Blogs from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America - page 11

Looks whats coming to bring some swell - Igor!!!! What a good bloke. Pic's and stories to come after this weekend - HOPEFULLY! ... read more

Well, here we still sit in Cooper River Marina. It is a great place. We would have left but we are kind of waiting to see what the hurricanes are doing. We had wanted to go north but Earl is poking its noise in that direction. So we are thinking about ducking into Georgia for a week or so. The 1950-2009 hurricane landfalls show no landfalls in Georgia. I climbed up the mast to add a flag line so we can hoist a flag. Most everything is ready and the car sold on Sunday. So we are now water bound so if we do not get out of here, we will get hungry. Carol is mending the nets so we can catch some shrimp for dinner tonight (PS, donations can be sent). Carol’s sister Gloria came ... read more

In a little place known as Charleston.... Live "Mam and Pa Ray", grandparents of Will and Adam, parents/step parents of Bill and Frances. The ride down from Charlotte was relatively short- 4 hours in an air conditioned car with sufficient ipod battery life didn't bother me in the slightest, plus windscreen in the Jeep was also replaced during our visit to Stacey and David's so the slightly unnerving idea of the windscreen falling in and smashing all over our faces was nicely put to rest. Arriving at Bobbye and Ray's was a lovely surprise- cottage style home, big enough for us all to fit comfortably (each of us in our own paired off room) complete with a Mini Cooper (!!!!!!!!!!) in the garage. I have been drooling over it the whole time we've been here. ... read more

We started out the day walking around The Battery looking at more incredible houses. The Battery is at the very point of the peninsula of Charleston, overlooking the Charleston harbor. The houses that have a direct view of the harbor are all $10 million and up, according to one of the guides. We finally made it to Jestine's Kitchen, a famous Charleston restaurant that has been written up in Gourmet and Southern Living magazines. This is a casual, southern, 'soul food' place. We had a very early lunch so we didn't have to wait in the typical line that runs down and around the block. We both had fried chicken, and it lived up to the hype - outstanding. We followed this by sharing a piece of Coca-Cola cake. I don't know why it's called that, ... read more

Ok, this morning we went on a Gullah tour. Gullah is a language/culture of West African slaves that came to this area. First - while we were walking to the tour pickup area, we see what looks like someone waving at us and shouting "Hi." I figure they can't be waving at us - no one knows us ... then they wave again and I realize it is the owner of Halls Chophouse where we ate dinner last night. She recognized us and stopped to talk with us. Cool. Back to the tour - it was very interesting hearing the history of the city from the slavery angle. The tour guide was very informative and entertaining. We were on a bus the entire time - so I didn't have any photo opportunities. Not too many pics ... read more