Lowcountry Blogs

The Big Blogroll

This is the listing of all the feeds currently being read and highlighted on Lowcountry Blogs. Sites are moved to an inactive list after two months of inactivity, unless they are seasonal in nature. If your blog is active and not included, please send an e-mail and a short description to Heather Solos.

• 95SX All Access
  A Xanga site by “Pop Culture Tim” from radio station 95SX.
• A blog by christopher donahue
  Leaving my mark on the universe, one blog post at a time.
• A Lively Exchange
  A transplanted writer tries to find his groove in the Lowcountry
  
• A mixed up momma
  Staying sane… in His name.
• A.J. Rankin Personal blog of A.J. Rankin.
• Amy’s Articles
  Pursuing Christ as hard as I can.
• A place That Has to Be Believed to Be Seen
  
• Adam Boozer
  A local creative director’s commentary on his new life in Charleston.
• Afrogeek Mom and Dad
  Afrogeeks: Black people who love Buffy and Star Wars, who have their own folder at the comic book shop, who thought Living Color (the band, not the show) was the bomb, who always wanted to know where the black elves were in D&D. And now they have kids.
• Agricola
  A politically oriented blog by a conservative Charleston native.
• Al Forno
  A witty food blog.
• Amanda’s Ramblings
• Ashcan Rantings
  Charles and Leah share what is on their minds.
• Audubon South Carolina
  A blog by “Swampy,” a.k.a. Mark Musselman, the director of education at the Audubon Center of the Francis Beidler Forest. The blog has an environmental focus and documents whatever strikes his fancy during the work day.
• A Yankee in a Southern Kitchen
  Humorous Writings and Recipes on Food, Family & God’s Grace; while learning to cook Southern for a year.
• Banking Kismet
  Financial services in a Web 2.0 world.
• Baxter sez…
  An eclectic general-interest blog by “a professional feminist” and a “recovering white Christian Southern male.”
• Becky Ray
  Children’s pastor of Pointe North Community Church
• Bessie Gantt’s Journal
  A blog about raising triplets, which is just kind of amazing in its own right, when you consider that a mom could have time to blog while raising triplets.
• Blackbaud Labs News
  A place for Blackbaud Labs to post content, applications, technology, sample code, and other stuff they’d like to get your feedback on.
• Blackbaud News
  Corporate, product, and technology news and announcements, as well as nonprofit resources and customer stories.
• Blogging the Coast
  the blog page of the new Coast Brewing Company.
• Blue Ion
  Life and work inside a local creative Web development firm.
• Brad:: un[boxed]
  the personal blog of a husband and soon to be father.
• Brand Bandits
  Podcast on marketing, public relations, and branding.
• Brian’s Blog
  ABC 4 weatherman Brian Goode.
• Bryson’s Blog
  Living with Trisomy 13
• By the Sea
  An attractive blog by a local health care worker.
• Carolina Dreamz
  a taste of salt on the Carolina shore
• Cat City Online
  News and information on literature, film and visual arts, cats and dogs, plus Nick’s personal projects and the events he’s involved in.
• Catherine Cam
  A video blog by Catherine from Mount Pleasant.
• Cedar Posts and Barbwire Fences
  “He had a different way of looking at the land, the trouble at hand or any circumstance that might just come along and he measured life in cedar posts and miles of barbed wire fences”.
• Chad Norman
  Photo-heavy personal blog by Chad Norman.
• Charleston Chow
  Holly Herrick’s weekly journal of the latest and greatest in Charleston, SC area world of food and restaurants and restaurant reviews/overviews.
• Charleston City Paper Blogs
  Find all your Charleston City Paper Blogs under one handy link.
• Charleston Move
  Working daily to assure the DOT, county, and cities take into consideration accommodations for bicycle and pedestrians in new and re-do of roads, bridges, and highways; this is just one of our priorities.
  
• Charlestongirl
  the tale of a Lowcountry woman, massage therapist, tour guide, newlywed, starting a new business and reviewing local restaurants and entertainment!
• Charleston LiveJournal Community
  A community blog. Pass along news. Ask a question. Get answers.
• Charleston magazine - Society Blog
  Ida Becker keeps up with the social scene.
• Charleston magazine - Style File
  Fashion and style from Charleston magazine Style Editor Ayoka Lucas. Lucas also has a second Style blog that she keeps up for Charleston Weddings magazine.
• Charleston Moves
  The blog of CharlestonMoves.org
• Charleston’s Shame
  Underdog represents all children in downtown Charleston who are discriminated against by the local and state school authorities.
• Charleston SquareFeet
  Local real estate news from Chris Anderson.
• Charleston Watch
  This site is serious business: People keeping close tabs on city government and making sure their neighbors stay informed. Yes, it’s a blog, but it’s also citizen journalism.
• Charleston Your Home Real Estate Blog
  This blog is dedicated to bringing readers vital information on neighborhood happenings, new Real Estate developments, speculation about restaurant and bar openings, and general commentary on life in the Lowcountry.
• Choose Charleston
  Local writer and photographer JAZ takes a closer look at the people, places, and ideas that are reshaping the South Carolina Lowcountry in the 21st Century.
• Choose or Lose
  A Citizen Journalist for MTV News who covers the election as it effects young people in South Carolina.
• Chuckography
  A retired media guy and Charleston native tries his hand at a new medium.
• College of Charleston Student Government Assoc.
  A blog to enable communication between students, the Student Government Association, and the administration.
• Connelly Confusion: A day in the life
  Focused mostly on family and friends - preppy and witty - with an edge!
• Cosmopolitan Charlestonian
  Eclectic Charlestonians on life in the Holy City. American viewpoints, opinion & provocative thoughts from the Eastside.
• Czuk’s Corner
  A local nurse and Book Crosser.
• Dave Moulton’s Bike Blog
  A wicked-good bicycle blog by a British-born framebuilder who also happens to be a novelist.
• David Farrow’s Weblog
  A compendium of local, state, national and international views from the man who brought you Do You Know Your Charleston?
• Days in the Life of Michele
  A journal of my personal life, my reflections, my prayers and praises, my intermost thoughts and any other random events and thoughts
• Denise Loves Ink
  a personal blog on everyday life and writing
• Design Smart
  Design for marketing
• ‘DH’ is Good
  One Charleston college student’s guide to food and film.
• Dragonmount: Robert Jordan’s Blog
  Charleston novelist Robert Jordan’s blog in the online community inspired by his “Wheel of Time” series.
• Dubious One
  A valediction for guys out there who admit to being less than “gentlemanly” and are willing to take some more-than-constructive criticism.
• Eat
  A Charleston City Paper foodie blog by Jeff Allen.
• {e}House Studio: The Chalkboard Blog
  Our blank slate, where we post important messages, share cool thoughts, trade new ideas and have creative fun. Stop by often for our anecdotes on growing the agency as well as our thoughts and ideas on marketing, design, business and culture.
• Elonkey
  Over-educated and under-employed, I’m a political junkie who enjoys following the latest national and regional political news.
• Empowered for Life
  A girl’s guide to the real world.
• Epi Kardia
  At the heart of home education.
• Fabric Junkie
  Conservative Amazon Marianne has started a new blog for her fabric addiction.
• Fact, Fiction, and Everything in Between
  Yet another blog about a girl in a new place and a brand new part of her life.
  
• Fantasy Mashup
  Fantasy football coverage, commentary, conversation and cartoons from Dan and Janet of Xark.
• Feedback File
  A Charleston City Paper music blog by T. Ballard Lesemann.
• Feminists for Colbert
  Women’s and Gender Studies at the College of Charleston LOVES Stephen Colbert. Why? Not only is he a Charleston, SC native, but how great was his segment with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda
• Firefighter Hourly
  Provides commentary on issues relevant to the fire service.
• Floss religiously
  Dental student on life, dreams, religion, education, and good BBQ.
• fo’Cal’ pointes
  Thoughts and observations from Cal Woods Lead Pastor at Pointe North Community Church
• Francis X. Archibald
  A South Carolina citizen on issues great and small.
• Friday 5
  A Charleston.net blog for The P&C’s feature section Friday 5 .
• From My Island to my Hole in the Sea
  Dedicated layabout masquerading as a contributing member of society.
• From the Buckle of the Bible Belt
  The thoughts of a damned Yankee sitting in the belly button of the Ol’ South.
• Fun & Games
  The blog component of Dan Conover’s Fun & Games page in Friday’s Post and Courier.
• Fuzzco
  Charleston, SC web design, graphic design. When we find out about interesting things, do some new work, have new ideas, you’ll find them here.
• Gene’s Public Domain
  A lively Charleston woman blogs candidly about her struggle with cancer.
• GeoffTech
  A London blogger moves to Charleston.
• Global Domination Through Applied Inactivity
  Generalized social commentary on the world around us from the perspective of a transplant living in the Lowcountry.
• GMLc
  The Good Morning Lowcountry column, now in convenient blog form.
• Go Green Charleston
  Local news and information on environmental issues. A platform to encourage those who are unfamiliar to the green movement to learn, share, and act.
• Golden Loving Knitter
  A knitting blog by a woman who also loves golden retrievers.
• Gone To Carolina
  A couple from California moves across the continent.
• Happy Day Dead Fish
  i’m the wife of jim and the mother of ellie and ben. my quest: to live the life with god in today’s world.
• Heartless Gamer
  A C-17A crewchief out at CAFB writes sharp, detailed posts about gaming.
• Heather & Chopper’s Wonderful World of. . .
  Heather and Chopper blog about life and their hedgehogs.
• Here There Everywhere
  Does blogging get better than librarian blogging?
• Holy City, Batman!
  An upcoming events blog by Sara Miller, the Charleston City Paper’s listings editor.
• Holy City Style
  Style and culture straight from the not-so-ordinary streets of Charleston. Yay!
• Home Ec 101
  What You Wish Your Mama Taught You. One of the partners in this venture is Heather Solos of Moncks Corner Moments.
• Honor’s Code
  The blog of a pally tank.
• Hormonal Pregnant Woman
  The title says it all.
• Hugging the Coast
  Former NYC cab driver, co-editor of The Zuzu’s Petals Literary Resource, passionate foodie.
• Humanitarian Causes - United for Humanity
  A “one stop place” for people to list and find humanitarian causes for the people by the people!
• Hyperactive Thoughts of Jeremiah J Brown
  Encouraging, thought provoking, very random
• I Am Dancing As Fast As I Can
  Authored by the Charleston Ballet Theater’s resident choreographer Jill Eathorne Bahr.
  
• I’m just F.I.N.E.
  Telling about what it’s like to work on recovering from the affects of alcoholism through Al-Anon
• Imablog
  A Canadian transplant.
• I’m not drunk enough for this
  Another Charleston blogger.
• Inner Reflections of Hope
• Inner Revolution
  Father of two children and one ugly dog.
• Inside the Chele
• James & Katy Moffitt
  A “Christ- and family-oriented blog” from a family of four in Goose Creek.
• Jared W. Smith: The Blog
  A young IT pro with a book already under his belt.
• Jeff Tompkins
  A collection of humor and satire columns and more by a writer for Charleston Free Time
• Julia’s Blog
  My online journal about family life, homeschooling, vegetarian cooking, work, personal photos, and whatever else is on my mind.
• Kallure
  A young Charleston woman blogs and photographs her friends.
• Keeley’s Repertoire of Thoughts
• Keller’s Kards
  Off-kilter greeting cards, doodles and commentary.
• Kinney Kids
  A mom writes about her family and church.
• Kittens on the Keyboard
  JanetLee blogs about politics, culture and two photogenic cats.
• LabThug
  Labthug’s flog.
• Leigh Webber Photography
  Not just another wedding photographer.
• Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
  A soon-to-be Foreign Service Specialist whose greatest desire is to make this world a better place for everyone.
• Live5News
  What’s going on with the weather behind the scenes?
• LoriFitz
  An employee at Seacoast on general life topics.
• Lowcountry Blogroll
  A “blog planet” that automatically collects posts by local bloggers, created by local bloggers Eugene Mah and Brian Muller.
• Lowcountry dog blog
  Gotta dog? Here’s yer blog.
• Mama Grizzly
  A Lowcountry Mama of 2 great kids, wife to a wonderful husband and father talks about parenting and life around us.
• Mary Mo.tv
  The personal blog of a local student.
• McKevlin’s - 100% Real Surfboards
  A daily dose of flotsam and jetsam irrelevant to your day job, but as equally important nonetheless.
• Michael Douglas Smith Blog
  A tech and sports entrepreneur’s personal blog.
• Microfamous
  A local writer/editor, etc.
• Midknight Gallery
  Written by a graphic designing computer tech.
• Milly Hart
  A collection of work and inspiration.
• Moncks Corner Moments
  Eclectic personal blog from Berkeley County features photography, links to the author’s photo site.
• Monsoon Cantina
  Local creative couple with a baby and a camera.
• Mossy’s World of Animals
  My name is Moss and I’m a fourth grader in South Carolina. This is my blog dedicated to educating people about animals.
• Mustang Rolling
  One of the most focused of local blogs, this one features photographs of the author’s beloved Ford Mustang taken at various places. A mini-travelogue with each post!
• Must Know Investing
  The “Best Darn” Creative Real Estate Investing Blog on the Planet.
• My McClellanville
  A community news blog covering the charming village northeast of Charleston.
• Navigating the Fundraising Universe
  On the road with Jim Bush
• Needles Hooks and Yarn
  The blog of the Crafters Fantasy Football League, a fantasy football league composed of knitters and other crafters.
• New Wars
  Conservative views on politics and international affairs.
• New World PR
  Brought to you by Lyn Mettler of Brand Bandits Podcast
• Nom de plume The ‘Poetress’ - Binding Ink
  A local writer. Her motto: “Born to Write; Forced to Work.”
• Notes on Marketing & Communications
  Rawle Murdy Chairman David Rawle’s blog.
• Notoriously Nice Mike
  A well-known local blogger who lives up to his nickname.
• OldController
  A retired Air Force officer and Realtor with lots of pets and conservative opinions.
• Once More. . .
  personal blog of local programmer Jason Rhyley
• One voice out of billions
  The blog of MUSC’s uber-techie.
• OPP Blog
  Keep up with the folks at Organic Process Productions as they take their films, books and art around the country.
• Paint Charleston Daily
  This blog is forum on art, creativity, plein air, and daily painting by Charleston artist, Katherine M Schneider who paints daily and posts frequently.
• Palmetto Ramblings
  State/Local politics from the perspective of a 24 year-old, plus posts about the “shrimp and grits” of Lowcountry life from time-to-time.
• Pat and Kathie
  Bicoastal twins share their notes and thoughts about anything and everything.
• Patrick L Archibald
  Patrick L Archibald’s photos of Charleston, SC, and beyond.
• Patrick’s Place
  A blog that combines multiple older blogs and themes, written a local TV producer/writer with diverse interests.
• Patrick Properties
  Since 1997, Patrick Properties has been restoring and preserving historic Charleston properties. Fish restaurant, The American Theater, The William Aiken House and Lowndes Grove. But really, all we want is a pony.
• Pedicab Man
  The oldest, by about 30 years, bike taxi driver in Charleston.
• Peninsula Media Online Gallery and Happenings
  A series of photo essays taken by a Lowcountry resident. It include galleries from local events and travels abroad.
• Perfectly Park Circle
  This fun and informative guide will truly turn you on to the “Neatest Neighborhood in North Charleston”.
• Pink Wallpaper
  daily confessions from the interior design world.
• Pork and Whiskey
  From The Rev. Big Dumb Chimp: “Recipes, beer and whiskey reviews, restaurant reviews and basically anything I feel is pork worthy.”
• Postcards From Myself
  Travel, religion, politics, cars, and anything else that matters
• Press Time
  A news and general interest blog by Greg Hambrick, a staff writer at The Charleston City Paper.
• Rather Moore
  Randoms of the Holy City, C of C, Southners, Music, and Moore
• Rev. BigDumbChimp
  A personal blog by Big Dumb Chimp.
• Ricsha Kinard
  Worship leader of Pointe North Community Church
• Robert Donovan’s Photoblog
  Photography blog of Mount Pleasant resident Robert Donovan
• Ron’s Musings
  Conservative opinion and commentary.
• Rotten Oysters
  A foodie blog that bites back.
• Sandor7
  Rockin’ Chucktown since double ought five.
• Sangaree Connection
  Community information and networking.
• Satya’s blog
  A local programmer.
• Shadow of Diogenes
  General-interest blog by a poet/photographer/Clemson fan.
• Signal 46
  Emergency dispatch from the inside.
• Skirt - Margaret’s blog
  rants and raves by a skirt about town. in lowercase.
• Skirt - Sabrina’s blog
  Girl Meets Charleston: A blog about life inside and out of skirt! magazine.
• Smoke Free Action Network
  This is a news source for all people who want to make South Carolina smoke free. Many cities have already enacted legislation on this issue, now it’s time for the whole state to go smoke free.
• Somehow, Someday
  Words and Images from Erik Holmberg
• South Carolina Photography Guild
  News and forums for photographers.
• Sprocketology
  News, technical commentary, and nuggets of wisdom from the coolest team of geeks around.
• St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
  The Wappoo Road church’s spot for global fellowship and mission on the Web; Pastor Spike Coleman, blogger.
• Seeking After
  A blog with my thoughts on Christianity in my life today; it will likely have more questions than answers.
  
• SENSE Charleston
  provokes the unforgettable sights, sounds, the tantalizing flavors and aromas ,and the luxurious textures of a design-oriented lifestyle.
• Steve Stahl
  Associate pastor of Pointe North Community Church’s random thoughts on the journey of life!
• Storm Watch
  A special coverage blog from The Post and Courier that “wakes up” when severe tropical weather threatens the Carolinas.
• Sun and Moon Sorcery
  A conservative Wiccan writes about health, life and religion.
• SunnieFaerie
  A blog focused on the antics and gripes about life with a husband and four children in West Ashley.
• Surry Labradors’ Blog
  Ooooooo! PUPPIES!!!!
• Sándor 7
  Rockin’ Chucktown since double ought five
• Tartelette aux USA
  Helene is a baker three days a week, a personal trainer three days a week, has a master’s degree in history and is a French woman married to an American man. Guaranteed to make you hungry.
• That’sathought’s Weblog
  Writings from a wife and professional stay at home mom.
• The Back Channel
  The Charleston City Paper’s omniblog has morphed nicely into a daily feed of the latest posts from the outfit’s growing stable of staff-written special topic blogs.
• The Blogland of Earl Capps
  Various topics, but here’s a blogger who not only writes about politics, he does some of his own reporting.
• The Bushido Way
  An entertaining mix of politics, sports and some kind of special sauce. Big on baseball.
• The Chase is On
  A Charleston City Paper blog by writer Jessica Chase.
• The Chip Mathis Experience
  General interest blog with a conservative bent.
• The Column, reloaded
  Former journalist/columnist and Charleston resident Eric Pulsifer comments on news in his adopted home town, plus other news of interest.
• The Crescent
  A local man blogs the remodeling of his 1908 Carolina cottage.
• The Connection Maven
• The Extra Point
  LinkCharleston’s sports blog by John Strubel.
• The Financial Philosopher
  Investment talk from a financial professional.
• The Gates of Academe
  The Prodigal Student on college and study.
• The Land of Ozz
  A Christian conservative father from Goose Creek who works as a network security engineer.
• The Ledger
  A Blackbaud Blog and the official blog of The Financial Edge.
• The Newsless Courier
  A blog devoted to watchdogging The Post and Courier, with particular interest paid to education coverage.
• The OOPS! Co Blog
  Blog of local company OOPS! Co
• The painted band-aid box
  A paramedic and photographer.
• The Past Is Not Over
  considers the present effects of the past on our culture in areas such as politics and the media. It’s more contemplative than the former, although sometimes just as opinionated.
• The Punkin Patch
  Musings on pop culture, politics, and life in general.
  
• The Scratching Post
  An author, filmmaker, actor and musician blogging from the Holy City.
• The Spamy Network
• The Spoleto Buzz
  The Charleston City Paper’s Spoleto blog.
• The Super Rog Files
  A man from North Charleston writes about his life and beliefs.
• The Truffula Seed
  A blog by Charleston City Paper writer Stratton Lawrence.
• The Watts Line
  Judy Watts, executive editor of The Summerville Journal-Scene, revives her popular P&C column as a Web-only blog feature.
• The Weight Lifting Revolution
  Helping you create a new lifestyle by first lifting weights to transform your body.
• The Wicked Blog
  Written by Mark Jones Charleston Tour Guide and author of Wicked Charleston
• Theo Moore
  A local programmer.
• There Is Already a Dog Named Stella
  An Air Force pilot stationed here.
• ThinkSouth
  Progressive Southern politics.
• Tj’s Bloooooooooooggggg
  eRandomness
• Tofu
  A local programmer.
• Too Much Information
  A Charleston City Paper blog by Editor Stephanie Barna.
• Tracee’s Life and Thoughts
  a 30-something woman who is Honest, Sensitive, Rebellious and most of all A Work in Progress;
• TracePupke.com
  A blog by Seacoast Church’s IT director.
• Triplet Mama
  Household adventures with triplet boys.
• Ungrounded Outlet
  Muttering to myself and echoing in the void
• Uniquely Tea
  A collection of tea related bits and bobs from here, there, and everywhere.
• Unscripted
  An arts blog by John Stoehr, The Charleston City Paper’s arts editor.
• Untamedbeer
  An unpretentious discussion about beer, including reviews, opinions, beer news, and homebrewing.
• Vera’s Crafty Blog
  The adventures of an obsessed Lowcountry knitter and crocheter
• Walk This Way
  A good-natured woman with a camera goes for walks around Charleston and photographs the details that other miss. A chatty, popular blog. More photos at the author’s Radcliffebytes blog.
• Well Mannered Frivolity
  Adventures in educating 5 children at home.
• What Have We Been Up to Today?
  A personal blog by Becky of James Island.
• Wicked Winter
  Stories are how we make sense of our lives, relate to one another, and find common ground. WW is an exploration of myth and meaning through the art of storytelling.
• Wow, a Blog
  The blog of Tbone Fever.
  
• WVO Conversion and Centrifuge
  A new community project leveraging my WVO experience, converting my vehicle to run on vegetable oil, collecting vegetable oil and cleaning vegetable oil.
  
• Xark
  A general-interest group blog with an emphasis on liberal politics, media, religion and doodles.
• Ya Damn Pastry Chef
  A Charleston chef writes from the inside on the local restaurant scene.
• YouthInTheCorner.com
  Youth pastor, father, husband and all around swell guy.

Heather @ October 8, 2007