Trip to the South - Charleston, SC

Charleston was stop #2 on this little tour of ours. It is such a great city! Sits on the water, cute shops, LOTS of horse-drawn carriages.



Ate:
Jestine's Kitchen - gumbo for me, turkey sandwich for Jed (he was already feeling the sting of too much southern food)
Jack's Cosmic Dogs - blue cheese coleslaw hot dogs




Saw:
Toured the Boon Hall Plantation - this was such a neat experience. At one point, this was a full functioning brick, indigo, and cotton plantation. Today they have a large fruit and veggie garden, with a corresponding farmers market. And if there is anything that warms my heart, it's a farmers market and fresh fruit and veggies. Unfortunately, we were on the off season, so we didn't purchase any fresh fruits. At this point, I am not sure how our bodies would react to fresh fruit and veggies anyways.
Charleston Candy Kitchen - homemade taffy always wins a spot on my list.



We'd come back for more of that southern hospitality any day of the week!

One pit stop was seeing this tree, called the Angel Tree. This tree is 1500 years old, and said to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River. It's longest limb is 105 feet!!! Pretty cool thing to see in real life.

Trip to the South - Savannah, GA

Jed and I celebrated Thanksgiving in Atlanta this year (shout out to Sarah and Alex for being such generous hosts/hostesses) we had some time off at work, and neither of us have spent much time in the south, so we put together a plan to extend our vacation and tour the south. Of course, it was based on food. (whoever reads this (hmmm, not sure anyone reads this) knows that our lives sadly/gladly revolve around food)

Stop 1 - Savannah, Georgia



Stayed:
Adorable Bed and Breakfast just a block from Forsyth Park. PLEASE make sure you stay here when you go to Savannah. Jed had to hold me back from asking the homeowner to join us for the remainder of our trip.

Ate:
The Old Pink House - Fried Green Tomato salad, she-crab soup, red snapper
Lady and Sons (Paula Dean Y'all) - fried chicken, mac and cheese, black eyed peas, gooey butter cake
Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House - If this was my last supper, I would die a happy woman. This was our introduction to Southern Food at it's finest. Collard greens, rutabaga, fried chicken, biscuits, banana pudding, etc. etc. etc. We didn't get to order, but rather sat with eight other diners and the food comes to you family style. We sat with a group of North Carolinians that I also wanted to take with us the remainder of our trip. This will be a common theme.



Saw:
Toured Savannah with a hop on, hop off tour. Mark my words, if there is a hop on/hop off tour, take it. We never regret them and you get to see a lot of history from someone who usually knows what they're talking about (and if not, you don't know the difference)



Overall - Savannah was an amazing way to start our trip. The town is so old, so quaint, a little eerie, and everyone was SO polite!

M-I-C - see ya real soon...

We found the inner kids in us (and a lot of prompting from Hillary and the Dragon crew) and made our way to the Happiest Place on Earth.



I haven't been to Disneyland since I was around, hmmm, 7 or so (ie. I don't remember a THING) and I have to say, it was a pretty great time.




We were the chaperone for our nieces: Ellie, Reese, and Taytum. There were 4 adults and 3 kids and they pretty much ran us to the ground.



The kids were on a hunt for one thing, and one thing only. Princesses. We found all but Tiana. Hillary personally wanted a full refund from Disney himself, but I told her those were the chances we just had to take. Jed and I were on the hunt for one thing and one thing only...the corn dog cart. Best $7.00 we ever spent!

In addition to Dland, we went to the beach, mini golfing, bowling, and to Pink's famous (infamous in my opinion) hotdogs.









Thanks So Cal, you treated us well!

Paris in Black and White

Turning 30 is a big deal. So, we decided to do it BIG...in Paris!!!

What an amazing city. City of Love? City of Lights? City of Carbs? All of the above should apply.

Jed eat's the SF 1/2 marathon for breakfast

Today was race day for Jed. He's been training hard and getting ready for the big dog - Chicago marathon - this October. The SF 1/2 marathon is just part of the training. That last sentence makes me want to barf. Why can't I enjoy running? I did feel the running adrenaline and thought maybe, just maybe I caught the bug and could do a big race...but, I think it was just the free banana and flavored water the runners get afterward. I'm a sucker for swag.



I'm proud that he is working so hard, that the weather was calm, and that I was able to find him at 3 locations WITHOUT using a phone or GPS. Just husband and wife wifi. Guess I could've been a pioneer afterall.

Someone forgot to wish you a Happy 4th.
(She is going to be so embarrassed when we show this picture to her friends)

Monterey OK

Ocean, golf clubs, a nice drive from SF = Monterey California.

We love exploring and haven't done near enough in this city. We wanted to "get out of town" and figured a quick day trip to Monterey would do the trick.

We enjoyed 17 mile drive, a quick peek at Pebble Beach (Jed was in heaven!!!), ate an awesome sandwich, spent some time walking around Carmel By the Sea (adorbs) and finished with a pit stop in Santa Cruz for a mind-blowing milkshake. Icing on the cake of a great day.