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Recovery Room patrons were oh so close to being the nation's #1 drinker of PBR
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 10 January 2013 - 9:31amLate-night favorite The Recovery Room on Upper King Street has long been one of the nation's top consumers of the canned golden lager, so much so that last January the bar took the #2 spot in a ranking of the nation's top consumers.It seems they've... More
We're getting better at this: Charleston moves up to 4th drunkest city in the U.S.
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 5 January 2013 - 6:24amCharleston has been ranked one of the "Top 10 Downtowns," No. 2 "Best Spring Break Cities," the No. 1 "Best City for Historic Preservation" lists, and, heck, the No. 1 city in the world.It's enough to, apparently, make one want to drink.The... More
More upside than down: How Charleston's netted top marks
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 5 December 2012 - 11:28amIn October Charlestononians were a bit stunned when word came the city had been picked as the best in the world by the Conde Nast Traveler survey.And unsurprisingly many of us wondered how Charleston could top the likes of New York, London,... More
Charleston's literally home-grown food scene earns it a spot at Fodor's
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 15 January 2012 - 6:41amFrom haunted history to no shortage of drinking spots, there are loads of reasons to visit Charleston — but the Holy City's "foodie-centric" nature has earned a spot as a "Buzzy Destination".In Fodor's list of "21 Places toGo in 2012", Charleston... More
Charleston binge drinks itself to number 12 in the country
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 4 January 2012 - 9:13amThere's really no point arguing it, Charleston loves its beer, wine, cocktails, and dang near anything with a percent to it — and now we finally have some stats to back it up.In a list more anecdotal fun than medical fact, The Daily Beast has brewed... More
Charleston-North Charleston score in top 20 for economic growth
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 17 December 2011 - 7:45amThe Charleston area is always scoring high on lists, and usually it's for being a great place to go to school, find attractive folk or food, or just be a great travel destination. But that's changing a bit with a number 11 rank for the local economy... More
Charleston makes the grade as one of 'America's Best Cities for People-Watching'
By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 - 6:37pmThe city of Charleston has been called a lot of things, but today, Travel and Leisure Magazine is calling it one of 'America's Best Cities for People-Watching.'Here's what Travel and Leisure had to say about the Holy City:What is it about South... More
Travel + Leisure readers: Charleston's full of sexy people (and the city's not bad either)
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 8 November 2010 - 7:15pmWhen asked to rank 35 well known American cities, Travel + Leisure readers put Charleston at the top of the list.In the annual America's Favorite Cities guide (in which Charleston generally places quite well) readers of the publication in print and... More
League of American Bicyclists award Charleston a bronze metal for its bike efforts
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 - 5:47pmCharleston is joining 158 communities in 48 states to be awarded the designation of "Bicycle Friendly Community" by the League of American Bicyclists.Our city is one of 18 communities added in 2010 and enters at the lowest level, bronze, a... More
Bicycling Magazine names Charleston as nation's 29th most bike-friendly city
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 6 April 2010 - 5:26pmI'm all about Charleston getting some love, but aside from the Cooper River Bridge bike/pedestrian bath ... how exactly are we bike friendly? Go check out the blurb at Bike Magazine or the whole list. And, no, I don't think merely creating a... More
