Weekend List: 3 affordable winter whites, camellias at Brookgreen, upcoming events
2.16.24 grand strand weekend list
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Camellias are in bloom 🌺
The camellias are in bloom at Brookgreen! Don’t miss the Art Deco exhibit in the Rosen Galleries - and pick up an Art Deco scavenger hunt of sculptures in the gardens!
📆 GRAND STRAND WEEKEND EVENTS
Friday, February 16
Cabaret at Wheelwright Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University
Try the new beer at New South Brewing: Touch of Gray IPA!
Saturday, February 17
Tribute to Jimmy Buffet featuring Chris Sacks Band at Local on the Water
Cabaret (continued) at Wheelwright Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University
Sunday, February 18
World Famous Collard Green Cookoff at Uncle Tito’s in Murrells Inlet
Jo Dee Messina at Alabama Theater
Cabaret (final day) at Wheelwright Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University
Wine Dinners
Make your reservations now! Wine dinners sell out.
Thoroughbreds Guest Appreciation Month until the end of February features a $60 3-course menu
Caymus Wine Dinner at Filets Waterfront on Feb. 18
Root Wine Dinner on Feb. 28
Save the Date
4th Annual Marshwalk Restaurant Week from Feb. 19th - 23rd
Gladys Knight at The Carolina Opry on Feb. 24
10th Annual Taste of the Marshwalk on Feb. 24 & 25
Homemade Pasta Cooking Workshop at Butter + Whisk on Feb. 23
11th Annual Helicopter Easter Egg Drop and Egg Hunt at Thompson Farm on March 16
Waccamaw Sportsman’s Expo in Conway on March 22 - 23 (this event was so cool last year!)
Seafood Risotto Cooking Workshop on March 22 at Butter + Whisk (this one is not yet sold out!)
3 Affordable Winter Whites
add these to your Target shopping cart 🥂
Rodney Strong Chardonnay White Wine + with chicken pot pie (Lowe’s Foods + Fresh Market + Costco have excellent pre-made chicken pot pies!)
Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc White Wine + a light winter salad like fig / squash / kale / walnut salad
Butter Chardonnay + a jazzy playlist and grilled pork chops
🥂cheers y’all!