Our best Charleston features and links

Every day we look for the best stories, links, photos, guides, and more — some of those are more timelessly awesome than others. Below are the best of the bunch going back in time starting 365 days ago.

A trip to Boeing in Seattle to preview Charleston's new 787 plant Labor lawsuit or not, Boeing's $750 million, 1.1-million square foot North Charleston 787 assembly plant continues to near completion.With that in mind, Live 5 News recently went to the other coast to have a look at the...	The urban chicken finds a home in the Charleston metro Though you'd think keeping chickens was illegal in all of the Charleston area, that's not the case.Sure, it's a practice effectively prohibited in many incorporated parts of the metro area, but the urban chicken hasn't...	Dear readers: One final front page design update to rule them all Yes, we here at TheDigitel are prone to changing the look of our front page a good bit, so I'd first like to thank you all for being our tolerant guinea pigs. Secondly, know that we're looking to be less erratic on you....
Eating local: A guide to being a locavore in Charleston Not only is eating local foods generally tastier than your days- or weeks-old imported alternatives; it's often better for the environment, and it's dang trendy.That said, it can often be a tricky business, especially...	Jackpot: A look at South Carolina's 'gentlemen' drug smugglers What do you get when you combine South Carolina's penchant for Southern gentlemanship and drug smuggling of the mid '70s and early '80s?In the new book "Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the...	On the move: The lowdown on Charleston's mobile food truck scene Ah, food trucks--they're emerging as a culinary staple in Charleston, and we've been loving it.You may be familiar with some of the names: Diggity Doughnuts, Roti Rolls, Hello My Name is BBQ, the Little Blue Brunch...
A trip to the not-so-small Atlantic garbage patch off South Carolina's coast There's been much talk in recent years of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," where ocean current combines with copious amounts of manmade plastics to create a massive garbage dump. Well off the coast of the Eastern...	A chat with Nikki Haley about family life and the governorship The Associated Press has a softball meet-and-chat with Gov. Nikki Haley about her family life just a few months into office, and discussed were the sad parting of the first fish, a bloody nose, and parental duties.Take...	In audio and text, perspectives of the Civil War 150 years later As Charleston marks 150 years since the outbreak of the Civil War and the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 with cannon fire and re-enactments, NPR has put together a nice collection of perspectives.In a written...
Local designer Cavorts around first ever Style X at SXSW This is the third installment of a behind-the-scenes series with local fashion designer Julie Wheat of Cavortress on her travels to Style X at SXSW in Austin, TX back to Charleston Fashion Week. To...	Of Charleston, Groupon, business overload, and a Post & Courier daily deal So, this post is a three-parter.First up, I'll point out The Post and Courier's piece about how local businesses are adapting to the tidal wave that deep discount online coupon sites like Groupon can bring, and how...	It’s Groundhog Night. But at least it’s always a good night. Same party. Same people. Same location, even. Different year. It’s 2010 at Shine and all the cool kids are arriving late for the hip-hop dance party. The booths have “reserved” signs for Ayoka Lucas and her crew...
Doing the Texas two-step: On the road with Cavortress, Part Two. This is the second installment of a behind-the-scenes series with local fashion designer Julie Wheat of Cavortress on her travels to Style X at SXSW in Austin, TX back to Charleston Fashion Week. To read part one...	Cooper River Bridge's cables get a not-so quick inspection On many a day, it's already quite windy just driving over the Cooper River Bridge; one can only imagine how much more unnerving it would be checking the cables that go up another 400 feet.But that is just what workers...	On the road with a fashion renegade When local Charleston fashion designer Julie Wheat of Cavortress asked me to join her on a trek to the South by Southwest's inaugural Style X event in Austin, Texas, not only was I honored to be considered by her to...