Daufuskie Island, SC

Memorial day weekend

Fall Weekend on Daufuskie Island, SC 29915

Dear Front Porch Readers, Please note the following: From Melrose: Greetings from Melrose Resort, Please join us for a low country boil featuring music by Jon Bruner this Friday night at the Melrose Beach Club. And mark your calendars for our special Chefs Wine Dinner next Thursday. Great Menu - great wines - Two seatings, 6:15 and 8:00. Reservations recommended. Call 843-341-2640 for more details! ************************ From the Old Daufuskie Crab Company: Saturday October 10: Sound Of Motown starts at 1:00 Sunday October 11: Cranford Hollow starts at 2:00 Come join us for Great Food & Drink with the best sunset views on Daufuskie! We will have your favorite college football games on Saturday including The SEC channel and your favorite NFL games on Sunday! ************************* From the Daufuskie Island Council: Please join the Daufuskie Island Council of a public reading of the Daufuskie Island Plan at the Mary Fields School Sunday, November 8, 5:00pm - 8:00pm Monday, November 9, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Tuesday, November 10, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Snacks, drinks, pens and paper will be provided. There will be three sessions to cover as much of the material as time allows. Everyone is welcome! For more information please contact Jenny Hersch 413-717-2167 ************************** From the First Union African Baptist Church: Please join us at Daufuskie's Community Church, the First Union African Baptist Church this Sunday at 10:00 am to welcome guest preacher Rev. Dr. Bruce Main. Dr. Main is the founder and President of UrbanPromise, established initially to work with the children and young adults in the inner city of Camden, NJ but now including satellite organizations in seven other cities in North America and beyond. Dr. Main has authored numerous books, been featured on Diane Sawyer's 20/20, and speaks throughout the world at conferences, churches and business seminars. It should be an exciting opportunity to hear firsthand how God is working in environments that are seemingly so distant from the quiet life of Daufuskie. All are invited to attend, regardless of your beliefs. ************************* From the DI Front Porch: We are re-working the service directory featured on our website. Please send us you phone number and/or email address if you would like your goods or services listed. We must receive them by November 12th. *********************** From the Daufuskie Island Conservancy: “Sharks of Port Royal Sound” Friday, October 9, 2015 12:00-1:30PM Melrose Island House Presented by Rachel Jones Naturalist and Program Director Port Royal Sound Foundation Admission is free for Conservancy Members Non-Conservancy Members $5 Melrose on the Beach Restaurant is offering a 10% discount off of lunch for attendees of this event. Sharks are apex predators and some of the most feared animals in existence. We will talk about the important role they play in marine ecosystems and why we shouldn't fear them. We will dive into the unique characteristics that sharks have evolved and discuss their population decline in recent years due to several factors.Please e-mail or call Karen Opderbeck if you have any questions. (karenopderbeck@gmail.com, 843-842-3456) ********************* Best regards, Paula Nickels Editor, The Daufuskie Island Front Porch www.daufuskieislandfrontporch.com Email: info@daufuskieislandfrontporch.com

Updates from the Daufuskie Island Front Porch News-June

From the Daufuskie Island Conservancy: All are invited to attend "Sea Turtles" presented by the Coastal Discovery Museum and members of the Daufuskie Island Turtle Team sponsored by the Daufuskie Island Conservancy on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 12:00-1:00pm at Melrose on the Beach - Island House. The event will be free of charge for Conservancy members and $5 for non-members. Lunch will be available at the Melrose Beach Club following the presentation. For more information contact: Jenny Hersch @ 413-717-2167. ************************* Greetings From Melrose! Join us Friday Night for special musical guest Cranford Hollow! We will be featuring our Oceanside Low Country Boil, and we will be joined by Tony Chase our guest bartender, who will be serving up some great drink specials featuring Daufuskie Rum! And Saturday night, local favorite Jon Bruner. Next week - back by popular demand - all you can eat Wednesday will feature Mediterranean Cuisine. Hope to see you soon! ************************* Best regards, Paula Nickels Editor, The Daufuskie Island Front Porch www.daufuskieislandfrontporch.com Email: info@daufuskieislandfrontporch.com a

Take a day trip from Daufuskie Island or Hilton Head to Beaufort, SC

My mom and I took off like Thelma and Louise for a long weekend away from Atlanta. We had an inexpensive hotel booked but that was our only plan. We traveled from Atlanta to Beaufort, South Carolina. We had heard that Beaufort is a mini Charleston and rich with history and art. If you want a luxurious or romantic getaway stay at the Rhett House Inn right down town or the Beaufort Inn. Take a horse drawn carriage through the Spanish moss draped live oak trees to learn about the history of Beaufort. The shops and art galleries line Bay Street, the main street in Beaufort. They all have very cute names like Salt and Sweetgrass. Be sure to have breakfast at the Blackstone Café and even take your four legged friend if you don’t mind sitting on the patio. They are dog friendly. For dinner if you cross the bridge toward Fripp Island, you arrive on Lady’s Island and on the left hand side sits Docksides with some of the best fresh seafood in the low country. You sit over the bay and marsh with an amazing view and watch the sun go down while enjoying your Frogmore Stew a local low country favorite. Take a tour from Beaufort out to St. Helena Island, just past Lady’s Island and you can learn about the Gullah Culture. On St. Helena sits a little hole in the wall called Gullah Grub and it is great for a quick lunch. Salt Gallery downtown carries many of the Gullah artists. They also have walking tours of the large antebellum houses downtown. The only house that is open as a museum is the Verdier House on Bay Street, all the other houses are privately owned. Beaufort does have a once a year home tour and many private owners open their homes for the public. They also have a shrimp festival in fall if you would like to enjoy some cooler weather. Beaufort has great art, great restaurants, beautiful coastal scenery, beaches and is rich in history. Enjoy a wonderful weekend getaway.

Fourth Annual Daufuskie Literary Throwdown on Daufuskie Island

Fourth Annual Daufuskie Literary Throwdown and the Tenth Annual Daufuskie Fall Festival Nov 1, 2014 at Freeport Marina, Daufuskie Island. The Throwdown features a dozen of the Lowcountry’s best loved writers, meeting their fans and signing books in a beautiful and historic setting along the banks of the Cooper River. There will be live music and legendary hospitality at the Old Daufuskie Crab Company beginning at noon and ending when we can’t stand any more fun. Hosts Roger Pinckney (Reefer Moon, Right Side of the River, Blue Roots and Blow the Man Down) and Wick Scurry (Wick and Jake’s Daufuskie) will be joined by Ben Moise (Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden,) Wendy Pollitzer (South,) William Rice (The Lost Woods,) Janet Garrity (Going Down the River) Gibbes McDowell (Driftwood Corey,) Diann Shaddox (The Faded Cottage) and children’s authors Randy Bazemore and Leigh Anne Hoover. Special guest Ken Carter Jr will be selling and signing a DVD of his most recent movie, Savannah. Limited overnight accommodations on site (843-785-8242) and limited free public docking. Regular ferry service from Broad Creek Marina, times to be announced (843-342-8687.)