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Thursday, May 15, 2014

charleston or bust...

i am part of an organization called Naval Officers Spouses Club... we are a non profit that raises a little money that is used for military families... mostly NOSC is an organization for support and entertainment and fellowship of fellow navy wives.... which is much needed as we are so few on this very large marine base we live on.... we decided to take a girls trip down to charleston, sc the last weekend of april...


five of us loaded up into my awesome mom moblie van and drove down... we talked the entire time and had many laughs and several bathroom breaks.. haha... 2 more ladies met us down there later that evening... we stopped into our hotel quickly to check it out then quickly caught the free trolley and headed down town... we strolled the shops and nearly broke things in really expensive antique shops... and our favorite was this jewelry shop... it was all used or whatever you call that.... it had previous owners... so fun to see the different styles of estate jewelry.  then we headed back to the hotel to change and get all dolled up for dinner and drinks... it was Sarah-Louise's birthday so we had a good reason to celebrate... dinner was sooo good and i tried as much as i could to be adventurous and eat some true southern food.... yum!! the outdoor bar we went to had a live band and these fun little seating areas.... we danced a little and enjoyed the nice weather... then we got back to the hotel and got in jammies and met up in my room (roomed with sarah-louise and linda) we chatted and for some reason were all starving so we ventured to the vending machines and had some chips and some wasabi peas i had brought with me...


woke up and had the breakfast at the hotel and then headed to the city market to get on a historical carriage ride.... the tour guide was so good... local boy all grown up.  he had a lot of fun things to share about the city and history... i took pics with my nice camera on that ride... the houses are just so fun... will always be my favorite thing about the south...


we then ate lunch at a little place down by the city market... and i ate my first fried green tomato... yum!!!! seriously so yummy.  then we went shopping in the city market... first we found this guy selling silver jewelry and he had several different styles of little anchor charms... so we all picked one out since we are navy gals... then i also bought an ornament for my collection and a sweet grass basket... its the thing of charleston... these really pretty hand made baskets that are crazy expensive... so i bought a little one... after that we headed back to the hotel to change for dinner... we went to magnolias.  so yummy!!!! i had lobster, scallop, and shrimp grits... i was nervous since i had never had lobster or scallops... but wow.... it was soooo good  i ate every little bit of it.  then we walked around for a bit and i was hugged/mauled by a very drunk bride to be... this city is the center for bachlorette parties.. 


next day we packed up had brunch at 82 queen... just a cute place with yummy food... then we checked out rainbow row, the market place where they used to sell slaves... and of course the pineapple fountain... 

whole group: me, Dill, Laina, Sarah-Louise, Linda, Mimi, Noskia

it was such a good weekend and we had such a good drive home and many memories.... hopefully we can meet up again in charleston in our future when we have all gone our ways....





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