Charleston Weekend Snapshots

Last weekend, Robbie and I didn't have any plans so we decided to take a spontaneous trip up to our favorite southern city! Though we love our home, neighborhood, and friends in Savannah... we sure do miss life in Charleston. It was great to visit our old favorite places, as well as check off some new spots that have been on my list- like Leon's! It was a quick weekend trip but I wanted to share a few snapshots from the trip!

We got in town Saturday around lunchtime and had to run to Mt. Pleasant for a few things so we stopped and had lunch at Sesame, where I had my favorite "Carolina" chicken sandwich with pimento cheese and sweet potato fries.

Window shopping at Vieuxtemps, one of my favorite gift boutiques on King Street. Natalie, the owner is the sweetest!

King Street on a beautiful sunny afternoon!

This pretty blue swing dress has become a staple in my closet this month, especially during a warm summer afternoon since it's so breezy and cool! I can't wait to share more photos of it on the blog soon!

Blythe Swing Dress // Pink Tassel Earrings // Pink Mirrored Aviators

We met up with Robbie's cousin for oysters and drinks (^^ Lillet Royale) at The Darling Oyster Bar.

It was so fun to try a new place for oysters and The Darling did not disappoint! After drinks we headed down the street to our reservation at O-Ku. Their Salmon & Lemon Roll is hands down my favorite sushi roll and I have been missing it!

After dinner we walked to one of our favorite spots, The Rooftop at Vendue (it was a bit of a walk, hence the nice and glistening skin haha!) One of my best friends was in town for her sister-in-law's bachelorette party and it was so fun getting to see her there, even if it was just for a short time. I'm so excited that I get to see her again Labor Day weekend! I wore this adorable gingham off-the-shoulder top and my favorite new pink tassel earrings, with this straw clutch, all of which will be styled on the blog soon!

Lunch at Leon's!! I have been dying to go here for so long but never got the chance until last Sunday! I ordered the Siam Salad and Robbie had the fried oyster sandwich, which were both delicious! 

Lucy pup got a little tired on the walk home from Leon's so her daddy was kind enough to carry her! Spoiled much!? ;) You may also have seen on my Instagram how much she loved the water bowls all the stores had outside!

Before we knew it, it was Sunday afternoon and time to head back home after a fun weekend getaway! 

Sweet Tea Monograms Weekender Bag // Monogrammed Zip Up Pouch

Lilly Pulitzer Tumbler // Luggage Tag // Pink Mirrored Aviators

Until next time Charleston!✌

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Charleston Culinary Tour

A few weeks ago, Robbie and I headed up to Charleston to meet up with my parents for a fun little weekend getaway. I had wanted to go on a Culinary Tour since I had given my dad a gift certificate for it last year for his birthday and a chilly winter weekend was the perfect time to do so! 

Photo via Eater Charleston

We started the tour at HoM on Upper King Street. After everyone had arrived, our tour guide gave us a quick introduction to the tour and we started with our first course: Calamari with sun dried tomato and goat cheese puree which was so delicious. Unfortunately the lighting in HoM is a little dark and I was so excited about starting the tour that I didn't get any pictures here. Our next course was their Dixie Flatbread which had pork confit, maple bacon, pimento cheese and caramelized onions. It was like all flavors of the South in one bite! We ended with the Fried Chicken BLT complete with a drizzle of honey. This was all just at our first stop and I was already starting to get a little full!

Next stop was Prohibition just a few steps away. Our tour guide gave us a little insight what prohibition was like in Charleston and a little history of "Blind Tiger" establishments that would charge an admission fee to guests that wanted to "see the blind tiger" and they would be served alcoholic drinks while they were visiting. 

Prohibition is well known for their cocktails of course we all wanted to try some! My mom and I tried the Itty Bitty which was made from Tito's Vodka, Cocchi Americano, lemon, honey, and basil and I would highly recommend! For our first course, we were served pork rinds with bleu cheese crumbles. These were definitely an interesting combination, and honestly not really my favorite because I'm not a huge fan of bleu cheese. Luckily, these were two things Robbie loved so he got mine. :)

Next up at Prohibition were coffee poached beets with pomegranates. Another interesting combination but since I love beets, this was actually really cool! Definitely two interesting options from here but I have to say that I think the drinks were my favorite- but I should mention, you do have to pay extra for these!

Third on our tour was one of the newest restaurants on Upper King, Smoke BBQ. The owner (I believe his name was Roland?) came out and spoke to us about his business and how it has grown from a food truck inside of a Spam bus to this quaint little place on King Street. You could tell how passionate about barbecue he was and since I love barbecue I couldn't wait to try the food!

We were served a sampling of different items they have to offer including a barbecue sandwich, chicken wing, potato salad, cole slaw, and pickled veggies. It was all so good and I regretted getting so full at the previous stops because I wasn't able to eat everything on my plate like I wanted to! I would love to go back and get more another time I'm in town!

Last on the tour was Jeni's Ice Cream, my favorite for obvious reasons! If you know me, you know I have a major sweet tooth so I loved my Salted Peanut Butter ice cream with just a little drizzle of strawberry sauce, kind of like the PB&J Sundae! This was a great way to cap off the tour which was such a fun way to spend a cold Saturday with my parents! If you are still looking for last minute Valentine's ideas, a gift certificate to Charleston Culinary Tours makes for a great gift and a fun afternoon- and if you aren't local, a great excuse to take a trip to Charleston!

Disclaimer: I was given a ticket to the tour in exchange for a review, but as always all opinions are all my own!

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A Charleston Staycation

Like I briefly mentioned last Friday, I was away from the blog last week because Robbie and I were having a little "stay-cation" in Charleston. He had a week off from work before starting his new job and I timed my monogram work out to have a (mostly) free week too. After considering some different places to visit, we decided to stick around town and explore some of the places we had never been and spend as much time possible just relaxing and enjoying our time together. It was such a fun week and I wished it never had to end! 

Sunday - rode out bikes to lunch at Fleet Landing (and it all was great as always!)

Monday - dressed in my favorite fall dress for lunch and strolling down King Street

Tuesday - dinner at Hank's, one of our favorite restaurants

Wedneday - fishing, shrimping, and crabbing on the Stono River, a new "Hot Spot" phone case & infinity scarf to match, Taco Boy at Folly Beach, and an incredibly gorgeous sunset over the Ashley River

Love this guy and our time together! :)

Heather's chambray shirt // scarf // sunglasses 

Robbie's shirt // hat // sunglasses

Thursday - headed to Kiawah for lunch at the Ryder Cup Bar overlooking the famous Ocean Course, stopped to see the Angel Oak on our way back, went to the movies see The Judge and eat lots of popcorn and candy

Friday - finally got to try breakfast at Southern Brews Coffee on John's Island, Robbie gathered up his hunting gear to get ready for deer season, and I wore this outfit for the second day in a row

Saturday - shopped on King Street, met up with Carly (so glad to finally meet her!) and a few other of her readers at Black Tap for some of the best cold brew coffee (next time I'll have to try their famous lavender latte!)

Sunday - Robbie came home from hunting and we finished off the wonderful week the same way we started it... biking around downtown and enjoying the beautiful weather! So grateful for the chance to do this and enjoy our incredible city!

Have you ever had a staycation in your own city? 

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Charleston PopUp Dinner

 photo via Claire Barret Photography

Last week I  had such a blast at the very first Charleston PopUp Dinner hosted by Handmade Events at Hyde Park Polo Club. Jordanna from Brunettes on Broad hosted a giveaway a few months ago for tickets to the event and I won! I invited of my best girlfriends join me for the night since our boyfriends were both out of town and we had so much fun decorating our table, eating our "picnic style" dinner, and then dancing the night away! 

If you aren't familiar with the "PopUp Dinner", which I really wasn't before last week, it's a big dinner party in a top secret location (we didn't find out where it was going to be until 3pm that day!) where everyone brings their own food and is provided with table and chairs. Everyone was encouraged to bring their own table decorations, and some went all out on some seriously gorgeous table decor and menus for dinner. The only real rule for the night was to dress in all white! Since I didn't have any white dresses in my closet, I did some searching and found a dress I loved earlier that week, this Lilly Pulitzer Topanga Dress that was perfect for the occasion!

 photo via Claire Barret Photography

 { dress // boots // bracelets // earrings }

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Charleston Eats: Minero

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I am so excited today share our experience at one of Charleston's newest hot spots: Minero, Sean Brock's new "casual Mexican eatery" on East Bay. 

I read up a little about the restaurant earlier this week and was amazed by all that Sean Brock went through to find just the right corn to use for the tortillas and how they use a traditional nixtamalization process to make fresh mesa twice a day. Talk about dedication to the true art of cooking!

Yesterday Robbie and I went for a late afternoon bike ride around the Battery and were quickly ready for some food so I was so ready to try this place out, after hearing the hype about it for the last few months! We went fairly early (around 5:30) and were able to grab a table right away. 

We ordered drinks (sangria for me, margarita for Robbie) and chips with a salsa sampler.  The tiny bowls of salsa were each so delicious in their own ways. 

For our dinners, Robbie ordered the Queso Fundido with a side of the Grilled Corn and I had the Minero Burrito and also had the Grilled Corn. It was all SO delicious, and the burrito was huge, so I got to take some home to save for later! We both loved our grilled corn, which was topped with cotijo, spices, mayo and country ham.

A few cool things to note: the chips and tortillas were served in those cool Mexican printed pockets to keep them hot (or so I'm assuming), the tall boy can of Tacate was served with a "Mexican koozie" which of course I thought was the neatest thing ever, and the napkins and silverware were tucked away in drawers built into the tables so it all was right there. 

Overall, we were so pleased with our trip to Minero and left very full and satisfied. I loved all of the little details that made this place so unique, I would definitely recommend it to any Mexican food lovers! 

Read more about Minero here, here, and here.

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Charleston Charm: Bright Sun-Shiney Days

After weeks and weeks of rainy, gloomy, gray days I was so happy to welcome to sunshine on Tuesday and was able to get out to take some photos of the bright day! I will say that gross days seem to make me extra grateful for the beautiful ones though! Here's hoping this bright sunshine is here to STAY!

 

Happy Friday-Eve!! :)