aokat: it is some hand woven rug from a local store, I don't know if it is a "brand" or something, sorry. phyl: it is Rosemary Sprig from BM. The tiles are from Pewabic Pottery in Detroit. They are from the "stratton collection" and come in that size which is 3x3 and they are just fixed regularly with grout. I custom ordered the tiles from them, they have a choice of about 10 or 12 standard colors to pick from.

I found this on the condo's location...Harleston Village. As always, real estate prices are profoundly influenced by location, location, location. "Originally developed in 1770, Harleston village is a convenient , historic address in peninsular Charleston. This pleasant mix of antebellum houses and upscale modern townhouses is situated on the site of the first golf club in America, and a congenial community atmosphere still prevails. Surrounding the shady blocks of Harleston Village are the prestigious College of Charleston, South CarolinaÂs Medical University complex, and historic Cannon park and Colonial Lake. Many of the old homes were built from the wealth of early 19th century rice mills that lined nearby Ashley River, and some of CharlestonÂs finest Italianate, Regency and Georgian architecture is featured in such noteworthy examples as the Blacklocke and Jenkins-Mikell houses and the College of CharlestonÂs Randolph Hall. The sidewalk stroll is the preferred means of transportation along these quiet streets, where neighbors gather for morning cappuccino at corner cafes or late -afternoon cocktails on garden piazzas. Only a few blocks from the King Street retail district, the stylish restaurants of the City market, and the yachts and sailboats of the Charleston Marina, Harleston Village offers easy access to all the pleasures and necessities of the good life." /tricia

I understand Ole Joyful when he says that for one person he doesn't think it's worth it. We had thought that might be the case for us, with only two people in our home (not counting dog and cats). When they built a Costco less than two miles away, we decided to give it a try and were pleasantly surprised. What we save on printer ink and coffee beans pays us back for the membership -- everything else is "gravy," so to speak. Some Favorites: 1) Starbuck's blend coffee beans, regular and decaf, plus French roast and espresso beans 2) Big box of Healthy Choice Fudge Bars (ice cream) 3) Meat department favorites -- short rib meat (boneless) and skinless/boneless chicken thigh meat. We cook some fresh and freeze some for another day. 4) Cooked whole chickens and cooked pork ribs 5) Mixed nuts 6) Multiple vitamins & other supplements 7) Asian pears 8) La Brea whole grain bread 9) Pine nuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts Decorated sheet cakes for parties They have good prices on regular household supplies like laundry soap, Charmin toilet paper, Cascade liquid dishwasher soap -- large packages, but even two people will use these up eventually They connected me with a fleet manager for a car I wanted to buy, and I got a better deal on the financing than my own credit union offered. Ours has a members-only gas station, which usually has the best local price.

For many, 1933 was only part-way into the depression, commonly called the Dirty Thirties in this area. The year 1937 was a pretty bad one in our area, according to Dad, who had a fairly large farm, for those days. He said that somewhere in the late 30s, maybe around the time that World War II started in1939, when he was 38 when he was talking/(complaining) to his banker that it seemed as though he'd worked really hard in the past ten years but gotten nowhere, the banker disagreed. He pointed out that Dad had upgraded his car, got a better tractor (twice, actually), drilled a well beside the house and installed running water (but no bathroom, which might have happened had Mom been around) and put in place a waterline from the well to three barns, one at a substantial distance. While many/most of the local citizens had upgraded nothing, or almost so. I was 10 in 1939, and the farmhands went to war ... so for the next six years, what Dad and that 10-year-old, (16 years old in '45) and couple of younger boys got done ... got done ... and what didn't - didn't! ole joyful