{"id":11381,"date":"2012-07-09T07:29:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T11:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T23:11:30","slug":"eating-my-way-through-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/eating-my-way-through-charleston\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating My Way through Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can always tell a good vacation from how I feel when it\u2019s over. Sometimes extended weekends away are fun, but I return home feeling tired from travel and days behind on my to-dos. This vacation? I\u2019m arriving home feeling refreshed, exuberant about things to come and \u2026 well, maybe a little behind on things like laundry and housecleaning, but those aren\u2019t really important, are they? I didn\u2019t think so. This is life: \"charleston-<\/a> Poorly taken pictures in the moment while we are all laughing. Bliss. Hanging out with good friends just sweetens the experience.  Hailey agrees. \"vacation-<\/a> Currently I am staring a virtual folder packed full of photos and trying to not be that girl that posts every single picture of vacation\u2026 but then I figured it\u2019s Monday and surely some of you wouldn\u2019t mind scrolling through a few pictures while you wait for your coffee to kick in, right? \"charleston-<\/a> I hope you don\u2019t mind because I want to show you so much, from our 4th of July golf cart parade of Sullivan\u2019s Island \"charleston-<\/a> \"vacation<\/a> To the coolest bars in downtown Charleston! \"charleston-<\/a> I wasn\u2019t sure of where to eat first with so many amazing options, so when my new friend Brittany tweeted<\/a> that she thought I\u2019d like Puree Organic Caf\u00e9, I said great! \"charleston-<\/a> I was stoked when I saw how adorable it is, but the real clincher is that this place is geared towards offering nourishing, organic meals for the whole family, including the littlest members\u2026 babies! Not only do they have the fanciest high chairs of any restaurant I\u2019ve ever been to and wooden toys for Hailey to play with, they also include homemade organic puree blends of fresh foods for babies alongside mouthwatering adult options. \"charleston-<\/a> They\u2019re also cool and casual enough that they didn\u2019t mind Hailey putting her feet on the table. Aren\u2019t babies impressively bendy? \"charleston-<\/a> I savored my grilled cheese with saut\u00e9ed kale and tomatoes with a quinoa salad and split the barley bowl with Hailey. \"charleston-<\/a> I really want to recreate this barley bowl that was bursting with flavor, so I did some ingredient guessing while Hailey played with Brittany<\/a>. \"charleston-<\/a> They became fast friends! I\u2019d like to say that all my eats were this clean, but c\u2019mon, it is vacation and when it\u2019s 100 degrees out, sometimes you just need ice cream from Kilwin\u2019s! \"charleston-<\/a> Ice cream turned out to be a slippery slope (pun INtended) when it led to happy hour which consisted of a raw margarita and DElicious shrimp \u2018n grit fritters with Andouille sausage, pepper jelly and arugula from High Cotton<\/a>. (Gina<\/a>, can you please figure out how to make something similar to these and send me the recipe?!) \"charleston-<\/a> A margarita and a Charleston Cocktail (Maverick vodka, Madeira, iced tea, lemonade and mint infused syrup over ice) later and I was in the groove for meeting new friends! \"charleston-<\/a> Hi horsey. Of course, it wouldn\u2019t be a vacation to Sullivan\u2019s Island without a trip to Poe\u2019s Tavern<\/a>. The fish tacos did not disappoint, but David\u2019s Amontillado Burger stole the show with it\u2019s guacamole, jalapeno jack cheese, pico de gallo and chipotle sour cream. \"charleston-<\/a> We did a few things besides eat. Some days we spent time swimming<\/span> dunking Hailey. \"vacation-<\/a> After a few tries and a chorus of cheers greeting her post-dunk, I\u2019d say she got quite comfortable with the pool. She loved floating and swimming around with dad. On those days, we balanced out our indulgences with healthy dinners cooked at the house. Shrimp taco turned salad? Nailed it. \"charleston-<\/a> For breakfast we tried out yet another local gem (Mount Pleasant is FULL of them), Page\u2019s Okra Grill<\/a>. \"charleston-<\/a> They say their mission is to buy quality food and prepare it correctly. Sounds simple, right?  We followed suit and ordered simply with bacon, eggs, grits and waffles. \"charleston-<\/a> How impressive can such simple dishes be? Let me tell you, VERY<\/em> impressive. The waffle was fluffy and the perfect amount of maple-y sweetness. Hailey inhaled it. The bacon was crisp and packed with pure flavor, not grease. The grits? Creamy dreamy. High five, Page! We had checked Sullivan\u2019s Island, Charleston and Mount Pleasant off our list, but I was interested in exploring Daniel Island as well (for non-southerners, all these places are within 10 minutes of each other on the coast) \"charleston<\/a> Daniel Island was pretty awesome. So much green space; so many parks! \"charleston-<\/a> On a recommendation, we grabbed lunch at Vespa Pizzaria<\/a> while we were there and I fell a little more in love with the Charleston area when I bit into the incredible veggie pie. \"charleston-<\/a> Even though I ate all vacation long and didn\u2019t even hit up half the spots I\u2019d like to try, so it looks like we\u2019ll have to go back, try The Mustard Seed and finally meet up with Christina<\/a> (I hate that our schedules never matched up!). Well, there you have it. More than you probably cared to know about what I ingested on vacation. Now off to reminisce a bit more before finally starting the day\u2026 \"IMG_6610\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you have any summer vacations planned?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where are you going?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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