Simply Millennial

Today my brother and I decided to stroll through downtown Charleston. We did lots of walking and sightseeing. The city is full of beautiful historic houses and neighborhoods. My favorite part of the homes are all the porches and balconies. I imagined myself owning one of them and chillin’ on a second floor porch with a glass of iced tea or lemonade.

Along Market Street is a strip of open-air markets, surrounded by two rows of stores and restaurants. Market Street’s brick and mortar originated in the late 18th century, though the buildings were created in the 1840’s. (Associated Content.com) Its original construction was meant to house and sell slaves immediately as they came down from the harbor. Eventually, it changed to selling groceries and other products until it became the tourist attraction it is today. It’s been the basis for painters like John Booth, a Charleston favorite, and for the writings of Alexandra Ripley, where Market Street is a center location for Scarlet, the sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. (Associated Content.com) 

We also decided to eat lunch at Bubba Gump’s!  Like many people, “Forrest Gump” is one of my favorite movies of all time. I was totally stoked to eat here, although it is a tourist trap. It worked on me though! Our food was taking a little while to come out, so to pass the time our waiter decided to quiz us on our Forrest Gump trivia. My brother kicked my ass! He even knew the name of the football coach Forrest had at Alabama! I always knew he was the real nerd of the family. 

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These basket weavers are all over Market St. They make their product right there in front of you. So cool.

 

Charleston’s nickname. It’s all my brother calls it. 

 

Statue/Monument dedicated to the Confederate Army. It faces Fort Sumter on the opposite side of the harbor.

 

Fort Sumter is the little island in the distance to the right. 

 

Kids fishing.

 

My brother loves it when I take random pictures.

 

Cool tree!

 

Statue of President George Washington

 

 

In the French Quarter

 

I’ll be 80 years old when this gets opened. Kind of weird to think about

 

This is how we communicated with our waiter. If the blue side was up, then it meant we didn’t need service.

If the red side was up, then it meant we needed service. Don’t you wish every restaurant had this?

 

The drink flip menu was attached to a ping-pong paddle!