But moving to South Carolina has been a bit of Fact or Crap adventure as well. Before moving here, I'd confirm that yes, Fact: South Carolina has the governor (Mark Sanford) that famously made "hiking the Appalachian Trail" code for "meeting up with your Argentinean soulmate in South America". Crying about it on national tv should have been optional. Yes, Fact: it was South Carolina congressman, Joe Wilson, who famously shouted "You lie!" during Obama's address. And, yes, Fact: there is one ker-razy senate race between two pretty "interesting" candidates. A lot of this (and MORE!) was confirmed by the local Free Times, in their regular "Our Dumb State" feature. It also points out how SC is rated 8th most Laziest state and 9th most Obese state. Wow, Top Ten.
But thankfully, the article closed with some positives, like that South Carolina boasts the 2nd highest concentration of industrial engineers per capita and that more SC cities are adopting strong anti-smoking laws earning the state the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights' Smokefree Air Challenge award two years in a row. Also, USC's own Gamecock baseball team, which won the NCAA College World Series this year had the highest GPA of any team competing in that national championship. Go Cocks!
And we learned something else. Georgia makes the most southern peaches--Fact or Crap? Crap! It's South Carolina! And my sister and I confirmed these peaches were delicious--firm and sweet:
My sister and I also enjoyed going to an Olive Garden for lunch where they're featuring these tiny desserts, Dolcini. They're perfect when you want a little sweet something after a savory meal of soup, salad, and pasta. We shared the Limoncello Mousse with vanilla cookie crust:
Also, we thought it so sweet of our waiter to offer to put our waters "to go":
Or perhaps we just looked like we still haven't acclimated to the SC heat and needed constant hydration.
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boo, how about i just txt you trivial pursuit questions?
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