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!

• The Indie Craft Parade

Buy your baby shower, birthday and Christmas presents and give a lovely gift that everyone else won't have

• Table Rock hikes

Bring along water, snacks, a camera and some motivated hiking buddies

• Lakeside summer concerts at Furman University

Enjoy with a picnic or while walking around the lake, thanks to the concert being projected over the belltower speakers

• Tiramisu at Coffee Underground

A cozy, popular nook—the most charming basement you’ll ever visit

• The Greenville Small Plate Crawl

A sweet opportunity to try out a variety of Greenville's excellent restaurants in March—coming back in 2018

• Cazbah front room dinners 

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

• Eating outdoors at Smoke on the Water with live music 

Great tables, free cornbread, delicious barbecue, and amazing happy hour specials

• Scoring a bench swing in Falls Park

Hard to snag, but entirely enjoyable

• Artisphere

Wander along the art exhibits and observe glass-blowing, metal-working, and ceramics

• Indian buffets at Handi and Saffrons

Always efficient, classy and delicious

• Sunrises at Pretty Place

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.

• Racing in the Spinx Run Fest

I can vouch for both the half-marathon and marathon being excellent challenges

• Browsing Dress Up, Lou Lou, O.P. Taylors, Anthropologie, and Mast General

Gathering wardrobe inspiration, channeling your inner child, and perusing a little bit of everything else

• Mice on Main scavenger hunt 

Repeat every few years

• Wild blackberry picking across the county 

So many berries, so little time

• NC Apple Festival

A beautiful chance to taste and rank different apples, people-watch, and enjoy live music in Hendersonville, NC

• Wednesday night line dancing at Blind Horse Saloon

Really fun lessons and wonderful people-watching: free for ladies and cheap for men

Enjoy making your own adventures!