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Lowcountry Loot | Fill welcome bags with swag from—and about—the city

Charleston Wedding Charleston Horticultural Society Caviar and Bananas Apple Shop rehearsal dinner food Garden rehearsal Piggly Wiggly

Go Gourmet

Give a gift card from a gourmet joe and goodie shop

Bakehouse Charleston:
(843) 577-2180, www.BakeHouseCharleston.com
Caviar and Bananas:
(843) 577-7757, www.CaviarandBananas.com
City Lights: (843) 853-7067
East Bay Meeting House:
(843) 723-3446, www.EastBayMeetingHouse.com
Hope and Union:
(843) 922-1023, www.HopeandUnioncoffee.com

Tour the Town

Share self-guided tours to the Holy City
Charleston City Slicker provides hi-def footage of 20 historically significant spots. ($1), www.iTunes.Apple.com
Charleston Map & Walking Tour features more than 70 sights. ($5), www.iTunes.Apple.com
The Charleston Horticultural Society’s self-guided audio garden and park tour is free. www.CharlestonHorticulturalSociety.com
Very Charleston (Algonquin Books, 2003, $15.95) by Diana Hollingsworth makes for a lovely keepsake guide. Blue Bicycle Books (843) 722-2666; www.BlueBicycleBooks.com

Pick-Me-Up

Help guests recuperate from celebrating with homegrown hangover remedies
BANa Water:
www.BANaDrink.com
Blenheim Ginger Ale:
(843) 774-0322, www.BlenheimGingerAle.com

Get Cozy

Make hotel rooms homey with Charleston soaps and candles
Charleston Soap Company:
(843) 267-6011, www.CharlestonSoapCompany.com
Cobblestone Candle Company, LLC:
www.CobblestoneCandleCo.com
Rewined:
(843) 793-7809, www.RewinedCandles.com

Protect Yourself!

Keep pests and burns at bay
Beni’s Bug Off:
(843) 324-4554, www.TheBeniCompany.com
LUCA Sunscreen:
(843) 857-3336, www.LucaSunscreen.com

Finger-Lickin’ Food

Get them ready for that barbecue rehearsal dinner
Food for the Southern Soul’s Sweet Mustard BBQ Sauce:
www.FoodForTheSouthernSoul.com, (843) 762-9200
Piggly Wiggly T-shirt and Pig Swig:
(843) 722-2766, www.PigglyWiggly.com

—Natalie Miller

The Wedding Row

December 10 2018

Arlene & Andrew | Engagement Session

After connecting on Tinder (both are adamant that they were each on it for a short, short while) Charleston residents Arlene and Andrew met at a local café where she says she knew she was in trouble—...

December 7 2018

Kayla & Reed | Legare Waring House

Did you know we typically save our most blockbuster weddings to post on Fridays? It’s true. So knowing that, and that this couple got engaged in Italy (on a gondola in Venice, no less), and that they...

December 6 2018

Brooks & Tryvge | Private Residence

Seems like you don’t even need to be Irish to have some of their fabled luck. Take Trygve and Brooks for instance: The pair met in Columbus, Ohio, via Match.com and went on their first date on St....

December 5 2018

Mike & Kierstin | Boone Hall Plantation

Any first date can be intimidating, and especially so when it’s a blind date. In fact, butterflies got to Kierstin so bad when she was set up by a friend to meet Mike, she canceled. Luckily, Kierstin...

December 4 2018

Olivia & Sam | Magnolia Plantation & Gardens

After dating for three-and-a-half years, Olivia and Sam were visiting her family in Columbia, South Carolina, for the Fourth of July when the whole crew decided a day trip to Charleston was in order...

December 3 2018

Ashley & Brian | Engagement Session

When they met up for a reunion with a group of their fellow missionaries a year after all had spent a week in Savannah, Georgia, Ashley and Brian hit it off—bigtime. That encounter launched the pair...

November 30 2018

Paula & Tyler | Boone Hall Plantation

Yes, Paula and Tyler’s Boone Hall Plantation wedding is a dream to look at. But we have to say the backstory to their day is just as inspiring. There’s just something about a couple who knows...

November 29 2018

Vendor of the Month: Ginny Leavitt of the Healthy Bride Experience

Is wedding planning getting to you? Say hello to Charleston’s newest feel-better motivator, Ginny Leavitt, the health coach behind Healthy Bride Experience, a program that helps brides-to-be look and...