Dunes West Golf & River Club has pretty much any sporting activity you might want to try. The gated community features a championship 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course with five sets of tees for players of all skill levels; nine tennis courts – three clay and six hard surface; three pools – one adult only and one with a slide and zero entry for toddlers; a fitness and … [Read more...]
RiverTowne Country Club
Located off U.S. Highway 41, RiverTowne Country Club is situated among scenic marshlands and live oaks, with 13 holes routed along the Wando River and Horlbeck Creek.The Arnold Palmer signature course features tree-lined fairways – some of those live oaks draped with Spanish moss – and generous landing areas to set up approach shots to multi-tiered greens guarded by bunkers and … [Read more...]
Never a Normal Day in Local Sports: Local Sportscasters Share Stories
The lifestyle of being on-camera as a news anchor is probably not unlike what you might imagine: a bit of dolling up, the lights overhead, shorts and sandals out of view with a suit and tie above the counter and even the occasional public recognition while on your Costco run. However, what happens off-camera is far from the polish viewers see when tuning into their local … [Read more...]
A Diverse Community: Preschool of the Arts at Charleston Center for Jewish Life
Housed within the Charleston Center for Jewish Life, Preschool of the Arts is in its second year serving Mount Pleasant. The only Jewish preschool East of the Cooper River, it follows the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, a philosophy founded in Italy after World War II. With two classrooms, combining children ages 18 months to 36 months and 3 to 5 years, respectively, the … [Read more...]
Ribbons of Recovery How Locals Survive – and Thrive – with Cancer
Gold, light blue and pink. Those colored ribbons you see on people’s cars, rubber wristbands, Facebook profile pictures and more signify awareness of three types of cancer which are observed this time of year. For those living with and fighting these diseases, their struggles are not confined to the month allotted by the color of a ribbon. No journey with cancer or story about … [Read more...]
Started on the Right Foot: Tami Dennis and the Mount Pleasant Track Club
Coaching a sports team is no easy task. It’s even more challenging when those you teach, nurture and encourage range in age from 5 to 18. Now make the number of athletes on the team a staggering 300 or so and you’re talking about some serious dedication. But for one local coach, it’s been her calling for most of her life and something she considers her greatest … [Read more...]
Making Their Communities Proud: Clemson and Carolina Football Players
There are kids who play sports in high school – and then there are high school athletes. The difference has less to do with their skills or love for the game but instead with the determination and sacrifice it takes to truly pursue excellence. For most, their time on the field ends on graduation day, having given it their all, enjoyed their time and hopefully, made memories to … [Read more...]
A Harvest of Harmonies: Get Your Fall Music Fix
Ah, music. At times it’s our connection to others and often our excuse to car-dance with wild abandon while we wait in traffic on the Ravenel Bridge. This fall, as the weather cools down, our concert calendar heats up. Catch acts that will leave you re-inspired and recharged. And, as you debate whether to purchase a ticket, I urge you to recall the pure joy that comes from … [Read more...]
Every Season is a New Chapter: Coaching College Football in South Carolina
While South Carolina may be well-known for its Lowcountry food and sprawling coastlines, the other not-so-secret gem is the talent that hits the field every Saturday during the highly anticipated college football season. For those four to five months – depending on the success of the team – nothing else matters; Saturdays are saved for tailgating and the various teams … [Read more...]
Cat, Chicken, Camera: How We Captured This Issue’s Cover
Back in mid-July, Publisher Bill Macchio and I started talking about what we'd put on the September/October cover of Mount Pleasant Magazine. After tossing around a few ideas – like a football, you might say – we decided that our traditional fall cover pertaining to Clemson and Carolina football was a formula that could not fail. So we set about figuring a way to take photos of … [Read more...]