Picks and Pans – Raleigh-Durham, NC

The triangle formed by Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill seems to encompass a lot of cool stuff to see and do (especially the small area around Duke that we explored). Unfortunately, we only got to spend a day there and so don’t have too many specifics, but we were certainly happy with the few things […]

Picks and Pans – Charleston, SC

The principle thing that I will remember about Charleston is the sheer number of GIGANTIC old houses that make up its historic district. It is frankly astonishing that not only did people have the money to build these houses, but that families still live in them and can maintain them. It seems that because Charleston […]

Picks and Pans – in and around Beaufort, SC

PICKS: Hunting Island State Park

Our AAA camp book led us to this incredible state park, situated on one of South Carolina’s many sea islands. The campground has beach front marsh forest and all the amenities you might need and, as a result, it’s 200 sites were full to capacity on this Easter vacation week. […]

Picks and Pans – in and around Savannah, GA

It was super interesting getting to see Savannah, but it was a little hard to get to know it. Because Savannah is such a beautiful and historic city it draws a tremendous number of tourists (us included) which makes it difficult to get a sense of the local fabric of the place. I imagine the […]

Picks and Pans – Athens & Atlanta, GA

Athens is a cool little college town with a music scene recommended by the drummer of the rockin’ funk bank, Entropy, that we saw in Boone. Looks like it has some interesting art scene, but all the exhibitions were in transition while we were in town.

Atlanta is a funky city (Entropy is from Atlanta!), […]