people acted?

While on the train to the City, I listen to my MP3 player.  I do this mostly to enjoy the ride, but also partially to avoid people who may want to talk to (I'm a little anti-social in my commute). 

Today, one of my favorite lyrics played.

"For I must be traveling on, now, cause there's too many places I've got to see." (Lynyrd Skynard, Free Bird.)

Now, I am in no way a Skynard expert, and I probably wouldn't be familiar with more than three songs.  But, that lyric always hits me harder than most.  It's a phrase that I feel strongly about, for several reasons.

So I started to think about my favorite lyrics.  In no particular order, my top three are:

1. "For I must be traveling on, now, cause there's too many places I've got to see." (Lynyrd Skynard, Free Bird.)

2. "I believe in the sand beneath my toes, the beach gives a feeling (an earthy feeling)... I believe in the faith that grows, and the four right chords can make me cry.  When I'm with you I feel like I could die." (Third Eye Blind, Semi-Charmed Life.)

3. "If I ever leave this world alive, I'll take on all the sadness that I left behind." (Flogging Molly, If I Ever Leave This World Alive.)


What are your favorite lyrics?