A trip to the town of Charles

We were day trippers today...Our adventure took us up the I-95 to the I-17 to Charleston to see what we could see. It took us a bit of time to park but we were able to find a spot right on King St. And for those out of the know, King St. is the hub of Charleston shopping. It has all the big name stores including the one previously mentioned by Chelsea in her last post. We walked the streets and while a bit warm, a cool breeze made it a wonderful day. Upon arriving into the fair city, we were both quite hungry. We decided to walk around King St. until we found a place we thought sounded delicious. We passed by J. Crew in search of food as Chelsea eyed the window clothes, but my hunger prevailed and we trekked on. We were originally going to eat at a restaurant we recalled from our previous journey, but alas it was closed. Their sign had mentioned 'The Best Gyro' or something of the sort. So we were lost to find someplace new. We were walking down to the Mellow Mushroom when I spotted a different place. Not sure what it was all about we went over and took a look. It turned out it was a little cafe that named all their menu items after movies. It sounded decent so we ate there. I had the 'Good Burger' (Was that an actual movie or just from that TV show All That? Chelsea got breakfast with the 'Oridinary People.' Translating that comes out to a Bacon Cheeseburger (surprise, surprise) and Eggs, Bacon, and Toast. The place also shows movies while you eat and August Rush was playing. Having already seen that movie we stayed downstairs and ate our meals in peace. Happy and full we traveled down King St. back to the J. Crew. Along the way we found that since our last journey, an Apple store opened on King St. - so already this trip was better for me with the geek shopping. Chelsea went into J. Crew but found nothing that interested her. WAIT. SHE FOUND NOTHING THAT INTERESTED HER. SHE LEFT WITH NO BAG IN TOW. Record this day. Oh, by this point we had already been hatching another plan of sorts...But more about that later! (Dramatic Pause placed here)

And we continue...Having no bags and still quite a bit of day left, we walked down to Market Street to mingle the vendors and well, just walk. It was good to be out and just vacationing without any real vacation. We didn't have any place to go or anything to do, just chill and enjoy the town. Passing through Market Street, we landed upon the water. There is a huge fountain here, and children were having the grandest time playing in it. Hell, even some adults were out in their suits jumping through the fountain. I suppose its the big hang out spot. You can see said fountain in our earlier pictures of Charleston. This area is like a mini pier also, but no real shopping involved. Just some fishing, benches, and swing chairs. We threw our bodies down in a swing chair and just relaxed for about twenty minutes. Taking in the view of the river and enjoying the breeze...good times. When we got up we decided to put our plan into motion. But first we were parched and needed a cool drink to soothe my palette.

On our food search earlier in the day we came across a tea shoppe that sold premium tea. We went in in search of a cool drink of ice tea. I have to say this place was awesome. Just a whole bunch of different tea flavors. Chelsea picked an orange flavored tea that was sweetened with German Rock Sugar (whatever that means). I went with gunpowder green tea. Once we chose our tea they had this contraption that brewed it for us and then strained it right into our iced cup (crazy awesome). We went to the back of the store where they have a little zen garden to sit and drink your tea. This is where we called Chelsea's dad and explained the plan. He was all for the idea and now we were both excited. We were planning on doing this, but not for a while. But I think today was probably the best day to go through with it. So we walked down to the big white buidling and waited in line...

Oh I forgot to mention that earlier in the day while we were walking back to the tea place. We found this really cool alley called Philadelphia Alley. It was very calm and shady.

Ok back to the story at hand. We were waiting in line and I have to say the people there were probably the nicest people we have ever met. After a short wait we were in and being helped by a very kind man. He took us through all the paperwork. Chatted us up a bit and called Chelsea a Sundevil to which she rejected and said she was a Wildcat. It was quick. It was easy. And then we were done. So after the last few years of Chelsea putting up with a broke down computer, she got a new one. And dude, she got a Mac. This past weekend was tax-free weekend on select purchases in South Carolina and Georgia. One of those purchases would be a computer. So not only did she not get taxed, she got a student discount, a free printer, and a free iPod. And wouldn't you know, being the coolest, most awesomeness girlfriend ever, she threw me a bone and gave me the new iPod (how's that for badass, Taylor?). So while she didn't pick up anything at J. Crew, we did do quite a bit of damage in the new Apple Store. And lugging around all this equipment sort of ended our trip to Charleston (Because once you get a thing like a Mac, you want to go home and play with it).

For the rest of the night Chelsea sat on the couch and played with Photobooth - making crazy pictures on her webcam. While I updated and played with my iPod (Go Go App Store!). So all in all, it was a great trip - relaxing. We got to do what we wanted which was nothing at all really (except for maybe Chelsea's J. Crew adventure). And we ended up with something extra. I can't wait to go back there at the end of the month. BUt until then, I say good night.