Carolina On Our Minds

This past weekend we ventured down to Greenville, South Carolina to visit with Harris' parents for the Memorial Day weekend. It was so good to spend time with the in-laws; I really am lucky to have such a wonderful second set of parents, as well as all the other great members of the Ligon clan to claim as my own now!

We got into town on Friday, and then had dinner with the folks at one of their favorite restaurants - Lieu's. It is the local, homegrown, better version of PF Changs, and Harris' parents are treated like family every time they grace the threshold (which is at least weekly, seriously). We had a great time catching up, laughing, and enjoying the good food and drinks.

Saturday, the boys headed over to Fluor field to catch The Citadel and Appalachian match in the SoCon tournament (spoiler alert: The Citadel won, but, as I like to remind Harris, football is the only sport that really counts). Krista and I had lunch downtown, and then ran about finalizing some birthday party details for the hubby of mine! Because his parents never really get to celebrate his birthday with him these days, Krista came up with the grand idea to celebrate Harris' birthday a week early, and surprise him with a birthday dinner and cookie cake Saturday night! He was definitely surprised, and I am so glad his folks got to celebrate with him!

Sunday, I met up with my friends Simone and Andrew for a lovely, delightful, delicious brunch at the new Greenville brunch hot spot - Southern Culture. This place was seriously ah-mazing! They have premium juices for their mimosas (instead of just OJ and cranberry, they also have pear, apricot, and pomegranate juices!). The food was seriously impressive (please see Andrew's fried chicken, waffle sandwich below, which was as big as his head!, and my delicious crab cake benedict). After that, we all met Harris' sister downtown to meet her new boyfriend and hang out before we got on the road to head back to Norfolk.

All in all, it was a really great weekend. We are so grateful to be in Norfolk - not only do we absolutely love the Hampton Roads area, downtown Norfolk, being so close to the beach, and so on, we also love being so close to both of our families. Unfortunately, as it always does, the weekend went by too quickly, and, sadly, Harris has to work this evening. I am now getting caught up on what I like to refer to as "Saturday things" - washing clothes, cleaning, running errands, and Harris is getting ready to kick-off his work week.

We hope all of you enjoyed your long weekend, and are ready for a fun week ahead!