221 E ARCTIC AVE
FRED HOLLAND REALTY. This beautiful home is perfect for your family vacation! Enjoy watching the dolphins play from the open sun deck. This house is only 2 blocks from Downtown Folly. Walk to the wonderful local restaurants or enjoy shopping at the beach shops. Open porch, deck and elevator for handicapped or for those who […]
5 GADSDENBORO ST., #203
Sotheby’s International Realty. This light-filled, corner-unit, second floor condominium offers the most appealing park views and a highly coveted private staircase to the park level. The quality construction is evident throughout the building. Downtown’s premiere lock-and-leave development with high-end amenities, a perfect and picturesque location, sprawling green space right out your front door, and salty […]
286 BERRY TREE DR.
Sotheby’s International Realty. Oak Lea is a hidden gem in the heart of Pawleys Island. This small gated community, complete with a tennis court, pool and dock, has much to offer. The house itself boasts spectacular views of the marsh and slight ocean views. Amazing sunrises, fresh ocean breezes and late evening dips in the […]
EMILY JAMES ART
TUCKED into a charming courtyard on Naples’ 5th Avenue sits the wondrous gallery of native Floridian artist Emily James. It’s no surprise her gallery was voted “Naples’ Best Gallery” for the fourth year in a row, and two of her images have been among the top 50 selling prints worldwide. James was also selected an […]
BEN HAM GALLERY
BEN Ham is a world-renowned fine art nature photographer. His stunning black-and-white landscapes, captured on film, hang in private, corporate and government collections from Australia to Africa and all points in between. Ham is a self-taught photo-grapher, inspired as a teenager by the work of Ansel Adams. He works with an 8-by-10 folding wooden camera, […]
ADD SOME TWINKLE TO ANY STYLE OF GARDEN
I LIVE SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE of one of the world’s finest arboretums—peninsular Charleston. This plantsman’s paradise has no official name, no admission fees and, under normal circumstances, is always accessible. It extends from Hampton Park down to Cannon Park, past Colonial Lake and into Waterfront Park. Those who elect to explore on foot receive […]
GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING
IF YOU’VE GOTTEN MARRIED or bought a wedding gift in Charleston in the last 15 years, it’s likely you already know Jeffrey Bannon and his namesake store, Jeffrey Bannon Ltd. As he celebrates the store’s 15th anniversary this year, Bannon is feeling reflective. “I’ve been very fortunate that I get to do what I love […]
VISIONS OF LIGHT: ITALIAN STYLE
GIOVANNA DE LUCA has achieved something art house cinemas have struggled to do in recent years: complement loyal older patrons with young filmgoers. As founding director of the annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, Dr. De Luca, an associate professor of Italian at the College of Charleston, has poured heart, soul and showmanship into making […]
THE PANDEMIC PROJECT PARDON
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal written by Jason Gay, in which he declared beach body amnesty for the summer of 2020. We were just a couple of months into the pandemic, and he humorously chronicled his experience in quarantine as a surreal new reality of Zoom calls […]
JENNIFER KOACH
IT was only natural that Jennifer Koach, a creative since childhood, pursued art in college, studying studio art, then went on to attend The Art Students League of New York. As she studied, Koach found her greatest outlet in painting, but she put her easel to the side while she pursued a degree in interior […]
