Arizona Trip - Day 1 - 12/23/11

Our holiday trip to Arizona began on a Friday night after work.  Brian couldn't get the time off work so we had to take an 8:10 pm flight out of O'Hare.  We got there early and had time for dinner at Stanley's, a Chicago Blackhawks themed restaurant in Terminal 2.

The vacation started out great until Brian suddenly realized that he had left my laptop at the security check point.  He raced back and luckily, they hold everything until the end of the day.  When he returned, we promptly ordered drinks ...

No harm no foul!  We had a packed flight to Phoenix and arrived pretty early.  Flying into Phoenix at night is beautiful.  Once we arrived, my parents picked us up and we went back to their house and all went to sleep so we could get up early for Christmas Eve!

Honeymoon - Day 1 - 5/24/11

Chicago to Charleston

We arrived at O'Hare the standard two hours before our flight.  After scoping out the area around our gate, we decided to have a sit down lunch at Wicker Park, a restaurant with pretty good sushi.

Drinks are a must!

We finished lunch and drinks right in time to board the plane ... the very small plane that we had to walk outside and up some stairs to board.  One of the smalled commercial planes I've been on:

Arriving In Charleston

Upon arrival, we took a cab from the airport and checked into the Best Western King Charles Inn.

We were immediately greeted with Southern hospitality and something we don't have in Chicago:

Happy Hour!

We had a couple drinks and dipped our feet in the pool:

Then we got cleaned up and went to dinner at Charleston Grill.  This restaurant was fancy and we had some amazing food.  Brian enjoyed his Guinea Hen and I had Seared Halibut.  It was all delicious!

The restaurant had a live jazz trio that played throughout dinner and the chef made a special dessert for us:

After traveling all day and sharing a delicious bottle of red wine, we returned to our room.