2012 NOAA Tide Predictions...Read more

A Christmas Wish from Mayor Summey...Read more

Video courtesy of Mayor's Office/City of North Charleston

Condé Nast Traveler Votes Charleston #1...Read more

Congratulations Charleston! We are in great company with New York, Chicago, San Francisco, our neighbor, Savannah, and others, but Charleston tops the list as the top city to visit! We are so blessed to be in such a beautiful city, and are reminded everyday by all or our fabulous visitors! Congrats as well to some of our friends who made the top hotels and resorts list as well. The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island is #3 in the United States and #37 IN THE WORLD! They are in great company with Wild Dunes Resort, The French Quarter Inn, Charleston Place, The ...

HUSK named #1...Read more

[caption id="attachment_16100" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Named #1 by Bon Appétit"][/caption] If you haven't been to HUSK, located at 76 Queen Street in downtown Charleston, you now have one more reason to go. Bon Appétit's Andrew Knowlton, who helps foodies find the best-of-the-best, has honored our very own HUSK as the #1 Best New Restaurant in 2011 in the country. Sean Brock, of McCrady's fame (another fabulous Charleston restaurant), conceived the "farm to table" concept and gave birth to the idea in November 2010 when HUSK opened its doors. Sean selected a run-down, historic Victorian home on Queen Street and, with every detail given ...

July 4th at Kiawah Island...Read more

July 4, 2011 was my first time to go to the festivities at Kiawah Island's Night Heron Park. Why so long? It seemed like such a trek out to Main/Bohicket/Betsy Kerrison Road just to see some fireworks for twenty minutes and then make the precarious drive back at night. However, some friends were going and I decided to tag along, especially since they were driving. It was a breeze through the Kiawah gate and parking was not a problem at Night Heron Park, where the festivities and initial blasts of fireworks were to happen. They certainly know how to throw a ...

A Day at the 2011 Family Circle Cup...Read more

I made my very first journey to the Family Circle Cup this year for a variety of reasons. 1) I am not a huge tennis fan although in my younger knee years I enjoyed playing weekend tennis with friends 2) I envisioned a chaotic mass of people pushing and shoving their way throughout the day 3) I could not justify paying the ticket price to endure the crowd, the heat, the parking, and all of these supported by my lack of enthusiasm for the game 4) And the best reason, a friend gave me a Terrace seat ticket! My thoughts wander ...

Race for the Cure...Read more

The Family Circle Cup Stadium played host to the 17th annual Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure. A record number of participants, approximately 10,000, included runners and walkers, men and women, survivors and fighters put on their pink to participate in the fundraiser. Dollars raised are used for breast cancer research and to support programs which offer assistance, especially to those without insurance and who need mammograms. Up to 75% of the money raised at the event stays in the Lowcountry; the remainder going to the national organization for research and educational programs worldwide. [caption id="attachment_15632" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A ...

Southwest Airlines Announcement...Read more

Southwest Airlines begins seven daily flights from Charleston to four cities on March 13, 2011. One to Nashville, one to Houston, two to Chicago, and three to Baltimore/Washington. Business as usual at Southwest allows your first two bags to be FREE.  Check out Southwest's everyday low fares starting at $59 one-way. Charleston has been in need of a discount airline since AirTran left in December 2009 and Independence Air pulled out of Charleston a few years ago. A local official states "Southwest has never left a city once they began service to that city". Tourism officials claim Southwest's arrival in Charleston ...

Hootie’s Mark Bryan joins The Bridge 105.5 for First Flush Fest...Read more

[caption id="attachment_15520" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Hootie & The Blowfish's Mark Bryan is joined on the Chucktown Music Group Stage by Sean Kelly at the 2010 First Flush Festival"] [/caption] Click Here to see our huge gallery of photos from the two-stage concert event Click Here to view our full screen slideshow This year's headliner was Warner Brothers recording artist Robert Randolph & the Family Band.  The event also featured musical entertainment from national recording artist Cory Chisel and homegrown Bridge artist Crowfield. In addition to the main stage, Mark Bryan's Chucktown Music Group showcased local acoustic artists including Amber Caparas, John Wesley Satterfield, Mac Leaphart and Mark Bryan himself.  Bryan, the multi-platinum and ...

See our 2010 Family Circle Cup Music Video and Photo Gallery!...Read more

Click Here to view hundreds of photos in our Gallery Click Here to view our full-screen slideshow from our Gallery Check back soon for our Professional Video Story! From FamilyCircleCup.com: With a flurry of winners flying off of her racquet - 36 in total, from her serve, forehand, backhand, the net, from all over the court really - Samantha Stosur stormed to her second and biggest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title on Sunday, beating Vera Zvonareva for the Family Circle Cup, 60 63. Stosur came out on absolute fire in the final, winning the first nine games in a row before ...

See the US NAVY Blue Angels show off over Charleston Harbor...Read more

I've been attending Blue Angels (US Navy) and Thunderbirds (USAF) acrobatic shows since I was a 4 year old, dozens of times over, and never have I seen them so close or so dramatic in their precision over a populated area... and Greater Charleston turned out in force on the water in boats, in the parks and docks and especially on the deck of the USS Yorktown to produce more sincere oohs and ahhhs then one could ever imagine... unless they too were there. I can still hear the chorus ringing in my ears... "I had no idea"..... "I am ...

See Hundreds of photos and our slideshow from the Sandlapper Classic...Read more

[caption id="attachment_15365" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="The start of the men's 800 meter run at the 2010 Sandlapper Track & Field Classic "][/caption] The 2010 Sandlapper Track & Field Classic held at West Ashley High School enjoyed bright sunny skies for a record setting day. Being Greater Charleston's largest annual event for boys and girls high school track, the 4th Annual Sandlapper Classic hosted a record 29 high schools representing three states and nearly 1000 athletes including nationally ranked superstars and 8th grade prodigies alike. Thousands attend  the season opening extravaganza and GreaterCharleston.com was again a proud sponsor of the all-day event. Local ...

Were you there? Greater Charleston celebrates the 2010 Southeastern Wildlife Expo...Read more

Click Here to view our full screen slideshow, or Click Here to see the full gallery with quick-scan thumbnails From sewe.com: Now in its 28th year, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition has grown to be the largest event of its kind in the nation, attracting over 500 artists and exhibitors from around the globe who present their offerings to over 40,000 attendees. A 3-day celebration of nature that has earned a reputation for excellence, SEWE now hosts the world's foremost experts in wildlife and nature art, as well as conservation research and environmental education. Established in 1982, the first ...

10 Free “Must See” Places You’ve Probably Never Really Seen…...Read more

The cobbler's kids have no shoes, the chef's eats out every night, and Greater Charlestonians never visit the hidden gems of our beautiful community.  It's a funny thing about human nature... we seldom truly appreciate what we have right in front of us.  And yet most of us don't even frequent the major attractions like the Garden-of-Eden-like Middleton Place Gardens, or the outrageously moving USS Yorktown, or.... heaven forbid... the beach! Yes, that's right. It's unlikely that even 20% of us can say we sat in the sand last summer. If you're a local and are saying, "no way," then ...

Take a Video Tour of the Historic Charleston Market...Read more

Take the definitive tour of the historic Charleston Market. See the sites, the top restaurants, the coolest shops, and meet the vendors and sweetgrass basket weavers! Videography and editing by Ryan Ricker, hosted by Amber Caparas.

Sabatino Covollo gives his Top 5 New York Style Pizzas in GC...Read more

The New York Perspective, Part 1 by Sabatino Covollo For the first installment of the New York Perspective, I hunted down the top five New York style pizza places in the Greater Charleston area. There were many pizza joints that claimed to have the best New York style pizza around, but five restaurants proved to be a slice above the rest. All five of the pizzeria’s that are rated in this article will satisfy your deepest cravings for true pizza, the way it is made in the core of the Big Apple. As a matter of fact, they were so hard to ...

See the Downtown Charleston Christmas Parade in Music Video format!...Read more

Click above to watch the 2009 City of Charleston Christmas Parade. Shot and edited by Ryan Ricker.

Our High Schools Celebrate Fall’s Greatest Tradition… HOMECOMING!...Read more

Homecoming 2009... Greater Charleston Style! Nothing of the American experience better defines each community's true personality, nor better unites our common national spirit than the uniquely American phenomenon known simply as "homecoming." Join us as we visit nearly every high school in Greater Charleston to document in video, photos, and word the fall gala where the jocks slug it out and the band plays all night and the girl next door gets to live out a dream... just like generations before. The footballers, the band majors, the cheerleaders,  the pep squads, the color guards, the dance corps, the referees, the ...

See the 2009 Harborfest in true Greater Charleston fashion!...Read more

2009 Charleston Harborfest Video: Part I (of 2) Dockside Festivities Click Here for our complete Photo Gallery. 2009 Charleston Harborfest Video: Part II: Parade of Sails The Charleston Harborfest is probably the most full-family, "everything for someone" festival anywhere in the south. With majestic tall ships sailing in from twelve different nations, there was no shortage of oohs and ahhs on land or sea, yet the 4 day festival featured far more than eye candy, and more than 50,000 attendees bathed in the balmy-hot sun for a uniquely Charleston celebration of the sea.  It was a true spectacle of ...

See Middleton Place as Never Before, through our Amazing Photo Essay…...Read more

You think you've seen Middlton Place? Maybe you have. Maybe it was for the Spoleto Festival, or a business retreat, or a field trip of some sort. We agree, it's impressive for any occasion, at anytime of the year. But have you ever been there at the peak of springtime, when the azaleas and dogwoods are in bloom? Or late in the afternoon when the grounds glow in the "Casablanca Light" that makes Greater Charleston a favorite for Hollywood filmmakers? Or when guests of a small wedding party enjoy carriage rides from one venue to the next? Even the most ...