Girls Night Out

Thanks to social media, it's much easier to make friends in a new city than it was 5 years ago. Due to twitter, I had a great night out on Saturday! 

Try explaining that to the older generation that doesn't understand social media! 

"You are doing what and meeting who??"

It is always a little nerve wracking when you are walking into a bar/restaurant to meet people that you have "met" via the internet. 

Thoughts going through my mind....

Will they be normal?

Are they actually going to show up?

Will they turn out to be psycho stalkers? 

Such was not the case on Saturday night. A twitter friend (Meggie) invited me to go to their girls dinner and to get drinks afterward. I graciously accepted the invite. Any invitation to make new friends in a new city is always a plus. 

The night started at Rue De Jean, a french inspired restaurant downtown. 

Our group picture that the waiter didn't do such a great job with...

 

 

The girl in the blue is Samantha. We had quite an entertaining ride home with her and a relaxing day at the beach with her on Sunday. 

At one point in the night, these guys walked into Hall's and started playing for us. It was quite entertaining. You can see by this guy's face that we were all like "What in the world is going on here??" 

Apparently they were coming from a fundraiser or something like that and just stopped in real quick! 

 

 

This picture was taken at the end of the night at Oku. We went there after Hall's for some dancing. It was a fun night out for sure and I am so glad that I was included! 

Do you have blog/twitter friends that are now IRL friends?

What are some of the responses that you get from people that don't get it?

Scenes from the Weekend

This weekend was lots of fun, but I am so glad that I have the week to relax! It was really great having my best friend stay with me and doing stuff around Charleston with her. 

On Friday night, we went out on Folly Beach. We started off at Rita's for dinner and drinks. We went to about 5 more places after that. The only place that I remember the name of is Surf Bar. Going out in Folly was a lot of fun and I am glad we went out there to experience it. I also got to meet Amanda's brother. He was lots of fun. :-)

On Saturday morning, we went to the farmer's market. I took out my camera and of  course the battery was dead. I was forced to use my iphone all day. :-(

I will absolutely be back to the farmer's market though because it was really neat. It's kinda like they have a festival every Saturday.

There was food to taste, food to buy, drinks, jewelry, pottery, art, ponies to pet, live music. 

Super fun! Will definitely be back there next week. 

I might just go hang out there with my dogs for awhile. 

super cute bracelets

http://www.zolajewelry.com

This is from a different farmer's market that is on Tuesdays in Mount Pleasant. I got a ton of stuff for only $17. Seriously, I would have spent closer to $30 if I would have gotten all of this from a grocery store. 

After the farmer's market on Saturday, we had brunch at Poogans (yes, I am obsessed). We shopped around on King Street and then went home to relax before a big night on the town. 

happy hour at Red's on Friday 

After our big night out on Saturday, we spent the day afternoon at the beach. We ate at Poe's first of course! 

This is in the car on the way to Folly Friday night. 

On Friday, we went to Five Loaves Cafe and then had a key lime cupcake from Cupcake. 

Saturday night will get a post all by itself. :-)

How was your weekend???

Other scenes from my weekend

On Sunday, we went on a carriage tour around the city, mostly south of Broad. I liked this better than the harbor tour. I loved seeing all of the nice homes and hearing the stories about them. 

 

 

 

FOR SALE!!!! I only need about 5 mil!

 

How gorgeous are these flowers! Wherever I end up living, I want this on my house! 

How awesome is this door! 

 

The circular area was built for the ladies with their big dresses. 
I'd wear one of those big dresses if it would get me this house! 

 



Not just one porch, but three!! The story of this house is that a guy built it for his fiance' and then she left him! Too bad I wasn't born back then or I surely would have married him! How could you leave a guy after he builds you this house??! (just kidding)

 


On Friday, we went to happy hour at Red's Ice House. I will definitely be back here. We got to sit right next to the water and enjoy the view. 




How many people get to go have a drink and watch dolphins playing in the water! There were at least three swimming around us and putting on quite a show. 
 


We also got some beach time in. On Sunday, we went to Sullivan's Island for the day before the carriage ride. On Monday, we went out to Folly Beach for a few hours before Savanah had to leave. I will definitely be spending a lot of time on the beaches this summer. Sullivan's Island is only 10 minutes from my house. 







 In fact this weekend, I am headed out to Folly tonight and Sullivan's Island on Saturday!
I am going out downtown for a girls night on Saturday night. 
Sunday will be spent walking around on King Street. 
My best friend is staying with me, and she can't wait to explore the city that she works in, but never gets to see! 


What are your weekend plans??

I'm on a boat

I'm on a boat, I'm on a boat

Everybody look at me

'Cause I'm sailing on a boat

I'm on a boat, I'm on a boat

Take a good hard look

At the ***  boat

We had plans to go to the Farmers market on Saturday morning, but that didn't exactly work out. We did make it downtown in time for a harbor cruise tour. The scenery was nice, but I did find it to be a little too long. After about an hour, I was ready to get off the boat. 

   

We did see views of Fort Sumter. 

 

I also found another house you can buy me. It's only 17 mil. You got that right?

 

Jenny is a blogger from Alabama. She moved to Charleston the same weekend I did. She's super sweet and you should go check her blog out! 


Jenny , Savanah, and me

 

After we got off of the boat, we headed over to Poogan's Porch. Isn't is so cute!!! Their porch its dog friendly too in case you are traveling with a dog. 

 

The food was absolutely delicious. 

Fried chicken...must have!!!

I had crab cakes which were good too, but the fried chicken is delicious!

 

Definitely will be back here!

In fact, I already have plans to go this weekend!

 



After lunch, we walked around King Street and I did a little shopping. 

 

   

 After shopping, we went home to rest for awhile. It had been a long day. Later that night, we went to Mellow Mushroom and Closed for Business for drinks. I got to meet up with a twitter friend as well. It was a fun night and we had a beach day planned on Sunday to relax after going nonstop on Saturday.

Magnolia Plantation

On Friday, I picked up Savanah from the airport around 3:00, and we went straight to Magnolia Plantation because we are history buffs. Sound good right?

First up, the petting zoo!

The peacocks were screaming at us! I kept chasing him hoping that he would open up his feather.

He just kept running and screaming. 

Guess I am not his biggest fan. 

I guess it was pay back time because when I walked into the petting zoo, I was on the other end.

These roosters were chasing after me!

I'm not sure what it feels like to get pecked by a bird, but I didn't want to find out. 

We didn't stay too long in the petting zoo. It didn't exactly smell like roses if ya know what I mean!

There are several different choices of what you want to do while you are there. 
We chose the house tour.
Isn't she a beauty??
They were planning a rehearsal dinner on the porch while we were there. 
Who lives in Charleston and wants to marry me so I can get married out here??

http://ht.ly/bqTi3

All right, now that I have shamed myself, here are some pictures of the garden area behind the house. 

 

 

    

 

     

 

Guess I will have to settle for these pictures rather than a wedding!






Have you ever been to a plantation home?
Any suggestions of others to go to in Charleston?

Yes, this happened

The above from:

Kaminsky's

Poogan's Porch

Cupcake

Pavilion Bar

You are jealous right????

Thought so.

Not pictured:

High Cotton

Mellow Mushroom

Poe's Tavern

It's safe to say that we ate our way around the city this weekend! 

Time to go for a run!!




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Have a good evening!

I am off to watch The Bachelorette!