Every year, the Cooper River Bridge Run attracts tens of thousands of participants, ranging from hot dog-eating speed walkers to the world’s top distance runners. Over the run’s 35-year span, the race has been graced by several famous faces, including actor Bill Murray and TV star Oprah Winfrey. Murray, who owns a home on Sullivan’s Island, chose to be the center of … [Read more...]
Black and White: Television in the Lowcountry
Editors’ note: As Mount Pleasant and the Lowcountry move forward into 2013 and beyond, it’s important to recognize that our history is closely tethered to our future. In celebration of Black History Month and our women’s issue, we are featuring one professional woman’s triumphant story. Cheryl Hamilton, the Lowcountry’s first black news reporter, arrived in Mount Pleasant, … [Read more...]
Women in Business
As I once said to my coeditor, Brian Sherman, women should be able to both wear lipstick and kick butt. The truth is, women can do anything, particularly East of the Cooper. Here, we raise our families and run our businesses simultaneously. For our annual Women in Business issue, we’ve highlighted a couple of area women’s organizations, as well as several women whose ability … [Read more...]
Online Dating: The Good, The Bad and The Married?
Do you remember the days when a single guy actually had to risk humiliation by sparking up a conversation, buying a drink or even offering a bold wink to a reasonably cute girl at the bar? Or how about when a single woman used to spend hours in front of the mirror just so she would look hot enough to shoot down that idiot winking at her from across the room? Well, for a … [Read more...]
Winning Designs: The Art of the Bridge Run
The 2013 cooper River Bridge Run was destined from the beginning to be a success. Every year the event raises tens of thousands of dollars for local and national charities, all the while helping to plant smiles on the faces of participants and supporters alike. Every great event needs a kickoff party: The Bridge Run’s was held recently at historic Alhambra Hall in … [Read more...]
Mount Pleasant’s Biggest Hearts: The Spirit of Generosity
When we give to someone in need, we create a spark that fires up others. That’s the theme we noticed while speaking with some of Mount Pleasant’s most selfless individuals – the idea that putting someone else first is contagious and is passed along. Each of these community members has a specific calling to better the world. Some of them are in the limelight; some are more … [Read more...]
Amanda Vaughn Haggerty: the Casserole Queen
Amanda Vaughn Haggerty is at home in the kitchen. Whether she’s putting together brunch for friends or a quiet dinner for her husband, she easily whisks from sink to stove. Yet she realizes that while she loves being in the kitchen, not everyone finds making dinner to be such a delightful task. So Haggerty has set out to make cooking easy, accessible and delicious for all, … [Read more...]
Mount Pleasant, SC Household: A Family Divided between Clemson Tigers and Carolina Gamecocks
While visiting mount pleasant last November looking for a place to live, I noticed the abundance of Clemson and University of South Carolina flags adorning the front porch of many Lowcountry homes. At the time, I joked with a friend that eventually I probably would need to declare my allegiance to one school or the other. When I moved to Mount Pleasant, I quickly realized … [Read more...]
Chris O’Neal – Mount Pleasant, SC – Town Councilman
Chris o’neal is passionate about the Lowcountry. After forging a personal path through South Carolina, he happily returned to call Mount Pleasant home – and Mount Pleasant calls him one of its newest town councilmen. The 31-year-old was born in Charleston, moved to Columbia and returned to the region after earning bachelor’s degrees in economics and speech and communication … [Read more...]
Elise Testone – Mount Pleasant, SC American Idol Contestant
Think back to when you were a child. What was your dream, down deep inside, longing to burst forth to consume your heart and soul? For Mount Pleasant’s Elise Testone, it was simple: to sing. That dream has blossomed, perhaps, in a way even grander than she ever imagined. Last July, Testone, 28, auditioned for Fox’s American Idol in Savannah, singing Janis Joplin’s “Get It … [Read more...]