{"id":5366,"date":"2017-05-23T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cgm13.net\/wordpress\/?p=5366"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:08:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T02:08:31","slug":"low-country-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=5366","title":{"rendered":"Low Country Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The boyfriend has been on an internship in <a href=\"https:\/\/charleston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Charleston, SC<\/strong><\/a> for the past year. This past weekend was one of the few remain trips that I will make down to the low country before he moves back here to the mountains and starts his first post-doctoral job. Thankfully he has not (yet) insisted that I call him &#8220;Doctor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charleston Weekend Highlights:<br \/>\n&#8211; Won an eBay auction while stuck in Columbia, SC traffic. Smartphones really are the best (and more on that eBay auction later)!<br \/>\n&#8211; Impromptu <a href=\"http:\/\/greengoatcharleston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Friday Night Karaoke<\/strong><\/a> led to me singing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u3vYOvQrwAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Call Me<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (Blondie) and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ef65cLi1gpY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rock and Roll Band<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (Boston). I won an inflatable guitar because the Boston song was deemed &#8220;air guitar&#8221; worthy.<br \/>\n&#8211; Saturday was a lazy day with lunch at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wasabirestaurantgroup.com\/mtp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasabi<\/a><\/strong> and a viewing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alien-covenant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Alien: Covenant<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. The movie was about what I expected it to be (slightly lackluster but gorgeously filmed).<br \/>\n&#8211; I bought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goslingsrum.com\/our-products\/black-seal-rum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Goslings Black Seal Rum<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goslingsrum.com\/our-products\/stormy-ginger-beer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer<\/strong><\/a> so I can make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goslingsrum.com\/cocktails\/dark-n-stormy-cocktail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dark &#8216;N Stormy<\/strong><\/a> drinks. Yum!<br \/>\n&#8211; Walked on the beach at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iop.net\/the-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Isle of Palms<\/strong><\/a> with David and Bowser (which was fun). I got four blisters for my feet (which was not fun).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s me with a wet and sandy Bowser after the beach walk &#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5365\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=5365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?fit=1136%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1136,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chas. and Bowser\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?fit=660%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach-1024x576.jpg?resize=660%2C371\" alt=\"Chas. and Bowser\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowser-Beach.jpg?w=1136&amp;ssl=1 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boyfriend has been on an internship in Charleston, SC for the past year. This past weekend was one of the few remain trips that I will make down to the low country before he moves back here to the mountains and starts his first post-doctoral job. 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