Four days in Charleston

Callie's Hot Little Biscuit

“Before 9 or the line is around the corner. Cinnamon one, not the sausage.”

Walk the Battery

“Water on your left, houses on your right. Half an hour.”

Rainbow Row

“Ten minutes. It is a photograph, not an afternoon.”

Lunch at Xiao Bao Biscuit

“The okonomiyaki. Not what you expect in Charleston and better for it.”

Nathaniel Russell House

“Go for the staircase. Stay for how honestly they handle the rest.”

Dinner at FIG

“Book six weeks out or do not bother. Bar seats open at five.”

The Vendue

“Rooftop is decent and the art in the halls is better than it needs to be.”

Charleston City Market

“Sweetgrass baskets are the real thing here. Everything else is a magnet.”

Fort Sumter ferry

“The boat ride is most of it. Two and a half hours door to door.”

Lunch at Leon's Oyster Shop

“Fried chicken and oysters. Loud and worth it.”

Gibbes Museum of Art

“An hour and a half, air conditioned, genuinely good.”

Drinks at The Ordinary

“Sit at the bar. Oyster sliders.”

Dinner at Chez Nous

“Four things on a handwritten menu. Tiny, and you must book.”

The Vendue

Drive to Angel Oak

“Forty-five minutes for one tree, and still worth the morning.”

Folly Beach

“Go at low tide. The pier end is the least crowded.”

Lunch at Bowens Island

“Oysters, paper plates, a view of the marsh. Cash is easier.”

Back to town, nap

Dinner at Husk

“Ask for downstairs. The menu changes daily and they mean it.”

The Vendue

Breakfast at Hominy Grill → Went to Callie's again, no complaints.

“Closed. Went to Callie's again, no complaints.”

Walk Rainbow Row to the Battery again

“Earlier light, nobody else there.”

Lunch at Butcher & Bee

“The whipped feta. Order two.”