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TV chefs toss pots here, skillets there. Saucepans bubble up on several burners. Its drama! Its intense! Its the foodie equivalent of 24.
Just when you thought there was no retail space left to develop on Harbison Boulevard, along comes a plan for a new shopping center — in a very prominent spot.
Retailers are welcoming 2011 with open arms and hope the best holiday shopping season since the start of the Great Recession will carry over to the new year. But there were plenty of other reasons locally to celebrate 2010, and there is a lot to look forward to in the new year across the Midlands.
Restaurant Week South Carolina is a nine-day, statewide celebration of local restaurants Jan. 14-22. Make reservations now at your favorite dining spot or try a new place, each restaurant will feature a special menu items, promotions and discounts. Participating Columbia-area restaurants include Ruths Chris Steak House, Diannes on Devine, Cellar on Greene, Solstice Kitchen and Wine Bar, Mr. Friendlys New Southern Cafe, Terra, MoMos Bistro, Villa Tronco, Main Street Restaurant at the Sheraton Hotel, Ristorante Divino, Blue Marlin, Hennessys, Yesterdays, The Great American Grill at the Hilton Garden Inn, Gervais & Vine, Rosso Trattoria Italia, Cantina 76, Saludas, Pearlz Oyster Bar, Liberty Tap Room, Tombo Grille, Virtu and SakiTumi Grill and Sushi Bar. More information, restaurant menus and reservations, restaurantweeksouthcarolina.com
The notes of White Christmas drift through Rice Music House, soft at first and then building to a crescendo, as Robert Schaeffers fingers stroke the keys.
Kabul's five-star Serena Hotel is known as one of the city's most luxurious escapes from the daily grind of Afghanistan's gritty capital. Home to the Kabul's first day spa, complete with a heated swimming pool, the heavily fortified hotel that's been a repeated target of insurgent attacks bills itself as "an oasis of cool and serenity in the heart of the city."