St. Bonaventure Cemetery. Forsyth Park. Jones Street. The Bird Girl statue. 

I’ve been on a crash course to learn about Savannah, Georgia, before we leave for that beguiling city for a family wedding. 

Already I’m encouraged, since many of the sights the city pitches are ones made famous from a novel that became a movie. 

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was an unlikely bestseller when it came out in 1994, but went on to become a feature film that has helped to define Savannah as a Southern Gothic playground, dripping with Spanish moss. 

My walking shoes are ready. 

(Photo: VisitSavannah.com)