Last weekend, Phillip and I enjoyed a Friday night reservation at FIG, a great restaurant downtown. We’d heard so many good things about it that we had to check it out for ourselves. It did not disappoint. It easily made our top five Charleston dining experiences. Phillip had fish, I had steak, and we shared a side of broccoli (which was amazing). We loved our entrees so much we decided we couldn’t possibly pass up dessert, so Phillip had a fancy chocolate pudding and I had a banana torte. An excellent date night.
The weather that weekend was just perfect so on Saturday afternoon, we headed to the Cooper River Bridge to check another item off of our Charleston to-do list. It was a 5-6 mile walk round-trip, so we definitely got our exercise in. 
I love taking pictures of bridges.
On Sunday, we went to North Charleston to use our Groupon for the Hunley Museum. The exhibit was fascinating. It’s hard to imagine eight men huddled in this tiny tube, hand-cranking the propeller on a Civil War-era submarine. 
Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to take any pictures of the submarine itself since it is still in the restoration and conservation phase. It remains submerged in a tank in the warehouse while the years of salty build-up are removed. Once it has been cleaned, it will be able to be displayed outside the tank, but if it were to sit in the open air as it is now, it would basically disintegrate in short order.
Another check off our list! And, as an added bonus, we got to check out the creepiest abandoned naval base you’ve ever seen. All part of the random fun that is Charleston.
