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It's that time of year again for guests to be arriving and staying in your home. Here is a quick list to get the cleaning done so you don't have to worry about it for one more day!

The Charleston Museum's Annual Family Picnic invites families to the Dill Sanctuary for an afternoon of festivities. A Sunday well spent, even when kids sort of freak me out.

How do you promote or share your work with others & what advice can you give to other creatives in your field? How do you self-promote when you're not a born self-promoter?

Treat your friends, family, and coworkers to a taste of Charleston with local goods this holiday season!

We've got your Grit Picks—all the best events happening in Charleston this weekend, November 6-8

Every single person running for mayor has come out in support of extending I-526. Why is Charleston intent on destroying it's culture? Stop the madness.

Feeling Halloween Hungover? Whether it was the third king-size Twix bar you ate or the seven shots of tequila, we've got all the events to cure what ails you this Sunday.

What do football, the Quran, and an atheist wedding officiant have in common? This Deep South wedding in Memphis, Tennessee.

Ever watch a movie or TV show and think "man I wish I could eat what they're eating on screen?" The Food Film Festival makes that dream a reality.

Italian and Mediterranean-inspired fish dishes served up by some of the best chefs in the US!

Charleston Wine + Food co-hosted a bubbly bash with Veuve Clicquot at the William Aiken House. "We can pop bottles all night and baby you can have whatever you like"—the inimitable T.I.

Palmetto Brewing Company launches its Food & Friends Pop-Up Dinner Series with guest chef John Lewis—the pit-master pro behind Austin’s La Barbecue + Franklin Barbecue. This will be Lewis’ only public event in Charleston during the month of October.

Because every song has a story

Hunter Park of She Returns From War played a pre-album release show for her upcoming album, Oh What a Love, at The Rarebit. Park’s songs come from a deep place of emotion that of course feels personal, but like any great song, also universal.

Lee Deas is the founder and Principal Imaginator at Obviouslee Marketing and her company works on some of Charleston’s biggest events and with some of its best companies including the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Cigar Row, SEWE, Family Circle Cup, Kiawah Partners, The Gaillard Center and a whole host of local and regional businesses within the creative and hospitality centric realm.

A self-reflection on why I am sometimes my worst enemy

The very first International Boss Lady, former Charleston native.

A local artist and businessman making a big movement in the local Charleston community with his "There's No Place Like Charleston" T-shirts.

An ode to my bicycle

And other questions I have to field regarding my dance partner