CHARLESTON, SC

Last weekend, Lydia went to her Grandma and Paw-paw's house, so Josh and I got away to one of our favorite places, Charleston, SC. (For anybody who hasn't been to Charleston, you have to check it out. It's a beautiful city with tons of cool stuff to do.) We shopped on King and Meeting Streets, walked along the battery and checked out the amazing homes on "Rainbow Row," relaxed in the swings at Waterfront Park, took a boat tour of Charleston
Harbor and Fort Sumter, spent a day at a beautiful beach on Kiawah Island, and, of course, ate at a couple of our favorite restaurants--Hyman's & Jestine's kitchen. The food in these pictures is from Hyman's, which Southern Living has chosen as the best seafood restaurant in the southeast for like nine years in a row. It's seafood with a southern twist--stuff like shrimp n' grits and cajun scallops--I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! It was an awesome weekend--a nice getaway and some much-needed R&R. Lydia has been asking to go to the beach all summer, so we're heading back down to the Charleston area in a few weeks to Kiawah and to Isle of Palms. I can't wait!!!