Copied from the Post and Courier: Charleston’s No. 1 for 3 years running Posted: October 16, 2013 The third accolade is a charm, just like the first and second ones. For three years running, Charleston has been dubbed the No. 1 tourist destination in America by readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.The annual award announced …
For my Jewish friends at Temple Beth Elohim and elsewhere, I found this yesterday in the Charleston Daily News, March 23, 1872. I hope you like it! A NEW ORGAN. Exhibition at the Hasel Street Synagogue. An appreciative audience was yesterday afternoon attracted to the Hasel street Synagogue to attend the public exhibition of the …
Well, the election is over, and the Holidays are fast approaching. Yes, a time for family gatherings, turkey and all the trimmings, and, of course, wacky ole Uncle Ted. He’s really a pretty great guy, but in an election year, he can be hard to take. He’s that fretting partisan terrified of the future of …
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I see in the Newspaper that the Best Friend of Charleston has come home from Atlanta! It’s great that this important piece of America’s Industrial Revolution history is back home. It was the first train to offer regularly scheduled train passenger service and originated from Charleston on December 25, 1830. The South Carolina Canal and …
I was looking for some information in the Charleston Mercury newspaper ( the old one, not the current newspaper) for an 1864 article. As often happens when I peruse, I find myself on other topics. I happened across a poem that somehow touched an ancient retained memory, one barely discernible in an age so far …
Springtime is a bit early, but right on time for the many opportunities coming up right now to visit fine homes and private gardens on tour with several organizations and churches this coming weekend! The Garden Club of Charleston is holding its Annual House and Garden Tours this coming Friday and Saturday, March 23 and …
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. Plat of Chicora Park, the design of Frederick Law Olmstead The neighborhood where the Officer’s Quarters are located in beautiful rolling high land unusual for the Lowcountry. In 1895, the City of Charleston Board of Park Commissioners purchased nearly 600 acres of Retreat Plantation bordering the Cooper River some four miles north of the …
Mrs. Waring’s Gardens at Charles Towne Landing So many great things to see and do in Charleston! Whenever I have families on my tour I always recommend Charles Towne Landing. The Museum is highly interactive and kids love it (me too!). The Adventure, a reproduction 18th-century trading ketch, is in port and the Animal Forest …
Sunday, some guests on my Home and Garden Tour told me that they went out to Magnolia Gardens and that the Camellias were in full bloom! Not surprisingly, the mild weather has made it so that our deep winter bloomers aren’t being taken out by the cold. Camellias are thought to have been cultivated in …
Saturday was an ideal afternoon for the Preservation Society’s Oyster Roast Fundraiser. An excellent turnout, good oysters and beer benefited saving the Admiral’s Quarters at the old Navy Base. It was good to touch base with old friends and make new ones! It was held on the grand lawn in front of Quarters H, grand …
