A weekend in Charleston, (South) Carolina: Sunday

On Sunday morning we headed for the one thing we were sure wasn’t closed: the beach!

Dramatic clouds on Kiawah Island

A weekend in Charleston, (South) Carolina: Saturday!

After a delightful night curled up in a soft, cushy hotel bed and a breakfast of kale smoothies to pre-atone for our later culinary sins, we headed off to see Drayton Hall.  We’d done some research, and discovered that of the approximately 4 plantations in the Charleston area, only Drayton Hall still had the original plantation house.

Drayton Hall, built in 1738

 

A weekend in Charleston, (South) Carolina: Friday evening

Scott and I arrived in Charleston, South Carolina (yes, yes, this blog is about North Carolina, but hey, gotta get to know your neighbors, right?) late on Friday afternoon, the day after Christmas, checked into our hotel, and immediately headed for the beach. Well, the ocean.  Well . . . the harbor. Whatever.

Did someone order a sunset?

A Gimghoulish holiday house tour

The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill held its annual holiday tour of historic houses on Saturday. It was a drizzly gray day, perfect for hiding inside gorgeous, beautifully renovated historic houses decorated by artists and dolled up for the holidays.

Wachovia: so much more than a bank

On Veterans Day, while much of the country was buried by an early winter storm, I took advantage of the sun and temperatures hovering delightfully in the 70s to learn more about North Carolina history.

Welcome to Old Salem.

A Blue Ridgey fall, at night: The Cabins at Healing Springs

Sasso and I stayed in a cabin about 20 minutes from Jefferson, North Carolina: the Cabins at Healing Springs.

Our cabin