Charleston

Not actual picture that we took...but can you imagine him
chasing your shoelaces?

After my personal mechanic, Chris, fixed our leaky hose on the Ford we headed downtown Charleston on the hunt for some muscadine wine requested by our friends far, far away. The wine will travel 3000 miles!! On the hunt we just had to stop and have a slice of pizza at Pizzeria Di Giovanni, an original. And Chris bought me my first mood ring at the Gem Store, he said, "I needed one":) After no luck downtown we ventured to the outskirts and came across a wine shop with a bird named UNO. Surprisingly, he was unnoticed by us until we turned to walk out. He was sitting so still that I wasn't even sure he was real, then we saw his eyes move towards us...he was real. Uno gazed down at us from the top of his monstrous cage, as if to say-how dare you not notice me...I am the bird of all birds...I am a quite magnificent creature. Uno turned out to be a Salmon-crested cockatoo, who is 15 years of age and will live to be 85 (so you basically have to will the bird to someone). The store tenant told us how he was extra loud that morning and his most favorite thing to do is untie her shoe laces and chase her back and forth across the floor trying to catch the strings. I am really glad I had sandals on that day!!!