Paul Wilczynski's Observations

LinkedIn

I'm a big fan of LinkedIn. If you're in the Charleston, SC area, I'd love to have you join my LinkedIn network so I'll have some contacts in the area when we move.

Please send me an invitation (indicating "friend") and put something in the message about yourself and saying that you read my blog. Thanks!

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 5:29 PM 0 comments

Moving to Charleston, SC area

Well, we're finally doing it. We've signed a Purchase and Sale agreement on our house in Quincy, MA and bought a house in North Charleston, SC.

The developer of the massive project in North Charleston of which our community is a part is called Noisette.

Our new community within the Noisette redevelopment is called Oak Terrace Preserve. It's a green community, and we're psyched to be part of it.

It's going to be quite a change. The Noisette project is sometimes referred to as an example of New Urbanism. North Charleston doesn't look like any area I've lived in before. (First of all, it's in the South!). Parts of it are grittier than I'm used to. Part of the Noisette development is utilizing the area of a former Navy base. There's a lot more manufacturing in the area than there's been in previous places I've lived.

But that's part of what I'm looking forward to - a real experience change. I absolutely love Charleston. It's beautiful, and has been rated the Friendliest city in America for a couple of years running.

Moving is somewhere in the latter part of August - don't have a date firmed up yet.

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 10:40 AM 4 comments

UUPlanet.tv

Check out this great website: UUPlanet.tv - television for Unitarian Universalists.

A heads up to Jim Sanders.

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 7:27 AM 0 comments

Charleston, SC 3rd favorite place to visit

From the Charleston, SC Daily Journal ...

In the United States and Canada, only New York, San Francisco and Chicago are better than Charleston [where we're planning to move], according to Travel + Leisure magazine readers. They bumped the Holy City up two spots from last year in the World’s Best Awards 2008 reader survey. Three S.C. hotels also made the list of top 100 hotels in the continental U.S. and Canada.

The top 10 cities in the United States and Canada for 2008 are New York; San Francisco; Chicago; Charleston; Santa Fe, N.M.; Quebec City; Montreal; Vancouver, British Columbia; Savannah, Ga.; and Victoria, British Columbia.

Also, Charleston Place (No. 31), the Planters Inn (57) and the Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (76) ranked among the top 100 hotels in the continental United States and Canada. The top-ranked hotel was Triple Creek Ranch in Montana.

Readers voted on their favorite hotels, cities, islands, spas, cruise lines, airlines, tour outfitters, and car-rental agencies. They chose Bangkok as the world’s best city and the Singita Sabi Sand, at Kruger National Park in South Africa as the best hotel. Full results, which were announced today, are at the magazine’s Web site.

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 2:19 PM 0 comments