A local's eye view
The Col. Thomas Pinckney House on Broad Street was built in 1829. They picked a good area, as its neighbors include the John Rutledge House (home to a signer of the US Constitution) and the home of Edward Rutledge (the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence).
Oleander can be found all over Charleston (here on the Low Battery) and its blossoms are beautiful. It is, however a poisonous plant and you should never put it in your mouth or drink tea brewed from it!
This little house, built in 1767, can be found on Church Street — right down the block from the First Baptist Church.
An historic door on a c. 1818 Smith Street house, across from the 60 Bull Cafe, with a very distinctly not historic light!
A beautiful Charleston house on a beautiful Charleston day. Located on Rutledge Boulevard (not Avenue), a bit down from the Horse Lot, this house has an elegant presence.
This beautiful house on Society Street was built in 1840. Just another incredible antebellum house in Charleston.
When the 200 year old facade of this building on King Street started bowing out and threatening to fall and crush pedestrians, the Nick’s BBQ that had been there for 12 years had to move out. While no one was injured and the building has been stabilized and is being rehabilitated, the cheese biscuits they served have been missed.
While buying fresh off the boat shrimp from Magood Seafood on Shem Creek, I couldn’t resist a photo of this preening pelican and the Cooper River Bridge. While not strictly in Charleston, it sure is a glimpse of Charleston.
These semi-aware lions guard the beautiful entrance of the Gaillard-Bennett House on Montagu Street. Robert E. Lee stayed there on his post war visit to Charleston.
Lowcountry shrimp is the best there is! There is nothing like getting it fresh off the boat, using the nifty red tool to peel and de-vein them, and then boiling them up in a Frogmore stew or making a shrimp cocktail. Mmmmmmm…