CHARM: Charleston SC

One of the highlights of this Summer has been visiting with family in Charleston...we had a ball and even though the temps were soaring, managed to stay cool...it was fun to see Whitney Sudler-Smith driving his mothers Rolls-Royce down Rutledge Avenue on the way to her majestic (yet cozy) mansion -called Mikell House...formerly used for many years as a public library, Pat Altschul has transformed it with the help of her late friend, the decorator Mario Buatta (@mariobuatta) into a fantasy of an Italian villa in old Charleston, which was founded in the 1600's and is known as the Holy City. The town was a refuge for those escaping religious persecution for centuries...