another charleston weekend

So last weekend I took Friday off and I headed back down to Charleston for Amy's graduation. I was excited for another chance to get to Charleston. Pretty much twice in a month with my trip in April, and this trip made me miss Charleston terribly. I was super excited to help Amy and her classmates celebrate graduation and all their hard work the last two years. I guess because I lived there and was around for so much their first year and hung out with a few girls a lot. So here are some photos from the weekend!

Friday night the graduation ceremony -- their program is joint between Clemson and the College of Charleston. They graduated with the College of Charleston's Masters ceremony. 

Amy and I at the reception immediately after her graduation for her program. There were 13 of them who graduated with their MS in Historic Preservation. 

Friday night after the graduation fun her family - her parents came down and her brother has lived in Charleston (again) for the last 6 months with work - and I went to Middleton Place for dinner. It is one of the plantations outside of town near where we used to live and they have an amazing lowcountry dinner menu. I had the Pecan Smoked Pork chop - in a maple burbon sauce. With risotto and collards. Amazing! That is one of my favorite things about Charleston - the food! Everything we had was fabulous.  

So Saturday early afternoon we headed to Holy City Brewing where we stopped by for a tour and tasting. Their stout was fabulous! Chocolately and carmel! This mural just took me away - it is so gorgeous and whoever did it is amazing! 

 So after a relaxing start to the day we headed to Fenwick Hall. It is on the National Register and has a neat history. While it is privately owned, the owners have let the Historic Preservation program have access to the house to document it and use it as a living classroom. The owners also let the program throw their graduation party here! I was excited to go there after hearing so much about it last year after they were there all fall for classes.

One of the many gardens

favorite picture - view down the oak alee from the front doors

just hanging out 

Her classmates

with Pam, Julia and Amy - we all lived in the same apartment complex last year

Fenwick Hall

with some of the girls - liz, laurel & pam

After the afternoon party for families and everyone we headed to the house where a few of them live for a goodbye party. It reminded me of the few times we went there last year - golf cart rides around Charleston...

And on Sunday morning after a wonderful Mother's Day brunch Amy and her brother made we spent the afternoon on the beach. You know nothing makes me happier then spending time on Sullivan's Island! We also had dinner at Poe's which was fabulous and a perfect way to end the weekend.

I was up super early Monday morning - 3am - to drive to Columbia and then fly back to Dulles where I headed straight into work. Somehow I was still trucking and didn't leave work late anyway and when I got home I was sure I'd fall asleep on the couch watching tv. But nope. Tuesday was another story though!

Work has been busy this week - I forgot how crazy things are leading up to the summer! I've been going in around 8 and not leaving until 5:30 at the earliest, and it will only get worse. Conferences aren't even in session yet and I'm tired! But on Wednesday night I had the boy over and he finally got to meet one of my friends! Him and Patricia hit it off and we had a fun night - I cooked dinner and we just hung out and mostly laughed at me... Oh well! I can't wait for him to meet more of my friends - it just means we need to visit them or they need to come to VA!

I can't believe it is Friday already - this weekend is the LUKE BRYAN concert!!!! I am so excited :) he is my favorite! And I'm also excited to see Florida-Georgia Line and Thompson Square, but really I can't wait to see Luke shake it for 2 hours.

Any fun weekend plans?