Southern Hospitality

In addition to baking I also love to travel.  So my sisters and I decided to take a lil road trip from Florida to Virginia.  You all might think we're a lil crazy to just fly in from around the country to spend a weekend driving over 800 miles.  But we said, why wouldn't we do this?  We get to visit new places and spend three days with our favorite people!  Oh, and my family has quite an intense competition to see who can visit all 50 states first so this trip allowed some of us to get new states (sadly I'm losing this little game...looks I need to step up my traveling!)

So after quickly getting out of Florida we aimlessly drove along the Georgia coast and quickly realized that we were definitely no longer in California.  The beautiful lush landscape, number of Confederate flags and gun shops gave that away.  But no worries we were on a mission to get to Savannah where we shopped and wandered around the super cute town. 

Oh and wanna know a great thing about Savannah?  Open container laws.  You can walk around with an open drink in your hand as you stroll the streets.  So we did, obvi.  Fantastic!

Pretty waterfront

Then it was up to Charleston to party!  Apparently coozies are a big thing in the South.  Yeah, we didn't know that either but I will admit they are fantastic for keeping your drink cool and can be very fun.  Thanks for helping us out and lending us some Jeannie!

And what would a Saturday be with out a bottomless mimosa brunch?  You seriously can't go wrong with those three words.

Oh and a little helpful hint: mimosas are even tastier (and prettier) if you throw in a lil bit o cranberry juice!  See how much I'm enjoying it?  We need a name for the drink.  Perhaps calling it the Chucktown?  We'll work on it...

Yay brunch crew!

Charleston is a great city!  They even let you wade it their fountains but at your own risk. :)

It is also a beautiful, classic and historical city (kinda like a Southern Nantucket, if you will) and I regret not taking more pics of the architecture.  It's super purdy, I swear!

Then it was off to the Firefly Distillery.  And if you've ever talked to me for even just a sec you know that I adore sweet tea vodka.  Well folks, this is where the make some pretty tasty sweet tea vodka so it's not hard to guess that we were all quite happy here!  And they have soooo many more varieties that I cannot find in California.  Sadness.

But it was a verrrrrry fun experience here.  See above how happy we are? :)

Then rooftop drinks!

We eventually did make it through North Carolina and up to Virginia but that was a long drive that none of us really remember.

All in all it was a fantastic weekend - great sisters, fantastic towns, good friends, tasty drinks and beautiful weather - I'm ready to go back!

Oh and looking back at this post it appears that in addition to baking and traveling apparently I love drinking.