charleston

hey y'all!

i am still gonna owe y'all the mexico pics, but here are some pics from the weekend and our trip to charleston. i'll have to say that the highlights of the charleston trip were going to piggly wiggly and eating dinner at snob. charleston is definitely a city with a lot of history, and if you are a history buff i would definitely recommend it. there is a lot of civil war history within charleston. unfortunately, hb and i aren't big buffs, and did not really feel that the tour we took was that interesting.
we started friday off by picking up my friend bee from the airport. we decided to stop at the home of the first chick fil a! it was pretty good, but i LOVE chick fil a.


then we took bee to the virginia highlands for a quick bite at murphy's and some gelato at paolo's. bee had an awesome chicken sandwich there that hb & i will have to go back for soon.


once we arrived in charleston, hb & i had a quick bite at hominy grill. it's been featured on no reservations and rachael ray's $40 a day show, but i have to say we weren't that impressed. hb had a curried chicken sandwich and i had a shrimp caesar. i think i would recommend it if you try the breakfast (the big nasty dish is what bourdain had) or the shrimp & grits.
here i am in front. it's a really cute place just didn't impress me.


hb & i opted for taking a tour that was in an air-conditioned tour bus, and we got out for a bit during the tour. like i said the tour was mainly about civil war things. here we are by the water where they have cannons. apparently these are left over from the civil war, and they are plugged up because too many people would stick their heads in and get stuck! LOL

we also drove around the city market, but we decided to walk through it on sunday since it was sweltering on saturday afternoon. i think the temperature was about 105!!


once we checked into the hotel, we got relaxed for a bit and got ready for dinner at snob. y'all this was the best meal i have had in the southeast! the food was local and super tasty. hb started with some gazpacho, and i had the red bean soup. both were excellent and had such depth of flavors. for entrees, hb had the carolina quail breast - it was so juicy and perfectly cooked! he also had a side of spinach. i had the crab cakes with a corn, okra and grape tomato saute! y'all it was so amazingly good! and our bread basket was tasty too! cornbread was moist and full of good flavor. the highlight was that they knew were were taking another mini moon, and sent over two glasses of champagne to toast us. we ordered dessert and got a devils food & chocolate mousse cake topped with a strawberry ice cream scoop. y'all best meal hands down! i wish i would have taken pics of the food, but i was too busy really savoring and enjoying the dinner! if you are ever in charleston, eat here!


after dinner, hb & i decided to try to walk to see rainbow row. we only got one block up and decided it was too hot and we would see by car on sunday. we went to the rooftop bar at the pavillion hotel instead to cool off with some punch and beer. the view is really great here, but the service isn't so great. i recommend going up for the view though. here is the suspension bridge that they have connecting charleston to mount pleasant. it's really beautiful.

as we were driving back to the hotel, i spotted a piggly wiggly and decided we had to go in! i LOVE piggly wiggly y'all, and this one was super nice. the aisles were named after streets in charleston, so it was so cute.


all in all, i think we had a good fun trip, but i would definitely say that if i that if i had to choose, i would go to savannah over charleston.