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Love is in the air

Our readers’ local love stories
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We love you, Greenville. | Graphic by 6AM City
For Valentine’s Day 2024, we made a map of local places where our readers have made memories. We asked for your help compiling everything from proposals to making friends. You did not disappoint.

Click the button below to explore these local love stories by clicking on the hearts on the map, but there’s just a few love stories that we just had to share:
  • “For our first date, I taught my now-husband how to drive stick in my old jeep around the University Ridge area. He was incredibly bad at it but didn’t give up. A limo driver waiting in the parking lot drove up to us and said, ‘She must really love you if she’s willing to put up with the amount you’re stalling.’” — Anonymous reader
  • “My husband I met at Fall for Greenville and we got to know each other while sipping random beers in the beer garden on McBee Avenue. Fast forward a few years and he proposed on the bench at the top of Falls Park, where we’d often sit and people watch after walks through the park. To this day we call it our bench and take all of our out-of-town visitors to see it.” — Amanda H.
Now we’re really feeling the love.
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Christ Church Episcopal School
 
Events

Tuesday, Feb. 13
  1. Pitch-Space Live | Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Furman 101, 101 N. Main St., Greenville | Free | Hear pitches from startups with feedback from a panel of investors.
  2. The Traveling She Shed’s February Craft Event | Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Pangaea Brewing Co., 115 Welborn St., Greenville | $55 | Make two Valentine’s Day crafts as you sip on a craft beer.
Wednesday, Feb. 14
  1. Paint-a-Pot Date Night | Wednesday, Feb. 14 | 6-8 p.m. | Plant Stella, 11 Falls Park Dr., Greenville | $35-$70 | Hand paint a terracotta clay pot with your special someone.
  2. Galentine’s Music Bingo | Wednesday, Feb. 14 | 6-9 p.m. | Gather Greenville, 126 Augusta St., Greenville | Free entry | Grab your girls and test your music knowledge.
Thursday, Feb. 15
  1. Tap Takeover with Wild East Brewing Co. | Thursday, Feb. 15 | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | The Community Tap, 217 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville | Free entry | Sip on these brews from Brooklyn, New York made with coalesce traditional European techniques with modern American innovations.
  2. Lee Brice: Me and My Guitar | Thursday, Feb. 15 | 7:30 p.m. | Peace Center, 300 S. Main St., Greenville | $45-$65 | Country singer Lee Brice is taking the stage for an acoustic show.
Saturday, Feb. 17
  1. Wesley Schulz and Tessa Lark: Fusion and Fantastique | Saturday, Feb. 17-Sunday, Feb. 18 | Times vary | Peace Center, 300 S Main St., Greenville | $20-$85 | Music Director candidate and guest conductor Wesley Schulz conducts Anna Clyne: Masquerade, Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto with guest violinist Tessa Lark, and Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.*
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Drink

Restaurants

🍻 An inside peek at Peak Drift Brewing
Presented by a GVLtoday Partner
A person holding a Peak Drift Brewing Blonde Ale while in downtown Greenville.
Let’s take a look at this buzzworthy Columbia-based brewing company. | Photo provided by Peak Drift Brewing
Want a behind-the-scenes look at one of our SC brewing companies? We’re hoppy to give you one.

🍻 Meet the brewery

Founded in 2021, Peak Drift Brewing quickly captured a presence in the capital city with its 25,000-square-foot production facility on Main St. in downtown Columbia, located in the former Stone Manufacturing Company manufacturing facility (listed on the National Register of Historic Places).

👩‍🔬 Meet the master brewer

The company is headed by brewer Ashley Kinart-Short, hailing from the Midwest where she took the Wisconsin beer scene by storm before becoming a Carolinian. As one of the only female master brewers in the nation, she brings her 15 years of brewing experience to Peak Drift.

📍 Where to find them

This past fall, Greenville welcomed the brewery to the Upstate at Fall for Greenville and the iconic Euphoria Greenville. In 2024, Peak Drift plans to share more of its award-winning craft beers, hard seltzers, and non-alcoholic beverages around the Upstate.
Here's where to find Peak Drift
News Notes
Development
  • The Vardry Kimpton, a multi-use development project featuring a hotel (with 116 rooms) and condos (with 29 units) near Fluor Field, will likely break ground this year. The project has experienced delays over the past four years, but a brochure for the property claims it will open in 2026. (The Post and Courier Greenville)
Coming Soon
  • Flying Fox Coffee — which has a location inside Greer’s Cartwright Food Hall — will open a second location inside Open Art Studios located on South Main Street in Greenville. It will open next month. (Upstate Business Journal)
Number
  • 8. That’s how many Upstate projects received Relentless Challenge grants from the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Each of the projects foster “a sustainable innovation ecosystem.” See the full list of winners. (Upstate Business Journal)
Greenvillian
  • Furman University graduate Alex Stubb, class of 1993, was elected president of Finland. He is the first Furman alumni to serve as a head of state. When speaking at graduation in 2017, Stubb said he came to Greenville because his brother studied at Furman.
Giveaway
  • May the luck of the Highlands smile upon you. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Highland Brewing is giving away a $900 Gaelic prize package that includes camping supplies, a Highland hammock, a voucher for “Wrong Way River Lodge and Cabins” + more. Enter for free right here.*
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  • A reminder that tomorrow, February 14, is Valentine’s Day. Sending flowers? Shop bouquets at Twigs, or get one of 1-800-Flowers’ Valentine’s Day bouquets delivered to that special someone.*
 
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
Danielle
From the editor
You all know how much I love Sum Bar, so I was intrigued by this new Instagram account, @omni.gvl. It appears to feature Korean-inspired small bites including gimbap, onigiri, musubi, jumeok-bap, and kkoma + is “presented by Sum Bar.” I can’t wait for a taste.
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