Lesley stayed with us last night and this morning the three of us headed to Hominy Grill, a restaurant that Lesley and I visited (along with her friend Louise) the last time we were in Charleston. We walked there from our lodging and had a southern breakfast that included grits and biscuits and gravy. Lesley left to head to Savannah and we will meet her there on Wednesday.
Al and I took a tour of Charleston. It is a beautiful city with lots of history and interesting architecture, and is noted for its shot gun homes. These homes are long and narrow, two stories and a porch on each story facing the prevailing wind for cooling. We had a 2:00 reservation at Husk(the chef and its sister restaurant, McCradys, were written up in the New Yorker a few months ago) a famous restaurant noted for using grains and vegetables common over a hundred years ago from their own farm and sourcing other products in the south. We had wonderful yeast rolls, cornmeal crusted okra with a sauce and shrimp and grits. We also had a side of succotash that had lots of sausage in it. We each drank 3 glasses of sweet tea!
We then walked and walked, enjoying the architecture. We ended the day with an ice cream. Tomorrow, we will move on to our final destination...Savannah.
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| Typical Shotgun House |
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| Husk Restaurant |
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| Succotash at Husk |
Did you get a ride in a police car this time?
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