Came last night for the Furman-Chattanooga game and had a great time! From the band to the dancers…read moreand cheerleaders and a great performance by both teams, it was a super fun, very energetic event. The concession prices are great! You can have a full meal with entree, side and drink for just $7; very uncommon for a sporting event! The event staff are very friendly and helpful and the arena is nice and clean and clearly well maintained. Great game; go 'Dins, and best of luck to the guys in the playoffs!

This was the location of the Lego competition. My oldest grandson and his group won a first place…read moreaward for their exhibit. Every entry that I saw was exemplary and showed a lot of developing talent. This center is a remarkable example of the pride that the city of Spartanburg has. Beautiful buildings and a beautiful auditorium. This is a must visit place for sure.

The Chapman Cultural Center is located in Downtown Spartanburg. There is free parking on both sides…read moreof the center. On the campus are the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg County; Ballet Spartanburg; Spartanburg Art Museum; USU Upstate Art Gallery; the Spartanburg Science Museum; and the Chapman Theatre. These all have their own operating hours. The center is very easy to navigate and figure out where you want to be with the signs. I only visited the the art galleries as I arrived late in the afternoon. I would have loved to see a show at the theatre so now that I learned about the center I can follow the events as they happen frequently.

A beautiful park with Reedy River waterfalls, right in downtown Greenville South Carolina. There is…read morealot of walking areas:quiet green natural areas to sit and relax. Plenty of photographic areas for memories. There is many eating places near by if you want to grab lunch or dinner. Overall a very tranquil vibe in the center city.

Spending time along the Reedy River in Greenville is such a special experience. There are several…read morebeautiful spots to sit and relax, especially near the Grand Bohemian Lodge Greenville, and the bridge is a wonderful place to stroll while enjoying the soothing sound of the river and waterfall. What makes it even more meaningful is the history behind it. Beginning in the late 1700s, water-powered industries clustered along the Reedy River, including trading posts, grist and corn mills, a sawmill, an ironworks, the Gower, Cox and Markley Coach Factory, a paper-making factory, and an armory. A century later, textile and apparel mills were established along its banks. Unfortunately, the mills discharged waste and excess dyes into the river, and the Reedy began to suffer from the spoils of progress. By the mid-20th century, downtown Greenville's stretch of the river was so severely polluted by upstream textile mills that the once pristine and popular falls became desolate and unsafe. Seeing how beautiful and vibrant the area is today makes you truly appreciate the restoration and revitalization efforts. It's peaceful, scenic, and rich with history -- definitely a must-visit when you're in Greenville. Cheers!

A yearly visit to BOA Fall For Greenville 2025 with two of my nieces on Friday was a chilly…read moreafternoon. This year there are no tickets, it's credit, debit or gift cards no cash accepted. These payment options were a lot easier, and cut down on the long lines waiting to purchase tickets. We arrived around 4:30 and the crowd wasn't too bad, the lines to try out food weren't long. Cantina 76 was my first stop, I ordered a brisket taco and a blue raspberry lemonade. The taco was soft shell with sliced brisket, chopped tomatoes and onions with cilantro. The brisket was tender and flavorful. The blue raspberry lemonade was aqua blue, with the right amount of sweetness and tartness, both were delicious. I plan on visiting their restaurant in the near future. My next food adventure was from Sidewall Pastry Kitchen, with the banana pudding cookie. It's a thick cookie with banana flavored pudding with a vanilla wafer on top. The cookie itself was also banana flavored, I didn't like the cookie, but my niece enjoyed the peach cobbler cookie. The cookie reminded me slightly of a Crumbl cookie, that's not a favorite cookie of mine either. It was just a little too much going on with the cookie. My next stop was at Food Truck Row. I sampled food from EveryThing Egg Rolls ( Philly Cheesesteaks egg roll), Churro Masters(chocolate drizzled churros) and Knight Bites, Furman University(Brisket Knight Bites) We ended this year's Fall For Greenville with another trip to Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream. As always it's good to spend time with family.

I'm not big on being squashed in a crowd or having to fight my way to a food booth for a small…read moreportion of food, so we decided to go this year as soon as they opened on Sat. morning. We were able to walk up and down the street and check out all the vendors had to offer, and then we made our way to the booths we wanted to try, some with no lines. This way, we were able to try far more food than in years past. Granted, after being there a little over an hour the crowd was starting to close in, but at that point we had had our fill of the food, at least. I really appreciate that the festival seemed more family friendly this year since we had our grandson with us. The baby changing station and rocking chairs were a great idea. We noticed that alcohol sales are cut off relatively early, and this gives the restaurants the opportunity to take over when the festival closes. All of this, I'm sure, will continue to improve the reputation of FFG going forward.

Having lived near downtown Greenville for 5 years now, Fall for Greenville has always been just an…read moreannoyance to me...3 days of detours when trying to go to the grocery store, traffic snarls where there should be none. Finally this year, I decided to throw myself into the fray to see what all the excitement was about. As it turns out, it is actually worth the effort. Great food, great music, surprisingly well organized for an event with that many people. I'm a bit of an introvert, so I have very short limits on being able to push through crowds. Most of the booth lines were managed well enough that I never waited more than 4 minutes, and once I got my tickets and a beer, I worked my way to one of the concert stages and had plenty of elbow room to stand and enjoy some live music. I checked out 2 stages and 3 artists. Each was very different- from folk to rock to country-and all were really good bands. The beer garden had a nice selection of local beers represented, and the Main Street showed off some of what is making Greenville a place that out of town foodies should put on their radar. Will I go back next year? Heck ya!

Their collection of vintage pianos is quite impressive. A lot of the pianos are extremely ornate…read moreand beautiful pieces of art. Of the three museums in the immediate vicinity, this one was my favorite and the most unique. It's not an overly big museum so it can be seen within an hour.

I really enjoyed my stop at the Sigal Music Museum. The museum is a 1930s Coca Cola Bottling…read moreCompany too. The museum came about when Marlowe A. Sigal's estate gave his collection away and the Carolina Music Museum was able to take the whole collection of over 700 instruments. Only about a quarter of the instruments are displayed because of lack of space. The museum focuses on the music and technology from 1775 to present day. Some of the museum is interactive but you cannot touch most of the antiques. The oldest Steinway is in the museum; harpsichords and so many pianos. The museum is on two levels and you can take the stairs or an elevator. At the moment, a special exhibit, Sound of America is taking up space on the first floor. I enjoyed learning some history through music. I liked that the museum did not focus on any specific type of musical genre but embraced them all from Blues to Jazz to Musicals to Rock to Rap to Classical to Gospel to Swing to Exotica. It was like going back in time seeing the eight track player that I used to listen to at my grandmother's place. It brought back great memories. Then seeing the walkman. I enjoyed seeing the radios and the cassette tapes I used to record music on from the radio. How things have changed. This museum is a gem and I've not seen anything like it before. I will be back to spend more time exploring.

We hosted a Welcome Dinner at Swanson's Warehouse the night before our wedding. We wanted this type…read moreof event in place of a more formal rehearsal dinner, because we wanted the all of our wedding invitees to get two nights together to eat, drink, and celebrate--Swanson's was a perfect spot! The contact at Swanson's was easy to work with. The event was affordable and casual yet intimate. We picked the caterer. We hosted this event on December 30th so the colorful string lights felt perfectly festive! And the signs of Greenville's past covering the walls were fun for the Greenville natives--it took them back! (Photographer: Julia Madden Sears)

Hipster much? It's pretty cool in here, though. They have a good sound, since it's basically one…read moreroom. There is canned beer of varying prices (starting with some $1 beer, including the classic PBR) up to fancier craft beer ($3, $5, or $7) and you can pay with a card. They don't have food but their very salty popcorn is free. Inside, walls are covered in "vintage" local signs, making for some good conversation pieces. There are a couple booths on the wall, but it's mostly standing room unless you borrow a camping chair. Outside it looks liike to you're walking into a garage, but it does look like they have parking (wish I saw it before paying at the lot around the corner. It's a cute, simple little venue, and the band we saw was fantastic! I'd come back dependIng on the band.

So much fun! Good drinks, easy-going staff, VR was amazing. Would definitely go again.read more

We just did the race room. There were 5 of us and this was an activity we could all do together…read more The race games and equipment were very realistic and challenging. It was good fun. One thing to improve on: give better instructions/training prior to start- we got very little- and maybe allow a loop or just plain oval track to get used to how machines work. There was definitely a learning curve and some spent a lot of time crashing and in walls lol.