Ellen Schmedinghoff

North Charleston

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First Person: Inside the Victorian on Grace Street

1 week ago | rimonthly.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

My story of Grace Street started in the soupy summer stretch between kindergarten and first grade, saddled between two worlds — the only home I’d known in Providence, and a new house in Cranston. My familiar world was a three-story tenement that rose high above the dead end of Hamlin Street. We made every inch of it ours, naming every corner, each room with its own distinct role.
Charleston Is Magical, But Not for the Reasons People Think

Jan 14, 2025 | afar.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

The Folly Beach Pier, with its 7,500-square-foot, diamond-shaped platform, is less than half-an-hour’s drive from downtown Charleston. Photo by StacieStauffSmith Photos/Shutterstock Talk to anyone who knows and loves Charleston, and you’re likely to hear about how magical this place is—the dappled light streaming through the live oaks, the pods of dolphins leaping from the river, the succession of pink and white flowers through the seasons.
Charleston Is Magical, But Not for the Reasons People Think

Jan 14, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

2 days ago These US Cities Are Riddled With the Most Gun Crime This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.Fatal … 1 day ago Former UNC Chapel Hill, NFL star charged in car crash NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Robert Quinn, who once starred for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football team and went on to play … 3 days ago Ex-NFL Star Arrested After Multiple-Car Collision Former...
Charleston Is Best Explored on Foot—Here Are the City’s Best Walking Tours for Food, Architecture, and History

Dec 9, 2024 | afar.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

St. Michael’s church, whose bells have crossed the Atlantic seven times after damage, dominates the colorful colonial architecture of historic Broad Street. Photo by lazyllama/Shutterstock One of downtown Charleston’s best assets is its walkability. There’s plenty of joy to be had wandering on your own, with the fragrant floral air on your skin and the centuries-old cobblestones underfoot, but it’s far more illuminating to be led by a local.
This Southern City Is Topping Our Travel Wishlist This Year—Here's Why

Nov 5, 2024 | afar.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

Marbled & Fin excels in steak and seafood but also offers an extensive wine list. Photo by Andrew Cebulka As the Lowcountry’s signature heat and humidity melt into the horizon, Charleston comes alive again, and everyone comes out to play. It doesn’t matter how many times you might have traveled here previously. With the historic city’s pack of new spaces to eat, drink, and explore, you’re promised a brand-new experience. Here’s what’s new in Charleston in fall 2024.
Charleston's Art Scene Gives Travelers a New Reason to Visit

Jun 18, 2024 | afar.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

A connected community, regular festivals, and a host of galleries and events spaces all make Charleston an uniquely creative city. Photo By f11photo/Shutterstock Perhaps it’s the sea-soaked air that weighs on your skin, the aroma of jasmine and gardenia, or the pink and blue cotton candy winter skies, but Charleston has long captivated artists of every medium by simply being itself.
Road Trip: Chasing the Blues through Mississippi and Beyond

Sep 19, 2023 | gardenandgun.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

The moment that altered the course of my father’s life happened inside a southeastern Missouri farmhouse, as his grandmother sat him down with a lap steel guitar. He’d watched her and his grandfather play music throughout his seven ripe years on earth, she on guitar, he on his fiddle—but this was my dad’s first chance to play for himself. He remembers the sound and the movement stirring something in him—something that’s kept stirring all his life.
Road Trip: Chasing the Blues through Mississippi and Beyond

Sep 19, 2023 | flipboard.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff

5 hours agoWe’re deep in Bourbon Heritage Month, which is full of bourbon releases, parties, and festivals. Case in point, the 2023 edition of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival just wrapped up in Bardstown, Kentucky, and it was a doozy. This year’s three-day fest was a bespoke county fair devoted to dozens of …
A Grown Up’s Guide to the Grand Strand

Aug 8, 2023 | gardenandgun.com | Ellen Schmedinghoff |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

Both the Grand Strand of South Carolina and I have grown up a bit since my departure more than a decade ago. When I packed up my dorm room at Coastal Carolina in the spring of 2006, my nose was still peeling from a trip to Carolina Cup, where I’d brought too much wine (a box) and not enough sunscreen (none). As a college student living the life near Myrtle Beach, I was a regular at nightclubs with names like Kryptonite and Tonik, and the Conway Wal-Mart. I thought I had this place all figured out.