In celebrate of our great country's "birthday" and our good friend's 30th birthday, a group of my girls from law school (and our respective beaus) descended upon Charles' Town for the weekend. (Sidebar, Mr. Cob informed me that Charleston was named after the King of England, Charles, when it was founded...he really is a wealth of information. However, Mr. Cob always has some "insight" into everything and is usually so confident in what he's saying that I have a hard time telling the BS from the truth, turns out this time he was in fact, correct - thanks wikipedia for the confirmation.) Our post-law school jobs have landed us each in Charleston, DC and Atlanta (luckily there are two of us here), so we don't get to see each other as much as we'd like, but we made up for that this weekend with lots of bonding over drinks and food.
Charleston is a great town for a weekend getaway, and even better when it's the summer time because Charleston is on the water so we had lots of Beachtime! I learned a few things at the beach:
1. The Atlantic Ocean (at least in Chas.) is EXTREMELY SALTY! I've been to the Atlantic before and never do I remember it being this salty - starting to wonder if its some global warming side effect...
2. I am terrible at Corn Hole. (And think the game should really change its name).
3. My future children have a 50% shot of looking like this after a day at the beach.
I was so proud of Mr. Cob for his constant re-application of SPF 50 sunscreen - every 45 minutes or so. Sadly, he got rather burned and had to spend our second day at the beach under an umbrella with his shirt on - luckily he had a good book and was fully engaged in Bookland.4. I will never outgrow body-surfing in the ocean.
5. Body-surfing and bikinis do not mix.
6. I wish all my friends lived in the same place - maybe one day!
7. Omaha Steaks are AMAZING! I highly recommend the Mediterranean Sirloin Skewers - maybe the best meat I've ever had (and I'm a big time carnivore.)
8. My friend Katie does a very realistic eel impersonation - no joke.
9. My new no-fail desert - so far everyone I've served it to is a fan: bake a box-ready chocolate cake in a 9 x 13 pan according to the box instructions. Poke warm cake all over with a toothpick. Pour a can of condensed milk (note the CONDENSED...not evaporated!) over the cake, making sure it seeps into the holes. Pour half a jar of caramel sauce over the cake. Chill. Before serving top with a generous layer of Cool Whip and 4 crushed up Heath bars. Enjoy!
10. Everything in Charleston is only 3 blocks away! It's true, ask Erin.
We ate at some amazing restaurants - namely Coast, Vickery's and Melvin's BBQ. They were all great and I would recommend them to anyone visiting Charleston.
All in all, we had an amazing weekend visiting with friends and celebrating our great country! Go America!
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