Our recent trip to Charleston was wonderful and we found so many great spots to visit as a family. Especially a family with young ones. As we already shared here there are some great things you can do as a family if you are visiting for the first time. Some of them are even free!
We wanted to share a few more that we will be sure to visit again the next time we come back.
Whenever we travel we love to find new toy stores that have unique hand made toys. The Magnifilous Toy Emporium immediately caught our attention from the street because of the small scale carousel in the store. Really! It’s the first time we visited a toy store where there was a carousel you could ride! Well, that is if you are a small child. Our boys loved it! They giggled as it lit up and cranked out old tunes as they rode around and around on it. For $1 it was a very worthwhile investment! This store had a very hands on approach, as it should with toys. But a few cool things were a musical piano that played by itself, a real train horn you could pull to hear the whistle, a tall tower where you rolled a marble down and played a song, and a variety of quality brand toys that made you want to sit down and play with each one. Truly it was so much fun being in that store we were sad we had to leave. Before we left though one of the workers took us to the little courtyard in the back and showed the boys some giant bubbles with one of their special wands. We left knowing we’d be back for sure!
For a sweet treat you have to stop for an icecream at Jeni’s. Their icecream is made from grass grazed cow’s milk (which means no hormones, and makes us happy!) and they offer amazing gourmet flavors as well as seasonal flavors. They also make their own waffle cones right there! You can smell the vanilla goodness from the street and you will not be able to stop yourself from going in! We also found out that they have one right here in our stomping grounds in Atlanta, hurray! (And since we’ve been back home we have already made a trip to it!)
If you have room for another sweet treat, or if you’d like a quick bite in the morning be sure to head to Glazed. You can choose from a variety of flavors here, made fresh. And by fresh I mean you can sit and watch them roll them out while you munch on the flavors of the day. We are donut people (um, who isn’t?) and loved the donuts here.
photo credit due to the talented Amelia at Bloom and Lo
We did some shopping along King St. and stopped in for lunch at Jim-n-Nick’s BBQ and loved that they had a simple and yummy menu with some options for the boys (grilled cheese, which is always a favorite in our home). We also just realized they have a location locally here in Acworth, so we will be able to visit again! Yum!
And of course we headed out to the beach a couple times, driving over the amazing Arthur Ravenel Jr. bridge. We can’t wait to visit again!
