Resting in the shade

Byron - King St., Charleston, SC 

When I lived on the peninsula I got to know most of the usual street folk and Byron was my King St. toll. I always turned over a couple of bucks and on occasion bought him a meal. I am not in town as much and had worried about him lately and hoped all was well. 

My walk this morning steered me to upper King St. and I was pleased to find him enjoying the shade under the highway overpass. A quick hug, a couple of bucks exchanged. On my way back down the same route I watching him offering his trademark chiropractic adjustments to a couple of young men and he caught my eye and grinned. 

Have you been good, bad or Super Bad?

Super Bad, The King of Fashion, Charleston, S.C.

Good news, kids - the Super Bad, the King of Fashion store is being renovated.Some things are so much part of the King St. scene I'd be sad to lose them. One is the Super Bad. The other is the King of King himself, part of so many student's college experience, Byron.  Things have been tough for the Best Street Character award winner lately. Curbside chiropractic discounted for the holidays.

Fun note: Byron is the Man on the Street interview for the recent article on bustling growth on upper King St. Who better?

Saturday morning walkabout

Bogard St., Charleston, S.C.

I like to check on the floral arrangement in the orange traffic cone vase on Bogard. The plastic reptile with the blossom in his mouth is a happy new touch.

I walked the Spring, Bogard, King loop this morning and ran into Byron up around the Piggly Wiggly. I declined the offered chiropractic back treatment but did give him all the change I had. I hadn't seen him for a while and the update is that he is now banned from crossing Calhoun St. anywhere below Spring St. so his traveling area is narrowing.



It is a perfect Charleston day and everyone (everyone but me) gets out to do yard work and home maintenance. This fellow is putting the finishing touches on what looks like a new doughnut store called "Glazed Gourmet Doughnuts". If you like them on Facebook you can suggest a new doughnut flavor. Stores keep closing but new ones replace them just as fast.

Have a good weekend, kids. I am going to a friend's wedding this afternoon.

Look who is back.....

King St., Charleston, S.C.

Yep. He is back.

Hey Bo, wassup?!

Link to video clip.

Byron won the Charleston city Paper's Best Street Character award for 2010 and he doesn't even live here anymore. There is a current major gap in sidewalk chiropractic treatments.

Where in the world is Byron?

King St., Charleston, SC

Where in the world is Byron?

Has anyone had a Byron sighting lately? I've been spending my King St. toll dollar on lottery tickets since I haven't seen him for weeks. The last time we talked he admitted he had been restricted by the Police from the section of town between Calhoun and Morris St. They had good reason no doubt, and yet....can't help worrying a little.