Charleston resident for 9 years and a cabbie for almost 3, Nathan Wesley Israel is a surly driver who hurls pearls of wisdom at happy customers all day long. He just can’t stand to think of his people going off in the wrong direction. We caught up with him to find out what people want to know and what advice he gives. “First question. ‘What are you in the mood for? Do you want to stay on the Peninsula, Are you more prone to drink or to eat?’ ….Depending on their answer I take them different places”

1. Sweet Tea – Jestine’s. They really know how to do tea right there, they don’t make it too sweet.

2. Bar’s Off the Peninsula - If they want a really good bar atmosphere off the Peninsula, I send them to Water’s Edge or to Red’s Ice on Shem Creek.

3. Universal People Pleaser – If there is one place on the peninsula worth the hype and worth every penny its Hominy Grill.

4. Seafood - The Wreck of Richard and Charlene in Mt. Pleasant. If your seafood is coming on a paper plate it’s got to be good.

5. During the heat of the day – Get off the peninsula head towards Folly or Sullivan’s, either side it doesn’t matter.

6. Sightseeing - If their in that hokie kind of tourist mode, I just dump’em off somewhere in the Market. But if they really want to know Charleston, I say, ‘Do it on foot. Let Charleston find you!’

7. Dusk – At the end of the day going into the night, I say, ‘If you go to the Rooftop Pavilion at East Bay and Market, its twenty degrees cooler than anywhere else.’

Any more questions? You’ll have to take a cab and ask him yourself. Email him at natis321@gmail.com, he gets it on his phone.