New Spoleto Poster panned

YUCK:  Guess you could say that I didn’t like the new Spoleto poster.  (See new column at LikeTheDew.com).  Oh well, neither did many others.  About the best thing that can be said for it is that it has got people talking about the Festival … and maybe that’s the point.  But the poster is gross.

Weekend provided “Great Time for Fun!”

APRIL 19, 2010 – It was a Dr. Seuss weekend – a pair of pleasant, temperate days in which one gazed amazed at a dozen things to do. Instead “Great Day for Up!” by Seuss, we marveled as the weekend kept outdoing itself as a “Great Time for Fun!

Let’s learn from the Civil War to move forward

APRIL 9, 2010 — One hundred and forty nine years ago on Monday, Confederate troops bombarded Fort Sumter to open a national gash that oozed for more than a century. By the time the bloodiest of American wars ended in 1865, more than 662,000 Americans lay dead. While the total number of Union troops killed was greater (364,511), the South’s wound cut deeper because the estimated 258,000 Confederate dead came from a smaller regional population. One in four white Southern males between the age of 15 and 40 died in “The Lost Cause.”

Meeting some Turkish neighbors in Charleston

MARCH 22, 2010 — You might not think that someone in Charleston would get passionate talking about the country of Turkey, but that’s exactly what Sheriff Al Cannon did Thursday night during a special dinner at the Francis Marion Hotel.

(Lack of) service makes a dining difference

MARCH 8, 2010 – With all of the bigwig foodies in town over the weekend, we figured we’d listen to a recommendation and give a local seafood restaurant another try.

We knew there was no way we’d stay on the peninsula with all of the Wine + Food people packing downtown restaurants. So we decided to head to Mount Pleasant.