Thursday, January 30, 2014

Ice-magedon: Charleston, SC 2014

Oddly enough Doug was on almost the very last flight out of Charleston before this storm hit.  Yes, he arrived safely in Austin, Texas.  But not without a close call in ATL - they cancelled about 900 flights.

Peaches and I actually got two work from home days.  She really wasn't sure what to think.

All the bridges in Charleston actually shut down because of ice.  It was wild.


Pictures of the Ice this week. . . I did not take any of them. Found them on the internet.


http://imgur.com/a/QPvYQ?gallery#4

http://imgur.com/a/d9s0c



But I did take these:









































Look at all that snow/ice!  ; ) 















And if you've made it this far - you deserve some Jimmy Kimmel:





Monday, January 20, 2014

Kristen's Weekend Visit

On Friday Kristen arrived around 3:30!  Woohoo!  She got situated and then we went on with our adventures!

First thing was taking Miss Peaches to the dog park.

Then we met Doug for a beer at DIG and went on downtown for packet pick-up.  Honestly, packet pick-up was a mess.  There was no signage for how to get your bibs, or get your bibs before you get your shirt and bag.  I will say one of the vendor's gave away miniature body glides for free!  They are too cute!

Next was onto dinner.  We attempted to eat at two restaurants downtown but both had 2 hour waits and we were not interested in that.  We ended up eating at Vespa on Daniel Island.  This is a favorite of mine and I think Kristen enjoyed it too.  After dinner we got ready for the race and hit the sack.

Saturday morning we did the Charleston Half Marathon.  Our goof friend Tiffany and her kids Will and Ella came to watch us finish.  After realizing we were freezing and not participating in the post-race party we headed out for some mexican lunch.  Then we hung out at the condo and just visited.

That evening we met another friend Meg and her husband Darian and son Henri for dinner at Sermet's.  Another fantastic meal!

Sunday we both attempted to sleep in and failed.  We had a nice brunch at home and then headed downtown for some site seeing and shopping.  On our way home we hit up a local fish market for dinner.

Then we did something super crazy and went on a Sunday Runday Recovery Run!  We did a nice 4.91 miles around Daniel Island.

After that we grilled out our fish from the market, relaxed, and called it a night.

Kristen left when I headed to work Monday morning.  It was a very nice, and much needed girls weekend!

Here are some pictures to enjoy:

Happy Peaches

Finally!

Packet Pick-up

Finishers!

Free beer + great friends + third row seating = yes please!

Dinner with great friends!
Brunch at home!


Selfies in the garden

Yoga on a quaint brick path

More selfies

Fish market





Fountain selfies

Hanging out in the beautiful oak trees

The bay

View on our Sunday Runday Recovery Run

View on our Sunday Runday Recovery Run

Sunday Runday Recovery Run Selfie


Swordfish seasoning

BGE loaded up with oysters
Fresh local oysters

Yummy dinner!