Charleston 3 — Homelessness (1)

It's a long road to Charleston. 14 hours of diva face, Beyoncé playlists, and fried chicken was what it took to get our Charleston Crew to Folly Beach. Not only was making it to South Carolina from Missouri a great feat, but setting foot on a gorgeous beach after all was said and done trumped every playlist we made (and yes, that includes the guilty pleasure playlist).

After we watched the sun set on our first evening in Charleston, we headed to the local Walmart to stock up on our essentials. Five shopping carts full of food (and shower shoes) later, we were off to our little house down the road. We feasted on some frozen pizzas, coordinated our much needed shower schedule, and our inner beasts came out in a riveting Spoons tournament. If you follow us on twitter (@MAB_CharlesCrew), you'll see the toll the game took on us all, particularly our pal Sami, who may have taken the Spoons intensity to a whole new level. He figured that sitting in a squatting position was his best chance of grabbing a spoon each round, so he never quite changed his stance. He fought hard, but in the end, he was eliminated. In his honor, we do his signature "Sami Squat" from time to time, so keep your eyes peeled for the next one on our social media.

Today we got to sleep in until 10:30 when we headed into the beach town for brunch, and while we waited for our table we walked around to all the touristy gift shops in search of stickers and "the right shirt". Where did we eat? The Lost Dog Café. First let us say, this is the best place ever. We highly recommend it for people and canines alike. Although, if you decide to dine there we should warn you that there may not be anything left for you to eat seeing as we basically ate all of the food in Charleston #MABloated #CharleStuffed. After we finished eating, we loaded up our two trusty SUVs, North West and Blue Ivy (because they don't call her Queen B for nothing) and headed downtown to the City Market. The City Market is a wonderland consisting of everything you've ever wanted, and plenty of things you never knew you needed. We found more souvenir shops, a candy store, and we may or may not have lost Clint more than once (but we always find him!!!!!!).

After the City Market we booked it to Sonic for some happy hour snacks, and then decided to go see the Angel Oak Tree, the oldest oak tree in America. It was giant, and so beautiful. We had to do some Sami Squats to get the right picture angles! We met some nice folks from Kansas City to take our picture since the man who worked there just walked away when we asked him to do it…. #MAByeeeeeeee. So we left the tree and spent a small chunk of time driving through a residential neighborhood because we thought it was still an old plantation. Then we drove on back to the fishing pier on Folly Beach and enjoyed the scenery (dolphins and maybe a shark?!) while dodging THE BIRDS.

After a long day of adventure, we made a quick stop back at the gift shops so Cara could get her stickers, and Clint his froyo, and then headed home for the night. Sami and Rachel whipped us up a mean chicken, broccoli, and mushroom alfredo as our first family dinner, and now here we are; Blogging, playing Jenga, pondering our next chess move, and trying to keep Sami from the spoons.

Until tomorrow!
-Taryn and Marlee