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Treats for Your Sweet offers affordable, delicious packages sure to make any heart soar

Accompanied by tour mate Matt Woods, Muscle Shoals's Red Mouth, and Charleston's She Returns From War, Rachel Kate wowed the packed house at Royal American last Friday.

This year my band released our fourth CD. We did it all wrong. Way wrong. So, for anyone who hasn't liked my review of their music, feel free to take shots at mine.

Grit-worthy events for 11/14–11/16

Halloween's tomorrow, and you have $10 and no costume. Don't worry—procrastination is my specialty.

It's hump-day, and nothing beats away the stress of those mid-week blues like delicious bourbon cocktails, and bacon flavored popcorn. The Cocktail Club has your Wednesday happy hour waiting.

When it rains, it pours, but no amount of inclement weather was going to stop Kinsey Gidick as she made her rounds and took her notes on this year's Charleston Wine and Food Festival.

Everything is better with bacon, especially if you're enjoying it for a good cause. Blog of the Week tells us about the delicious Bacon and Bourbon event at the Memminger this past week.

The only thing better than bacon is more bacon, that, and some bourbon, country music and a mechanical bull. Blogger Hunter Boone gives us the low down from the 1st annual Bacon and Bourbon event.

I turned in this essay on Bravo's reality show to Charleston magazine, blissfully unaware that the term "money shot" originates in... porn

A lesson in letting go? How I took a break from the push-push-push of everyday, sat a while, drank a little, and didn't miss a thing

Whatcha cooking tomorrow? Not sure? We've got Firefly sweet tea bourbon-flavored ribs, an over-the-top patriotic dessert, and fish tacos here. PLUS! A Grit giveaway you'll want to see (and drink...)

"We don’t live in the information age. That would be an insult to information..." Have we become the communication equivalent of big-box stores? Pumping out cheap drivel? 5 WAYS we can sound smarter

One night, three venues, four decidedly different music acts. Perhaps my brain wrote a check that my body barely covered... but it was a damn fun night out in Charleston. Read on for reviews

You may think you make the best ribs out there—but these babies will certainly be your first runner-up. Calling for both beer and bourbon, this recipe's perfect for your Memorial Day celebrating

How about a sweet treat to start your week off right? Before we leave winter behind, make a batch of Pumpkin Pecan Spiced Cream Puffs—a sneak peek recipe from my next cookbook!

After a Saturday night full of food (I'm talking vats of oysters and an open-faced pig roast) and dancing, we scouted out two of the highlights of SEWE weekend: those swooping birds and diving dogs

Wine. Cheese. Chocolate. Here are my simple, but spot-on picks for getting it right.

Don't like metal music? Neither do I, but don't let that stop you from seeing the hit musical (and highly irreverent) Rock of Ages at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center tonight

A whirlwind tour of fashion houses and runways, martini-soaked parties and madras-clad men. We count down Grit's top 5 favorite photos from the blog trilogy—you gotta see these again