🌴 Mimosas Made Them Do It

Happy Friday, Charleston. I’ve got an idea brewing: a CHS Happenings Dinner Club.

Think this: you’re matched with a few new faces, you hit a great restaurant, you share a meal, maybe wander to an afterparty. Simple, fun, very Charleston.

I’m not winging it. I’ll build a quick personality quiz to match the right groups and partner with a killer local spot to host.

What do you think? If you’re into it, I’ll make it real.

I love talking with Charleston’s makers and doers. I’ve interviewed a bunch of local shop + restaurant folks since launching CHS Happenings, and I want more.

Know a great entrepreneur worth interviewing? Tell me here.

If I end up interviewing them, I’ll buy you a coffee — literally. $10 gift card to your favorite local spot.

Congrats to Bob K. of Connecticut—yes, locals, you got beat by a repeat winner and someone who doesn’t live here—who guessed correctly in our “Where Are We” segment last week! I was at The Old Slave Mart Museum at 8 Chalmers Street downtown. It’s Charleston’s oldest museum of African American history and the first museum on the history of slavery in the United States.

Friday 68° / 46° ☀️ 💧2%

Saturday 73° / 57° ☀️ 💧3%

Sunday 75° / 51° ☀️ 💧1%

YALL Fest | Downtown Charleston - multiple locations Friday & Saturday | 10 AM - 7 PM I YALLFest brings together young adult, middle grade and crossover writers from all over the country for 2 days of signings and panels.

Wee Wild Ones: Fall in the Saltmarsh | 10:30 - 11:30 AM | James Island County Park | At the crabbing dock, young children will channel their inner explorers while enjoying nature through hands-on activities, games. music, and art.

Stingrays Hockey | 7 - 9:30 PM | North Charleston Coliseum | It’s early-season, and our 3rd-placed Stingrays need your support to knock #1 Atlanta off their perch!

Race/Walk for Life with Together We Are Helping Hands | 8 - 10 AM | Brown Family Park, 3000 Front Street, Summerville | Vendors and music will be enjoyed in the park after the race from 9:00am to 10:00am.

Lowcountry Dog Magazine - Big Bark at the Park | 12 - 5 PM | Firefly Distillery | Celebrate 20 years of Lowcountry Dog with the ultimate dog-friendly festival!

WaterFest at Waterfront Park Daniel Island | 1 - 4 PM | Waterfront Park | This annual community celebration offers fun for the whole family at The Waterfront on Daniel Island.

Summerville Italian Feast | 11 AM - 7 PM | Hutchinson Square | A festival celebrating Italian-American Heritage Month with local arts and crafts and local Italian cuisine.

Whiskey & Fire Charleston | 2:30 - 6 PM | The Refinery | A one-of-a-kind, walk-around event series by Whiskies of the World and Heritage Fire, pairing world-class whiskey samplings with live-fire cooking.

Thanksgiving Pie Baking Class | Mercantile & Mash | Learn how to make the dough for your pie, roll it out, and fill it with your choice of sweet potato butterscotch, dutch apple, or maple pecan. Finish it off with latticework or any other fun crust decor of your choosing!

For a while, that button below would take you to our events calendar. I’m changing things up. Each week going forward, I’ll curate more events and publish them on their own dedicated page, which that button will link to. It’s my way of giving you what you’ve asked for AND staying in the Gmail Clipping God’s good graces.

Walking Coleman this week, I spotted a new sign on the old Handcraft Kitchen & Cocktails space at The Boulevard: Brunches. Simple, no big announcement, just quietly claiming the space.

A little digging shows Brunches started in Wilmington in 2019 and has since expanded into Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Richmond. Their brand leans into the fun stuff — their URL is literally mimosasmademedoit.com — so think easygoing brunch vibes with all the classics: chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, Benedicts, breakfast tacos, plus mimosas and Bloody Marys built for lingering.

I peeked inside and didn’t see any construction yet, which means it’s early in the process. But the sign is up, the intention is clear, and something new is coming to Coleman.

I’ve reached out to the Brunches crew for more details. I’ll keep y’all posted as things develop.

We’re somewhere in the Charleston area and it’s your job to guess where. Just reply to this email, or if you’re reading on our website, email me here. The first person to guess correctly will get a shout-out at the top of our issue next week! COLLAGE INCOMING!

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Plemty of great music in town this weekend. Check it out below.

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