Charleston Currents – Gary Crossley

FOCUS: Rooftop bars offer great views of Holy City

By Gary Crossley, special to Charleston Currents | There has been an explosion of new rooftop bars and restaurants in Charleston in the past few years.

Here is an alphabetical list with the name, hotel/restaurant, and location of 17 current options, with more planned in the next couple of years.

Enjoy this list and the beautiful views of the Charleston area, compliments of LovetoDineOut.com mobile app, Facebook page, and web-blog.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 08/06/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

8/6, full issue: Charleston’s rooftop bars; Great S.C. books; Palmetto Poem

IN THE AUG. 6 ISSUE:
FOCUS, Crossley: Rooftop bars offer great views of Holy City
COMMENTARY, Brack: S.C. leaders suggest history, fiction titles for summer reading
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
PALMETTO POEM, Gold: If, Then
GOOD NEWS: Red Cross has emergency need for more blood
WHAT WE LOVE: Tell us what you love about the Lowcountry
FEEDBACK: Two say column on lynching markers was right on point
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tall structure may be a clue
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Josephine Pinckney
CALENDAR, Aug. 6+: Art, tours, engagement and more

by Charleston Currents · 08/06/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

WHAT WE LOVE: Just about everything!

Gary Crossley of Charleston sent in a list of what he loves about the Charleston in which he was born. He loves it so much, he tells us, that he even assigned the name Charleston as his son’s middle name. Gary’s list of reasons for loving Charleston (the city):

** The city is not too big or not too small.
** The cobblestone streets which had pirates like Blackbeard/Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet roaming back a hundred plus years ago….

by Charleston Currents · 07/30/2018 · Comments are Disabled · What We Love

7/30, full issue: Lighthouse Day; Lynching markers; Literary Festival

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #10.38 | July 30, 2018

FOCUS: Visit Sullivan’s Island Aug. 4 to celebrate National Lighthouse Day
COMMENTARY, Brack: Markers needed to remember victims of S.C. lynchings
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Literary festival lasts through Saturday, more
WHAT WE LOVE: Just about everything!
FEEDBACK: Whipper is a gift to us
MYSTERY PHOTO: This one should be easy
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lynching in South Carolina
CALENDAR, July 30+: Tax-free weekend is just days away