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Pop Art and Progress: Shepard Fairey in the Lowcountry

A progressive art movement is gaining traction here in the Lowcountry, around the country and even hundreds of miles above the Earth aboard the International Space Station. Elizabeth Willingham, a senior Studio Arts major at the College of Charleston and an intern at the school’s Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, said she has noticed that the appeal of politically and socially … [Read More]

How Does Your Garden Grow?: With a Team of East Cooper Residents

Life as a magazine writer and editor sometimes means imagining things in their prime that are still a little ways off. Take, for example, the day I visited the community garden at I'On on a January afternoon. It wasn't difficult to envision the mounds of dirt erupting for fresh vegetables and colorful flowers to burst forth, but for that particular day I had to use my mind's eye as I … [Read More]

How Does Your Garden Grow?: With a Team of East Cooper Residents

Rocky Mountain High – Was the Weed Worth the Wait?

Editor’s note: Recreational marijuana has about as much chance of being sold legally in South Carolina as, for instance, a person has of jumping from the moon and landing on Earth – more on that later. In Colorado, however, you can now pick up some weed at the local pot store. One of our crack reporters just happened to be high in the Rocky Mountains the day Mary Jane came out of the closet … [Read More]

Homes Away From Home: Local Families Host Tennis Pros

When I got on the phone to chat with international tennis professional Melanie Oudin, I was not the least bit surprised to learn that just minutes before my phone call, she'd been practicing her swing. Oudin, one of the many tennis players who grace Daniel Island during the Family Circle Cup, scheduled this year for March 29 through April 6, is a native of Marietta, Ga., and visits the … [Read More]

GOING OUT

Get Gritty: At the World Grits Festival

I must confess that before my relocation from Maryland’s blue crab-eating Eastern Shore to the Lowcountry, grits to me were just a gooey, white, post-church breakfast food that certainly did not get my motor humming. Perhaps there’s something to be said by the fact that I was a northerner and grits are certainly a Southern staple. Or maybe my mom skimped on the wondrous Southern … [Read More...]

Looking For a Place to Watch the Big Game?

When he lived in Denver and worked in the corporate world, Addie Culler’s basement was a shrine to football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey, complete with memorabilia, a built-in bar and, of course, an area dedicated to the American sport of watching American sports on television. He’s moved from Colorado to South Carolina, but Culler’s life isn’t all that different these … [Read More...]

Sipping in the Shade – Wine Under the Oaks at Boone Hall

Baking cookies, hanging ornaments and sipping hot cocoa are treasured events of the holiday season. But in the Lowcountry, so is attending Boone Hall Plantation’s Wine Under the Oaks. The Dec. 8 holiday wine, food and entertainment festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and Boone Hall is determined to make it the best one yet. Those who have attended in past years have … [Read More...]

The SOL Will Rise – New Restaurant Brings Flavor

I stepped into what used to be the Charleston Crab House on Highway 17 North just in time to see an awesome transformation taking place. The building was in the midst of becoming SOL, a new restaurant in Mount Pleasant that promises cozy, upscale atmosphere, great food created from scratch and the kind of customer service you get only from an independent establishment. SOL was dreamed up … [Read More...]