Kevin and I left early Friday morning for Charleston, South Carolina. We hit the road around 5:00 a.m., a time I rarely see but for my husband, would actually be considered sleeping in. Our ETA was around 2:00 and we hit it pretty much on the dot after stopping three times. Once to eat and twice because I have a bladder the size of a peanut. We spent Friday evening relaxing in our hotel room and enjoying a few complimentary cocktails (thank you Embassy Suites) then crashed around 8:00 that evening like the boring old couple we are.
Saturday we woke up bright and early ready to discover Charleston. Our first stop was a one hour horse drawn carriage tour that took us all over town.
After we finished the tour, we couldn't get enough so we set out on foot. Kevin and I spent all afternoon Saturday getting lost and discovering museums, mansions, churches and gardens. It. Was. Awesome.
By the time we walked the four square miles that make up historic Charleston, we were ready for a break. We headed back to our hotel to rest up for our last day. Sunday morning, we decided to tour Magnolia Plantation, and it didn't disappoint. A stunning home sitting on 500 acres surrounded by lush gardens? I'll take one, thanks.
Before we knew it, it was our last evening in town. We decided to have a nice dinner out and settled on 82 Queen, a restaurant nestled behind a narrow alley that opened up into a quaint courtyard.
We had to try the BBQ shrimp and grits. Delicious. I'm not normally a grits fan but these were perfect.
My roasted pork loin on a sweet potato and brandy puree with collard green ravioli. If you've never had collard green ravioli, I suggest you try them. Oh my gawd, so good.
Kevin decided on the Frogmore Stew. A combination of roasted potatoes, corn, sausage and shrimp. A little spicy for me but he enjoyed it.
We were sad to leave the sunny, breezy, 75 degree weather but I think we both were happy to get home. If you ever get a chance to visit Charleston, do. I just don't recommend going on the busiest weekend of the year like we did. Do your research and if there's a 10K happening with 40,000 participants, think about picking another weekend otherwise everyone will ask you "are you running the bridge?" No friend. I'm on vacation. Minimal exercise required.
47 comments:
Pete was trying to convince me to go to Charleston-I had no idea what to even do there!
Hahaha! It is the biggest weekend of the year! But the weather was glorious!! Glad you liked "my town"!!
LOVES the pics!!!!!!
GORGEOUS TOWN, GORGEOUS GAL... Sir David had himself a great weekend :)
The food looks absolutely delicious, we'll have to hit up SC after the hunting trip. LOL
Love the pictures!! We live about 4 hours from Charleston & have never been :( I have always wanted to go. It looks gorgeous! We are going on a cruise in September & it actually leaves from Charleston, so I am super excited :) A girl I graduated high school with, actually ran in that race! ha I have seen on the internet of a cupcake place on King Street, did you go?? Their website makes me soo hungry ha!
I've always wanted to visit! Looks like you guys had a great time!
Awwww, that sounds like it was a great mini-moon. Yay! So happy you guys had a good time. Looking good lady.
Glad you had fun!! Those pictures took me back. I'm pretty sure I've been to those same gardens.
Love the pictures, beautiful! We were debating between Savannah and Charleston last year and went with Savannah, but Charleston is on my list of places to go next. So glad that you had a good time!
Wow, it's so beautiful! I've never been to Charleston, but it looks like I need to go!
Charleston's pretty but you look so pretty and super skinny mom!
GORGEOUS pictures! Sounds like an amazing time (though in my experience, it's hard to NOT have an amazing time in Charleston)
It's funny to hear a southerner say that she isn't big on grits! I'm not originally from the south or anything, but even most transplants I know love grits and I just don't get it. yuck.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful pictures. You two look so cute together as well.
Jess it looks AMAZING! I'm so glad you had a good time. Great pictures!
i love charleston!!! looks like such a nice weekend :)
Beautiful pictures! I want to go there now!!! :)
I LOVE Charleston. I'm trying to convince my husband that we should retire there. Such a beautiful city.
So glad y'all had a great time! Carriage tours are the way to go so definately smart of you! 82 queen GOOD choice , I would have told you to go there too! Embassy suites is one of my choices specifically because it is historic. Hope you are having a wonderful day girlie!
I loved looking at your pictures! Charleston is so pretty! I want to go so bad! And y'all are super-cute too! :)
Looks beautiful. I haven't been there since I was 11 years old. My aunt lives down there now though :)
wow, gorgeous! i definitely want to visit charleston at some point. the pics are great, though i admit i got a little stuck on the "free cocktail". hooray!
Oh my gosh. You have me DYING to go back to Charleston now!! I LOVE it! :)
Those pictures are so great I love the one of the bridge over the water & the pink flowers, so pretty! Glad you had a good time!
Hooray for mini-moon! Hooray for perfect weather conditions in which to enjoy a super cute town! Glad you two had fun :)
charleston looks sooooo neat! i love the pic of the pink flower!! :) we have some friends that live in SC...and we have always wanted to visit there. hopefully soon! glad you had fun!
I've been to Hilton Head, but not Charleston - love the architecture.
OMG, that food! I need to find a recipe for that Frogmore Stew - stat!
The more of Charleston I see the more I want to go! It looks like you had a lovely time, so nice you two were able to enjoy each other!
I've never been to Charleston but I REALLY want to go after seeing your pics and Emily's pics. SO BAD.
I LOVE Charleston. It is sooo beautiful and you and Kev looked sooo pretty and you looked sooooooo beautiful and I am happy that you FINALLY got your mini-moon after a long time coming :)
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How beautiful. glad you got their safely. Dont worry we are an old boring couple too who retire to bed early hahaha, except I stay up watching T.V. and husband sleeps.
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Gorgeous pictures! Makes me want to visit Charleston even more! Glad to hear that you had a great trip :)
Gorgeous photos and the food looked divine! Glad it was a blast!
Great photos! I love the ones of you and Kevin. I'm so happy that you had a good weekend. It looks like you had great weather. Charleston is beautiful, huh?
Charleston is so pretty! I had no idea. Looks like you guys had a great time.
Great photos - great, great photos you make me want to head there.
Oooh and the meal you guys ate in the fancy garden swooon :+) I'll take one of those please.
I have always wanted to go to Charleston. Looks like a fun time!
I haven't been by in a minute! But I love the new look of your blog. Love the pics from your mini moon...never knew Charleston was so gorgeous....and that Magnolia Plantation....beautiful!
What an awesome trip! I've never been to Charleston, but I'm dying to go now! The food alone...drool!! Your pictures are great!
Charleston is my dream residence...minus the humidity :) Looks like you had a great trip!
It looks like you had such an amazing time! You got some great photos! Glad you had fun. :)
Oh wow, what beautiful pictures! I have never been there, but I'd love to go. The food that y'all had made me seriously start drooling. I almost even wanted it instead of froyo...for about two seconds. Now back to froyo. Haha.
Omg! How beautiful!!!! You take great pictures!
Looks like you had a fabulous time!! Charleston is such a charming city. Nice people all around, beautiful weather, great food...I wanna go back!!
I've always wanted to go. A friend did her bachelorette down there but I couldn't make it. Love those butterfly chairs too - they're adorable.
It looks perfect. I never thought I'd want to go to Charleston, but I keep hearing such wonderful things about it.. and those picture are stunning. Glad you guys had such an awesome time :))
oh my gosh it looks like you had a blast and the food..um delicious!!!
these photos are GORGEOUS and you two are adorable!! :)
We all know how I feel about Charleston :)
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