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Charleston 2014

I had 2 goals when I left for Charleston. One was to find the small alleyways mentioned by Laura Childs in her books and I found them! My favorite was the Philadelphia Alley between Church and State Streets. I also found Unity, Lodge and Longitude. My second was to try Poogan’s Porch, which is supposed to be haunted. This place was awesome! But I didn’t see any ghosts.

So what else happened during my week in Charleston? I had biscuits at least once a day (yum) and ate a lot of really good food. My favorites were Gaubert & Michet Cafe, Social (pizza), Minero’s (chicken taco), Toast (scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon on a biscuit), Queology (pulled chicken sandwich), Blossom (crab cake with asparagus and shrimp coolie) and of course Poogan’s Porch (shrimp pasta with a biscuit). Good thing I didn’t rent a car and walked a lot!

I also did a harbor boat tour, a carriage ride (with Lindsey, the guide and Miley, the horse), three church tours (2nd Presbyterian, First Scots Presbyterian and Unitarian), a historic walking tour (Beth the guide), and 2 house tours (Nathaniel Russel (Ken Brody the guide) and Edmonston-Alston). I also went to the Unitarian church service on Sunday morning and had a wonderful breakfast (they really put on a spread there after the service).

All in all it was a whirlwind week and I had a great time. BUT no plantation tours and I also wasn’t able to get up and visit my niece in Myrtle Beach. I do plan on coming back in a couple of years just to visit Myrtle Beach though, I hope. 🙂

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Going Back to Charleston!

It has been 5 years, and I am finally going back to visit Charleston, South Carolina. I am very much looking forward to the food, especially the biscuits.  I am looking forward to visiting more of the area than the last time I visited.  And did I mention the biscuits? Not that I dream of them or anything.

I am also thinking it might be time to revive my blog a bit.  I enjoyed working on it in the past, but I was finding that I had less and less energy to keep up with it as time went on. When did I start feeling so worn out and old?!?

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February Blues

Sitting here watching the Food Network, thinking about food.  Today is very cold, it is a whole 7 degrees Fahrenheit right now!  Brrrr  The show I was watching she was making homemade macaroni and cheese and mini-meatloaves and boy did that look good!  What is it about cold weather and craving comfort food?
I have set up my spring vacation finally.  I am going to spend a long weekend in Charleston, South Carolina.  The spring flowers at this time of year are supposed to be fantastic, and with the historical homes and haunted city tours, it just sounded like a fun place to go.  And of course there is the Southern cooking going on which sounds good too.  Definitely something different!  I am going to stay at a resort on the bay, so a little relaxing walking is definitely in order too.  I also like the idea of going to the setting of one of my favorite cozy mystery series, the tea shop series by Laura Childs.