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If you are familiar with Mount Pleasant you have probably heard of Dunes West and maybe you have even been here. Dunes West was originally owned by Georgia Pacific. They used the timber here to make paper and other products. As time went on they realized
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When the first English settlers came to Mount Pleasant in 1680 it was inhabited by the Sewee Indians. I knew the indians had been here. I've seen the mounds of oyster shells they left behind as they worked their way down the creeks. It's hard
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Charleston is well known for its restaurants and cuisine. Prices range from a $4.00 burger to the daily rate for lobster. It’s been said there are no bad eating places because the town is too small and word travels fast. Now that I have lived here
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I am the oldest of four children. As I grew up and became an obnoxious teenager and exchanged words with my Mom….I hate you….and ran away from home I always thought she loved my next youngest brother best. When I verbalized this as an adult
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Fall to me always starts the day after Labor Day. I am one of those creatures of habit that stops wearing white shoes as of that Monday and even puts away the light colored linen clothes. I can't help it. Old habits are hard to break. But my latest
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As school starts in Mount Pleasant, SC what am I thinking about? It seems like yesterday that I was sending my three off on their new adventures. That's what we called anything that could be fun and or scary....and a new year at school could be. From
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When you are lonely there's a place you can go it's called downtown....my apologies to Petula Clark. Charleston Place http://www.charlestonplace.com/web/ocha/charleston_place.jsp was ranked #22 of the top 50 large hotels in the United States and
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If you are not a parent or grand parent you may not want to read further. But, if you are please share my pain. Today my almost 4 year old grand daughter went back home after a week at the beach with her doting grand parents. She didn't miss her parents
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Congratulations are in order! The town of Mount Pleasant opened the new Waterfront Park July 3rd. Job well done! It's user friendly, easily accessible, has a shop for food and souveniers and most of all....it's fun. The playground for the little
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Families are touched by many things. At this very moment our family is feeling a "heavy touch" from heart disease. We are not strangers to it. My father had a bypass, Mark's mother had heart disease but this time it is too close. Mark has
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I truly enjoy living in metro Charleston, SC. I can drive to the Atlantic Ocean in 10 minutes. Be downtown in 20. Shop at Whole Foods in 15. Eat at a 5 Star restaurant in 45. BUT, many days are NOT good hair days. The humidity here can be horrible. I
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It's so nice to see something about our town in a publication. Take a look at the article linked below. Being from the Maryland/DC area originally I especially got a big kick out of this. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/My-Kind-of-Town-Charleston-South-Carolina.htm
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I have been planning and working on this new website for months and the utter frustration is wearing me out. I hope to have all the kinks ironed out very soon!
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