June 2012

5 Reasons You Should Experience the 4th of July on Charleston’s Harbor

June 28, 2012

Tweet For every given weekend there are always dozens of various events and / or festivals to take part in while visiting Charleston, especially during the Fourth of July. So why experience the Fourth of July on Charleston harbor when there are so many other things to do? For plenty of excellent reasons, but here [...]

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The Best Musical Venues in Charleston

June 26, 2012

Tweet Image to the left taken from the Charleston Music Hall website.    Aside from all the obvious aspects that make Charleston such a wonderful city, did you know that the Holy City is home to a very vibrant music scene? Come and listen for yourself and you will understand why the local venues are [...]

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Spooky Ghost Stories of the Holy City

June 21, 2012

Tweet As you may know, Charleston (frequently referred to as the “Holy City” for its numerous churches and cemeteries) is thought by many to be one of the most haunted cities in the country. According to experts in the field of Parapsychology, the main reasons why certain cities have a higher incidence of encounters with [...]

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Top Lowcountry Cuisine Restaurants of Charleston

June 19, 2012

TweetIt is well known that many of the best restaurants in the South are located right here in Charleston. Whether you come to explore and enjoy the beauty of the Lowcountry or the wealth of history and cuisine (and everything in-between), you have “hit the jackpot.” Charleston’s restaurants have been written up in major magazines, [...]

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Win Two Tickets to a 90-Minute Narrated Charleston Harbor Tour!

June 14, 2012

Tweet Exercise your creativity to win two free tickets to our classic 90-minute narrated tour aboard The Carolina Belle around Charleston harbor (a $38.00 value)! We’re asking contest participants to enter by writing a 3 – 4 line poem about what they love most about Charleston. See below for contest details: Prize: Two tickets for [...]

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The Dark Tales of the Darkest Pirate: Blackbeard

June 12, 2012

Tweet Image above taken from the National Geographic website.   We are almost all familiar with the notorious pirate, Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. Why do you think he was called Blackbeard? You guessed it…his flourishing, black beard and fearsome appearance. Historic descriptions suggest that the beard was braided into pigtails and sometimes tied [...]

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EXPLORING THE MARINE LIFE OF CHARLESTON

June 7, 2012

Tweet The sparkling waters of the Lowcountry are teeming with a variety of marine life, due to its diverse ecosystem. Along with the coastal waters, the Carolina bays, both fresh and saltwater marshes, and brown-water swamps, are all part of this complex system and are home to many different species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, plants, [...]

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What is a Schooner?

June 5, 2012

Tweet Characteristically, a schooner is a certain type of sailing vessel employing the use of  fore and aft sails on two or more masts, with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts. Other than this, there is no set number of masts for a schooner. Small schooners have about two or three, [...]

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