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Growing up in Charleston, and attending Charleston County Public Schools, going to the Manigault House (Which is right across the street from the Charleston Museum) was, I think, required every year...
Growing up in Charleston, and attending Charleston County Public Schools, going to the Manigault House (Which is right across the street from the Charleston Museum) was, I think, required every year from grade 1-12. At least that's my assumption since I was forced to go to this house every year from grade 1-12.
It's a decent house. They show you secret passageways between the walls, which is rather neat and made me want to have secret passageways in MY walls.
Aside from a bunch of furniture you can't sit on, and pictures you can't touch, there's not much to the Manigault House. I'm not even sure what Joseph Manigault did that made him so special (you'd think I'd know with all the times I had to tour this place), but he must have been some kind of guy to have a house this big AND that close to the museum. I think he signed the Constitution or Declaration of Independence.
Go here if someone else is willing to pay for you to get in (You pay the fee at the museum box office). Otherwise, watch that old movie The Blue And Grey about the Civil War and imagine yourself walking around the old houses, because they all pretty much look the same inside.
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They have a really good selection of used tapes & CD's and will happily give you pennies on the dollar for any tapes or CD's you wish to trade in.
Large selection of music, videos, T-shirts,...
They have a really good selection of used tapes & CD's and will happily give you pennies on the dollar for any tapes or CD's you wish to trade in.
Large selection of music, videos, T-shirts, sheet music, zines, EVERYTHING.
The staff can be a bit snooty, but I suppose they have the right to be. Job openings at this store occur less frequently than Haley's Comet, so those that work there have earned the right to be pretentious and self-important. Forget the employees and just go for the stacks and spend a day realizing how old you are (because you don't recognize any of the bands in the racks anymore)
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Are your friends not 'hep' enough to call you 'hep cat'? Is your spouse a complete L7 (square)? Hey, man, I'm not sweatin' ya. Come on down to City Lights Bookstore, man, and pretend that you were...
Are your friends not 'hep' enough to call you 'hep cat'? Is your spouse a complete L7 (square)? Hey, man, I'm not sweatin' ya. Come on down to City Lights Bookstore, man, and pretend that you were cool enough to be a bohemian, or old enough to even be born in the "Free Love" swinging 60's.
All the cool cats and hip kidz hang out here, and sometimes you might hear someone drop the name of Ginsburg or Kerouac and they'll beg you to believe that THEY DID KNOW THEM (even if only through their writings).
This is a bookstore, but one with STYLE, maaan....
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The ones that are lucky (or is that unlucky?) end up at the John Ancrum SPCA on Leeds Avenue.
Sadly, this is not a no-kill shelter. It seems that people in Charleston are hard-pressed to get...
The ones that are lucky (or is that unlucky?) end up at the John Ancrum SPCA on Leeds Avenue.
Sadly, this is not a no-kill shelter. It seems that people in Charleston are hard-pressed to get those puppies and kitties spayed and neutered, which is why SPCA is there to begin with.
However, the SPCA is nice and I've adopted so many animals from there I can't even keep track.
The facilities are what's to be expected from any SPCA, and if you go there and tell them you're interested in a dog, they'll let you go out back and play with the dogs for a while. Even if you're not looking for a dog, tell them you are so you can give these pooches a few minutes of chase-the-ball happiness in the possibly few days left of their lives.
Oh and please spay and neuter your pets, otherwise they could end up here.....and sad things happen if they're not adopted or reclaimed after 7 days....
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Who sez you gotta go to the beach or (heaven forbid!) drive downtown to have a good time in Charleston? Not me, that's for sure!
Just drive down Ashley Phosphate Rd towards Dorchester, and right...
Who sez you gotta go to the beach or (heaven forbid!) drive downtown to have a good time in Charleston? Not me, that's for sure!
Just drive down Ashley Phosphate Rd towards Dorchester, and right on your right will be heaven on Earth! Frankie's Fun Park is like Myrtle Beach, only much much smaller!
They have a mini-golf course with waterfalls that have a strangely unnatural blue coloured water flowing through. Think "Tidy Bowl" blue.
THey have batting cages, and this gyro thing you strap yourself into and go all which ways in the air.
Skee-ball and arcade games are there as well, as well as a mini racetrack that you can race around with your friends.
Mostly kids there, but some adults as well. Just forget the suspecting glances as you, a 45 year old, get glee from playing skee-ball til your arm falls off. You know that if you get 50,000 tickets (equal to about $250 US) you can get a large stuffed panda that is worth around $1.25. So what if the conversion factor doesn't work out in your favour? At least you have a panda that is so large you can't fit it in your car so you end up giving it away to one of the kids who heckled you when the skee-ball bounced off the back and hit you in the eye.
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Yes Way! It's true! The old Kmart, I believe, was transformed from an empty old building into a year-round winter wonderland.
THe skating sessions are short. That's okay, because I've only been...
Yes Way! It's true! The old Kmart, I believe, was transformed from an empty old building into a year-round winter wonderland.
THe skating sessions are short. That's okay, because I've only been on the ice once. It hurt and was cold when you fell, which I did alot. The nice people there offered me one of those "walker" looking things for me to use so that I wouldn't fall, but I'd have to say I'd rather fall every 2 minutes rather than skating around with one of those things.
If you've never ice-skated before, you have to use your ankles, and that hurts too.
It's fun, though, and you can get hot-dogs and stuff there as well.
Watch out for the 8-year old hecklers who have no problem putting your tired, out-of-shape-butt to shame as you waddle around the rink. They will laugh at you when you fall, which is funny the first 3 times, but becomes tiring after that.
Get there early to watch the zamboni!
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Oh the joys that can be had at Pike Place Market! Food, Flowers, Fish, Singing People---so much to see and do.
If you want really cheap, really nice fresh flowers, go to Pike Place Market, where...
Oh the joys that can be had at Pike Place Market! Food, Flowers, Fish, Singing People---so much to see and do.
If you want really cheap, really nice fresh flowers, go to Pike Place Market, where you can get HUGE bouquets for usually $5. And I'm talking HUGE bouquets of flowers. Next time your supervisor wants to order expensive flowers from one of those "delivery places" tell that supervisor to give you the $90 bucks they'd spend on overpriced roses and you'll spend $10 of your own for enough flowers to choke a pig.
There are tasty delights to be had here as well. There's the fresh donut place that you can smell a mile away, Pike Place Bakery (See my separate review on that), the guys that talk in unison and throw fish at each other---bring your camera for that to be sure!
Make sure to check out the alternate levels. Most of the tourists stay on the main level with the fish people, but go down the stairs and there are TONS of little stores shoe-horned into corners and here and there and so much stuff and such neat stores.
You can rest assured that when you shop at Pike Place Market, you are TOTALLY supporting 100% local Seattle businesses---most people who have booths there are just regular Joes and Janes like you and I, only they're willing to get up at 4am to set up a booth to sell funny flutes.
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So I'm not such a big fan of the stores there. They're all chain stores, more upper-priced stores than not. Few stores that can't be found in any mega-mall in this country.
HOWEVER---Westlake...
So I'm not such a big fan of the stores there. They're all chain stores, more upper-priced stores than not. Few stores that can't be found in any mega-mall in this country.
HOWEVER---Westlake Center is the only mall in Downtown Seattle...
...and they have the LARGEST, BEST, most ALL ENCOMPASSING food court I've ever seen. And lemme tell ya, I've seen alot of food courts.
Gosh, there must be 25+ different food offerings there that go way beyond Hotdog on a Stick and McDonalds. You've got Mongolian BBQ, Indian Food, 2 or 3 types of Seafood, Cajun Food, American Food, Italian Food, Chinese Food, Mexican Food, and there's this place that serves soup in a bowl made out of bread! How neat is that!??!?
I guarantee you'll spend more time FIGURING OUT what you want to eat than you'll spend eating the food.
Oh and I suppose that the stores are interesting and nifty. Multi-level. I think there's a movie theater there.
Go walk around downtown, go to Westlake Center (There's always interesting characters out front to make you smile, grimace, or both!) and then eat til you burst inside. You'll never have a better time inside a mall!
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The only thing that keeps me from giving SCC a perfect rating is the lack of available parking. If you have class at say, 8am, you MUST get there no later than 7am to ensure a parking space within a...
The only thing that keeps me from giving SCC a perfect rating is the lack of available parking. If you have class at say, 8am, you MUST get there no later than 7am to ensure a parking space within a mile of the building.
If you're not so lucky, you'll either spend an hour driving around the lot hoping for a space, or you'll be relegated to parking out in the dirt pit behind the automotive department. Not fun when it's been raining for 4 months and the 'pit' is more of a 'lake'
That being said, the professors and staff are helpful and instructive. If you're taking prerequisites for the nursing program, be prepared to be pushed hard and far and most of your teachers will give you exams that make you ask yourself "Am I taking an exam for the right class?"
The nursing program is very competitive. Unless you have a 4.0 AND years of experience as a CNA or EMT, don't even try to apply. it'll be a tremendous waste of your time and money.
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The super thing about North Seattle Community College is that it's part of the Seattle Community College network, so basically you can take the same classes at North as you would at South or...
The super thing about North Seattle Community College is that it's part of the Seattle Community College network, so basically you can take the same classes at North as you would at South or Central.
THere is ample parking there, and the whole campus looks kind of like a mall, with multi-leveled concrete-walkways connecting the different buildings. If it's raining while you're in class (of course it's always raining in Seattle), make sure to bring an umbrella so you don't get soaked walking from Chemistry to Algebra.
Their cafeteria food is provided by the Culiary Arts students and is TOP NOTCH and not expensive at all!!!
Oh yeah. The teachers are great and you get a good education there
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