January 2011

Kindred Coasts

Travel

Journey to the Caribbean isle of Barbados, Charleston’s sister colony in the sea

A Grand Tour

Home & Garden

This month at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, 70 pieces of Charleston’s past—from centuries-old furniture, paintings, and metalwork to delicate textiles and ceramics—will be in the spotlight at the Winter Antiques Show (WAS), the go-to trove for curators, collectors, scholars, and designers.

Past Forward

Generation Next

Looking to the future to preserve our city’s built history

Treasure Trove

Scouting Report

Discover the beauty of an organized jewelry box

In Stitches

Style File

Today’s knitting supplies—and finished products—give the old-school craft a vibrant new rep

Great Impressions

Artist Profile

Wendy Allen casts her talents into the Japanese art of gyotaku 

Graze

The Review

Last September, eclectic eatery Graze moved into the former Coco’s Café in Mount Pleasant’s Patriots Plaza Shopping Center.

Sweet Talk

Quick Bite

Local chocolatiers introduce a better-for-you candy bar

Weeknight Winners

Quick Bite

Admit it, workaday suppers are often eat-and-run occasions.

In Hot Pursuit

Quick Bite

Get fired up over the spicy world of chili peppers with Red Drum’s Ben Berryhill

Do a Flip

Quick Bite

Gin Joint co-owner Joe Raya shares a sip of mixology’s good old days

Past Perfect

Charleston Home

The Peters make a storied home on Meeting Street’s “Mansion Row” their own 

Passage of Time

Lowcountry Ramblings

Channeling the past at Old Santee Canal Park

Resolve This

Southern View

A guide to rationalizing New Year’s resolutions

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