Wine & Beer Fest

We made a trip out to Boone Hall Plantation for Charleston's Wine and Beer Festival yesterday and had a blast! After spending the afternoon at the pool, we spent the evening drinking wine.

The weather was perfect and the grounds were beautiful. They had 3 live bands in the big tent you see below.

When we entered the festival we were given a wine glass. We made our way around to all the smaller tents tasting all different kinds of wine. We had lots of favorites and ended up buying 8 bottles! We're ready for some visitors to share our wine with.

Once we knew what wine we liked...we had a few glasses! We decided to get food from the mexican tent. Yummy tacos and pico de gallo! Reminded me of home.

After the wine fest we headed out to a bar we were told to visit while on the east side of town. It was on the water. We made new friends right away! Lauren and I set a goal when we first arrived in Charleston that we needed to find someone with a boat. I am pleased to report that it only took us 2 weeks to make a friend with a boat!

We had a few adult beverages and might have gotten a little out of control. Fun was had by all! (So much fun that we didn't make it out on the boat the next day. But don't worry, we will make onto a boat before we leave!)

Shout Out to Steve!

This is a very special blog entry. It is so special that Lauren and I feel an explanation is necessary. This is dedicated to Steve. He is our recruiter at MedStaff. He's our go-to man who solves all our problems. He rocks! This is for you Steve!

Below you will see an example of our furniture in our very nice apartment. If you need more examples, please refer to the 3/31 post. Take note how the furniture matches in all the rooms. Upon moving in...we were shorted a TV stand. So we called Steve...

After calling Steve...we received the TV stand below. As you can see, it is not the same caliber as the rest of our furniture. We think there's a chance that the delivery guys may have taken the real TV stand and snagged one from Goodwill on the way over. So we called Steve... We were told there would be an EXCHANGE of TV stands. We returned to find the "TV stand" below, which is really an end table. It also does not match and it is missing the piece of glass from the center; notice the carpet through the hole. And now we have both the end table AND the Goodwill donation mentioned above. So we called Steve...to be continued!

Bars with Boardgames

Lauren and I took advantage of our 1 evening off in our 6 day run of working. We found a great local bar with games and a wide variety of beer. I had a strong lead on Connect 4 in the beginning, but ultimately gave it away to Lauren. Tried some new beer, made some new friends...things are looking up in South Carolina. I think we may really like it here!

Folly Beach

We made it to Folly Beach and were so excited to have the sun on our face and the sand in our toes! We took a little drive out to the beach where the locals hang.

The waves were beautiful and lots of surfers out. The water was a little cold, but not too bad overall. So happy to be spending an extended amount of time near the beach. Our apartment is only 15 short miles to the beach.

Me collecting seashells! We've started quite a collection on our first visit to the beach. There are lots of fun restaurants and happy hour joints that we'll be visiting! Bring on the seafood! It's gonna be a beach party!

Here's Lauren testing the beach chairs. We are ready to spend the summer at the beach! Buying a cooler is next on the shopping list! Then we will be ready to hit the beach as soon as we have a day off.

If you can't find us the sign above should answer your question for the next 3 months!

Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places

Yes, boys and girls it's not all play. We do have to go to work a few days out of the week. I am working in the Medical ICU. Please note the palm trees...everyone has Palmetto Pride in the state of South Carolina. They are everywhere!

One Carolina to the Next!

I have officially headed south to the lower Carolina. Charleston is only 3 hours south of Charlotte. Lauren and I arrived in Charleston Saturday afternoon after a good-bye brunch with Allison and Ryan.

We really like our apartment! We didn't like carrying all of our belongings up to the third floor. There are pictures below of our new home for the next 3 months! Come and visit! We'll take you to the beach!

The picture below is taken from the door to the screened-in porch.

Picture with Lauren's wing behind me and looking towards the front door. Taken with the kitchen behind me. My room is to the right of the windows. The highlight of the picture below is the decorative tree in the corner. That's Lauren on the couch! We were impressed with the tree and the large pictures on the walls. While the apartment is nicely decorated our TV is sitting on the floor because there was no TV stand. Also sad there is no microwave. Should have a delivery tomorrow! This is my room! So our first South Carolina experience goes as follows. We didn't get our cable hooked-up until today. Lauren and I went in search of a sports bar to watch basketball on Sunday. We end up at George's (hole in the wall) sports bar. When we arrived at 1:30 in the afternoon being 2 of about 10 patrons and 1 of 3 cars in the parking lot. We were a little wary, but they had the game, food and beer so we were happy. We sadly watched the Longhorns lose to Memphis. An obnoxious Memphis fan didn't help. Just prior to the Davidson game beginning the bar started to fill in. By the middle of the second half the entire bar was packed. We come to find out that everyone is there to see Wrestlemania 24! We befriend some nice looking young men from the Citadel at the booth next to ours. They assured us that this was not what South Carolina was all about, but it was hard for them to deny as we were being stalked for our table as the basketball game was ending. We ended up staying at George's for a good 6 hours. Now we know where we can go to watch wrestling if we ever get the urge! Stay tuned to see if we get a different impression of South Carolina!

House Party!

Megan has made the blog! That's for you Kathryn. We had a house party last night and Ryan's teammates all came over. I tried my first sip of moonshine and we grilled out. Never mind all the spots on my shirt...I was having a good time! Looks like Megan was having a good time too! She must have gotten into the moonshine as well! A good time was had by all. When everyone left at the end of the night...that's when the real party started! All that homemade North Carolina boos will make you do some pretty crazy things! I love me a few country boys with a tall glass of apple pie!