My wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary with a weekend in Charleston a few days ago. We have been to the city dozens of time since buying our vacation condo in Pawleys Island, SC, 15 years ago. The trip, about 70 minutes, never gets old, and this time was no different.
Charleston is foodie heaven. With just minimal research on the Internet, visitors to The Holy City can assure themselves of a great meal, and sometimes an extraordinary one. We've had dishes at the local restaurants that made our mouths water just from the menu description. This past weekend, we ordered doughnut holes drizzled with a peach and bacon sauce that could not have paired better with the rich, New Orleans style coffee at High Cotton on East Bay Street. The rest of the brunch was almost as good. The night before, at a place called Blossom,
In short, Charleston's restaurants are a reason for any golfing couple with even a passing interest in dining out to seriously consider a golf home in the area. There are some nice choices in golf communities, starting with the Mt. Pleasant area just four miles over the Ravenel Bridge from the city. Rivertowne Country Club and its surrounding community were once owned by Bobby Ginn's organization which went up in smoke, spectacularly, after overspending on clubhouses and other amenities, causing many ruined investments, including one for Ginn's banker, Credit Suisse, which lost nearly ¾ of a million dollars in backing Ginn's many ventures. That said, Ginn always did everything to splendid excess, and the 18 holes at Rivertowne, designed by Arnold Palmer's firm, are challenging, beautifully conditioned and with some nice views along the Wando River. Homes in the community start in the high $300s.
Just a few miles up Highway 17 from Rivertowne is Snee Farm, a much more traditional neighborhood and golf club built on the site of a
