The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
After visiting the absolutely stunning Pennsylvania capitol building, we decided we’d try to see all 50 (which is more difficult than you’d think). For instance, while we were just in Raleigh, the capitol was closed …
Doug and I made several stops to see birds in South Carolina, but mostly they eluded us. Our first stop was the wildlife drive in Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson, but it was …
One Monet on display + one Chihuly on display = we went to the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina! The hanging Chihuly glass sculpture looked awfully similar in style the one we …
The city of Charleston was founded in 1670, making it the oldest city in South Carolina. Given its early history, it’s a miracle it survived at all: smallpox in 1698; in 1699 an earthquake that caused …
Doug and I have loved doing food tours in new places ever since the first fabulous one we did together in Hawaii. Not only do you get to try a nice variety of local food …
I’ve been interested in seeing a military parade ever since I learned of their existence, so when our schedule lined up one happening at the renowned Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina — on Veteran’s Day, …
Drayton Hall is a Palladian mansion situated along the Ashley River outside of Charleston, South Carolina. It is the only plantation home along the river to survive the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. It is suspected …
It’s not every day you come across a tea “garden,” so we drove about 20 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, to Wadmalaw Island so we could explore the Charleston Tea Garden. They are the …
I nearly told Doug to just visit the H.L. Hunley on his own, as I couldn’t have had much less interest at looking inside another submarine. I was glad I didn’t do that, as you …
Doug had previously visited Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens, so I was flying solo on this visit. Honestly, I don’t feel like he missed much on this one. The plantation was founded in 1681 in …
