Monday, June 09, 2008
Charleston South Carolina
Yesterday I returned home from a week long workaction. Imagine hanging out at the beach all day long with your friends, and then performing an improv show at night with your friends. Not bad right? For the past 4 years, UCB Tour Co has been invited to participate in the Piccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival. Tour Co is very fortunate to have a relationship with the The Have Nots, an amazing improv group down in Charleston. Not only are they amazing performers, but they are great people off stage as well.
This year we tried to get to know our audience a little better, as well as Charleston the town. Here are 15 things I learned about Charleston and its people.
1. Litter - they don't do it. The beach, the streets, all clean.
2. DUI - they all do it. Apparently driving drunk is so common that cops are baffled by people passing field sobriety tests. One Audience member told us he was pulled over 15 times and never received a ticket. And he was over the legal limit.
3. Hitting Cops with your Vehicle is okay. TWO audience members told us they hit a cop with their car. The cops were on foot. Neither of them went to jail or received a ticket.
4. Fireworks. Legal to buy, illegal to light, but cops don't care. We bought Fireworks at South of the Border and lit them off at the Beach around 2am. We were told by locals it was illegal to do, but nobody gets in trouble for doing it.
5. Sea Turtles can not tell the difference between a porch light and the moon.
6. The coroner of Charleston is an elected position. And upon further research I learned the following: To qualify as a candidate for Coroner, an individual must 1) be a citizen of the United States; 2) for at least one year, be a resident of the county in which he or she seeks the office; 3) be a registered voter; 4) attain the age of 21 before the date of qualifying for office; 5) have earned a high school or equivalent diploma; and 6) not have been convicted of a felony offense or any offense involving immoral behavior.
7. Jestine's Coca Cola cake should be illegal.
8. Several Celebrities have houses in Charleston, and one of their Butlers was in our audience. He would not tell us who he buttled for, the only thing I know is that it was a woman and the weirdest thing he had to do for her was feed her dog. She sounds like a real asshole.
9. Blueberry Martini's from Wild Wings Cafe are a great way to avoid the taste of alcohol but still feel the effects.
10. 6 people CAN order 40 dollars worth of Taco Bell at 2 am.
11. Harris Teeter's should always be called "The Teets" for short.
12. Emergency rooms on a Tuesday Night do not get a lot of action.
13. Bicycle cabs are very popular.
14. Southerners get offended when you remind them that they used to own slaves.
15. Boiled Peanuts are gross, Fried peanuts are okay.
This year we tried to get to know our audience a little better, as well as Charleston the town. Here are 15 things I learned about Charleston and its people.
1. Litter - they don't do it. The beach, the streets, all clean.
2. DUI - they all do it. Apparently driving drunk is so common that cops are baffled by people passing field sobriety tests. One Audience member told us he was pulled over 15 times and never received a ticket. And he was over the legal limit.
3. Hitting Cops with your Vehicle is okay. TWO audience members told us they hit a cop with their car. The cops were on foot. Neither of them went to jail or received a ticket.
4. Fireworks. Legal to buy, illegal to light, but cops don't care. We bought Fireworks at South of the Border and lit them off at the Beach around 2am. We were told by locals it was illegal to do, but nobody gets in trouble for doing it.
5. Sea Turtles can not tell the difference between a porch light and the moon.
6. The coroner of Charleston is an elected position. And upon further research I learned the following: To qualify as a candidate for Coroner, an individual must 1) be a citizen of the United States; 2) for at least one year, be a resident of the county in which he or she seeks the office; 3) be a registered voter; 4) attain the age of 21 before the date of qualifying for office; 5) have earned a high school or equivalent diploma; and 6) not have been convicted of a felony offense or any offense involving immoral behavior.
7. Jestine's Coca Cola cake should be illegal.
8. Several Celebrities have houses in Charleston, and one of their Butlers was in our audience. He would not tell us who he buttled for, the only thing I know is that it was a woman and the weirdest thing he had to do for her was feed her dog. She sounds like a real asshole.
9. Blueberry Martini's from Wild Wings Cafe are a great way to avoid the taste of alcohol but still feel the effects.
10. 6 people CAN order 40 dollars worth of Taco Bell at 2 am.
11. Harris Teeter's should always be called "The Teets" for short.
12. Emergency rooms on a Tuesday Night do not get a lot of action.
13. Bicycle cabs are very popular.
14. Southerners get offended when you remind them that they used to own slaves.
15. Boiled Peanuts are gross, Fried peanuts are okay.
