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Archive for South Carolina

 May 22, 2023

A Taste Of The Lowcountry: Bluffton, SC

The first of May, we spent a relaxing and fun-filled week in Bluffton, South Carolina. Our friends Ed and Diana moved there three years ago, and enticed us with photos and tales of their life in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. They treated us so well that I asked them if they would adopt us. We’re still […]

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Categories : South Carolina, Travel
 May 11, 2023

More Misadventures In Airbnb Life: Landrum, SC

My friend Laura recently informed me that it is my destiny to clean my way across the Southeast, one Airbnb at a time. I don’t know how I ended up with this job. It was certainly not intentional. After our most recent Airbnb experience—six long weeks in a “quaint” farm cottage in South Carolina—I have […]

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Categories : South Carolina, Travel
Tags : Landrum, Saluda, Tryon
 July 10, 2019

Our Eastern Adventure Begins: Savannah, GA To Bardstown, KY

The first of April, just ahead of the heat, humidity, and bugs, we left Florida and headed north. This is the first time that we’ll spend an entire year east of the Mississippi in our travels. We’ve looked forward to this adventure—which will take us all the way to the Maritimes—for years. To ease into our […]

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Categories : Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Travel
Tags : All Soul's Pizza, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Collins Quarter, Curate, Fort Pulaski, Museum of Appalachia, North Carolina Arboretum, Savannah, Telfair Museums, Tybee Lighthouse, Willcox Hotel
 August 13, 2018

Blogging Angst: And A Visit To Greenville, SC

We’ve been on Lopez Island since the first of July, happily ensconced in our summer camp hosting gig. Meanwhile, our blog is far away, both in time and distance. It’s a bit daunting when I think of being so far behind. Much worse is when I start comparing myself to other bloggers. Bloggers who stay […]

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Categories : Musings, South Carolina, Travel
Tags : Falls Park on the Reedy, Paris Mountain State Park, Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum
 August 1, 2018

Charming Charleston, South Carolina

In Charleston, an enormous pineapple fountain dominates the waterfront. This was not a random fruit choice by city planners. In the antebellum South, the pineapple was a symbol of the ultimate in hospitality. Visitors greeted with this exotic, rare, and expensive fruit felt honored by a hostess who spared no expense to ensure her guests’ […]

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Categories : South Carolina, Travel
Tags : Aiken-Rhett house, James Island County Park, Lewis Barbecue, The Charleston Museum

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