A Classy Long Weekend (Part One)

June 26th - June 29th

This weekend Jed and I headed down to Charleston, SC. We met up with Eric and Audrey. We were very hopeful that David & Amy could make the trip too but unfortunately, they weren't able to make it.We all met at our super posh place Rutledge Avenue Inn before heading across the street for dinner and catching up at Fuel. We had a great night of catching up and just hanging out.

On Thursday morning, we started our day off the right way. We walked across the street to Hominy Grill for a big breakfast.

After our breakfast, we decided to go wander the street of Charleston. Our first stop was the Nathaniel Russell House Museum.

We had heard great things about this place but we definitely hit it on a bad day. It was a pretty bad tour. The only thing this house had going for it was the elliptical spiral staircase. Our tour guide was a pretty big turn off for both the house and the city. It was not a good first impression at all.

After a disappointing house tour, we decided to skip any other tours and explore on our own. We were much more successful with that. On our way down to the Battery, we found Rainbow Row, and the City Market.

It was super hot outside and started to look like rain so we decided to head to lunch and see what happened with the weather. Kilby recommended Poogan's Porch. This place was FANTASTIC! Oh my gosh! We sat, laughed and ate while the rain storm passed over. By the time we were done, the rain had stopped and it was a little cooler outside so we continued to explore this city.

After a full day of walking and sweating around the city, we decided to venture out to Sullivan's Island for dinner at Home Team BBQ. It was no Poogan's Porch, but it was good. There was a ton of night life in the area but after a while we decided to just grab a movie, Mental, from Red Box and head back to our way nice house for the weekend. (Side note, if you want the movie, be sure to turn on the subtitles, it is a lot easier to understand.) Eric, Audrey, Jed and I have a long history of watching bad movies together. None of them are on purpose, it just always happens that way. And this time wasn't any different. It was a unique movie but we all decided it might be the best of the weird, bad movies we have seen together.

After the movie, it was time to call it a night, we had plenty more to explore the next few days and it was time to get some rest.