A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Sometime back I did a review of Market Deli, and a subsequent sign after they had closed. We were at the Taco Hell next door this evening, and spotted this… At least they have a sense of humor. I guess the other guys just couldn’t get it back together.
The Upstate Beat has a new feature I find intriguing. In the series "Houses of the Holy," one of the Beat’s reviewers (prophets) will anonymously visit a place of worship and report back. There are thousands of houses of worship in the Upstate and our Prophets are sampling them. From time to time one of … Read More “Houses of the Holy” »
Last night we attended a writer’s symposium at Furman entitled "Writing Towards Home". The symposium featured Ashley Warlick, Tommy Hayes, Mindy Friddle, and George Singleton, all of whom have novels set in Upstate South Carolina. The symposium was well attended by the literazzi of Greenville – mostly writer wannabees and some eccentrics. It was almost … Read More “Writing Towards Home” »
For some strange reason this website has gotten several hits from Google with the search terms "Google Earth" and "Pyramids." I’m assuming that folks are looking for the latitude and longitude of the Great Pyramids in Google Earth. Well, here’s how you do it… First open Google Earth, then double-click on the Sight-Seeing folder under … Read More “Pyramids of Giza in Google Earth” »
Last night I officially met the Fourth Presbyterian choir and had my first rehearsal with them. I don’t start until October 9, but the Wednesday before that is supposed to be a celebration of the tenure of Dr. Kyser, and it would have been awkward for me to follow that with a rehearsal.
Came up with a couple of good titles for Country and Western songs today.. "It’s Just Thursday and I need it to be Friday Night" "Your Love’s a Tornado and My Heart’s a Mobile Home" …although I can’t really claim that second one. Of course, with brilliant titles like these, I just had to do … Read More “Never could get the hang of Thursdays” »
Fall officially arrived last week. You couldn’t tell it from the climate around here. Sure, the leaves are falling, but think it’s a case of drought-induced panic rather than seasonal instinct. Over the weekend the temps hit the mid-90’s, which has got to be a record for upstate South Carolina. So here we are at … Read More “Equinox, Schmequinox” »
schwimp swimp trimp srimp It’s amazing to me that people who have no problems with shrink, shrank, shrunk, freeze up on "shr" when it comes to crustaceans.
This is going to be my final meat-n-three adventure for awhile. Or, at least, until my constitution recovers and I shed a few pounds. Today I didn’t feel like going alone, so I drafted my office mate, Rick, to go to Bill’s Place for lunch. It’s been nearly five years since either of us had … Read More “Meat-N-3.2” »
What a motto. At least it’s better than some of the ones that got put up when I used to work here.