It's about 70 ICW miles from Beaufort, SC to Charleston, but we made great time, arriving at about 4 pm on Sunday. It was a beautiful day on the water and we were joined by a lot of recreational boaters also enjoying the warm weather. We knew we wanted to have another meal at McCrady's, so we checked into Charleston City Marina and caught the last free shuttle (at 5 pm) downtown. It wasn't quite dinner time so we walked around the market as it was closing, but decided we should stay in Charleston another day and plan on coming back to the market. We also strolled around the river front on the east side of the peninsula where there were two fountains, including the one I remember wading in on my first visit to Charleston about 15 years ago.
After that we headed over to McCrady's for another excellent meal - Octopus, Crispy Lamb, Duck, Sweatbreads and sorbet sampler for dessert. All excellent. We also had some excellent wine pairings and got a few restaurant recommendations for the next night from another couple and the bartender (also named Ben). We took a cab back to the marina and then got a great nights rest - sleeping in past 8:30!
The next day we knew we wanted to check out the market again, and explore some more of Charleston. Ben also had a request to see a movie - our first in a theater since Harry Potter back in December. We had no idea what was out, so we did a little fandango searching and decided since King's Speech had won the Best Picture Oscar the night before, it was probably a good pick. It was playing just a few miles away at the Terrace Theater at 4:20. We decided to again take advantage of the marina shuttle to do a Harris Teeter run. We didn't have a ton of things to pick up, but when you have time, a nice grocery store, and a free shuttle, you don't pass it up. Plus we were low on milk. After the grocery run we headed back downtown to peruse the market and a little spice shop Ben found. We went to a little BBQ, Brewery and Brick Oven Pizza place for lunch, and then decided it couldn't be that far to walk back to the marina - plus it was a beautiful day. We ended up walking along the water almost all the way around the tip of the peninsula, but it was worth it. Charleston is home to so many beautiful houses including rainbow row and all the old houses along the battery. We think the walk was about 2 1/2 miles. It was great to get out and move and between that walk and a few weeks at ACAC when we get back to Charlottesville, we should be back in top form.
Also, Charleston City Marina is the "home of the megadock" which is basically a fancy name for a very very long floating dock. Great idea unless you are docked at the very end of the "megadock" and have to walk the entire length of it to get to anywhere.
After the walk we had about an hour before we caught a cab over to the Terrace Theater for King's Speech. We didn't realize it when we picked the movie/theater, but Terrace Theater is the art theater which means they serve beer! and popcorn. It wasn't a fancy pants theater with reclining chairs or anything, but the seats were comfortable, it was clean and it sounded good (according to Whisper's resident audiophile).
We made the evening a typical date night going straight from the movie to dinner at FIG (Food is Good), another fancy pants Charleston restaurant with another James Beard award winning chef. The food was better than good - the preparation seemed designed to not take away from the excellence of the ingredients. It was also amazing to see how packed the restaurant was on a monday night. We were lucky to snag the only "walk in table" because the dining room was fully committed and the bar was completely full.
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