This week neighbor Thibaut's documentary "Overalls and Aprons" debuted at the Charleston Music Hall. The music hall was built @ 1848 as a passenger station of the SC Railroad. It was Gothic Revival Style and originally had a three story tower (designed to resemble a Medieval castle) and a dramatic main entrance large enough to admit a train. The building transformed many times over the years becoming a bag manufacturing company following the Civil War, and then after the Charleston earthquake of August 1886 destroyed the tower, most of the building was torn down with the rest used for storage. The Bagging Company closed during the Great Depression in the 1930s, and then the building passed into private hands where it sat vacant and derelict for sixty years. In 1995 it was bought again and this time transformed into an amazing arts venue.
"Overalls and Aprons", a documentary
Charleston has such an amazing reputation as a food town with James Beard winners and Conde' Nast giving it extraordinary ratings. One of the reasons is some of the top chefs in the city are committed to the LOCAL farm to market style. There is a real dedication to the local farmers, fisherman, bread makers and food artisans in general. This documentary highlighted many of the issues they face and how they are able to collaborate with local chefs to create award winning experiences. I was inspired to go to the downtown Farmers Market the next day and meet some of the growers personally. Another neighbor that Chris introduced me to is Kat who went with me. I wanted to see if I could buy enough food from the market to sustain me for a week. I don't think I exactly accomplished that, but it's a goal. I was surprised to try raw milk and really like it. As a matter of fact it was so good I used it in my hot chocolate mix I made Halloween night.
Gem tried a bite of the gorgeous bread and of course loved it.
Then Halloween. Turns out I ended up buying a TV this week too (a real bonanza due to finally renting the house in Houston). I didn't realize how much I had missed TV, especially those goofy Hallmark made-for-TV movies that are on this time of year. Thank you Jake and Gina for installing it for me.
I played dress up with Delilah and Gem while they were working on it.
And carved the pumpkin.
Gem later that night helping to add fun to the trick-or-treaters, most I've seen in 20+ years.
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