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You need to eat your grits to get off the grid.

I’ve been casually following the 2016 presidential candidates for both political parties for several months now. Who the hell do you like in this putrid race for the White House?

Weekend Hit List: February 5-7

Your go-to guide for all things Charleston this weekend, February 5-7

CAROLYN FINCH | FOUNDER OF CHARLESTON WOMEN IN TECH

This week I bring you insight into the inner workings of one of Charleston’s most generous minds. Meet Carolyn Finch. She’s the founder of Charleston Women in Tech, been a guest and speaker at the White House, and mother to baby Juliette, who gently sleeps through the hustle and bustle of Black Tap on a crisp morning.

People, prices, and "Please Don't Use That on my Hair!"

In 2014 my first piece with Grit was something along the lines of “All the things your stylist wishes you knew”. For over a year I’ve read that particular piece and gotten tons of feedback from other stylists during my travels about the things they would add to it. I can’t help but find some of these things just hysterical and some of them necessary to repeat.

Fight the Horde, Sing and Cry, Valhalla, I am Coming

A couple years ago one of my closest friends died over the Martin Luther King Day weekend.

In My Mind I’m Going To Carolina

So far this has been a really exciting year for many reasons. One of them for me is the fact that UNC has been playing basketball at a high rate.

Colin Hay: Next Year People

After finding mega-success in the 80s with Men At Work, singer-songwriter Colin Hay found further success as a solo artist. Devin Grant caught up with the artist to tap about life as an 80s rock star, his new album, and his upcoming show at the Charleston Music Hall.

Into My Arms

“I don’t believe in an interventionist God / But I know, darling, that you do / But if I did I would kneel down and ask him / Not to intervene when it came to you.”

Weekend Hit List: January 22-24

Your go-to guide for all things Charleston this weekend, January 22-24

Santa Claus is Coming To Town: Baby's First Christmas

Despite the large amount of pain I'm in, the fact that I have to meet with my vascular doc again in Charleston, I have to say, this was the greatest Christmas I've ever had. I hope you, good reader, had a really nice one as well. I'll see you in 2016.

Tiny Tim and his Crippled Leg:

Our fearless author got that surgery—To recap it was to fix the varicose veins in his right leg. The timing was both good, and bad.

Win a Southern Season Gift Basket (Plus a Kids' Cooking Class Recap)

Southern Season's Cooking School offers easy how-tos for the old and young; plus, enter to win a holiday gift basket worth $60!

Homemade Cranberry Butter

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Charleston and I could not be more excited! It's no secret that this is a magical time of the year from the glittering lights on King street, to family reunions, to strangers helping strangers in the most selfless ways.

Studio 300 Brings Disco Back

For its third anniversary, The Alley did what it does best: invite the town out to a big, sexy party dressed out in the finest fashions history and budgets could afford. All we had to do in return was allow a portion of our ticket to be donated to the Be a Mentor Program, and enjoy the show.

Boss Lady Coleen of Five Five Studio

Five Five Studio is built on the traditional practices of weaving and quilting curated with her modern eye.

Will Barbie Land Her Man? — Tales of an Uber Driver

When I began driving for Uber this fall, I received advice from numerous sources on how to succeed, make a ton of money, and most importantly remain safe. However, no one informed me of how crazy my passengers can be. The following series chronicles weird, hilarious, and scarily true moments I have experienced as an Uber driver.

Casanova's in the Corner and He's Asking for a Dance: In Defense of The Recovery Room

Bartenders have an unspoken oath: Don't talk poorly of bars where you don't work. It's unbecoming. Well luckily I've always thought that was a dumb rule. Corporate bars are garbage. Spending a half million dollars to create a "dive" bar is a joke. There are maybe 10 bars I like in Charleston. And I frequent less than that. One of those bars that I do frequent is The Recovery Room.

Clucker Chuckles

You've been cooking your Thanksgiving turkey for 4 hours. You pull it out the over, it hits the floor. Do you serve it anyway?

Chef's Counter Lunch at Mercantile

Trying out the new Chef's Counter menu at Mercantile and Mash.

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