from the editor
Maxximum Style
Thursday, May 1, 03 49 p.m.
My 14-year-old niece visited Charleston with her parents in March. She’s from Moscow, Russia, and I had not seen her in more than 10 years. There’s a big difference between 4 and 14!
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Holy City Style
Thursday, May 1, 03 49 p.m.
When Nancye Starnes decided to move out of Memphis, she drew up a list of “must haves” for her new hometown: it had to be a walkable city, located on the water, and sizeable enough to support a vibrant performing arts community.
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just dogs
Citadel Charmers
Thursday, May 1, 03 48 p.m.
Move aside – bulldog coming through. In January, the American Kennel Club announced that the Bulldog, one of the most recognizable and iconic purebred dogs, has muscled its way into the 10th spot on the organization’s annual list of the most popular breeds in America.
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delectable delights
Beyond Cookie Cutter
Thursday, May 1, 03 48 p.m.
Prime ingredients, Nostalgic tastes and creative bakers transform Lowcountry cookies into high-style confections.
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A Lowcountry Life
Working for Peanuts
Thursday, May 1, 03 48 p.m.
Anthony Wright, the man known throughout the Lowcountry and across the nation as Tony the Peanut Man, never intended to make his living selling boiled goobers.
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get outta town
Kendall Lukas Visits Charlotte, NC
Thursday, May 1, 03 48 p.m.
I had never been to Charlotte … not really. Well, I’ve gotten my kicks at Carowinds because that was part of being a kid in the Carolinas, and I’ve been to concerts at the open-air Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre because it’s a large complex for big-time acts. I’ve visited my sister at UNC Charlotte and have flown through the city’s major transit airport many times. But as for the metropolis of Charlotte, I’d only ever viewed its high-rises from afar. This time I took an up-close look at the interior and found a lot of reasons to relish in North Carolina’s top travel destination.
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distinctively charleston
Turning Heads
Thursday, May 1, 03 48 p.m.
Bessie is almost 50 and looks as good today as she did in her youth – maybe even better. After all, back then she was hanging from a pole. Now she runs circles around the rest of us, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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homestyle
Café Comfort
Thursday, May 1, 03 46 p.m.
Banquettes are big. Heidi Walker, Allied ASID, of Walker Design Group, is currently working on three different kitchens that have banquettes. For this kitchen in a young couple’s home on Sullivan’s Island, Walker created a café atmosphere by building on the existing element of the laminated floor. “This promotes a casual impromptu gathering space,” she says.
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ESSAY
Lowcountry Style
Thursday, May 1, 12 00 a.m.
If you want to experience real Lowcountry style, you need to come to the Hebron Saint Francis Senior Center. Its members are long time Johns Island residents, a hardscrabble group of African-American women who meet every Wednesday for devotion and quilt making.
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homestyle
Jewel Box
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
Although one of the smallest rooms in a house, a powder room is nonetheless important since most of your guests will pay it a visit. Jennifer Rhodes, ASID, principal designer of J. Rhodes Design, took the popular concept of making this room a “jewel box” and ran with it, creating a luxurious surprise in this 3-foot by 7-foot Daniel Island room.
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distinctively charleston
Treasure Hunt
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
For some it’s a hobby; for some it’s an obsession; and for some it is all about the experience. Under a table, out of a box of old papers or tucked in a dark corner, you see it. It might have been neglected, someone no longer valuing it, but you know its true worth. Your heart speeds up and suddenly you realize … you found a something you must have.
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feature Story
Let’s Go!
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
It is official – spring has sprung! As winter wanes, so does our brief tolerance for being cooped indoors. We have a bridge to walk, nature paths to bike, bass to catch, and azaleas that need planting. So dangle off the dock, put the top down, grab the gear out of the garage, or get the dogs ready for a ride. It is time for Lowcountry residents to play outside!
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get outta town
Kendall Lukas Visits Aiken, SC
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
Today Aiken is somewhat old-fashioned, but it is cosmopolitan in its direction.
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feature Story
Exceptional Educators
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
Three Lowcountry teachers go beyond the call of duty to make a difference. We see it splashed across the headlines every day. South Carolina schools are struggling. In fact, it’s even become an issue in the upcoming presidential election. And with good reason. Our schools are struggling, dropout rates are hovering in some districts around 50 percent, and the heated debate about the emphasis on testing continues.
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essay
The Art of Walking
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
The word “art” usually brings to mind pictures of such objects as paint brushes, canvases, pigments, and marble statuary. It does not call up, necessarily, the image of the walker or the bliss and freedom of the path – beaten or unbeaten – that unfurls ahead. But to walk, to enter truly the experience of locomotion merged with one’s surroundings, alert to air and leaf and salamander, is to practice a high and much-forgotten art.
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letter from the editor
Go-Go Girl
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
"Go” has practically become my middle name. I’ve always been a fast mover, even when my body isn’t really up to it. A quick climb up three flights of stairs will remind me of this every time. Lately I feel like I’m constantly on-the-go: work; household chores; child rearing; trips to the grocery; trips to Target; trips to the vet to care for Bugsy, my dear aging Westie. It seems that ”going” has become an American pastime; if you’re not crazy-out-of-your-mind busy then you’re not doing something right. I disagree.
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delectable delights
Spring Fling
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
Mother Nature delivers the first flush of spring in asparagus, onions and peas.
Spring enters life so beautifully,
With love within her tears of rain;
She whispers softly in my ear
Her presence in the world again.
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a lowcountry life
Handle with Care
Saturday, March 1, 12 00 a.m.
Labor and delivery nurse Beth Maier puts her patients first. “Even after eight years, I get so excited at the moment of delivery. It is such a miracle.” Childbirth is an important, life-altering experience. This is a fact not lost on Lowcountry native Beth Maier, a labor and delivery nurse at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and a mother herself. A short visit with her yields an extraordinary passion for “being part of someone’s miracle.”
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A Lowcountry Life
The Man Behind the Music: Dan Henderson
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
Successful real estate mogul Dan Henderson brings his favorite musical artists to the local masses. To say Dan Henderson has been successful in the real estate business is an understatement. With 18 years of experience in the property sales game, Henderson formed his own business in 2003, CCBG Real Estate Group, and has made quite a name for himself. Music is Henderson’s first love though, especially of the country and Americana variety.
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Distinctively Charleston
From "Dumpy" to Debonair: South Carolina adores the loyal and loving Boykin Spaniel
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
Alexander White appreciated the underdog – literally. Maybe that’s why he took in that downtrodden pooch one century ago. It was during his routine walk to church that the Spartanburg banker noticed the little abandoned brown dog. White tried his best to ignore it, but its tenderness was simply undeniable. The pup, whom White took home and named “Dumpy” because of its size, quickly won over the old man’s heart. So much so that when Dumpy began showing a penchant for retrieving, White grasped an opportunity, and history was made.
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Get Outta Town
Kendall Lukas Visits Greenville
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
Venture inland for a more authentic experience of Carolina’s coolest season
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Essay
My Favorite Thing
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
All right, I know it’s corny. I know it’s predictable, a cliché. But I don’t care if I do sound like the usual sap; so truly is this my favorite thing.
I love our sunsets.
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homestyle
Black & White: Neutral doesn’t have to be “blah”
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
Modern homeowners often resort to a too-easy solution for a relaxing home: a neutral color scheme so everything “goes.” Mike Ruegamer of Group 3 designed this room (in a Hilton Head home) so that it’s airy, bright and neutral but definitely not boring. He started with the traditionally modern palette of black and white and softened it into the tones of a faded black-and-white-photograph; the result is a master bedroom that is serene and traditional with a modern touch.
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from the editor
Paradise Found
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
In his song “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Jimmy Buffet sings about what I consider to be modern cuisine’s most perfect food: “…Heaven on earth with an onion slice…not too particular, not too precise. I’m just a cheeseburger in paradise.” It’s like he’s singing me a lullaby about my favorite food (and making me quite hungry).
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Delectable Delights with Holly Herrick
The Wonder of Winter Comfort Foods
Saturday, Jan. 5, 12 00 a.m.
Often compared to Julie Andrews in appearance throughout my life, I have developed a youthful fondness for “brown paper packages wrapped up with strings” and “whiskers on kittens”; I’ve even devised limp efforts at twirling about an imaginary Austrian mountain.
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feature Story
Flicker Fever
Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 00 a.m.
Candlelight has a special way of creating ambience, especially during the holidays
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Essay
The Magic in Memories
Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 00 a.m.
Each year around Thanksgiving, I indulge myself in the grand delusion that I will somehow pull-off the perfect holiday season, the standard bearer by which my children will measure all holidays for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for my fantasy to begin unraveling. I trip over a missed name from a gift list or succumb to sensory overload (usually in an electronics store), and before I know it I’m jetting headlong through December only to be spit out like a sour grape on the other side of the New Year, dazed but padded by the seasonal baggage I’ve acquired on my hips.
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Delectable Delights
An Unlikely Pair: Sake and tapas pair up for easy holiday entertaining
Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 00 a.m.
Sake and tapas pair up for easy holiday entertaining.
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A Lowcountry Life
Jimmy Hagood: Barbecue lover finds his calling in search of the perfect pig
Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 00 a.m.
It is the smoke, the scent of burning hickory wafting on the cool air that calls us down backroads and into church parking lots and small unassuming storefronts, only to emerge with containers full of the treasure we seek – the perfect marriage of sauce, smoke, and sow: barbecue. And for those of us who seek the perfect bite, it can be an obsession.
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Distinctively Charleston
Pucker Up
Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 00 a.m.
From a feature on Lowcountry lawns to upscale dining tables in Charleston, the persimmon fills a tasty spot in Southern culinary traditions
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