I'm Upstate for Crying Out Loud!

And I don't mean Albany or The Adirondacks... I'm in Simpsonville, SC right near Greenville. Do you even know where SC is? Well, Stephanie, Bruce & Shannon do. That's right I'm visiting & of course now I want to live here too! We have had a fabulous time and I've only been here one day. But, one day has encompassed a group walk for an hour, through the rolling hills of Neely Farm (my future estate home) (and very affordable) (and not very Boca) (and you'll be jealous), cups of capuccino over looking Stephanie's private "Walden's" pond - complete with wild geese, Mallard ducks, box turtles, and oak trees galore, (are you exhausted yet?); and then we hopped into the convertible, top down of course and headed to downtown Greenville. Free parking at the public parking lot (I'm ditching Manhattan). Then much more walking, but well worth the street shop sites and sounds of a hometown city. Sophisticated but still "hello, how are you" friendly.

Furniture shopping for Stephanie, lunch at The Rising Roll (yum!) and then down to Reedy River Falls Park, no words just check out the pictures...FABULOUS! Saw the venue for Lizzy's wedding, found the spot for Dan's skateboarding, Marble Slab for Andrew and Brittany, the patch of grass for Jake, Christian & Jamie, and the perfect park bench for Rick & I. Coffee at the Under Ground Coffee shop ended the afternoon, completed by visual sightings of four copper mice (It's a long story). We also had the pleasure of the company of Taylor and her friend Stephanie (double-take) who LOVED shopping, looking for mice (I SAID, it's a long story! - don't ask me again), and having those fancy frozen coffee drinks at the Under Ground Coffee Shop too. They sat outside, the old fogies sat inside on comfy couches. Sounds like life continues its cycle. Some things never change. We try to be so cool, but our children always "outcool" us. Free indeed.

Church and tabuli and some babaganoosh ended the day. Today we start a new day of adventure...Off to the apple orchard!