Charleston
A huge thanks to G and G and N and P for splitting childcare duty so that J and I could go away for 4 nights to Charleston, SC! We haven’t been away this long since we went to Aruba in 2015!
We had an awesome trip. It’s sad how hard it is to unplug from parental duty and work, but we found our way.
Day 1
Strolling the shopping/ historic district. J actually purchased a pair of jeans over $50. We had an excellent dinner at The Establishment.
Day 2
Easy morning. Got bikes at Bildabike (highly recommended) and then met a friend from college for lunch at Leon’s (a bit off the beaten path: highly recommended). We leisurely lunched for 2 hours and then took a 20 mile round trip bike ride to Sullivan beach. Great way to see the area. We refueled at a restaurant at Shem Creek park on the way back. View was great. Saw dolphins in the creek. We didn’t do it but a kayak tour there would be cool on a subsequent trip. Then we play darts at a bar on King street. Jordan was victorious but it was close.
Sunday.
We got our church on. We went to St Patrick’s a historically black church that has merged a couple times. There were about 8 first communicants there! The music was really good and it was the most diverse church setting. It’s obvious the area is gentrifying a lot. In general there is so much building going on in Charleston.
Then we rode bikes through the historical district along the beach (south of our hotel in liberty square). We wanted to peak in at the cathedral (gorgeous) and happened on the exit of the new bishops first mass. SC diocese has had 14 bishops. The last one was here for 22 years. Bishop Fabre is the first black hatian descendant bishop in SC history. We joined them for a celebratory lunch!
Then we tried to bike up to a park in North Charleston but it was industrial and run down residential so we didn’t make it all the way. We stopped at revelry brewery on the way back (also recommend). Then we cleaned up and went to dinner at the ordinary on king st which is an oxymoron. J loved loved a fried oyster mini sandwich so much that he ordered a second. The food is pricy and fancy though so only go if you are a foodie. Then we broke our local-stuff only rule and ate dessert at insomnia cookies. And went to the dewberry for a Drink and great views of Downtown
Monday
We rented a car and drove to Middleton plantation. It was interesting but not a must see. We did learn more about the lives of enslaved people. Other ideas if you rent a car would be to go to folly beach or isla palms beach. Then we had massages which was awesome after almost 40 miles of biking that weekend and dinner out at an Italian place where we got flat bread pizza and discovered brevazzi – an alcoholic Italian soda which was delicious.
Tuesday
Leisurely morning. I worked out and did some personal work. Nothing else to report.
We also squeezed in a few episodes of Ozarks at night. If we would ever go here with younger kids, the Childrens museum or aquarium would be good. We saw the naval destroyer and fort Sumter at a distance but didn’t make an effort to see them. History buffs would love though.
Awesome trip. Rejuvenating and fun to explore somewhere new.