Well I've been back from Charleston for a couple of weeks and we had a great time. We will definitely be back. We were only in town for around 50 hours but got a lot done.
FRIDAY
We left the house around 10am and arrived at our hotel in Mt. Pleasant around noon and our room was ready. We checked in got settled in the room and then headed to Sullivan's Island. 1st stop was
Poe's Tavern. This place was packed but we only waited 20 minutes for our table. This place is famous for their burgers and they did not disappoint. I had the Tell-Tale Heart. It came with a fried egg, Applewood bacon, and cheddar cheese. We left Poe's stuffed and headed to Fort Moultrie. It's only $5 for a family to visit the fort. My ####### decided to climb on a cannon that was facing the harbor and take some pictures. Well When I jumped down off the cannon my shorts caught on the thing and ripped about a foot of my back pocket and ### with my underwear showing so we cut the visit a little short. We really enjoyed our visit but it was hot and humid at this point of the day so we headed to the beach on Sullivan's Island. We had a very relaxing time here and will be back.We hung out here for an hour or so and then headed back to the hotel via a trip through the Ie of Palms.
After resting at the hotel for a while we headed out to hang with the locals at Waterfront Memorial Park in Mt.Pleasant. There was live music a a movie at dark. We enjoyed the music for a while then walked down to the pier which is below the Arthur Ravenel Bridge. Watched a woman catch an eel. We got a beautiful sunset from the end of the pier. Left here and went to Vickery's at Shem Creek which was alright. I got the fried shrimp and scallops which were good just a little pricey. After dinner we walked around Shem Creek Park for a bit and then headed back to the hotel.
Saturday started with my worst meal of the trip, the free breakfast at the hotel. Just awful. The only decent thing was the waffles and you had to cook it yourself so I only tried my wife's. Now off to the Historic District. Parked and hit up this coffee shop called
Bitty and Beau's . This place has a great story with hiring autistic men and women. The young man that took my order asked where I was from and then told me the name and the years of the schools that split off from my high school. He said that he was from the Charleston area. I was amazed. Anyway, we started walking and did our own self-guided tour. Headed down Church Street to St. Philips Church which was closed. Hit Washington Square, which was beautiful then passed through the Four Corners of Law. We then arrived as St. Michael's Church was opening so we got to go in and were alone. Gorgeous sanctuary. Got to see pew 43 where George Washington and Robert E Lee sat for services. Went out to the cemetery and found the grave of John Rutledge and Charles Coatesworth Pinkney, 2 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Left here and headed south to White Point Gardens, and the Battery. Great picture opps here. Just stunning. The only negative were the White Supremacist. I ignored them the best I could.We then headed north on E Bay Street to Rainbow Row and then cut over to Waterfront Park. It was scorching at this point so yes we did. We took off the shoes and got in the Pineapple Fountain. Finished walking the park , checked out the swings and got some pictures of the cruise ship before heading to
Fleet Landing for lunch. They were telling people it was an hour and a half wait but we were seated within 15 minutes due to using open table to book a reservation. I had the red snapper with red rice and it was fantastic. After lunch we walked the Market then got the truck and went back to the hotel to relax for a while.
Well, we relaxed a little too long as we had the Hootie concert that night starting at 7pm. Well I was determined that I was going to eat at Page's Okra Grill so that's where we headed and we got our buzzer from the hostess at 6:35 and was told an hour wait. 25 minutes later we were being seated.
@Bruce Dickinson is correct. This place is awesome. I ordered the Brisket Mac and Cheese app and it was phenomenal. The shrimp and grits was great as well. It was actually fried grit cakes with shrimp and andouille sausage gravy with a biscuit. Man I'm ready to go back. We had leftovers as well. Oh yeah, their hushpuppies were off the chain.
Left Page's and headed to the concert. Had a hard time finding parking but got parked and got in the stadium . No sooner than we got to our section getting ready to head to our seats Hootie hit the stage. They played for 2 hours and sounded great. Got back to the hotel, finished my dinner and went to bed.
Sunday
The plan was to get up at a decent hour, check out and go to the Angel Oak before we go to our Sunday Brunch and Jazz cruise around the Harbor. Well, the tree didn't open up until 1 so we missed out and headed to the Charleston Marina for brunch. The food was so so as they served shrimp and grits, french toast casserole, eggs, bacon, potatoes, cookies, etc. The cruise part was awesome. It lasted about 2 hours and it was a treat to see Charleston from the water. After the cruise we made a quick stop at the Tanger Outlets in North Charleston and then drove home.
Overall we had a great time and will be back.