Thursday, April 25, 2013
We had another nice evening in Charleston our last night in Charleston. South Carolina has a very interesting history. The current Governor is a woman of Asian desent which is amazing in itself considering you do not go very far here without being aware or race and politics.
The previous governor was Mark Sanford. He was the character who disappeared for awhile.. No one could find him.. not his staff or his wife. He said he was hiking in the Appallacian Mountains. Actually he was visiting his mistress in Argentina. While he was still govenor. He did finish his term although impreached. One would think that would pretty much finish him... Not at all... there is a race going on right now to fill a vacant seat for Congress. He is running... against a women named Elizabeth Colbert Bush. She is Stephen Colbert's sister! You cannot make this stuff up.
We went to the roof bar on the Vendue Hotel, another lovely place and then back to the High Cotton Restaurant-- all in the very well preserved historic District. We really enjoyed this place.. great staff and some good jazz. It was a lucky visit... We met a nice guy from Charlotte NC who travels for work through the whole south. He was orginally from Detroit and was a huge hockey fan. We took bit of a beating for being Leaf fans(no surprise there.) When we told him we thought we would stop by Hilton Head just to see it, he informed us it was totally filled with fast food outlets and golf courses.. Why didn't we go to Beaufort instead?
So we did... and what a treat this was and how totally fascinating. Beaufort City(small) and Beaufort County on Port Royal Island, one of the many Sea Islands that dot coast. This area is called the low country and we could really see why in the drive there.
We had a wonderful guide who took us on a very interesting horse and buggy tour of Beaufort. Talk about a place that had a window on American history. Beaufort was taken by the British in the Revolutionary war and by the North in the Civil war and thus was never burned or looted. They made their headquarters there. I would have been very sad to have missed this place. Absolutely loved it and bought a little history book to bring to the cottage to remind me all about it.
I particularly loved the signs posted on the South Carolina highway when there are maintenance crews on the road: "keep 'em working, keep 'em living. "
The previous governor was Mark Sanford. He was the character who disappeared for awhile.. No one could find him.. not his staff or his wife. He said he was hiking in the Appallacian Mountains. Actually he was visiting his mistress in Argentina. While he was still govenor. He did finish his term although impreached. One would think that would pretty much finish him... Not at all... there is a race going on right now to fill a vacant seat for Congress. He is running... against a women named Elizabeth Colbert Bush. She is Stephen Colbert's sister! You cannot make this stuff up.
We went to the roof bar on the Vendue Hotel, another lovely place and then back to the High Cotton Restaurant-- all in the very well preserved historic District. We really enjoyed this place.. great staff and some good jazz. It was a lucky visit... We met a nice guy from Charlotte NC who travels for work through the whole south. He was orginally from Detroit and was a huge hockey fan. We took bit of a beating for being Leaf fans(no surprise there.) When we told him we thought we would stop by Hilton Head just to see it, he informed us it was totally filled with fast food outlets and golf courses.. Why didn't we go to Beaufort instead?
So we did... and what a treat this was and how totally fascinating. Beaufort City(small) and Beaufort County on Port Royal Island, one of the many Sea Islands that dot coast. This area is called the low country and we could really see why in the drive there.
We had a wonderful guide who took us on a very interesting horse and buggy tour of Beaufort. Talk about a place that had a window on American history. Beaufort was taken by the British in the Revolutionary war and by the North in the Civil war and thus was never burned or looted. They made their headquarters there. I would have been very sad to have missed this place. Absolutely loved it and bought a little history book to bring to the cottage to remind me all about it.
I particularly loved the signs posted on the South Carolina highway when there are maintenance crews on the road: "keep 'em working, keep 'em living. "
# posted by katie @ 4:10 PM 
