Wendy Swat Snyder

Charleston

Freelance Writer at Charleston Style & Design

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A CULINARY CLASSIC - Charleston Style and Design Magazine

Jul 2, 2024 | charlestonstyleanddesign.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

Tradition and innovation come together in an exciting and unexpected way at Neighborhood Dining Group’s (NDG) latest restaurant, Marbled & Fin. NDG is known for the groundbreaking concept Husk, garnering numerous awards, including Bon Appetit’s 2011 Best New Restaurant in America. Also in the group’s portfolio are local favorites Delaney Oyster House, Minero and The James, and others throughout the South.
Opal Restaurant & Bar

May 6, 2024 | charlestonlivingmag.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

By Wendy Swat Snyder Photos by Aleece Sophia Sophisticated. Vibrant. Innovative. All the characteristics you associate with an upscale downtown eatery are on full display across the river from Charleston in Seaside Farms.
The Royal Tern

May 6, 2024 | charlestonlivingmag.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

By Wendy Swat Snyder Photos by James Stefiuk In a spanking new eatery carved out of a patch of lush forest, brothers John and Ben Williams are realizing a longstanding dream to open their own place. Happily for Johns Islanders, they've made its focus upscale seafood-a niche begging to be filled in this rural Lowcountry community.
Honeysuckle Rose, Charleston, SC restaurant

May 6, 2024 | charlestonlivingmag.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

Honeysuckle Rose celebrates the best of both worlds of food and drinkBy Wendy Swat SnyderPhotos by Aleece Sophia It's one thing to design an entire restaurant concept around a high-end eight-course prixe fixe menu with wine pairings-an ambitious undertaking for even the most seasoned restaurateur. It's that much more impressive when the concept is taken to the next level.
Organizing Meeting for Days of Reparations to African People

Aug 3, 2023 | indybay.org | Wendy Swat Snyder

East Bay U.S. Anti-War Police State & Prisons Racial Justice Import event into your personal calendar Date: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Event Type: Meeting Organizer/Author: Wendy Snyder Location Details: Register on Zoom: We invite you to our next meeting to build the Days of Reparations to African People in Oakland. We meet every Thursday at 7pm pacific time on zoom. We are white people organizing for reparations in support of Black Star Industries. The African...
Charleston Style and Design Magazine

Jul 15, 2023 | charlestonstyleanddesign.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

A stunning curved bar of meticulously crafted Arabescato Corchia marble and Apparatus pendants overhead set the scene in Sorelle’s lively social hub. In the city that hosts a world-class arts festival like Spoleto Festival USA, it makes sense that a dining destination such as Sorelle would find a home. Charleston’s old-world charm won the heart of Gian Carlo Menotti, founder of the original Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, clinching his search for an American counterpart.
Charleston Style and Design Magazine

Apr 11, 2023 | charlestonstyleanddesign.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

“My eye is drawn to the little things people walk by and don’t notice,” Whalen says. His lifelong love of photography is matched by a passion for drawing attention to both the beauty and the vulnerability of the planet. “All my animal photos are animals shot in the wild,” he says. “I love being out there in nature—Africa, Alaska, Iceland—wherever it takes me. I love the peace of it, the sounds of it, the smells of it.
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Apr 11, 2023 | charlestonstyleanddesign.com | Wendy Swat Snyder

Lift Off, oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″The quality of the light in the Lowcountry—sunrise, sunset and everything in between—is what drives Helli Luck’s passion for painting in the coastal region of South Carolina. “I painted in Paris a lot before COVID,” says Luck in her soft British accent. “The light here is beautiful, but the light in Paris is amazing. That’s the theme that runs through my art—not the subject or where I am—it’s the light.