Lost Legacies: Historic Columbia’s Exceptional House Museums By Cathy H. Burroughs Fashion & Culture Writer/Blogger ...If you do decide to venture out of Columbia’s uber welcoming Lantern Hotel, look no further than Historic Columbia’s exceptional series of walking, bus, house and garden tours to discover its significant past. Provoking fresh
Historic & Humanistic Restoration at Its Most Progressive By Cathy H. Burroughs Fashion & Culture Writer/Blogger Columbia, SC’s newest and uber stylish boutique hotel The Lantern, and its inhouse moody and enticing Mediterranean-inspired bar/restaurant Ladder 13 with outdoor patio seating, is the latest addition to the capital city’s culturally and
By Cathy H. Burroughs Fashion & Culture Writer/Blogger What do Madonna, the illustrious experimental opera impresario Robert Wilson, the Dutch National Ballet, Julia Roberts, Tilda Swinton, Cardi B, Chloe Sevigny, Grace Jones, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae, a Zen Garden, the Met Gala, Russian nesting dolls and the High Museum of
By Cathy H. Burroughs, Travel Writer Resurgent Interest in The South With a combination of prohibitive cost of living, environmental issues and a plethora of social ills folks from the West Coast and the Northeast, and beyond, seem to be flooding to the affordable and appealing small towns and
As you turn from the highway hustle of Whiskey Road making a sharp right and descending onto Sizemore Circle you will no doubt be palpably aware you have entered the magical and enchanted realm of The Birdnest Inn. This very special and unique two story abode with front porch -
Literally lauded as one of the premiere boutique hotels in the world (Really!) multiple years running in Southern Living, Condé Nast, Travel & Leisure and others, The Willcox Hotel, located not far off the town square, somehow manages to be both posh, high faluting fastidiously appointed and still remarkable relaxed,
In this vein through a series of synchronicities we stumbled upon one of these unscathed Southern small towns, which according to Southern Living Magazine’s 2017 list of “best ofs” is in their top five, and the only non coastal locale to be named “one of the best small small towns in the
En route to Aiken from Atlanta you will likely pass through North Augusta, SC adjacent to Augusta GA. Confusingly enough, both state lines seem to overlap at certain junctures. Just 30 minutes away from Aiken in the eye of North Augusta, minutes from the interstate, five miles from Augusta National
By the way another exceedingly lovely and historic weekend get-away is the exquisite coastal town of Beaufort, South Carolina’s second oldest city after Charleston (not to be confused with Buford, Georgia). We recently had a quick but memorable stop there and even visited the rainforest mazelike and pristine Hunting