Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Gemini Twins Part Two

Mark's birthday started with a pedicure. (his favorite)






He thoroughly enjoys them...




We grabbed an aperitif and some cheese at Bin 152, then enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Slightly North of Broad. (SNOB)




The soft-shell crab was out of this world and Mark always enjoys the vegetable plate at SNOB...




The friendly staff at SNOB is always so good about making the evening special, they brought out a delicious peach cobbler for the birthday boy...











We walked through beautiful Charleston onto the next stop (a surprise) and through the Spoleto Festival crowds...




Our surprise stop was The Griffon where some friends were waiting to jump out at him...




While we all started to sing to Mark, he tried to get the whole bar involved and waved them on to sing louder, ha!...





Traditionally, you place some bills on the walls here to end a great time, so that's just what we did...










We gave Mark the job of carrying his own balloons down the street...


He took this duty seriously and with great honor...






We all hopped on the golf cart, balloons flying in our faces and all...








Desserting al fresco at Chez Nous will never get old.  




The releasing of the balloons...






The girls took some photos and the boys felt the need to copy...










We met up with some more friends at the Vendue Rooftop bar...  

You can't leave without a little #pinvendue.  We tried our pin themed Charlie's Angels.





Mark got to finish his birthday in the trees...














Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Gemini Twins

Mark and I are both Gemini and so we get to celebrate our birthdays together.  This year my birthday started with a long walk on Sullivan's Island beach.  

My favorite morning activity on the weekend is watching Emma pup run around the beach with her buddies.  I could watch these dogs all day. 





Our next stop was the boat...



Mark prepared the boat for sailing while I read my magazines and sipped on some blondie bloody Marys.






Mark surprised me with my favorite champagne, Veuve, and a private carriage ride around town.









The next stop was our dynamite dinner at Charleston Grill. 





Black sea bass and the most amazing crab cakes you'll find anywhere!  Charleston Grill makes sure you have crab with your cakes and not the other way around.  Delish!











Our birthdays are only 5 days apart so I will share with you Mark's birthday next blog...