A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Local items of interest from Greenville and Upstate SC.
The choice was, should I clean out the basement, or go shoot photographs? Today’s forcast was for fantastic weather. Tomorrow’s, not so much. To me it was a no brainer. I only had a couple of hours before I was to meet Laura for lunch and run some errands, so I decided to explore our … Read More “Touring Upper Lake Fairfield” »
Yesterday the Greenville News reported that the owner of an antique store on Wade Hampton Boulevard had been found shot to death in his store. Bedding World Outlet and Antiques was a long-established business, located right next door to Henry’s Smokehouse. It was notable as much for it’s quonset-hut shaped architecture and cigar store Indian … Read More “What’s Up with Wade Hampton?” »
Two different headlines in two different papers this week could have far-reaching consequences for instructional technology in our state. That is, if they are not just bluster. On Wednesday the Spartanburg Herald reported that Jim Ritchie had introduced a bill into the Senate that woul provide laptop computers for every eighth grade student in the … Read More “Bold Non-Binding Resolutions” »
Ever since I read John Boyanoski’s book Ghosts of Upstate South Carolina, I’ve had a little project going on. Little by little, as I’ve had a few minutes in front of the TV, I’ve been creating placemarks for the locations in the book in Google Earth. The project is now finished. Some of the locations … Read More “Hauntings of South Carolina” »
Sometimes I think it would be great if we got to know our neighbors better, and sometimes I’m just as glad that we don’t know them all that well. Last night was a case in point. A neighborhood meeting was held to discuss the county’s plan for flood abatement. There were more people here than … Read More “The Lake Fairfield Plan” »
NOTE: This restaurant is now closed During the morning’s photography class, Polly had mentioned that some of her photos were on display at the Snapshot Cafe and Art Bar. Several of our class decided that it would be our destination for either lunch or dinner today. Since Laura was grading lab notebooks, it was going … Read More “Snapshot Cafe and Art Bar” »
There was terrible news in this morning’s Greenville News. The Map Shop is joining the ever-growing list of downtown business that have closed. The owner has decided to retire from retail, and will focus on creating customized maps for business. Located on Coffee Street since 1982, The Map Shop was one of the first unique … Read More “The Map Shop – RIP” »
Today was a full day of photography. First there was the portraiture class in the morning. Later in the afternoon, I met up with some of my friends from the Greenville forums on UrbanPlanet.org for a photowalk around downtown Greenville. Eric (aka RestedTraveler) and Ron (aka ManinthePark) were waiting for me under the canopy overlooking … Read More “UrbanPlanet Photowalk” »
Well, Sally, you have to remember that back then temperatures used to get down into the 20s and 30s during winter. We used to spend more time outside during summer than we did in winter. That’s all different now… I was beginning to wonder if winter was ever going to get here. Last Sunday night … Read More “Grandpa, What Was Snow Like?” »
By the time we had recovered sufficiently to get out and about, our breakfast at Stax became brunch. From there, we headed over to the Motortrend Auto Show that’s playing this weekend. There were some interesting vehicles. The little convertible roadsters were drawing lots of attention, as was the Toyota FJ Cruiser. Several clubs … Read More “Auto Show” »