Linda Elksnin hangs her whimsical paintings at the Studio
The Studio was buzzing this morning as local artist Linda Elksnin installed her show. You can check out her colorful paintings on display show at The Real Estate Studio, 214 King Street through May 8, 2012. Linda will host a "Meet the Artist" event on Easter Sunday, April 8 from 11am-4pm during Second Sunday on King Street. With the street closed to vehicular traffic from Calhoun to Queen, it's...
2012 Folly Beach Sea & Sand Festival
The Annual Folly Beach Sea & Sand Festival is a fun way to kick off Summer... even though Spring just technically started. Tell that to the 80 degree weather we've been having- feels like the beginning of Summer to me! This Saturday and Sunday, the very heart of Folly Beach, Center Street, will become a block party for a good cause. A little less than 100 vendors will provide goods and...
Historic Plantations In South Carolina
Did you know that South Carolina still has plantations? A plantation by definition is an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor, or usually a large farm in tropical or semitropical climates. Plantations were developed and established long before the Civil War and are still around. In today’s society plantations exist for many different purposes....
St. Patty’s Shamrock SUP Race On Folly Beach
Big Jon Ory is founder of Charleston SUP Safaris, but it has taken him a lot of effort to get to this place. Born in Hawaii, Ory lived where Stand Up Paddle Boarding originated. He moved to Charleston as a young boy and was always in the water on Folly Beach or the Ashley River. After gradutating from Presbyterian College on a football scholarship, Ory returned to Hawaii for a while. He then...
Warren Buffett says “Invest in Houses”
Recently, Warren Buffet made public his annual shareholders letter where he admitted to being "dead wrong" when he predicted last year that housing prices would rebound within the year. However, he's not betting against the market this year, even going as far to say that real estate is such a good bet that he'd "buy a couple hundred thousand homes" himself and invest. He also had some...
Welcome 2012 SEWE and Artist Honor Marks
It’s that time of year again, Charleston. It’s time for SEWE! Or, for you non-locals, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition that runs this weekend from February 17-19th. This year SEWE will be celebrating its 30th year and will attract around 500 artists and exhibitors who will demonstrate their work to over 40,000 attendees. Though the emphasized focus of SEWE is the experts in wildlife and...
Handling the Hunley – A Exploration of History in Charleston
It’s no secret that Charleston is extremely well known for its American history, but what many residents and visitors tend to forget as they cross over the Cooper River bridges is that history is still being made here every day… Let me begin by taking you back to Charleston for the Civil War: The debate between the North and the South on slavery is heated and not looking as if it can be resolved...
Welcome Opera Charleston!
Opera lovers in Charleston rejoice. Dunes Properties would like to extend a warm welcome to Opera Charleston. The anticipated first production of the inaugral season will be Carmen and the star of the show will be world famous Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano from the Metropolitan. If you are unfamiliar with Carmen, it is a French comique written by George Bizet based on the novel by Prosper...
The Walled City
I just read a great little tidbit from Charleston Magazine about the former walls around Charleston and our very own "Walled City Task Force", which was appointed by Mayor Riley in August 2005. According to it's website, this organization is dedicated "to further the study, identification, protection, and interpretation of the Walled City of Charleston." VERY interesting.... The walls stood...
Under contract in 45 days or less? You betcha
Here is an excerpt from the informative and entertaining blog of Kristin Walker, one of our Charleston Peninsula experts. She does her research and she knows her stuff! "In the past few months I have noticed a selection of homes and condos on the Charleston Peninsula come on the market, then go under contract in 45 days or less. These are not just bank-owned ones which are obviously priced to...