Listy Eyed

I have no less than 3 lists going at any given time.  Most important are my long-term goals, wishlist, and short term To Do list.  I also have grocery lists, future vacation lists, party idea lists and so on.  Once it's on paper, it's out of my head!

Today's list:

• Business meeting via phone call
• 5K Training (I'm now running a 2 mile stretch with almost no walking)
• Weights at Golds
• Goodwill drop off
• Mt. Pleasant shopping (I'm finally hitting Trader Joe's tonight!  Has the chaos died down?  I was actually scared to go in there the couple times I attempted.  Mob mentality freaks me out!!)

Weekend list:

•  Hallowine preparation re: cooking, cleaning, which leads to...
• Saturday's party! Halloween celebrations!
• Watch game AND burgers on the grill with homemade sweet potato chips! Also see below.
• Workout with K
• Sunday Brunch

Regarding our cookout Saturday night I really want this:

 Has anyone seen the new seasonal anywhere yet (in Charleston in particular)?
Also, do you keep multiple running lists to keep you sane?
TGIFFFFF

Day&Night

What a nice holiday weekend!  Fall, here we come!
Saturday was definitely our busiest day of the weekend and I'll recap it for ya.

I wanted to wear my favorite summery dress for the last time this year. 


blurry phone photo



We decided to stay close and visit the Charleston Museum.

Neither K nor I had been since we were very young and it was fun to see the museum with mature eyes. 

Highlights:  There was an old stone mile marker that was located on Mathis Ferry way back in the 1800's.  There is also a recreation of an old Charleston pharmacy with so many bottles like ours!

And there was a jewelry exhibition with some sweetgrass earrings that I fell in love with...

Some might say I have a mild sweetgrass obsession.

After this we went over to Whole Foods to grab some shish kebabs for the grill (I like the general tso's chicken) and beer. 

This beer deserves a background story.  About a year ago now we discovered Heavy Seas Loose Cannon.  We fell in love with it and would order it anytime we could find it on a menu (very few places in Chas).  Unfortunately the beer distributor that handles Loose Cannon sales was apparently flaky and thus Loose Cannon is no more.  If you ever see this on a menu, ORDER IT! and if you ever see it on a menu in Charleston, e-mail me and I will come join you STAT.  Anyway, after much research (hard work) we discovered that Mojo is the next best thing. 

From there we came home to relax before the game.  I whipped up a few "heart attack" apps and threw on a little team pride. We grilled up the kebabs, which K calls "Make Your Neighbors Jealous" kebabs.   They smell SO good.

Ah! Even more blurry



I was in bed pretty early after the game ended. 
Tell me about your weekend!

Feelin' Good!

Today I feel good!
It's my Friday and I'm excited about tomorrow.
We are planning to sleep in, get a good lunch, and then head down to Folly to check out the waves!
My dad and brother are both big surfers and Hurricane season has always meant a chance of swell. 

Yes, I love the boat.  But I'm a beach girl to the core!

Also, just got this in the mail and looks pretty fun!

K and I have already been to Westbrook for a tour/tasting and it was pretty cool... Wasn't too eager to go back but for free, I think I just might!

Any Cougars out there interested?

Amen to that!

I'm having a rough morning and would like to rewind back to Friday night.
I posted about my Fleet Landing plans last week and wanted to follow up with that.
Sometimes I forget that my hometown is also a huge tourist attraction and I'm blown away by the number of people lined up outside of restaurants. That being said, I was in no mood to wait an hour to get a table and we decided to head elsewhere. K suggested 'Amen Street'. I had never been before and I can now say I'm glad we went! The best part of the meal was the fried calamari app (bacon corn succotash!) and also the decor.
Check out these oyster chandeliers.

I also really liked the historical memorabilia on the walls, things like old newspaper clippings and black and white photos of old Charleston.
We tried an IPA by a new local brewery.

Holy City Brewing. Very good!
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, now I've got to get to work...

Wait, It's Monday?

Hi! This weekend flew by and I'm left in the dust. I went to the cinema on Friday for my teen flick escape only to discover that every movie theatre in Charleston had been taken over by Potter Mania. K and I did make it over to the Terrace after dinner at Mondo's on Saturday to see "The Tree of Life". This is not a great movie. It's not even good. But we stuck it out even though I was ready to leave after the dinosaur scene.

Saturday was spent car shopping as it's about time for K to get a new whip. While checking out some Acura's I spotted this beauty over in a side lot.


Ah! I love old volvos, especially white ones with tan leather. They are so chic! Too bad I'm not in the car market right now...knock on wood (knock knock).



Also, a beer reccomendation. K and I bought the Sam Adams Summer Styles 12 pack and this is my fave:

You like IPA's? Give this one a try!