Figure 1 – Greg Lambton-Carr at City Lights Coffee, Charleston, SC, (c) DE Wolf 2014.

My wife and I were escaping a very cold rain one afternoon, when we wandered into Charleston’s City Lights Coffee at 141 Market Street.    For people like me, this is just what you are looking for in a coffee shop: excellent coffee (made by people who care), wonderful coconut cake, and if you are looking for something more substantial breakfast and lunch.  It is just wonderful.  The cafe also features the work of local Charleston artists.

I love the ambiance of genuine coffee houses; so I asked proprietor Greg Lambton-Carr if he would pose for a picture against the apparatus and paraphernalia of coffeedom (Figure 1).  He was gracious enough to agree, and then my wife commented “watch out this is liable to appear on his blog” (which BTW it now has).  This immediately led to the question of what my blog is about, and it turned out that Greg is himself a professional photographer and blogger.  He is a South African, fairly recently settled in Charleston.  He works in both film and digital media.  His work can most recently be found in Oblique Magazine and Charlie Magazine.  I highly recommend a to Greg’s website.  There you will find wonderful examples of his fashion work (including underwater fashion shots), charming portraits, and wildlife photographs.

So what was meant to be a quick espresso and coconut cake on a cold afternoon turned into a warm discussion of photography and gravity waves.  As I’m writing this, back in Boston I find myself wishing that I was back in City Lights Coffee.  So anyone who gets the opportunity should really do so.  You won’t forget it!