It has been cold and windy here at Surfside Beach, South Carolina, so a day trip seemed in order. On Saturday, my husband and I met up with longtime family friends Peggy and Ray.
Together, we took a drive south to Georgetown, a wonderful historic town with stunning pre-revolutionary houses, live oak trees and fun shops and restaurants.
On the way there, we stopped at the Old Saints Parish, first established in 1767. We wandered around the attached cemetery and read some of the touching inscriptions on the gravestones.
One of the stones commemorated a couple that was swept away by the tidal wave of 1893.
After a visit to the Prince George Winyah Church, erected in 1750, we spent some time antiquing on the main street and then stopped at the Rice Paddy restaurant, housed in a former bank. As a matter of fact, the old bank safe was repurposed into a wine cellar.
My kind of place!
It was prom night in Georgetown and as we wandered around town, we saw groups of excited high school seniors in frilly dresses in rather fantastic colors.
They really know how to dress up for the occasion here in the South.
We are heading back to Brooklyn on Monday, so Pardon Me For Asking will be resuming its regular 'schedule.'
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