First things first: It’s Trés Carmen, with the first word pronounced “trace,” as in the Spanish word for three, not “tray” as in the French word très, meaning “very.” This...

Charleston-based physician, Dr. Edward O’Bryan is co-founder of the Palmetto Medical Initiative (PMI), a venture that encourages and supports sustainable medical practices in developing countries (palmettomedical.org). His efforts have raised...

You probably remember the last time you received a beautiful, hand-penned note or an over-sized, heavy-in-your-hand, engraved invitation. It most likely stood out amongst the usual sprawl of mail, its...

When Jason Nichols took the helm of the Charleston Concert Association (CCA) in 1984, his headquarters was a small rental house on Stoll’s Alley with an upturned door for a...

For Atlanta-based interior designer Nancy Braithwaite, known for her sophisticated, spare aesthetic, the act of creating a simple space involves more than willy-nilly de-cluttering. It has to do with purposeful...

Lowcountry surfers rejoice! Charleston is finally getting the film festival that members of our thriving surfing community say is long overdue....

Not long ago, we attended an opening at the relatively new Sanavandi Gallery, located at 66 Spring St., in Charleston. It was a special event, titled Sowing Word, at which...

This quarter’s fashion feature, set on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, brings back memories of a blissful anniversary my husband and I spent there in the early ’90s. Thinking a reprise was...

After I inherited a few precious objects, including a Russian icon about which I knew nothing, my Paris pied-à-terre became a museum, and I turned into a curator. Since my...

Sitting in the exquisite comfort of a handcrafted Italian leather banquette waiting for our server to return, it’s hard to imagine that not so long ago this elegant dining room...

For locals and tourists alike, sweetgrass baskets are an important part of the Charleston experience. So many of us stop by Charleston’s historic City Market again and again to buy...

Nature Adventures Outfitters (NAO), an independent business based on Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has the equipment to get you to the “great outdoors” and knowledgeable guides who...

Their painstaking documentation of the New World’s natural resources—fossils, minerals, insects, shells, plants, butterflies, birds and animals—not only benefited education in the universities of the day, but also advanced trade...

The Granary, the Southern-themed restaurant that opened last December in Mount Pleasant’s Belle Hall Shopping Center, thrives on contradictions....

Call it the never-a-dull-moment school of entertainment. Effervescing with energy, Brad and Jennifer Moranz come to it as naturally as footlights to greasepaint, as Gilbert to Sullivan....

It’s late spring, and I can’t sleep. The woods behind the house are hosting fireflies. Knowing that makes me restless. To squander firefly season seems as heedless as failing to...

Beaufort, South Carolina, resident Teresa Bruce has worn many different hats in her lifetime. She’s been an Olympic hopeful, a nomadic traveler, a broadcast journalist and a public relations executive....

There’s a bit of magic that happens when an artisan creates a piece for someone they love....

Matt O’Neill has a gift for seeing beauty in every home—and making sure potential buyers see that beauty as well. As president of Matt O’Neill Real Estate in Mount Pleasant,...

It’s a little over 100 years ago in Charleston, the Welch & Eason Standard grocery on Meeting Street is selling peaches and pimento cheese, and ladies are shopping for furs...

Tucked away on Johns Island, off Maybank Highway, sits one of the Charleston area’s newest craft production facilities. Although Carolina Coaster Company has been on the local craft and market...

Marion—population 6,938—is a charming and historic South Carolina town located in the northeastern corner of the state between the Great and Little Pee Dee Rivers. Out of the way? Not...

Whenever my sisters and I whined about it being too hot to move during late-summer’s brain-frying heat, my mother’s response was always to sit down, slowly count to 10 and...

Need a source for bow ties with truly distinctive patterns? Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont offers both toned-down and eye-popping designer creations guaranteed to draw attention and praise!...

You would think that, with the word “colonial” in its name, the new candle retailer on Market and Meeting Streets might have a historical connection to the Holy City....

Eight years ago, Terri Wischerath opened a small gift shop in Mt. Pleasant’s Belle Hall Shopping Center. Since then, the shop has been so successful that in 2013 it was...

It’s time for Spoleto Festival USA 2014, the cultural extravaganza that draws tens of thousands of people to Charleston every year! Festival director Nigel Redden has announced that artists from...

The Lowcountry’s world-famous azaleas put on a fabulous show every spring. But, like a sweet dream, they’re gone in the blink of an eye....

What do Irving Berlin, the guy who wrote “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” and “Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson have in common? Easy: They all know the power of the bluebird....

Charleston continuously pops up as the nation’s best in everything from good looks to quality of life. So it comes as no surprise that the Holy City is also the...

A coastal snowfall is an illusion, a fantasy spun by sincere weathermen who send children to bed in highest hopes, usually to rise in abject disappointment....

Edith Howle has been passionate about new ideas since she was a little girl. After a bicultural childhood and a two-decade career advising the biggest companies in the financial industry,...

The nation’s largest wildlife art and nature event, the annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE), will be held in Charleston this year February 14–16....

During a recent stroll down King Street, my husband and I wandered into M.P. Demetre Jewelers. A watch caught his eye—an oversized chunk of flashy metal with a crown the...

It won’t be long before the action begins in Magnolia Plantation and Gardens’ Audubon Swamp Garden. As early as February, all kinds of birds—herons, great egrets, snowy egrets and more—get...

Checking in with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO), we confirmed that more than 60 concerts are scheduled in Charleston and the surrounding communities this season. Performances—from pop and chamber music...

King Street’s Republic Garden and Lounge is a sparkly new bar with a bold, big-city vibe. When it arrived on the scene last March, this velvet-trimmed landing pad answered the...

It’s the best-selling plant in the United States year in and year out—and a Charlestonian planted the seed that made it all possible....

After graduating from the College of Charleston in 2009, Toan Dao, a first-generation immigrant from South Vietnam, looked beyond the economic recession and drew on his entrepreneurial instincts....

A family of craftsmen creates enduring treasures...

You could drive from store to store, searching for just the right piece of jewelry to update your personal look. Or you could walk into Nice Ice Fine Jewelry, near the...

Confessions of a tech-wary mom...

The Museum Store at the Gibbes Museum of Art has presents for any occasion....

They say that beauty comes from within, and after an afternoon at CosBar of Charleston, I am tempted to agree. With a new spa freshly installed within the last year...