Fun Day in Charleston

Trip Start Nov 26, 2008
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Trip End Nov 30, 2008


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Friday, November 28, 2008

We normally head to Charleston for the day on Saturday, but this year we decided to do it on Friday so we could see the famous Edisto Beach Christmas Parade (which is always on Saturday.)

This year our tour guide (me) set up visits with Judith Moore and the Charleston Cookie Company and Frank Lynch and the 1939 motor yacht Innisfail.  I recently interviewed both Judith and Frank on the South Carolina Business Review radio show.

First stop was the cookie factory (where I forget to take pictures so I pulled a few from their web site).  Judith started this in her home kitchen and now has a 4000 sq. ft. bakery and warehouse, shipping cookies all over the world.  We sampled some and then of course had to buy a couple of pounds.  My favorite is the double chocolate Cookies (1)
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 .  Her biggest seller is the chocolate chip pecan, her original.  (For more info, see www.charlestoncookie.com)

After the cookie visit, Kevin and Elizabeth (who attends the College of Charleston), took us to a nearby shopping center (mostly vacant) where the back is covered with murals done by local (possibly renegade) artists.  They were very cool!

Then it was off to the City of Charleston Marina and onto the yacht Innisfail.  Frank spent about $1 million restoring this vessel to its original 1939 condition.  It is very beautiful and we certainly enjoyed the spin around the harbor and listening to Frank's stories.  Frank is a Glasweejun (from Glasgow, Scotland) and is also the founder of the Glasgow Apollo nightclub (www.glasgowapollo.com) and the chain of Cactus Car Washes (www.cactuscarwash.com). 

Then we decided to walk around historic downtown Charleston to do a little shopping, then headed back to Edisto.
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