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The GypsyNesters Discuss How Food Enhances Travel!
Thanks to KPAM Radio in Portland and the fabulous host Rod McLaughlin for giving us the opportunity to talk about one of our favorite things – food!
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Food for Thought: How Food Enhances Travel
An old adage says that you don’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. We believe it is just as true that you don’t really know a place until you eat a plate of its food.There is so much more to visiting a destination than seeing the sights. We try to immerse… CONTINUE READING >>
Savannah Squared
Savannah is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Or at least we didn’t. But the city is gorgeous and the pace slow, so it seemed like a perfect place to take a little bicycle tour.We did know that Forrest Gump waited for his bus somewhere in… CONTINUE READING >>
A Rose from Palm Fronds
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Meet K.C., a Savannah street artist. Watch as he makes a rose from palm fronds – and shares… CONTINUE READING >>
Finding Gullah
The day of the Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration dawned blustery, but we were not to be deterred. We drove through the precipitation to the prescribed point, only to find that the Freedom Day Parade was not only deterred, but detoured, deferred, delayed, diverted, disassembled, and finally… CONTINUE READING >>“Finding Gullah”
Learn about the food, spirituality and history of these amazing people in their own words. For more: http://www.gypsynester.com/gullah2.htm
Spanish Moss & She Crab Soup
Your GypsyNesters hit the Lowcountry of South Carolina! Join us as we learn about the Gullah culture and cuisine, visit the Penn School and check out the eerie Chapel of Ease.The remote chapel, located on Land’s End Road on St. Helena Island has some spooky folklore associated with it… CONTINUE READING >>
A Taste of Gullah Cuisine
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In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, on the Sweetgrass Basket Maker Highway, is Gullah Cuisine. They are said to have the best, authentic… CONTINUE READING >>
Haunted Chapel in South Carolina
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There are ghost stories that circulate in these parts, the mausoleum was broken into and raided by Union soldiers. The next morning… CONTINUE READING >>
Do the Charleston!
Without a destination in mind other than south to bug out of the snow, we headed for the coastal “Lowcountry” and discovered one of America’s most interesting cities.
Something stood out to us as we pedaled around – many homes had odd doors facing the street leading to outside porches. Having never seen such before, we dubbed them “porch doors,” and tossed around quite a few theories as to why they existed before finding out their true function. Known as “hospitality doors,” these portals were a way of communicating… CONTINUE READING >>
