This week Maegan went on a 5th grade, end-of-the-year, overnight field trip to Charleston, South Carolina. On the first day Maegan and her class visited the South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston City Market (built in 1841), and Fort Moultrie. She was supposed to go on a night time ghost tour too but heavy rains ruined those [...]
Before driving back to Charlotte we made a stop at Boone Hall Plantation. The drive up had the mile-long row of big, hundred-year-old oak trees just like you expect on a typical plantation in the deep-south. We toured the main house which was very nice and interesting but we were a bit disappointed to find [...]
Today was our only full day in Charleston. Almost everything is closed on a Sunday morning in “The Holy City” but luckily we were able to take an early guided tour of the city. We got to see all the historic houses and sites like The Battery, Rainbow Row and more. Kudos to an excellent [...]
We left early this morning for a mini-vacation to Charleston, South Carolina, a city with well over 300 years of history. My mother flew in from New York City and my sister flew in from Washington, D.C. to join us. Our first stop was Fort Sumter, sight of the first shots of the Civil War [...]
Last Friday was Patty and my fifth anniversary. We went to Morton’s for dinner. Incredible service and atmosphere, but we were disappointed by the steaks. They were good, but we expected much better. Then on Saturday we went to Charleston for the first time with Maegan to see the Aquarium. It happened to be community [...]