One of the employees over at Patrick Properties proposed on the marquee at the American, and they got it all documented.  Congratulations Bruce & Zelda!

Click here to find out why Brian hates the usage of “click here”.  He’s got some funny examples.

Eugene found an inquiring  sidewalk.

Kallure takes us on a tour of her favorite places.

The Cottage Industrialist won a Major Award!  (Anybody get the reference?  anybody?)

A best selling author is going to launch her new book at the C of C bookstore.

The folks at Blue Ion take us on a tour of su.pr:

Service works as advertised. I’m an analytics geek, so being able to watch the stats on our posts is great. I doubt many of these services will be around within a year – and they’ve got as great of a business plan as Twitter – but it’s fun to play along with for now.

The Reel blog explains what a tailing redfish is.

Kristin shares a recipe for Green Smoothies.

Last but not least, a peacock and a baby racoon!

I’m glad to see a lot of bloggers slowing down to enjoy the simple things in life.

Joan went to the City Gallery, and saw that you can create art out of coffee stirring sticks.

Eugene enjoyed watching some Labs play in the water:

It’s blueberry harvesting season at The Microbial Laboratory:

For the Stuckey family, all it took was some good meals and a day spent at the park to make the best day ever.

Sometimes all it takes is stepping back and taking the time to be lazy.

What simple things have you taken pleasure in recently?

Let’s start off the roundup with a local feel good story.  A story that started off with a break in at a local nonprofit organization, ends well:

The assailant stole a computer that was an integral part of day-to-day operations, including the source to donor information (although, no credit card info was stored).  The good news is, that same day, the computer was found and restored!

When learning of this, Blackbaud put the mission of “service to others” into action.  eTapestry’s Jay Love immediately called and offered a solution to ensure their data is secure in the future. Best Buy also stepped up to donate a brand new computer.

In other news, New Belgium Brewing company has started distributing to South Carolina, and the Charleston Beer Exchange has a special offer and a Coast Cask as well.

Next Wednesday is the 10 Storehouse Row Stroll.

A new Doggie Daycare company has opened up on James Island, the Wag Factory.

Tim McManus gives us a great picture from Folly Beach.

The folks at Folbot share a story that you’re just glad didn’t happen to you.

Last but not least, No Popouts is turning off anonymous blog comments, a topic all bloggers debate at some point.  This is a case where a picture is worth a thousand words:

We did some recent maintenance here, and we’re still shaking out a few details, thanks to those who gave feedback.  We did a little cleanup of the blogroll, removing blogs that hadn’t been updated in a really long time.  If we removed you by accident, or if you just got back from a 3 month vacation to Tibet and are ready to blog about it, let us know and we’ll get you back on the list.

Congratulations to Eugene, who received his official acceptance into the Bioengineering PhD program at Clemson!

Mustang Rolling muses on a building and its tenants over the years:

June is national Iced Tea month!

Al Forno Charleston suspects we are seeing some serious biscuit inflation:

I suspect it has something to do with Hardee’s and other fast-food restaurants starting to sell biscuits back in, I guess it was the early 1980s. The size of your average biscuit has steadily increased until what used to be enormous “catheads” are now the norm.

Francis Marion Hotel is joining the Certified South Carolina Grown “Fresh on the Menu” program.

Chris shares some hurricane preparation advice.

Lowcountry Dog announces the winner of their model search contest – Lucy!  She takes some great pictures, go check them out.

And last, but not least, Ian shares a photo that ought to put the stress of your job in perspective.

I did some site maintenance today, moving to a different hosting service, upgrading to a new version of WordPress, and a few other things that set the stage for some improvements that will help us run the site much more efficiently. Hopefully you won’t notice many changes right now. I did manage to lose most of the posts from this week, and I’m working on fixing that. If you come across any broken links, missing images, or anything else I missed, please let me know.

Thanks!

Many thanks to Eugene for stepping in with a last minute roundup yesterday!  I’m back, and boy is the Lowcountry buzzing with activity.

A lot of it is Spoleto/Piccolo Spoleto Related:

Leigh reports in from the Bedon’s Alley party.  (Warning, link contains excellent photography!)

The Charleston Observer enjoyed the New Trinity Baroque performance.

Hall’s Chophouse is hosting an after-party for the Punch Brothers performance on Thursday.

Blue Bicycle Books will have book signings on Friday and Saturday.

Chuck attended some events, and watched the Carnival Cruise ship set sail.

Other bloggers reported in on their Memorial Day weekends:

The folks at Untamed Beer did some brewing, what else?

Robert hit the U-Pick strawberry patch.

Others are gearing up for Hurricane Season, which officially starts June 1st, but some are already scoping out storms in the Bahamas.

Pecha Kucha 3 is coming up on June 3rd.

And I’ll leave you with a healthy tidbit.  JJ tells you a great way to get your antioxidants:  Tea.

The folks at Folbot found a five foot long snake in their factory this morning.  What a way to start the day!

I’m starting to see the talk about Spoleto increase.  I’m pondering setting up a stream that focuses on Spoleto activity, similar to last year’s Storm Buzz widget.  I can’t call it Spoleto Buzz, though, that is already taken

In Piccolo Spoleto news, the artwork for the juried competition is being set up.  Spoleto Today calls attention to two cello recitals.  St. Matthew’s Church on Upper King will host two events also.

There will be a living history encampment at Fort Moultrie on May 30 and 31.

The Bushido Way is excited about the Harris Teeter coming to West Ashley.

Eugene is in search of good Udon Noodle soup.

The folks at Blue Ion celebrated a birthday in style!

Joan followed up yesterday’s teaser with an amazing five part trip report.  Here are links to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and the grand finale.  It’s a wonderful writeup, and it should come as no surprise to anyone that all of these posts are full of great pictures.

Back on this side of the world, there’s a lot going on.

My Stylee Life reminds us that the Mount Pleasant Farmer’s Market is reopening.

Eugene says there are still spaces available to register for Southeast Linux Fest:

The list of speakers includes notable names from Zenoss, Google, Redhat, Fedora, Digium and others. There will also be breakout sessions that will cover topics of interest to anybody involved in using open source. Whether you’re a hardcore Linux/Opensource geek or new to the whole opensource world, SELF will have something for you.

Murphy 24p is going to be presenting at a new conference called DIRT:

This is going to be a rather unique gathering of people from all over the country that want to take their production levels up a notch or two…in lighting, staging, and video (check the website for updates on the sessions). It will be very heavy on labs/breakouts, and light on a lot of big key-note speaker meetings

There is debate about opening a Cruise Terminal in Mt. Pleasant.

And last, but not least, Untamed Beer reminds us it’s American Craft Beer Week.  If you’re looking for ways to celebrate, might want to check out some of the events at the Charleston Beer Exchange (thanks to Ian for the tip!)

It’s a rainy Tuesday, but rain never stops bloggers.  (Why would it?  We’re usually blogging from indoors.)

The 2009 James Beard Awards were announced, and Hugging the Coast has all the details for you.  We have a winner from right here in Charleston, SC.  Even better, you can follow him on Twitter!

There are a few upcoming events:

The Charleston Arts Coalition is throwing a launch party for their new website:

The Charleston Arts Coalition, a creative hub for all disciplines in Charleston’s creative community, will launch its first project, CharlestonCulture.com on Thursday, May 14 from 6 to 8 pm at Robert Lange Studios followed by an after party at 9 pm at Shine.

Mac & Murphy are celebrating an opening as well:

mac & murphy will celebrate their Charleston spring opening with a divine little party on Thursday, May 7 from 5:30-8:00 pm. There will be seasonal sweets from Sugar Bakeshop and champagne courtesy of Caviar & Bananas.

No party, but Park West Palazzo announces “The New Asian Flavor”.  It really is great to see new ventures starting up here in Charleston!

The Bushido Way calls out that the iconic Ravenel Bridge already needs some repair work.  I hope the warranty has a faster turnaround than my last broken laptop.

And for those of you who read the first half of Kristin’s marathon account yesterday, here is the epic conclusion.

It’s a beautiful Saturday, and the blogging’s a bit slow, but we’ve got a few things going on.

Last night Kristin checked in from Greensboro, the night before the big race she’s been training for all this time.

Rehava gives us the details on United Artists 4 Hope, tomorrow at the Navy Yard at Noisette.

Our highly anticipated music and arts festival will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Navy Yard at Noisette in North Charleston. The event, a family-oriented, eco-friendly festival, will feature a variety of musical acts, children’s area, arts and crafts, African bazaar, dancing and drumming workshops, plus much more.

Geoff announces a new cross-country blogging adventure that will start this summer.

Charleston Moves notes that May is National Bike Month, and encourages you to bike to work.

May is National Bike Month, and from May 11-15 in particular, cyclists are encouraged to bike to work. If you live close enough to where you work to be able to make your way on two wheels, now’s the time to ditch the excuses and get some fresh air.

We’ve also got a few bloggers with food on the brain.  Heather reminds us you don’t get the swine flu from bacon.  The Sage Avocado experienced a cooked food craving as she tries to go raw.  The Good Food Campaign points out one of the benefits of unprocessed foods.