Charleston/Isle of Palms

We met our good friends Chad and Amanda in Charleston to celebrate her 30^th birthday and as a small baby moon for us as well!  We rented a charming house in Isle of Palms about 20 minutes outside of Charleston.  It was a quick trip but we had such a wonderful time exploring downtown Charleston, eating fresh seafood, and catching up.  On Friday night after we arrived we stayed around the beach and tried Poe’s Tavern which came highly suggested by friends and was really delicious.  That night we stayed up and caught up on life since it’d been a few months since we last visited them in Charlotte.  Saturday morning we went into Charleston for brunch at my new favorite brunch place called Poogan’s Porch.  It was insanely delicious, I could eat there every day if it wasn’t so far away and wouldn’t result in my gaining tons of weight.  Kyle got chicken and sweet potato waffles and I had the shrimp and grits.  Both were divine, seriously if you are in Charleston you have to make time to eat there.  After stuffing ourselves silly we went exploring including the artist market, rainbow row, and the battery.  Charleston is a very easy city to explore on foot and the homes are so charming.  It did make us all wish we had a lot more cash to be able to snatch up one of those gorgeous historic southern homes.  In the afternoon we visited Westbrook Brewing before heading home for a nap, I was 32 weeks pregnant after all which seems to require regular naps to function after so much walking.  That evening we ventured back to downtown Charleston for a fancy seafood dinner and then drinks (water and sprite for me) at a gorgeous rooftop bar!  It was such a fun weekend and we already starting discussing our plans for annual trips together in the future, I think Savannah is our plan for next year!