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Worldly dining and accomodations have caught up to the city's historic attractions

Matthew DeBord
Issue: May 31, 2003

"May I help you?" Genteel, sophisticated, cosmopolitan -- these are all honorifics that have been bestowed on Charleston, S.C. But the spirit of this elegant city is best captured by that simple question above, as I discovered one gray morning in February as I puzzled over a map.