Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2013

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Amanda Brooke Robles
Lives in: Charleston, South Carolina.
From: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. I was
born in San Francisco but moved here when I was
6 months old.
Education: Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities, USC.
Employment: Owner of Rock Paper Scissors Craft Studio – opened
June 2013.
Favorite reading: Realistic and historical fiction, fantasy and anything
involving art.
Favorite music: It depends on my mood. Singer/songwriter, bluegrass,
blues, classical, pop, electronic.
Activities: Creating, running, rock climbing, cooking, drinking.
Interests: Art, crafts, football, food, fun.
Likes: Beaches, Charleston, friends and family, opportunities.
Favorite quote or philosophy: “The purpose of art is washing the dust of
daily life off our souls” - Pablo Picasso.
Claudia Grimes
Lives in:Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
From: Baltimore, Maryland.
Education: College and life itself.
Employment: Owner – Don’t Sweat It.
Favorite reading: Tom Robbins.
Favorite music: Eclectic in this area, but listening to G. Love & Special
Sauce right now.
Activities: Tennis, sailing, hiking, anything to do with water.
Interests: Good music, good food.
Likes: Art and traveling.
Favorite quote or philosophy: “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me
than a frontal lobotomy.” - Tom Waits.
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as
the dog does.” - Christopher Morley.
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Our Mount Pleasant Neighbors
Lisa K. Smith
Lives in: Charleston, South Carolina.
From: James Island, South Carolina.
Education: James Island High School.
Employment: Clerk at Mount Pleasant contract postal unit.
Favorite reading: Anything by Stephen King.
Favorite music: Classic rock.
Activities: Sailing and fishing.
Interests: Singing and guitar.
Likes: People who are honest and look me in the eye.
Favorite quote or philosophy: “I try to treat people the way I would
like to be treated. I hope the more positive things I put out into the
world, the more positive my life will be.”
Robert A. Reese, DC
Lives in: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
From: Freehold, New Jersey.
Education: University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Life University School of Chiropractic.
Employment: Reese Chiropractic, “A Family Experience.”
Favorite music: Everything with a hard lean toward hair bands of the ’80s.
Activities: Family time, beach, boogie boarding with my son, surfing,
fishing/crabbing and, of course, football.
Interests: Having the best family centered chiropractic office in
Charleston – “Babies and kids have spines, too!”
Likes: My wife Kim (we’ve known each other since third grade) and
kids; honest people who want to take care of themselves.
Favorite quote or philosophy: “Don’t take life so damn seriously.”