The Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Historic District is scheduled to open downtown this March on the corner of Calhoun and King St.  Meet Polly Ann Elliott, Director of Sales, as she introduces the project and explains the upcoming designs.  This video is the first of the Courtyard’s “Transformation Series” as we show you the before, during, hype building, and after.  Can’t wait to show you what’s going on inside this exciting transformation in progress.

Last Sunday six locally colorful designers-- Kenneth Beatrice by Chelsie Ravenel Rachel Gordon, Lula Kate, Beth Pilger, MEW Designs by Megan Waldrep and Mamie Ruth-- graced the runway for the fourth annual fashion show at Chai's Lounge: Local Color.  The show was put on by Charleston After Dark and all proceeds benefited Charleston Chefs Feed the Need.  It was a great turn out and a great time benefiting a positive cause.  The anticipation and heat that is Charleston Fashion Week is on...

Special thanks to Jason Benjamin of esylum for additional footage and creative input.

All Over it Covers:  Julie Wheat of Cavortress debuted her Summer 2010 Swimwear line Memorial Day weekend at Jimbo’s Rock Lounge.  Check out this behind the scenes footage of a day in the life of a Cavortress– hair and makeup, a photo shoot, fashion show, hype, and a rockin’ good time.

Learn not only the definition of sushi, but also how to ripen an avocado!

Meet Chef Sean Park of O-ku--

Stay tuned as he will be teaching us sushi 101 and showing us how we can make sushi at home!

The 43rd installment of Guerrilla Cuisine featured Chef Sean Park of  O-ku Restaurant and Chef Brett McKee of Oak Steakhouse.  The theme was “Steak and Sushi” and who better to pull it off then these guys.

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Last month at the Cavortress Fashion Show at aloft hotel Charleston, I WON a trip to Live in the Vineyard in Napa Valley California. I decided to bring my very best friend from back home in Baltimore and we had the time of our lives. The Weekend was full of intimate concerts, LOTS of wine tasting, great food, good fun, learning new things, meeting new friends, and of course-exploring wine country.
Seeing as how I am a full-time student with a full-time job and three internships, I never would have thought I’d be visiting Napa this soon in life. Over the past several years working in the hospitality industry of Charleston, I have been fortunate enough to learn from some of the best and my interest in wine has grown immensely. I would consider myself to love it more than most (especially red), appreciate it more than I should, and couldn’t wait to visit wine country.

Our first day in Napa began bright and early (still were on East Coast time) long before the wineries were open for tastings and tours. We only had about 2 hours before a scheduled event Live in the Vineyard had planned for us so, we decided to explore.
Once the vineyards were open on the third day, and we had tasted several different wineries at a party the night before, we knew just where we wanted to go: Regusci Winery
Special thank you to Neil Bason, Direct Sales Manager at Regusci Winery, for his much appreciated hospitality and time. If you ever get to Napa, be sure to stop in and see Neil (and Trixie the “mutt slut”) at Regusci- located in the Stags Leap District.

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www.alloverit.org