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Happy Thursday, Charleston. By July 9, 1863, nearly 11,000 Union soldiers were massed on Folly Island, guns hidden in the dunes, waiting for dawn. The next morning they would storm Morris Island and begin the long siege that eventually cracked Charleston open. For one more night, the beach just south of the city was the quiet before one of the war's most consequential Lowcountry campaigns.
This was, of course, the best scene in the best Civil War movie (my newsletter, my rules 😁). When the famed 54th Massachusetts regiment, the first official African-American unit raised in the North, was part of that assault on Battery Wagner.
Where's your ride-or-die Charleston breakfast sandwich?
Dinner Club is back, and this time we're taking over a whole neighborhood.
Next Wednesday, July 15 at 6:45 PM, we're fanning out across Cannonborough/Elliottborough, one of the best little dining pockets in the city. Small groups, different tables, several of the neighborhood's favorite spots, all within a few blocks of each other. Each table kicks off with a gratis appetizer, then good food and better conversation take the wheel.
The best part comes after. Everyone converges at one spot for a nightcap, so the friends you made at dinner become the friends you're introducing to a dozen more.
Come solo, come curious. Seats are limited, and the last batch went fast.
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Congrats to Lauren L. of Mount Pleasant who guessed correctly in last week’s “Where Are We?” I was at MOMO at Riverfront Park in North Charleston.
I also forgot to credit Joanne A. several weeks ago who correctly identified how Clyde The Cougar came to be College of Charleston’s mascot.
WEATHER
Thursday 96° / 80° ⛅ 💧13%
Friday 95° / 79° ⛅ 💧24%
Saturday 94° / 77° ⛈️ 💧42%
Sunday 90° / 74° ⛈️ 💧90%
RETAIL
Summer Anderson is the owner of Ladybird Books
Eight months ago, Ladybird Books was just big bay windows and a bet. Now it's got a skinny team that runs the place, classics flying off the shelves to CofC students, and Jodi Picoult booked at the Music Hall. We sat down with Summer Anderson to hear what eight months on King Street actually teaches you.
WHERE ARE WE?
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!
HAPPENINGS
Thursday
Tiny Tour | 10:30 - 11 AM | Gibbes Museum, Charleston | Colors, shapes, strollers welcome. Your tiniest art critic's first gallery.
North Charleston Farmers Market | 3 - 7 PM | Park Circle Pavilion, North Charleston | Local produce, a rotating food truck, live music till seven. Free.
What's That Song Music Trivia | 7 - 9 PM | Indigo Reef Brewing, Charleston | 80s synth-pop or 90s grunge? Fourteen taps say you're wrong.
Friday
Lighthouse Inlet Bird Walk | 7:30 - 9:30 AM | Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve, Folly Beach | Painted buntings and whimbrels on Folly's wild end. Bring binoculars.
10 Year Anniversary | 4 - 9 PM | Two Blokes Brewing, Mount Pleasant | A decade of pints. Throwback brews, live music, woodfire pizza. Free.
Queens of Country | 7 - 8:30 PM | Queen Street Playhouse, Charleston | Dolly to Kacey, sung by Charleston's best. Cocktails at the bar.
Saturday
Charleston Farmers Market 2026 | 8 AM - 2 PM | Marion Square, Charleston | Produce, cut flowers, breakfast, artisans. The Saturday-morning ritual downtown. Free.
Yoga at Waterfront Park | 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Daniel Island | Free all-levels slow flow on the pier, then the market. Bella leads.
Fast & Fresh Cheesemaking | 1 - 3 PM | Jeremiah Farm & Goat Dairy, Johns Island | Fresh mozzarella, creamy ricotta, happy goats nearby. Two delicious farm hours.
Saturday Night Barn Jam | 6 - 10 PM | Awendaw Green, Awendaw | A rare Saturday jam under the trees. Three bands, BYOB, ten bucks.
Sunday
CHS Pour House - Sunday Brunch Farmers Market | 11 AM - 3 PM | James Island, Charleston | 50+ vendors, live music, cocktails, hammocks. Fairy hair and glitter too.
2nd Sunday on King Street | 12 - 5 PM | King Street shops, Charleston | Half a mile of King, car-free. Shops, music, and strolling.
Karaoke Possum at the Charleston Pour House (Deck) | 6 - 9 PM | Pour House, Charleston | 75,000 songs, pro sound, open-air deck. Your star turn awaits. Free.
| Broker’s Take | July 9, 2026 |
The Floor Keeps Rising
Charleston’s median sale price sits around $640,000, up more than five percent from a year ago, and that climb happened in a market everyone keeps calling slow. That’s the tension worth sitting with. Days on market are longer and buyers have more to choose from, but the price floor under this city has barely flinched. Transplants from the Northeast and the DMV are still arriving, and they tend to shop for the right house, not the cheap one. Slower doesn’t mean softer here. It means the frenzy left and the value stayed.
Jimmy Farrell
Broker, The Farrell Group
ICYMI
The warehouse rumor Charlestonians have traded since last summer just landed a 74-page permit and a 32-pump gas station.
→ See where the third one landsA Miami chef with a pandemic-born BBQ empire is taking over the old Sorghum & Salt room with oxtail and jerk snapper.
→ Meet the man behind KaiaWest Ashley hasn't had a real Italian table since Al Di La went dark five years ago. That drought ends in August.
→ Get the date-night detailsThe old Hyatt Place reopens July 15 with a rooftop taproom pouring 70-plus beers and a golf simulator upstairs.
→ Tour the made-over King Street hotelNext door to Allora, a mother-son duo rolls fusilli in the window while you shop for tonight's dinner.
→ Peek inside the pasta window
LIVE MUSIC
FRI — Wilco at Firefly Distillery — the biggest name on the whole weekend. Or The Travelin' Kine at The Pour House — a decade of Charleston Americana, celebrated live.
SAT — Frontiers at Charleston Music Hall — the world's number-one Journey tribute, unironically. Or Slow Runner at The Pour House — the local cult favorite, back on the deck.
SUN — Blackberry Smoke at Charleston Music Hall — southern rock with a Metallica bassist in tow. Or Conway the Machine at Music Farm — one of rap's sharpest pens, up close.
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