WHEN GRILLING MEETS GRITS
My husband, who doesn’t do recipes, has invented Gribits, another breakfast entrée combining Friday night leftovers with Saturday morning grits.
PERSONAL SERVICE AND A FOCUS ON FIT
If you’ve ever hunted for the perfect jeans, these are magical words: “Beija-Flor jeans are flattering, comfortable and designed to work with a woman’s curves. They’re made in Brazil, but designed by a mother- daughter team in Greenville, South Carolina,” says Elizabeth Raub. “I love them and wear them almost every day.”
OREGON PINOT NOIR
They said it couldn’t be done: grow Pinot Noir in Oregon. They were wrong.
MAKING MAGIC
When you walk into one of the four Wonder Works specialty toy stores in the Lowcountry, you are entering an ecosystem that begins and ends with customers who are a critical part of making magic happen across the country. Every toy, game or book you encounter is brain food, selected to engage children (and adults) in thoughtful play, and each has been molded in some way by the very customers who eventually purchase the products.
A GARDEN REVERIE
My sister tells me she could never understand why she’s drawn to gardens with white-painted rocks along the borders— until recently, when she came across an old snapshot that explains the attraction. It’s a photograph of the two of us in the wooden swing in our backyard. She’s maybe 11, which would mean I’m eight. […]
CURRENTS
What’s New, What’s Happening, What’s Now
THE BEST MEDICINE
You probably don’t think about oral surgery until you need it. Let’s face it: Most of us aren’t thrilled about going to the dentist, much less an oral surgeon. We immediately think of pain and a stream of appointments during which we’ll spend a good deal of our time with our mouths opened wide.
STYLE, HER WAY
On the eve of Copper Penny boutique’s 30th anniversary, Charleston Style & Design caught up with founder Penny Vaigneur at home in Mount Pleasant to talk about the demands and rewards of life in the fashion lane.
HEALING AND LONGEVITY
The white cotton waffle-weave robe is delivered as a fresh bundle tied with its own sash. Why the robe, I wonder, for a facial described as “a skin quenching cocktail of vitamins and antioxidants applied using oxygen.” Wouldn’t a drape be enough? But I haven’t yet learned to expect more than is promised.
MOTHER NATURE’S MIDWIFE
Over the past few years, the words “preservation,” “sustainability” and “conservation” have crept into the urban and suburban gardener’s vernacular. To some, this means commonsense good stewardship, to others it conjures up dreadful scenes of weedy vistas dotted with scraggly trees.
