![]() It started raining but we shopped at Towne Center anyway. We shopped at the very cute Boone Hall Market for local favorites and even snagged a few of the local peaches that survived the late freeze. We went to the Mt Pleasant Pier and walked under the Ravenel Bridge and watched people fish. We went to Collective Coffee and I had a tasty cappuccino. I could faint just thinking about the flavors of every bite of this brunch. These potatoes were one of my favorite discoveries of the trip. Stephanie had the English muffins and potatoes with melted pimento cheese on top. The only thing that makes bacon better than bacon is bacon that has soaked in a Bloody Mary. It was garnished with bacon, pickled okra and celery. I ordered a tomatoes and okra omelette with pimento cheese grits, a giant biscuit and a small Bloody Mary. If you get there at the right time you can have the Bloody Mary bar. ![]() Sunday - For a year I have followed Page's Okra Grill on Instagram sighing over the Sunday morning brunch pictures. Kaminsky's is a pretty place to sit and if you're into adult beverage milkshakes they have those too. Can you call it affogato if it's a cappuccino with ice cream? Whatever you call it, it's delicious. We stopped in Kaminsky's for a huge slice of Italian cake and a cappuccino ice cream float. We walked through The City Market and I stopped at Callie's Hot Little Biscuit kiosk for a cinnamon butter biscuit. ![]() I loved the vibe and I loved the coffee in this place. It's insanely good!! Afterwards we had cappuccino and a vanilla lavender latte in City Lights Coffee. I flew from Colorado Springs (my husband and I had spent the week with his family in Manitou Springs) to Charleston and as soon as Stephanie picked me up we drove to Hyman's Seafood in downtown Charleston! I had missed those hush puppies, deviled crabs and scallops so much! I don't care if this place is a tourist trap. Saturday - I literally left one amazing trip to start another amazing trip. ![]() Ginger and Stephanie gorging on Southern seafood, that Charleston. Swimming pools, beaches, palmetto trees and crushed seashell parking lots Charleston. Thick, heavy raindrops followed by bright humid sunshiny days Charleston. Of all the new places I knew I'd visit, the one I truly couldn't wait to return to was Charleston, my friend Stephanie Wilson's Charleston. Pinterest, Google maps, long conversations with travelers, restaurant lists, booking hotels. I spent 6 months thinking about all the cities I'd visit. All winter and spring when I wasn't creating an AP French syllabus or teaching my students I was researching restaurants and coffee shops for Summer 2017. ![]()
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