USC

Great weekend in South Carolina with Kevin.

Once again we really enjoyed the beauty of the area, the pace, the hospitality, the people. We joined Kevin and several of his friends at a local establishment happy hour on Friday when we arrived ...

Kevin took us to a local reataurant for dinner - had the most incredible Jalapeno Pimento Burger, raved about on "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives"...Cheers Pat!

Saturday was dedicated to the Gamecocks Vs. Navy football game and we had a blast!
Tailgating all afternoon, meeting people, playing "cups" ... really good times!

Here is Kevin & Caitlin with the stadium in the background ...

 ....A few of Navy's Midshipmen in the tent next to us ...

 Game-time, 82,000 seats  - pretty incredible to experience SEC football !

Fireworks after every (home team) score ... great game, USC barely getting past Navy with only minutes to spare!

Sunday started with an absolutely incredible southern breakfast (with smooth Bloody Mary's) in this "tucked-away, out of the main-stream place in downtown Columbia. This city has a major, high-quality really good foodie scene goin....

 Kevin's house, a look at his living room. He lives in a very cool neighborhood in downtown Columbia.

 Looking outside his place to his deck and (new) grill.

 Monday we departed USC after meeting the University 101 Staff (great group of professionals!) and traveled to Greenville, SC for our departing flight ...

What a cool downtown..."Park Falls" literally sits downtown behind their entire shopping district and everyone hangs out here. Here is one of the largest pedestrian suspension bridges in the USA over tha Falls and the park ...

 Of course, the falls ...

 Lunch before leaving was quite possibly the single best food experience we can ever remember...

We shared a wedge salad with homemade blue-cheese dressing (wow!!), Smoked Chipotle Wings (huge, incredibly flavorful!!), and "Smokin Jackets" which were potato-skins stuffed with smoked pulled-pork (amazing). On our scale from 1-to-5 with 5 being the highest rating ....we gave it a 7.

Great weekend with Kevin and meeting his friends, loads of fun, too much food, all travel plans worked perfectly. We're really happy to see Kevin in a good place personally and professionally.

Can't wait to return ... soon!