This post will wrap up Tad’s and my anniversary trip to Charleston!  See parts 1 and 2 in case you missed them.

Sunday morning we didn’t leave quite as early, since we had to check out, but we were excited to spend the last day of our trip together!

We walked down to the tip of the peninsula and got to see this beautiful view!

It’s always fun to spend time with my sweetheart!

We walked down The Battery to see all the beautiful historic homes!

Then we got to Rainbow Row, and walked back on the other side of the street so we could get a closer look at everything!

I could just hardly even take in all the gorgeousness!

I love him. 😉

For brunch, we went to Poogan’s Porch.  We got there around 10:30, and we were so glad we did, because we had to wait for about an hour to be seated (they told us 20 minutes), and people who started arriving after we did were told the wait was 2-3 hours!

We were glad we went to Poogan’s Porch, since we had heard so many good things about it!

We ordered fried alligator as a starter, just to say we tried it!  Not to be cliche, but it tasted a lot like chicken!

Tad ordered an open-faced omelet with fried oysters and hand-cut fries.

I ordered shrimp and grits with peppers, onions, sausage, and poached eggs!  It was totally fantastic and I was sad I couldn’t finish it all (huge portion!).

Pretty wallpaper in the room we were in

Before we left town, we decided to get a takeout meal to eat on the road around dinner time.  We went to Martha Lou’s Kitchen!

The menu

What the restaurant lacked in atmosphere, it made up for in the amazing food!  When we stopped to eat it later, we were blown away by the fried chicken, cornbread, green beans, and macaroni and cheese.

It was all so good, and we aren’t even huge fried chicken fans!

The drive home was beautiful!

We had such a fantastic time together in Charleston.  I do not take it for granted at all!  Dates are few and far between, as are trips of any kind, so this was definitely a privilege!  We are grateful to God for allowing us to make this special memory together.

At a Bible study for moms that I’m a part of, we were really encouraged recently to prioritize our marriages.  It’s so easy to get caught up in taking care of kids all day long, that nurturing our marriage becomes less of a priority.  It shouldn’t be this way!  I’m glad that Tad and I were able to spend this time together helping our marriage become stronger!

In case you missed part 1 of our Charleston trip, you can read about it before you read this one!

Saturday was another full day as well!  We wore comfortable shoes and planned to (once again) be in the city all day!

Our first stop was Glazed, a local gourmet doughnut shop.

The long line made us feel like we’d made a good choice!  They often sell out by 10 or 10:30, so it’s important to get there early.

They have lots of unique flavors in addition to your standard fare.

Their “signature” doughnut is called the purple goat.  It has a berry goat cheese filling with a lavender glaze.

Tad got the maple bacon (naturally), and I had to try the purple goat!

Both were delicious.  Seriously.

We walked to the farmer’s market at Marion Square and were totally impressed with the abundance of produce, vendors, and food!

Every single booth was thoughtfully set up and had beautifully designed branding.

This was a fun little pecan booth that let you sample the various types!

After the farmer’s market, we decided to walk down King again and head towards the gateway walk.

The gateway walk starts at St. John’s Lutheran Church and meanders through several cemeteries, gardens, and church grounds.

This was the gate and door at St. John’s.

This is the Unitarian Church.  We were able to go inside and see the lovely interior architecture.

Walking through the cemetery was interesting.  We saw this giant “monument” to “Our Pastor.”

The garden was completely overgrown because the Unitarian Church believes in allowing nature to reassert itself.

So many beautiful gates!

We didn’t do the whole gateway walk because we were starting to get hungry.  As we walked back to our car, we saw my favorite window box of the trip!

Beautiful succulents!

For lunch, we drove to Taco Boy!

It was hopping, so we knew we’d made another good choice!

The inside was so cool, with string lights, fun light fixtures, and an industrial feel.

We had a hard time deciding on what kinds of tacos to get, since there were so many delicious options!

Tad ordered a sauteed shrimp taco with cabbage, salsa, and yogurt sauce, as well as a fried chicken taco with jalepeno cilantro mayonnaise and chipotle bbq sauce.

I ordered a kimchi beef taco with Korean bbq sauce, flank steak, and kimchi, as well as a tempura shrimp taco with cabbage, cilantro, and nuevo remoulade. Needless to say, the tacos were phenomenal!!

After lunch we went to Black Tap Coffee for some cold brew coffee.

The shop was very cute and even had a little lending library.

Loved this Charleston map!

I don’t have pictures of our afternoon, because we decided to go to Goodwill!  It was fun to shop at a different Goodwill in a very nice area.  I found a couple tops.  We also went to a HUGE Dollar Tree!

We changed for dinner, then drove to the restaurant!

For our dinner Saturday night, we chose Slightly North of Broad, or S.N.O.B.  The restaurant had probably the best atmosphere and decor of any of the places we visited all weekend, and also the BEST food!

To start, we had bread and cornbread and Carolina quail with braised greens, cornbread stuffing, and muscadine glaze.

Tad ordered the roasted lamb rack with green beans, pearl onions, sweet pepper relish, and rosemary reduction.  He was in heaven!

I ordered the pan seared duck breast with savory blue cheese bread pudding, fig jam, Brussels sprouts, and a honey-thyme reduction.  It was probably the best meal I’ve ever eaten!

For dessert we got a slice of triple chocolate cheesecake with sea salt and strawberries!  It was a stellar end to a perfect meal.

We would definitely, definitely eat at S.N.O.B. again!

Before we went back to our hotel, we stopped by Cracker Barrel.  Tad challenged me to a game of checkers and I agreed, but then we both realized we had forgotten some of the rules!  Tad looked up the rules on his phone and we played a game (I won).

And that was our second full day!  We walked over 10 miles that day as well!

One more part… coming soon!