{"id":171,"date":"2012-07-02T20:14:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T00:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2012-07-02T20:14:18","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T00:14:18","slug":"charleston-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/02\/charleston-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Charleston, South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went to Charleston twice this Spring. Our favorite city at driving distance from where we live. Every time we go, we enjoy walking on the pier and watching the sunset. Of course visiting the best restaurants in Charleston is our priority.<br \/>\nWe were there for a couple of minutes before the storm started, it came fast and I was entertained photographing the dark clouds. We didn&#8217;t have a chance to go back to a fully covered place, the wind was very strong and it didn&#8217;t stop raining for about 15 minutes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1420-V1-Charleston-before-storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172\" title=\"Charleston before storm\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1420-V1-Charleston-before-storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1413-V1-Cruise-in-Charleston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173\" title=\"Cruise in Charleston\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1413-V1-Cruise-in-Charleston.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere is something about this house that gets my attention. The last 2 times we have been in Charleston I have tried to take photos of it but there are always cars parked in front \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1244-V1-Charleston-street1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1244-V1-Charleston-street1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1250-V1-Charleston-street-building-and-couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-177\" title=\"Charleston street building \" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1250-V1-Charleston-street-building-and-couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1280-V1-Charleston-bicycles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-188\" title=\"Charleston bicycles\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1280-V1-Charleston-bicycles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHe looked like a ghost. He was in deep thought, sitting enjoying a cigarette.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1286-V1-Charleston-man-in-park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189\" title=\"Charleston man in park\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1286-V1-Charleston-man-in-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1333-V1-Charleston-park-blond-girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-232\" title=\"Charleston park girl\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1333-V1-Charleston-park-blond-girl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome photos of the Waterfront park pier.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8918-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier-Sunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194\" title=\"Charleston Waterfront Park Pier Sunset\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8918-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier-Sunset.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120504-_MG_0699-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier-dolphin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-209\" title=\"Charleston Waterfront Park Pier dolphin\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120504-_MG_0699-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier-dolphin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1315-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-205\" title=\"Charleston Waterfront Park Pier\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1315-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park-Pier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1293-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225\" title=\"Charleston Waterfront Park\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1293-V1-Charleston-Waterfront-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Birds-Waterfront-Park-Charleston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200\" title=\"Birds Waterfront Park Charleston\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Birds-Waterfront-Park-Charleston.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120511-_MG_1792-V1-Charleston-Battery-Park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-216\" title=\"Charleston Battery Park\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120511-_MG_1792-V1-Charleston-Battery-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8797-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8797-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1231-V1-Charleston-iron-gate-building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-202\" title=\"Charleston iron gate building\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1231-V1-Charleston-iron-gate-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1432-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-206\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1432-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1461-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1461-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8810-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8810-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1256-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-227\" title=\"Charleston street\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120508-_MG_1256-V1-Charleston-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe moon the night before the Supermoon on May 5th, 2012. I don&#8217;t have a proper lens for a shot like this, I took it with my 50mm lens and without a tripod \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120504-_MG_0709-V1-Charleston-full-moon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-210\" title=\"Charleston full moon\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120504-_MG_0709-V1-Charleston-full-moon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis was the first time during the 8 years we have visited Charleston together (we go to at least once a year)\u00a0that\u00a0we have seen pelicans. I&#8217;m glad my brother and his fianc\u00e9e were with us to enjoy it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8845-V1-Pelicans-landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-243\" title=\"Pelicans landscape\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8845-V1-Pelicans-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI was so mad at myself after I downloaded these photos in my computer at home. Of course I know the only way to learn is experience but I missed some pretty good shots due to my lack of experience. My first time shooting a fast-moving subject.\u00a0I thought a shutter speed of 1\/250 would be enough \ud83d\ude2e at least I learned my lesson\u00a0and it won&#8217;t happen again. I had just a prime lens anyway \ud83d\ude1b<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sharing these photos because even though the quality isn&#8217;t good you can still see what the bird is doing and I hadn&#8217;t seen it before&#8230;&#8230;.I think it&#8217;s cool \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8849-V1-Pelican-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-246\" title=\"Pelican 1\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8849-V1-Pelican-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8850-V1-Pelican-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247\" title=\"Pelican 2\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8850-V1-Pelican-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8851-V1-Pelican-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248\" title=\"Pelican 3\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8851-V1-Pelican-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8852-V1-Pelican-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-249\" title=\"Pelican 4\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8852-V1-Pelican-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8853-V1-Pelican-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-250\" title=\"Pelican 5\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8853-V1-Pelican-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s how a happy mean bird looks like after having dinner.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8860-V1-Pelican-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-251\" title=\"Pelican 6\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8860-V1-Pelican-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd here comes a second series:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8884-V1-Pelican-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-254\" title=\"Pelican 2-1\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8884-V1-Pelican-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8885-V1-Pelican-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-255\" title=\"Pelican 2-2\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8885-V1-Pelican-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8886-V1-Pelican-2-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-256\" title=\"Pelican 2-3\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120405-_MG_8886-V1-Pelican-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t finish a Travel post without a food related photo \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1373-V1-Charleston-sweet-tea-menu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212\" title=\"Charleston sweet tea menu\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1373-V1-Charleston-sweet-tea-menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1376-V1-Charleston-sweet-tea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213\" title=\"Charleston sweet tea\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120509-_MG_1376-V1-Charleston-sweet-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to Charleston twice this Spring. Our favorite city at driving distance from where we live. Every time we go, we enjoy walking on the pier and watching the sunset. Of course visiting the best restaurants in Charleston is our priority. We were there for a couple of minutes before the storm started, it &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[117,371,380,386,403,454,478,483,485,510,545],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}