Saturday, July 29, 2017

Greenville-Area Favorites

As an active, semifoodie, people-watching enthusiast that likes to get more for my money, here are my favorite things from my time in the Greenville area over the last eight years. Thanks for all of the sweet memories, #yeahTHATGreenville!

Buy your baby shower, birthday and Christmas presents and give a lovely gift that everyone else won't have
Bring along water, snacks, a camera and some motivated hiking buddies
Enjoy with a picnic or while walking around the lake, thanks to the concert being projected over the belltower speakers


A cozy, popular nook—the most charming basement you’ll ever visit
A sweet opportunity to try out a variety of Greenville's excellent restaurants in March—coming back in 2018
Tapas with eclectic flavors and the site of some of my favorite dinners
  • Outdoor yoga at NOMA Square, Soul and at the Courtyard by Marriott Greenville (Yoga in the Courtyard) 
Free, relaxing and the best way to start your Saturday morning or spend a Wednesday or Thursday evening
  • Honey lavender lattes at Tandem
One of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted


Great tables, free cornbread, delicious barbecue, and amazing happy hour specials
Hard to snag, but entirely enjoyable
Wander along the art exhibits and observe glass-blowing, metal-working, and ceramics
Always efficient, classy and delicious
Always worth it, even though you have to get up really early. Crucial tip: do not plug Pretty Place into your GPS—you won't get there (speaking from experience). Bonus: take some coffee and add a Caesars Head hike afterwards.
I can vouch for both the half-marathon and marathon being excellent challenges
Gathering wardrobe inspiration, channeling your inner child, and perusing a little bit of everything else
Repeat every few years
  • Wild blackberry picking across the county 
So many berries, so little time


A beautiful chance to taste and rank different apples, people-watch, and enjoy live music in Hendersonville, NC
Really fun lessons and wonderful people-watching: free for ladies and cheap for men


Enjoy making your own adventures!