Ode to Oysters
Oysters are everywhere! Check out these 13 oyster-eating options available around town. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer //
the Local Yokel; It’s from Charleston!
Some of these home town gifts are the nicest of all! From the bottom left: Personalized oyster knives ($19.95 including engraving) at Croghan's or at Green Lion Gifts (beside Whole Foods). Engraving takes 2 days. The Charleston Butt Grabber (i.e. meat flipper) bought to you by the folks who made the Charleston Hooker. The plaque on the handle states the name. Find it at Gwynn's or Indigo Home $49.50 Sweet Teeth Artisian Chocolates made locally. Pictured here in popping Ginger, cinnamon apple, peanut butter chipolte, and salted caramel. Pick them up at Plum Elements. Sea Island Rum from the makers of Sweet Tea Vodka available ...
The Red Dot
by David White Ever wondered about the red dots that decorate liquor stores in South Carolina? It should be no surprise that they originated here in the Holy City, which has always been the imbibers’ state capital. Here’s the story: Beginning in the 1880’s strong tides of prohibitionist sentiment were flowing in South Carolina, largely backed by upcountry fundamentalist “drys”and opposed by “wets,” more concentrated in the low country, especially the port city of Charleston. In 1892, the “drys” won a statewide referendum that would have prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state but for adoption of the “dispensary ...
