Today we took the car in to have a tire fixed. We had a slow leak and must have picked up a nail or something. After that got done we drove to the visitor center downtown Charleston. We got on the trolley and rode in part way down into the historic district. We got off and started 
walking the streets to look at all the houses. It is amazing how big some of them are and the various porches (piazzas), and the iron work in front of the houses. 
walking the streets to look at all the houses. It is amazing how big some of them are and the various porches (piazzas), and the iron work in front of the houses. The various churches were all so different in their architecture. Beautiful in their own way.
After walking about 3 miles we hopped back on the trolley and then got off again near a restaurant called Jestine’s Kitchen. The restaurant had been recommended to us by our tour bus driver the day before and he suggested that we get there early to avoid the crowd. Since it was a Friday, we decided to get there around 4:00 p.m. It was perfect timing because we were able to go right to a table. 
After walking about 3 miles we hopped back on the trolley and then got off again near a restaurant called Jestine’s Kitchen. The restaurant had been recommended to us by our tour bus driver the day before and he suggested that we get there early to avoid the crowd. Since it was a Friday, we decided to get there around 4:00 p.m. It was perfect timing because we were able to go right to a table. 
Jestine was the housekeeper for the Ellison family. The owner of the restaurant is the daughter of the Ellisons’ only child. She is sharing some of the wonderful style of home cooking that Justine provided the family. Jestine died at the age of 112 in 1997.
I tried the fried green tomatoes and lightly breaded flounder. It was the best. Loved the green tomatoes and had been wanting to try them ever since we got into the south. After eating a great meal, we walked a couple of blocks down to the City Market. We bought
a sweet grass basket from one of the local women. She was so nice and her baskets were beautiful. Works of art that is for sure. They use pine needles, sweet grass and bulrush. Basket making is one of the oldest art forms of African origin in the United States. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is the only place that this type of basketry is practiced. Here the descendents of slaves from West Africa continue the tradition. The traditional art has been passed on from generation to generation for the past 300 years.
a sweet grass basket from one of the local women. She was so nice and her baskets were beautiful. Works of art that is for sure. They use pine needles, sweet grass and bulrush. Basket making is one of the oldest art forms of African origin in the United States. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is the only place that this type of basketry is practiced. Here the descendents of slaves from West Africa continue the tradition. The traditional art has been passed on from generation to generation for the past 300 years. 
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