About Salt n Sand Weekly
Salt & Sand Weekly is a South Carolina coastal lifestyle publication covering local beaches, food, events, outdoor adventures, community stories, coastal homes, and practical seaside travel guidance every week.
Our mission
We started Salt n Sand Weekly to cover the South Carolina coast the way a knowledgeable resident would explain it to a friend, not the way a tourism board sells it. That means naming which beaches actually suit a family with toddlers, which restaurants specialize in what they say they specialize in, and which "hidden gems" are hidden for a reason worth respecting.
Our primary readers live along the South Carolina coast or visit regularly from North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida. Some are planning a first beach trip. Others are deciding whether to relocate to Beaufort or buy a second home near Hilton Head. We write for both.
What we cover
Six lanes make up our weekly coverage: South Carolina beaches, coastal town guides, weekly events, local restaurants, seafood and coastal food, and weekend itineraries. Each piece is written to be useful on the day you read it, not just pleasant to look at.
What we won't do
We don't invent visits or interviews, publish fake restaurant reviews, or use another publication's photographs without permission. We don't guarantee weather or water conditions, and we don't publish tide information we haven't checked. We don't encourage walking on protected dunes, disturbing nesting wildlife, or revealing sensitive wildlife locations unnecessarily.
Who writes for us
Claire Whitmore
South Carolina Coastal Lifestyle Writer
Claire Whitmore writes about South Carolina's beaches, coastal towns, food, events, outdoor life, homes, and community culture for Salt & Sand Weekly. Her articles take readers from the Grand Strand and Georgetown County through the Charleston coast and south toward Beaufort, Hilton Head, and the Sea Islands. Claire's work focuses on details that make a coastal experience genuinely useful: where to park, when to arrive, what rules apply, which places suit families or pets, what a restaurant actually specializes in, how seasonal conditions change a destination, and what visitors should understand about the local community. She believes a good local guide should support both the reader and the place being described, which means avoiding irresponsible "secret spot" coverage, respecting wildlife and private property, crediting local expertise, and explaining when tourism pressure affects sensitive areas. Claire also writes about coastal interiors, historic homes, seafood traditions, artists, community events, marsh landscapes, storm preparation, and the people whose work helps preserve shoreline culture. She does not claim to have visited a place, eaten at a restaurant, interviewed a person, or attended an event unless that experience genuinely occurred. Outside editorial work, Claire enjoys early beach walks, small-town bookstores, farmers markets, marsh photography, seafood suppers, historic neighborhoods, and finding worthwhile places that do not require an elaborate itinerary.