Hello people, I have now passed the halfway point in my trip to South Carolina. I finally have some pictures to post. I have had a really good trip so far. It is hot as crap here. It feels like you are wearing a blanket when you are outside. The temperature will register at 88 degrees at 9pm, and that is without the humidity. I walked out of the house I am staying at and it was raining, but it was also 90 degrees, it was weird. I am out here to do some work for my friends Arron’s tennis club and hang out. His club is awesome and they will soon have a site to match.

The first couple of days in Charleston Arron worked and I was in true form posted up at a coffee shop also working. It was mild culture shock coming over to the east coast and more specifically the south. Within ten minutes of meeting people I had my checkered vans joked about and asked if my wardrobe was “west coast”. People seem to be relatively set in their ways here, but whatever makes them happy. Another major difference between coasts are the names of things. The coffee shop I was at was nice and air conditioned. Decently good coffee and fast free wifi. The only weird thing about the coffee shop was the name. Here is a picture of the sign on the outside:

Apparently no one has told them that “Beaner’s” isn’t a very politically correct name. I would like to see someone open up a coffee shop named “Beaner’s” in San Diego and see what kind of response they get.

On Friday night we went down town. We ate some food and walked around and got a dimly lit tour of a lot of the historical parts of Charleston. It was really cool and has a ton of character. On Saturday I hung out at the tennis club while Arron did some teaching. Saturday was UFC night so after he taught we started making phone calls to find out where we could watch the fight. We found an Irish bar called Obrien’s. Before that we went to a place called Red’s and got some food and beers. The restaurant sits right on a creek/river thing and was a really unique place. After that we headed over to Obrien’s. That’s when the trouble started. Arron I posted up and bullshitted about sports and what not and were drinking beer. Eventually the bar started to fill and Arron and I had found a table that could fit like 6 people. Since we were the only ones sitting there some people asked if they could share the table. We agreed so one of the dudes bought everyone Yager bombs. I know that if I mix what I drink I don’t do well, but I was trying to be a good sport or something. UFC came on and I got really excited and kept on drinking, and eventually another Yager bomb came. After Randy Couture fought it was time for me to go. I ended up having a long, painful night. I love Arron. He stuck with me and was the good friend.

Sunday came around and I was not feeling great. I had nachos from Taco Bell for breakfast and a Sprite. Strangely it hit the spot. I vegged out for most of the day and eventually started to feel better. Arron and I got antsy and decided to go downtown again during the day. We walked all over and it was super cool, I some pics below. After that we ate at a really cool place called Poe’s. It was an Edgar Allen Poe themed place. They played awesome loud music, had a bunch of good beers and delicious burgers. Jill you would love this place, we should definitely come here and go to it.

This is what their website says about it:

“Poe’s Tavern, located in the heart of Sullivan’s Island, was founded to preserve the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe. A man who at once celebrated and bemoaned life, and always enjoyed a good drink, or several.”

Here are the pics from downtown and what not:

This is “The Battery”

Here are some houses around town, the architecture has so much character:

This house was funny, looks like a dude with a beard:

Here are some historical buildings:

This building is really long and used to be a slave market. It gave me a really weird vibe when we drove by it. Crazy/disgusting to think that human beings were sold and traded here.

Here is the customs building:

And this is Buckingham Palace:

So that is my trip so far, I will update again when I am back in Eugene with Jilly!!!!