Doe, a Deer
The PB Conservancy's Foresty & Wildlife Manager Jay “Big Jay” Walea showed his softer side yesterday. Jay responded to a call from Security about a new fawn, maybe hours old, who was hit by a vehicle. Jay checked her out, cleaned her up and reunited her with her mother. We laughed. We cried. It was a feel good moment at the Bluff!
Jay has a way ... you can read more about "Big Jay" in this Garden & Gun piece.
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Palmetto Bluff Mobile App Launches
Whether on iPhone/Pad or Android, the new Palmetto Bluff real estate mobile app is now ready for downloading. Visit the store of your choice – Apple Store or Google Play /Android Marketplace, sign up, and start browsing. You can explore all of the available homes and home sites at the Bluff, our new product releases, map each property, and save your favorites. Make sure to opt-in for push notifications to remain “in the know,” ya know?
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#1 Best Hotel in the US
Yesterday, US News & World Report just announced their annual "Best Hotels in the US" rankings, and the Inn at Palmetto Bluff took the #1 spot!
The 2012 Best Hotels rankings recognize hotels with a record of high customer satisfaction and an exceptional reputation among published travel experts. To create the 2012 rankings, U.S. News analyzed and evaluated 1548 luxury hotels. Read the kudos from US News.
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Restaurant Week
egendary interior designer Dorothy Draper said, "Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible." Draper was known for adding color and spice to life, so we were quick to agree with her assessment. You don't need a special occasion to add a little spice (or sweet) to your life, or to dine in the River House Dining Room, but just in case you’re looking for one…it’s Restaurant Week! Check out our River House Restaurant Week Menu, 3 courses for $29.
Take the afternoon off, we give you permission, and come have lunch at Buffalo’s. Our Buffalo's Restaurant Week Menu features all the lunchtime favorites and dessert. Sit out on the porch and enjoy the great weather, we’ll save a seat for ya.
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Artist in Residence: January 23 - 25
STILL LIFE WORKSHOP WITH CHRIS GROVES
3 Days l $450 l All Levels
January 23 – 24, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
January 25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lunch from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. each day
Class will begin with topics on materials, composition, set up, and lighting. We will also cover various techniques of drawing along with preliminary charcoal sketches, value and color studies, and fundamentals of color mixing in order to prepare for the final painting. Classical approach of monochromatic under painting, directed observation and application of color, followed by glazing techniques will be discussed and shown. Class will consist of lectures, slide analysis, individual critiques while the student paints his or her own still life arrangement.
Chris Groves is classically trained painter. He has studied at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, the Colorado Academy of Art, the Loveland Art Academy, the Cottonwood Art Academy and the Denver Arts Student League. He has also enjoyed a private, two–year mentorship with artist Jay Moore, which he considers a turning point in his artistic career. Learn more about Chris here.
To register for the three-day workshop, contact Barbara Morrow.
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Eat, Drink, & Be Generous
We are thrilled to share that through Music to Your Mouth ticket sales we raised $12,750 for local non-profit Second Helpings. (Our market vendors kicked in an additional $450 to boot!)
Second Helpings distributes more than 1 million pounds of food and grocery products each year to over 250,000 local residents. Food that would typically be headed to a landfill is instead “rescued” from local grocery stores and restaurants and re-distributed. This food then goes to over 65 agencies in our three county region (Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton) of Southeastern, South Carolina.
Thank you to everyone who supported Music to Your Mouth.
And, thank you Second Helpings for all that you do to help our community.
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Music to Your Mouth Week Begins
We have a full plate. 15 (sold out) events in just six days kick-off tonight with our sponsor soiree. Our Music to Your Mouth sponsors are our "bread and butter" (pun intended). We'd appreciate your support of our sponsors, just as they support our annual food and wine festivities.
Beverage Manager Dave Mason is digging out from the wine cellar, where all of our libations are piling up (as you can see by the mountain of wine in this photo), swag bags are being stuffed for our "Whole Hog" guests, and the main tent construction is underway. We'll be posting pics and updates all week on our Facebook page. This year we also created an iPhone app, with all of the juicy details. Visit the iTunes App Store and download the free Music to Your Mouth app here.
We hope to see you here for the festivities!
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View of the Day, Part Deux
For the second time in October, Coastal Living magazine dubbed Palmetto Bluff as their “View of the Day” — featuring some fabulous nautical-themed carved pumpkins (in the spirit of Halloween) resting peacefully on the Chapel Dock. Coastal Living Food Editor Julia Rutland, who included the same picture in the October issue, said. “I had a great time making the creepy coastal carvings. We've had more calls about them than any other story.” Check out the view …
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The Bluff
The first issue of The Bluff is hot off the presses. Take a gander, flip on through, and send us your thoughts on the Lowcountry people, places, and things to do that must make it into the next issue.Back To Top ^
View of the Day
Coastal Living magazine's Facebook "View of the Day," features the Chapel Dock as it meets the May River. The dock is all lit up as a part of the magazine's "Wicked Good Fun" Halloween entertaining story, in the October issue.
Click here to read the Halloween story. And, share the Facebook photo with your friends via the Palmetto Bluff or Coastal Living Facebook pages.
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