Julian Buxton
City Expert
Julian Buxton grew up along the Lowcountry salt water marshes around Charleston. Native Charlestonians rarely leave. After graduating from Princeton University and adventures in several different careers in locations around the United States--including investment banking in Manhattan, teaching at Pepperdine University in Malibu, politics and ranching in North Dakota—Julian gave into the persistent, mysterious siren call that Charleston casts upon its natives that wander, and came home.
In 1996, he founded the tour company The Ghosts of Charleston, now called Tour Charleston, LLC. In the years following, he produced and appeared on shows about Charleston and his company with The History Channel, HGTV, the Discovery Channel, and the Travel Channel. He and his company have been feature subjects in National Geographic Traveler, Southern Living, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2001, Beaufort books published his book, The Ghosts of Charleston.
Julian is an Honorary Commander at the Charleston Air Force Base. Over the last ten years, Julian served the Charleston community as Chair of the City of Charleston Tourism Commission, Vice-Chair of the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Governors, and on the Executive Committee for the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (the oldest Chamber of Commerce in America)..
He currently develops programs for his newest venture, Buxton East Bay Theatre, and will soon publish two more volumes of The Ghosts of Charleston. He lives on Folly Beach, a barrier island outside of Charleston, with Jane Dog, his Springer spaniel.
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Stratton Lawrence
Photographer
Stratton Lawrence is the Charleston, SC city photographer, and a writer, environmental educator, trip leader, and professional travel bum. For now, home is Chucktown, where he writes local news stories for the free alt-weekly, the Charleston City Paper. Since graduating from Davidson College in 2003 with a degree in history, his career has taken him from Bar Harbor, Maine to Mendocino, California, then onto the Sierras and back to the Carolinas. He has photographed and written about travelling in his 1972 VW Super Beetle across the country, as well as extended ventures (not with the Bug) into sub-Saharan Africa, Thailand, and much of Europe. When he's off the clock, you'll find him either paddling the salt marshes and blackwater rivers of South Carolina's Lowcountry or on top of a mountain.
Favorite superhero: Mighty Mouse
Favorite food: Eastern North Carolina Barbeque for lunch, Jambalaya for dinner
Preferred escapes: Anywhere wild
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