Each year, millions of people visit Charleston, South Carolina hoping to catch a glimpse of Southern life—enjoying carriage rides through the historic district, shopping at the old slave market, or touring the plantations and other historical sites. In addition to these old favorites, the ‘Holy City’ is embracing its heritage with a new array of…
I’ve visited Atlanta more than a dozen times over the last decade, but on a recent visit with a couple of my favorite girlfriends, I experienced a different side of the Southern city. The decision to go was last minute; one of my friends was planning a trip to Atlanta, and asked two of us…
by Sherrie Bakshi As a child, it never dawned on me that one day I would tell people I grew up in Japan. I moved to Okinawa, Japan, when I was eleven years old, longing to return to the normalcy of my life in the United States. But that soon changed. Today, when someone asks…
by Sherrie Bakshi Although I have known French for nearly twenty years, I have never been to France or truly experienced la vie française. But this past June, while on holiday in Montreal and Quebec City, I was finally was able to immerse myself in the language I have studied since high school. And although…
by Sherrie Bakshi On my first trip to the Caribbean, I did something that I have never done before: fulfilled a New Year’s resolution. I had vowed to overcome my fear of the outdoors and to actually do the things that I had talked about doing for years. On my to-do list were kayaking and…
Charleston, South Carolina is a piece of art all in itself. The city scene, its characters, and its eccentricities could be ripped out of the pages of a nineteenth-century novel. Adding to Charleston’s aesthetic are the artists themselves: sweet ladies weaving grass baskets in the old slave market and around the city, painters recreating city…