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Pretty decent record store, as far as record stores go. I don't think this is a chain store so they have alot of independent and local bands/artists.
Nice selection of t-shirts and used CD's and...
Pretty decent record store, as far as record stores go. I don't think this is a chain store so they have alot of independent and local bands/artists.
Nice selection of t-shirts and used CD's and tapes (do they still make tapes anymore?) Also carry guitar strings and pics and magazines and books and videos. Decent store with decent selection. Many locations throughout Charleston. Stop in and see what you think. Definitely better than corporate-owned stores, that's for sure.
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I went here a few years ago and then back recently and this is not a bay way to spend half a day.
Charleston Tea Plantation is the only working Tea Plantation in the US. They show you the tea...
I went here a few years ago and then back recently and this is not a bay way to spend half a day.
Charleston Tea Plantation is the only working Tea Plantation in the US. They show you the tea fields and tell you about the history of tea and the little idiocyncracies about tea and they give you a tasting of different types of tea (sun tea, green tea, black tea, etc).
All of the tour was held outside, so if'n you go in the summertime, bring a fan or a hat cause it can get muggy.
All in all, a nice way to spend a few hours.
Oh, and the tour is FREE!!!
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Linda Page has been a Charleston landmark since as long as I can remember.
This is a really super place to stop on your way to or from Sullivans Island. It's located just before the Ben Sawyer...
Linda Page has been a Charleston landmark since as long as I can remember.
This is a really super place to stop on your way to or from Sullivans Island. It's located just before the Ben Sawyer Bridge that connects Mt. Pleasant and Sullivans.
There are 2 levels as well as a garage filled with different things. They have furniture auctions there on Sundays, I believe (don't quote me on this) so a large portion of the bottom level is devoted to large peices of furniture, but really nice stuff and not too expensive. The other part of the lower level is just pure and pure antiques and "Junkque". Don't call it "junk", call it "Junkque". Pronounce it French-like and people will think you're hoity-toity :)
The mix of stuff she has is very ecclectic and I like that. You'll never see the same things twice it seems if you go there.
Oh and she has some geese that run around the property...just watch out for them when you're pulling into the driveway.
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Once in a great while you find a store that is worth driving nearly an hour to get to.
Hungryneck Antique Mall is one of those places. It is HUGE. I think it takes up the space of an old K-mart...
Once in a great while you find a store that is worth driving nearly an hour to get to.
Hungryneck Antique Mall is one of those places. It is HUGE. I think it takes up the space of an old K-mart or something. Anyways, it is just plain HUGE. You walk in and there aren't individual booths, just antiques all over the place. It feels like your grandma's attic....stuff on shelves and in trunks and here and there. IT's a mish-mosh but at the same time, well organized and just So much stuff!!!
When you go, plan to spend no less than 2 hours just wandering around. And once you think you've seen it all, turn the corner and realize that you still have another 3/4 of the building to go.
Be prepared to get your hands dirty. Like all antique stores, this place is dusty but well worth it. To even begin to list the things they have is impossible. I mean, it's got EVERYTHING!!!! I've yet to go there and not leave with SOMETHING, no matter how large or small. They WILL have something that interests you and the stuff there is *NOT* expensive at all.
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Whenever I go to Seattle (which is not as often as I'd like), I ask my daughter & her hubby to take me not only to Pike Place Market, but beg to stop by this most WONDERFUL bakery in the world. IT's...
Whenever I go to Seattle (which is not as often as I'd like), I ask my daughter & her hubby to take me not only to Pike Place Market, but beg to stop by this most WONDERFUL bakery in the world. IT's right next to the fish guys that throw the fish, and they have THE best home-made pasteries, donuts, cakes, cookies, and breads I've had in a LONG time.
They do not take credit cards or checks--cash only.
The thing I always go there for are these huge nut and raisin loafs they have for $2.75. I swear these things must weigh 5 lbs MINIMUM. They feed 4 people for DAYS and they are HUGE. I always get 3 or 4 to take back to SC with me and freeze.
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The Pike Place Market---Oh! I just love it. I could spend all day there.
See, I'm from South Carolina. Not too much in the way of huge outdoor markets there (well, besides the big market in...
The Pike Place Market---Oh! I just love it. I could spend all day there.
See, I'm from South Carolina. Not too much in the way of huge outdoor markets there (well, besides the big market in Downtown Charleston....but it's NOTHING like Pike Place). They really do have the guys that throw the fish at each other and they always catch it.
The market has many levels and different parts to it. There's the main market with the fish guys, and across the street is another set of market shops that go up and down a few levels.
The thing I like about Pike Place Market is that it's functional and meant for locals as well as tourists--even though during tourist season there's so many people you can't walk because the crowds are so thick. But my kid & her hubby go there to shop and buy cheap flowers and veggies fresh from the farmer. It's a very neat microcosm look into Seattle Life.
And the views from the parking garage are to DIE for. Bring your camera!
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Every time I visit my daughter & son-in-law in Seattle, I beg them to take me to the Ballard Locks. It's just a wonderful way to spend a beautiful day in Seattle.
There are two sides, one side...
Every time I visit my daughter & son-in-law in Seattle, I beg them to take me to the Ballard Locks. It's just a wonderful way to spend a beautiful day in Seattle.
There are two sides, one side has a huge park in it, and the other side has the fish ladder. They're connected via a little walk way that you walk across (the actual locks) and during the summertime when there's alot of boat traffic, you can see the rangers lining the boats up in the locks and the water raises (or lowers) so that they can get from one side to the other.
And not just small recreational boats either. HUGE Alaskan Crab boats can fit in those little lock things as well.
I love the fish ladder but always go during the wrong time of year and can never see the HUGE salmon, just the little babies.
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or else they end up here, looking sad through the glass cages begging (in their own doggy or kitty way) "Please take me home so I don't..you know...take the big nap"
All of the animals I've ever...
or else they end up here, looking sad through the glass cages begging (in their own doggy or kitty way) "Please take me home so I don't..you know...take the big nap"
All of the animals I've ever gotten (aside from one) has been acquired from the SPCA. All of my daughter's animals have been gotten from the SPCA. We have both volunteered there and always donate large bags of food for dogs & cats at Christmas. No, I don't want a pat on the back, but I do want you to see what happens when dogs and cats don't get spayed or neuteured. Even if you don't want or need an animal, just go down there and pet some of them or take the dogs out back and throw a ball around. IT really makes their day. Honest.
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Ever get a hankering for those little mini-golf outlets up in Myrtle Beach, but don't feel like fighting the traffic on 17N just to get in 9 holes that include a pirate ship and dinosaur?
No...
Ever get a hankering for those little mini-golf outlets up in Myrtle Beach, but don't feel like fighting the traffic on 17N just to get in 9 holes that include a pirate ship and dinosaur?
No problemo. Just hop down to Ashley Phosphate and Dorchester Rd and there you have your own little slice of Heaven, known as Frankie's Fun Park.
Mini Golf, Mini Cart Races, Batting Cages, Gyro-thing that turns you upside down. TONS Of arcade games including Skee-Ball (my fave) and a little eatery that features the greasiest foods this side of the Coastal Carolina Fair.
Got some kids you need to entertain? Take 'em to Frankies, give 'em a handful of tokens and that should allow them to have at least 4.5 seconds of fun. Just bring lots of cash for your greedy little kids and remember to act pleased when they present you with a peice of fuzz that they worked so hard to get for you (around 4,000,000 tickets)
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Fifty Two Point Five (also known as 52.5) is on Wentworth Street in Downtown Charleston and they have a very large and absolutely unbeatable video & dvd rental collection. From the most obscure...
Fifty Two Point Five (also known as 52.5) is on Wentworth Street in Downtown Charleston and they have a very large and absolutely unbeatable video & dvd rental collection. From the most obscure 1950's STD school horror film to new-age avante garde art flicks to everything in between--they have it PLUS some.
Also large selection of music and books to choose from---but go there for the videos. I guarantee they have movies that you will find NO where else---certainly not Blockbuster or Hollywood video or similar "family friendly" chains.
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