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24 BEST OF 2015
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Best Place to PaddleBoard
Paddleboarding is all the rage around East Cooper,
thanks to our delightful waterways. Our readers think
there’s nothing better than a trip down
Shem Creek
on a sunny day, along with the dolphins and coastal
birds. Just don’t drop your phone in the water while
trying to capture the moment.
1. Shem Creek
2. IOP Marina
3. Coastal Expeditions
Best Place to Have a cHildren’s
BirtHday Party
So your twins are turning 10 and they have been
bouncing off the walls all week in anticipation of their
birthday party. I mean literally – they’ve been bounc-
ing off the walls playing a game called wall jumper.
Now it’s time to save what’s left of your once-beautiful
white walls and take the twins down to
Sky Zone
,
where they’ll bounce higher than any wall has ever let
them bounce.
1. Sky Zone
2. Art Buzz
3. Blackbeard’s Cove
Best Place to Have a Picnic
A perfect picnic requires three key factors: good com-
pany, great food and, most importantly, an appeasing
outdoor venue. With the Cooper River Bridge over-
head and the Holy City as a backdrop, Mount Pleasant
Magazine readers found
Memorial Waterfront Park
to be the perfect place for a picnic.
1. Memorial Waterfront Park
2. Alhambra Hall
3. Pitt Street Bridge
Best Playground
Ahoy, Matey!
The pirate
ship at the Al-
hambra Hall
playground is
calling all of
Mount Pleas-
ant’s young
pirates to
jump aboard.
Equipped
with many
other fun playground features,
Alhambra Hall
brings
home the honors as the best playground in Mount
Pleasant.
1. Alhambra Hall
2. Palmetto Islands County Park
3. Waterfront Park
Best Place to
go for a run
Treadmills are
perfectly fine for
some folks, but,
around here, our
readers prefer the
Ravenel Bridge
for wearing out
those sneakers.
Besides getting
you prepared for the 2015 Cooper River Bridge Run,
the breathtaking views aren’t bad either.
1. Ravenel Bridge
2. The Old Village
3. Isle of Palms
Best Place to Meet singles in Person
True love can be awfully elusive, and playing the online
dating game can be frustrating and fruitless when you’re
single. Instead, give
CharlestonWine Pairings
a call and
enjoy the opportunity tomeet interesting people. Our
readers who are happily matched up say it’s worth it.
1. Charleston Wine Pairings
2. Red’s Icehouse
3. SOL
3. The Shelter
Best Place toWatcH sPorts on tv
So your marvelous man cave is having some flood-
ing and electrical issues, leaving you with nowhere to
watch your hopeless Redskins lose their tenth game
this season? Head on down to
WildWing Café
, voted
the best place to watch sports in Mount Pleasant –
even if your NFLers would probably lose to your son’s
co-ed pee wee flag football team.
1. Wild Wing Cafe
2. King Street Grille
3. Big Game Bar and Grill
Best Place to Play tennis
It’s no mistake that people flock to East Cooper to
watch the Family Circle Cup each year – this is a great
place not only to watch a professional tennis match
but also learn the sport yourself. For those of you who
are trying to amp up your skills, our readers suggest
DunesWest
as the place to practice your serve.
1. Dunes West
Best Place to
Go for a Run
- Ravenel
Bridge
Best
Playground
- Alhambra Hall