We may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you from links in this post. It’s this simple – I visited a local distillery, did some sampling, bought a bottle, and returned home inspired. I still had a bevy of fresh strawberries from my visit to Wabi Sabi Farm for my Strawberry Lemonade Ice Box…
My anxiety gets the better of me when I am trying hard to plan something special and unique to anything I’ve planned before, especially when it comes to travel with family or friends, birthday and Christmas gifts, special occasions, and even recipes. Such was my planning for a unique Mother’s Day this year. My challenges; Dad is hobbling around with…
Sometimes, the greatest stories ever told are in pictures. For so many of our readers, spring is just around the corner, but not quite here yet! Please know She is looking to make her grand entrance – you don’t have to wait much longer. Until then, thoughts collected herein, in pictures. A late Springtime walkabout in Charleston, South Carolina. Enjoy!…
Something I am asked about frequently since beginning this blog is how to plan a visit to Charleston, South Carolina. I have been especially surprised at just how many readers have set their sights on coming South based on the extended winter seasons they have endured this year in particular, so I guess the tourism industry should thank Mother Nature…
So many cities around the country are under a beautiful blanket of white snow at the moment, but not here in Charleston, South Carolina where our temperature reached 62 degrees yesterday. I, like many, left the house in a wool sweater and coat, but by 10am, was soon shedding my layers and was wishing I’d rethought the wool sweater. I…
BEST BIRTHDAY EVER – I met my favorite chef and television personality, Vivian Howard of PBS A Chef’s Life. When I learned Vivian was participating in Garden & Gun Magazine’s Made In The South Weekend, I jumped at my opportunity to attend and to meet her, as well as meet the many other celebs of the Made In The South…
Magnolias. As always, I look forward to dinner anywhere downtown. I was excited when a great friend of mine requested that her final meal as a Charleston resident (she hightailed it back to Alabama, imagine that) be dinner downtown. I began to check reviews and see what new places were out there that we had not yet been to when…
Who knew that growing up a Yankee would, many years down the road, lead to being corrected countless times for ‘regional speech errors’ upon moving to the great American South. Take barbecue for example. In New Jersey, a barbecue is the actual event that people attend. Here in the South, you head on over to a cookout and the cue…
Owner and chef Frank Kline really has something special here. On just about my tenth stop at this place for dinner, I decided to make Grace & Grit among my first write-ups on where to eat in Charleston. So many afternoons, I’ll be leaving my office on East Bay Street and be approached by visiting out-of-towners asking where to eat,…
I’m so excited from my walk moments ago that I feel like really sharing today! Working downtown on the peninsula has real advantages if you want to be the first to know about a new restaurant opening, or a sale at an off the beaten path boutique. My lunchtime walks…via the cobblestone streets and alleys of Charleston’s French Quarter…afford me…