The Weekend

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This is a bit of a picture overload post. Too much going on this weekend I guess! 

 me and Samantha at Party at the Point

 beach house that I would love to have on Sullivan's Island

 Puppies have to fly for the first time in July. I am trying to get them used to being in a carrier and being in a carrier together. 

These are some pictures that the photographer from Party at the Point took. I don't know these people though. :-)

 Thursday night at Suede Supper Club. He was the comedian- super funny! 

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Friday- We went to Party at the Point which was super fun. This Friday is the last one though. It is at a resort that is on the water. There was a live band, food, and drinks. I definitely recommend going. Once it ended, we went downtown for drinks. 

Saturday- We went to Charleston Beer Garden  which was also a lot of fun. They had live music, lots of beer obviously, and food trucks. We did visit the doughnut truck and it was delicious! After the beer garden, we went out downtown for drinks. I'm not sure why but I didn't take any pictures at all on Saturday. 

Sunday- I relaxed all day long. Too many 3 AM nights for this girl!  

My parents are coming tomorrow and staying for the week. I have no idea what all we are going to do, but I am sure it will be a busy week! 

How was your weekend?

Friday Letters

I love you. You are an amazing city. I love your restaurants, beaches, friendly people, weather, parks, size, lack of traffic, and so many more things.

Get a Lupe's and I will be in heaven. :-)

I will see you soon in Louisiana for a special wedding! I will see my parents on Tuesday because they are coming to visit!!!!

I beg you, please go away. I am not sure why you like me so much, but the feeling is not mutual. 

Even though I am lovin' it over here, I still miss ya!

Group texts, twitter, emails, and blogging have been great to stay in touch. 

Don't forget about me and I won't forget about you. 

I love your town.

I try my hardest not to act like a tourist.

I know my way around now, but I still must document everything with my camera.

That will never change.

I am a blogger.

I love how many of you have opened me into your friend circle already.

Help a sista out and find me a job so I never have to leave! 

Job is needed in 10 days or less! 

Have a great weekend!! This is my ONLY weekend all summer that I do not have a visitor. 
I have lots of fun plans already though! 

How to Unfollow a Blog

I have tweeted with multiple people about how to unfollow a blog, and most people seem to say they are not sure, or that nothing has worked for them. 

Let's face it, there are many reasons we may want to unfollow a blog, and it really is nothing against that person. 

They may have just quit blogging, your interests may have changed, etc.

This way has seemed to work for me so far. 

You have to be signed into your blog for the design button to be there. 

Click on that orange button.

Click on that little wheel lookin' thing on the right side/middleish of the page. 

Click on settings on whatever blog you want to unfollow. 

Their information will come up and all you have to do is click "stop following this site."

It may take a couple of seconds for the page to refresh, but their posts should stop showing up in your google reader.

OR

Thanks to Mrs. Monologues, you can unfollow directly from their blog. 

I hope this post may help at least one person. Hope you don't use it to unfollow me! 

Does anyone else know of a better way?

Have you done it this way? If so, did it work for you?

FM Finds and Recipe

One of the things I love most about Charleston is the farmer's market. There is one right by house on Tuesdays, and there is a bigger one downtown on Saturdays. There is so much stuff to chose from, and the prices are so much better than grocery store prices, not to mention the taste. I have never tasted strawberries that are so sweet and delicious! 

Week 1

lots of fruits and veggies

Week 2

minus the limes from TJ's

fruit, veggies, tuna, and scallops 

Both weeks I have made salsa with the fresh ingredients to put on top of seafood. 

Recipe:

1 tomato

1/2 of a jalapeno (more depending on your preference)

green onions

red onions

salt, pepper

1 peach

cilantro

juice from 1 lime

This was week 1. We cooked halibut and some veggies. 

We seasoned the fish and baked it in the oven with some olive oil. 

Like the plate??

Living with no dishwasher has been different!

I have made many different types of salsas to put on top of a variety of things whether it is seafood, chicken, or just a salad.  All of it is very good with chips too of course! 

Other options you could put in a salsa:

corn, black beans, balsamic vinegar, other fruit, cumin, capers, avocado,  bell pepper, basil, etc.

The list could go on and on. It is totally what you like! 

This was last night. It was super easy and quick to do the scallops. I just put some olive oil and garlic in a pan on med/high. Put the scallops in and let them sit for about 2-3 minutes, turned them over for about 1-2 minutes. Took them out of the pan, put the salsa on top, and had a great dinner!

I still have scallops left and that fresh piece of tuna! Can't wait to cook it tonight! I might make a watermelon salsa! I had THE BEST tuna nachos from Rita's that had watermelon salsa on top!

What do you like to do with fresh veggies, fruit, or seafood??

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

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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???