Stratton Lawrence

Travel and Feature Writer | Managing Editor

Folly Beach, SC

Living the good life and writing it down

Stratton Lawrence

Travel and Feature Writer | Managing Editor

Folly Beach, SC

Living the good life and writing it down

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Packing For The Colorado River
It can take more than a decade to get a permit for a private rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, so when a friend’s family offered my wife and I two spots on their 16-person trip, we immediately requested time off from work and booked our flights. Over the next month, we read up on the river and prepared our gear, but by the first night camping on a sandy Canyon beach, we learned that there’s no way to fully know how to pack for the Colorado until you’ve spent time on the water.
Gear Junkie
Adventure and Travel
A Lowcountry Family Getaway to Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina
Luxury abounds at the sprawling Montage Palmetto Bluff, but the resort’s best assets are the waterways and wildlife across 20,000 acres of South Carolina Lowcountry.
AFAR Magazine
Adventure and Travel
350 #VeryCharleston Ways to Celebrate the Holy City in 2020
Celebrate the Holy City's 350th all year long with these 350 VeryCharleston events, adventures and experiences
Charleston Magazine
Adventure and Travel
The Perfect Savannah Weekend Means Lowcountry Food, Art, and Luxury
Charleston’s edgier sibling offers visitors award-winning food, great art, and fascinating history. Savannah’s charm is prominently on display, in stately squares framed by moss-draped oaks and gracious centuries-old homes that bred notable artists like songwriter Johnny Mercer and writer Flannery O’Connor.
AFAR Magazine
Food Adventure and Travel
How Charleston Became a Drinking Town
Charleston’s enduring taste for the hard stuff—evident both in posh hotel bars along Upper King Street and low-down dives on the harbor—can be traced all the way back to its colonial days. Chances are you’ll do some drinking while visiting Charleston. May
AFAR Magazine
Food Adventure and Travel
Everything to Know About Moving to the South
In partnership with the National Association of Realtors
Thrillist
Lifestyle Adventure and Travel Music
Where to Explore Charleston’s Fascinating History
Even on a short weekend getaway, you cannot escape the important stories of pirates, slave uprisings, and bloody battles that define this remarkable city. The year 2020 marks the 350th anniversary of the original English settlement at Charles Towne. Few cities can rival Charleston’s place in U.S. history; the city’s own history is full of violence and greed and intrigue, peppered with pirates and heroes and rebels.
AFAR Magazine
Adventure and Travel
9 Iconic Charleston Experiences
Learn how to do the Charleston by following the locals’ lead. Master these easy steps to find out what makes the Holy City so charming. Charleston’s natives are friendly, the local cuisine is mind-blowing, and the weather’s divine. Figure out how Charleston got its groove by partaking in some immersive activities that are beloved by the locals.
AFAR Magazine
Adventure and Travel
Charleston’s 8 Essential Dishes (and Where to Try Them)
Credit for much of Charleston’s celebrated cuisine goes to the enslaved Africans and downhome cooks of yore who found the tastiest ways to showcase the local bounty. Charleston’s culinary scene is known for its standout seafood and down-home country cooking, although today’s buzzed-about new restaurants are as likely to serve Indian fusion as shrimp and grits.
AFAR Magazine
Adventure and Travel Food
Dishes Worth A Drive from Charleston
Okay, some of these restaurants are technically still in Charleston, but what they have in common is food that merits a trip outside the well-trodden tourist area. Get there however you can, but don't miss the extraordinary things—soul food, Chinese food, barbecue, French-accented local, whatever!
AFAR Magazine
Food Adventure and Travel
Where to Find Charleston's Best Southern Cooking and Soul Food
List View Map View Food-lovers and chefs flock to Charleston and many limit their visits to the dining rooms of the latest thing, the just-minted award-winners, but locals (and regulars to town) know that the true taste of Charleston can be found in resta
AFAR Magazine
Food Adventure and Travel
Charleston Destination Overview
Highlight pages on seafood, watersports, history and festivals in Charleston, South Carolina.
United Airlines
Food Adventure and Travel
What’s on When, Y’all: Charleston’s Best Annual Events
Can’t decide when to visit Charleston? Our month-by-month rundown of annual events—highlighting everything from jazz to oysters to dogs that like to leap off docks—can help you plan your perfect itinerary. Smaller events, though, like the Lowcountry Oyster Festival and Boone Hall Fright Nights, feel purely local and full of just-Charleston flavor.
AFAR Magazine
Food Music Adventure and Travel
Fodor’s InFocus Charleston
One of the South's most iconic cities, Charleston has perennial appeal for travelers. I am the sole author of the Charleston content for the 2018-2020 edition.
Fodor's
Adventure and Travel Food
Charleston Bachelor Party: The 72 Hour Guide
Charleston’s nickname may be the Holy City, but these days, there’s more action on King Street on Saturday night than on Sunday morning. The city still balances the pious with the party— Sunday brunch features a colorful mix of seersucker-clad sophisticates and bleary-eyed frat boys nursing a breakfast stout.
The Plunge
Adventure and Travel Lifestyle Food
Biking and Hiking Guide | Charleston Magazine
14 Hikes and Bikes Around the Lowcountry - Where, When, and How to Get Outside in Charleston
Charleston Magazine
Adventure and Travel

About

Stratton Lawrence

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Reporter | Editor | Content Marketing Pro

Current roles:

Managing Editor at Perficient Digital - hire and manage a team of editors and writers generating SEO-optimized web copy for corporate clients (Home Depot, Backcountry.com, eBay)

Active freelance writer for AFAR, Fodor's, Thrillist, Travel + Leisure

I'm the author of the books Images of America: Folly Beach and Fodor's InFocus Charleston, and co-author of Fodor's The Carolinas and Georgia and Fodor's The National Parks of the U.S.

Get in touch at strattonlawrence@gmail.com or 843.452.7429