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May 2009

Charleston to Bermuda Sail Boat Race

by George on May 29, 2009

C 2 B Race Starts Today

C2B

Charleston’s dog days of summer may be howling in the distance, but on the water the air is still breezy and tinged with salt. This should prove even more enticing for this year’s C 2 B sail boat race, which launches today at noon from the Charleston Maritime Center  in the Cooper River. The six boats participating will sail down to Bermuda, a 777 mile trek, and finish up at the Bermuda Yacht Club. The Spirit of South Carolina is among the contenders, and the awards ceremony takes place a week from Saturday. Good luck to all!

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Charleston 2009 Funk Festival

by George on May 28, 2009

It’s Time to Get Funked Up

Charleston Funk Festival

What’s up all you hamburgers and cheeseburgers out there? It’s time to get funky in Charleston. The 2009 Funk Fest is coming up; it’ll be at the Family Circle Tennis Center on June 13th. Plenty of names to check out at this year’s show. Just be sure to bring your groove and keep it chill.

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Don John Onstage in Charleston Spoleto 2009

May 27, 2009

Don John Attracts Media Attention at Spoleto 2009

This year’s Spoleto Festival has a number of major attractions. Don John opened last week to a smattering of reviews, some of which are exuberant and others less than excited. Either way, the show is a unique theatre experience that combines a timeless story with avant garde aesthetics [...]

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Lowcountry 2009 Commercial Shrimp Season Begins

May 22, 2009

Spoleto, Shrimp, Summer — Oh my!

It’s Memorial Day Weekend and the 2009 Spoleto Festival kicks off today in Charleston. Yeah, it’s a big deal and we’re excited. The scheduled events are entertaining, diverse and numerous. Thousands of people will flood the streets, restaurants and hotels — a very good thing for local arts and the [...]

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This Summer, Visit the Hunley in North Charleston

May 19, 2009

It’s Hot. What’cha Gonna Do About It?

Soon the days will drip with humidity. The heat will last all day and the in the afternoon a thunder storm will break open the sky. Sure, it’s part of living in the southeast. But what, pray tell, is one to do when the beach is a no-go, staying [...]

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Pounding the Pavement — One Step at a Time

May 18, 2009

Summer Road Races in Charleston, SC

We received for Christmas last year a Nike Sensor+iPod. This little gadget tracks the distance of your runs; you can create soundtracks, adjust the soundtrack’s tempo for varying runs, and track all of your progress online. It’s a fascinating little tool you strap into the laces of your sneaker. And [...]

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Charleston Green Taxi brings the Message Home

May 14, 2009

Driving In or Out of Charleston, take a Taxi, a Green Taxi
It used to be that taxis were not allowed to comb the streets of downtown Charleston. In an effort to minimize traffic, the city voted to give Pedicabs first dibs. Of course, you could call for a taxi and they’d come pick you up, [...]

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Doing the Charleston, Revisited

May 13, 2009

An Old Dance captures our Fancy

We’ve never done it and probably never will. We’ve seen it in person once at an especially soaked wedding, where a 70-ish woman got on the parquet and went wild, slapping knees to palms and somehow keeping her Manhattan inside her glass. We’re not talking about a liquor drink here, [...]

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Come on People! It’s Time to eat and shop at the Mt. P Market

May 12, 2009

Mount Pleasant Farmer’s Market gets an Upgrade and is Open for Business
The heat is coming, the days are long, and a newly designed Farmer’s Market just opened. Yep, it’s beginning to look a lot like summer here in Charleston. The new Farmer’s Market on Savannah Highway offers sweetgrass baskets, local seafood, seasonal vegetables and fruit, [...]

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Baked in Charleston serves Sweetness to the Masses

May 8, 2009

Desserted Goodness from Baked on East Bay Street

We’re generally not into sweets. Desserts for us are better sipped than forked — except for the occasional ice cream — but we’ve heard recently nothing but gushing praise about Charleston’s newest sweet tooth center. It’s called Baked and is on East Bay Street and we went in [...]

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