Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Since my dad was playing golf on Thursday, my mom and I had the day to do whatever we wanted.

   

 We started off with a visit to the Aiken-Rhett House.  This is one of few, if not only plantation homes that has been preserved rather than restored. You can see exactly how they lived back then since they haven't changed anything about it. Even the wallpaper is still on the walls. Of course the color has changed, there are tears, etc but it is still so neat to see how it was. We saw the slave quarters, the stables, the parlor, the ballroom, the bedrooms and possibly a couple of other rooms. 

After touring the home, we were pretty hungry. I had been hearing about Husk for quite some time so that is where we went!

I just love how so many restaurants are in old homes. They are so beautiful inside and out. I had the shrimp and grits and my mom got the catfish. They were both really good. 

After lunch, we walked around on King Street to do some shopping. We both picked up some dresses at Warren on King because they were having a 50% off sale on basically everything in the store. We shopped on King for about 4 hours before it was time to head back to their hotel to pick up my dad for dinner. 

We ate dinner at Magnolia's, which I must say has been my absolute favorite restaurant so far in Charleston. I will absolutely be back here! In fact, we went back again for lunch while my parents were here! 

We didn't discuss what we were going to order beforehand. When the waiter got our orders, we all ordered the exact same dish! It was kinda funny, but definitely worth it! We all got the Parmesan Crusted Flounder. It was so good!! There was crab with it, awesome rice that had been cooked in a lobster stock, and delicious local veggies. 

On Friday, my dad played golf again. The girls went shopping. Shocking right? We started the day with lunch at Five Loaves Cafe and then headed to Mount Pleasant Towne Center. We did minimal damage there, and then went to Belle Hall Shopping Center. After that, we did more shopping on Daniel Island. I got two cute dresses from Monkee's. From Daniel Island, we went back to King Street. I guess it's an understatement to say we did "some" shopping! 

For dinner that night, we went to Poogan's Porch. This was my third time there. It was good of course! Magnolia's is still my favorite though! 

After all that shopping, I still didn't find what I am looking for! My brother's wedding is going to be here in 3 weeks, and I still don't know what I am going to wear! I am looking for a bright colored dress that is fitted. I will be in a lot of pictures and I don't want to wear a baggy dress that makes me look bigger than I am. I have a couple of dresses that I can wear if I don't find anything, but they aren't as dressy as I would like. 

Any suggestions on where to shop???

More Charleston Fun

One of my bed partners thinks she is a human and has to have her head on the pillow and her body under the covers. She either sleeps like this or curled up next to me. The other one sleeps on top of the pillow or curled up against me on the opposite side of Maggie. 

My friends from the aquarium. I had to take a picture of the LSU fish even though it came out blurry. 

This was at Kilwin's on Market Street. I didn't get anything, but will probably have to before I go home!  

I didn't take too many pictures with my phone this week. I think the quality of my camera on my phone is getting worse and worse. I can't wait for the Iphone 5 to come out specifically for a better camera. 

I haven't blogged in a week because my parents were here all week. They got here on Tuesday and left on Sunday afternoon. I spent Sunday laying on the couch resting from being so busy all week. A long night out on Saturday night also had a little to do with it. :-)

Tuesday- They got here and we went straight to Hominy Grill. It was my first time at this restaurant, and I have to say I wasn't too impressed. Maybe I will give it another try, but that is unlikely due to my limited time here and so many other options. I got the big nasty or whatever it is called, and my mom got the shrimp and grits. I wasn't impressed with either dish. 

After lunch, we drove around downtown for a little while so that they could see King Street, the Battery, and all of the fancy houses. We made a stop at the farmer's market in Mount Pleasant. We had dinner at Coast, which I thought was OK. After dinner we walked around downtown and went to Kaminsky's for dessert. I didn't take any pictures on Tuesday unfortunately. 

Wednesday-  I visited every golf course within 60 miles of Charleston it seems like. My dad golfs about 5 times a week so of course he wanted to play golf here a couple of times. He wanted to check out all of the golf courses before deciding which ones to play. We drove out to Kiawah Island to check out those courses and the beach. 

We had lunch out there at Crave, which was delicious! 

After lunch, we drove to several more golf courses until we ended at Isle of Palms Wild Dunes Resort. I think he ended up playing one day on Kiawah and one day at Dunes West, but I am not really sure. Golf is not my thing. 

After all of the driving, we went downtown for a drink at the Pavilion Roof Top Bar. 

We walked through the city market, trying to waste some time before going to dinner.

For dinner we went back out to John's Island to go to Fat Hen. It was delicious!!

The restaurant was super cute too. I love how so many places serve drinks in mason jars! 

Stay tuned for the rest of the trip with my parents! 

I am about to have another full of week with another visitor coming tomorrow and staying until Monday. I need to figure out some July 4 plans. 

What are you doing for the fourth??

No-reply bloggers

No real post today. I am busy picking up my parents from the airport!! 

I did wanna leave you with some reading material though! It seems like lately, I have gotten a TON of no-reply blogger comments! 

If you are constantly commenting on blogs and never get a reply, go read this post. 

Meghan talks about captcha and no-reply bloggers. 

Lacey also does a great job of explaining about no-reply bloggers on this post. 

So go change your settings!! It will be much easier to form relationships if people can respond to your comments through email! 

The Weekend

Also linking up here

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??