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To thank veterans and active military personnel for their service, The Rusty Rudder Mt. Pleasant will offer all veterans and active military personnel 25% off their entire bill on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Veterans can show their Military ID or honorable discharge card for discount. When: All Day, Wednesday, November 11 from 11:00 a.m to 12:00 a.m. Where: The Rusty Rudder Mount Pleasant, 3563 N Hwy 17, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

Join Irvin~House Vineyards and Firefly Distillery in the centuries old tradition of blessing the vines and toasting to a burgeoning harvest with the  Irvin~House Vineyard and Firefly Distillery 13th Annual Blessing of the Vines Festiva l on Saturday, November 7,  2015 from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m, located at 6775 Bears Bluff Road on Wadmalaw Island.  Irvin~House Vineyards invites you for a day full of family fun with activities including the annual blessing of muscadine grapevines by Father Greg Snyder,  Irvin~House Vineyards  wine and  Firefly Distillery  tastings, live music from Honey Smoke and the Matt MacKelcan Band. The event is open to the public; admission is $10.00 per car.  Tasty food vendors such as Chucktown Mobile Seafood, Gidget Gourmet and Linen’s BBQ will be on-site selling their homemade eats.  At next Saturday's Blessing of the Vines Festival, there will also be a  Firefly Spirits​ Bake OFF!  The Loo...

Fourth generation restauranteur Wade Boals and business partner Brett Yearout are proud to showcase the new renovations and menu enhancements at both Noisy Oyster Restaurant locations, located at 7842 Rivers Avenue and 24 N Market St, in honor of their 25 years in the Lowcountry restaurant scene. With the help from famed chef Bob Waggoner, Boals and Yearout enhanced the menu with more local ingredients and a farm-to-table perspective. Waggoner also consulted on plate presentation. The interior of the restaurant will be unrecognizable to those who frequent the North Charleston location with a more open floor plan, new decor, updated color palette and more than ten HDTVs . As for those who haven’t been to the Noisy Oyster lately, now is the time to see and taste the changes. “As a fourth generation restaurant owner and native of Charleston, my family has been part of building the Lowcountry restaurant scene to what it is now. I started working early in life for my dad, Ronnie Bo...

It’s going to be a “grape” time at the 12th Annual Grape Stomping Festival on Saturday, August 29, from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Irvin~House Vineyards and Firefly Distillery located at 6775 Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island. Visitors can sport purple feet with the Grape Stomping Contest, compete in the annual Lucy Look-Alike Contest, browse booths from local craft vendors and enjoy a fun-filled day under the oaks at Charleston’s only vineyard and winery. Admission is $10.00 per car, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Pet Helpers and Frierson Elementary School.  To fuel the visitors who want to stomp to victory, local food vendors will be on-site including: Chucktown Mobile Seafood, Coastal Crust, Home Team BBQ,  Korki's Cafe, Sweet Lulu's Bakery, Old Salt Gourmet Pretzels, King of Pops and Ben & Jerry's. Music will be provided by Pierce Eden and the Dirty Work and vineyard regular Rawberry Jam.  The highlight of the Annual Grape Stomping Festival i...

Do you feel dry as a desert? Is your partner starting to notice you can’t have sex because it’s painful? Are you a woman wishing there was something similar to the “little blue pill” to save your sex life? Thanks to the new FDA-approved vaginal regeneration laser, the MonaLisa Touch, now there is. And it’s only available at Palmetto Women’s Health, the practice of OB/GYN Dr. Loren Frankel.  This non-surgical, non-hormonal laser treatment starts the production of new collagen and tissue regeneration in the vagina. The mucosa tissue thus becomes more nourished and hydrated and the epithelium becomes thicker, more toned (vaginal tightening) and elastic. It also reestablishes the correct vaginal pH, which helps maintain its natural protective barrier and reduces the risk of infection. Patients see significant improvements even after the first treatment.  With nearly 46 million women between the ages of 50 to 80 and over 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States,...

What's your healthy dose of fun in the sun?  Share your pics for a chance to win a 3-day Blue Barn Juice cleanse . Tag @iloveyogapop, @bluebarnjuice, and ‪#‎summerfun‬ to enter on Instagram   Must be present at YOGAPOP on 6/20/15 to win. Start snapping! 

Peace! Dust off those bell bottoms and take a trip back to the 1960s and 1970s for Firefly Distillery and Irvin~House Vineyards’ annual Winestock Music Festival on Saturday, May 16 from noon until 5:00 p.m. Considered Woodstock with a wine twist, Winestock is a laid-back event offering Irvin~House Vineyard wines and Firefly spirit tastings, local food vendors, a “Best Hippie” costume contest and more. Admission is $5.00 per adult, children are free. Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy live music under the oaks. Embrace your inner flower child and dress in your favorite hippie garb for the “Best Hippie” and “Best Little Hippie” costume contests. The winner will receive prizes from the Firefly Distillery and Irvin~House Vineyards. Jam with musical guests Danielle Howle, BYOG and Rawberry Jam. Patrons are encouraged to bring their cash and credit for tastings, wine by the bottle and local food from Chucktown Mobile Seafood, Korki’s Kafe, Linen’s BBQ...

The flowers are blooming and warmer weather has hopefully settled in as we approach spring. Get out of the house and shake off your spring fever with Sippin’ Saturdays at Irvin~House Vineyards and Firefly Distillery. Every Saturday from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m, the winery and distillery will serve up a different local food vendor and musical group to entertain locals and visitors. There is no admission fee but patrons are encouraged to bring their cash and credit for a wide variety of libations and food options.  Bring lawn chairs and blankets to picnic under the oaks and relish in the Lowcountry beauty. The famous Irvin~House Vineyards Wine-a-Ritas will be served on the patio and Irvin~House Vineyards wine may be purchased by the glass or bottle and enjoyed outside. Tastings in the Firefly Distillery and Irvin~House Vineyard winery are only $6.00 to taste 6 of 24 flavors of Firefly Spirits and $5.00 to taste 5 wines. Patrons will receive complimentary glasses during both tastings. Pets...

One in eight South Carolinians has chronic kidney disease and South Carolina is fifth in the nation with the number of patients on dialysis. One of those patients once on dialysis is College of Charleston basketball radio commentator and former television talk show host Everett German. Today, he’s as healthy as he ever has been, thanks to a kidney transplant on June 8, 2011.  To celebrate his second chance at life, German took the lead on bringing a walk to Charleston to help provide Awareness, Prevention and Treatment to the Lowcountry. German’s plan will take center stage with the inaugural Charleston Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 22 at 2:30 p.m. at James Island County Park. To pre-register yourself, a team or donate online, click here:  You can also register the day of the event at 1:30pm. “I am so glad that we finally have a Kidney Walk here in the Lowcountry. For so long, if anyone in the Lowcountry wanted to help raise awareness about kidney disease thru a kidney walk...

Craving delicious Lowcountry oysters? Then join Irvin House Vineyards and Firefly Distillery for the Cork Shuckin' Sippin Saturday on Saturday,  February 7th from Noon - 5pm. Admission is free but patrons are encouraged to bring their cash and credit for oysters, wine and Firefly spirits tastings and local food vendors.  Oysters will be available and other food vendors will be on site including Coastal Crust, Stono Cafe and Chucktown Mobile Seafood.  Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the music of the Rawberry Jam. Tastings in the Firefly Vodka distillery and Irvin~House Vineyards winery are only $6.00 to taste 6 Firefly spirits and $5.00 to taste 5 wines. Patrons will receive complimentary glasses during both tastings.  What: Cork Shuckin’ Sippin' Saturday When: Saturday, February 7, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.    Where: Irvin-House Vineyards ~  Wadmalaw Island   Questions? Call  (843) 559-6867  H...

Songwriters performing at the 3rd Annual Patrick Davis Hope Town Songwriters Festival include artists such as Sirius XM Radio’s “The Highway” hit makers James Otto & JT Hodges, Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan, Django Walker, James Slater, Randy Montana, Tyler Reeve, Johnny Bulford, Jesse Rice - who penned "Cruise" for duo Florida Georgia Line, Corey Crowder,  American Idol’s Janell Wheeler, Bryson Jennings, Kylie Sackley and festival host, Patrick Davis.  These talent artists have been involved in the writing of hits for star performers like Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson and many more. Co-founder of the festival singer-songwriter, Patrick Davis is known for writing the Jason Michael Carroll hit, “Where I’m From” as well as songs like “Be Wary of a Woman,” for Charleston native Darius Rucker and “Something Bout a Boat” for the legendar...

Jim and the staff at Irvin~House Vineyards have been working hard to bottle wines all winter and now have our Magnolia and Tara Gold Wines back in stock! So come on out to the Sippin' Saturdays ever y Saturday from Noon - 5:00 p.m. to try them along with a local food vendor and musical group.   February 14:  Bring your sweetie for a treatie! We will have complimentary wine and Firefly tastings for couples. Music by Rene Russell and food by  Outta My Huevos.   February 21:  Music by McKenna Andrews and food by Stono Cafe  February 28:  Music by Thomas Champagne and food by Outta My Huevos For more visit here: 

If the snow has chilled you to the bone this winter, escape to warm weather, sea breezes and performances by some of Nashville’s best musical talents at the Third Annual Patrick Davis Hope Town Songwriters Festival in Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas.  The free festival will be held Tuesday, February 17 thru Sunday, February 22, 2015 at locations all around Hope Town, Abaco including Firefly Sunset Resort, Harbour’s Edge Restaurant, Abaco Inn, Sea Spray Resort and Marina, Hope Town Inn and Marina, Cracker P’s and Lubbers’ Landing Resort. The festival will illuminate this Bahamian beach village with events from some of Nashville’s greatest musical talent and includes a mix and mingle with the songwriters, live “in the round” performances and the stories behind the writing. All of the week’s events are free and open to the public. Songwriters performing include artists such as Sirius XM Radio’s “The Highway” hit makers James Otto & JT Hodges, Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist ...

Nelwater is thrilled that the 3rd Annual Patrick Davis Hope Town Songwriters Festival is less than a month away! Stay tuned to the FACEBOOK page , Twitter and Instagram .