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What the inn does have going for it, as far as programming services are concerned, are its location and its interest in programming services themselves. The inn is smack dab in the historic district of Charleston, on Meeting Street, and caters to programming services. The lure is that they can stay in the interesting historic district, see the sights, and still reach most of Charleston's golf courses in a reasonably short drive time. The building itself is part of Charleston's history. Built around 1830, it was the meeting place for area artists and poets, including Edgar Allen Poe, who used it as a weekend retreat when he was a soldier at Fort Moultrie. The inn remodeled its upstairs lobby recently, and the owners plan another $5.5 million in renovations, to the parking garage, rooms and exterior. PLAY: Wild Dunes Resort is on Isle of Palms, fairly close to downtown. There are two top notch Tom Fazio designed courses, the Harbor and the Links, both nationally recognized tracks. The Links plays along some giant sand dunes, befitting its name, and finishes along the Atlantic Ocean. The Harbor plays more inland; both are only about 20 minutes from the city. EAT: Back downtown to Jestine's Kitchen (251 Meeting St., tel. (843) 722 7224) for a different experience. This is good, old time soul food, lowcountry style. Named for a former laundress and housekeeper, you'll find Southern food here you thought was extinct: Hoppin' John, Frogmore stew, hog head stew, deer burgers and more in an unpretentious downtown setting. Sunday EAT: We're fiddling with the order here because it's Sunday. Before you play, you'll be heading to Magnolia's (185 East Bay St., tel. (843) 577 7771) for its spectacular Sunday brunch. Yes, you can get fried green tomatoes and grits here. You can also get buttermilk fried chicken. Imagine ordering wine to go with that you can. PLAY: Patriots Point Golf Links meets some of the technical criteria of a true links course, which gives it the right, here in America, to advertise itself as a links course. If it had sand dunes, heather and a mildly inebriated Scot hanging around the clubhouse, it would be as links a course as any in Scotland. There's so much water everywhere, the sun is bound to find something to sparkle off, and it does, virtually through the entire round. All this beauty culminates in the closing three holes, which wrap around a point of land jutting out into the harbor, with historic downtown Charleston just across the harbor. STAY: The perfect place for your last night. One of the reasons Shem Creek Inn (1401 Shrimpboat Ln., tel. (843) 881 1000) is one of the more popular places to stay in the Charleston area is its location. The inn overlooks the creek of the same name, but its street address on Shrimpboat Lane tells the real story. ... programming services