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TODAY'S
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Local matchmaker offers alternative to pitfalls of online services
By MARTINE FRIEDMAN
Founder, Face to Face Charleston
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com
APRIL
22, 2010 -- What's causing the pendulum of dating trends to take
a swing back toward an old concept - meeting in person? The advent
of services such as Match.com (launched in 1995) and eHarmony.com
(launched in 2000), which seemed like a beacon of light to people
seeking relationships, has turned into a source of frustration.
After working on your computer all day, do you really want to sit
alone and stare at the screen all night to search online for social
companionship?
Friedman |
Online
dating is pervasive and touted as the best method to use for meeting
potential matches for anyone seeking a relationship. I love technology
that gets results, but after my personal experience, and listening
to my friends complain about the ridiculous types of matches and
responses they were getting online, I did some research.
It turns out that, according to a study done by Michael Norton of
Harvard Business School, with Jeanna Frost and Dan Ariely, you have
to search and correspond 11.9 hours for every 1.8 hours of real
face-to-face interaction, and you are likely to be disappointed
when you meet in person. This is because you can only search on
attributes like height, income, or smoking.
Further,
more than 30 percent of people lied on their profile, particularly
about their marital status, weight, or age. The computer simply
helps keep track of all those characteristics like any good database
would. Then it is a matter of searching, sorting, selecting and
finally - seeing. So, if you are a professional earning $100 per
hour, this translates to $1,200 a week of your valuable time wasted,
because there is an 8-in-10 chance you won't feel anything for the
person you finally meet.
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DEBUT
EVENT
Face
to Face Charleston will offer its first open social on April
28, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on the Rooftop at Henry's on the Market,
54 N. Market St., downtown. Singles of all ages are welcome.
Find out more about the event and how Face to Face Charleston
works by clicking
here.
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You
can't search for personality through a computer. The supercomputer
called your brain takes between thirty seconds and four minutes
in person to know whether there is chemistry. Your brain is efficient,
unlike online dating. The problem, in part, is this: Chemical attraction
by itself isn't a good predictor of longevity and compatibility
in a relationship. The second half of the equation is more complicated,
and it takes a lot longer to analyze character and personality.
Ask any therapist how many people tend to pick the same type of
partner again and again, even if it hasn't worked before. Unassisted,
we are creatures of habit, for better or worse.
Traditionally, friends and family are the No. 1 and 2 sources of
introduction. People in their twenties find romance easily because
of the amount of social networking opportunities they have. Once
you graduate from school, those opportunities are lost, and dating
in the workplace carries many downsides. Now you are even busier
and have less time to make social plans, and you are pickier as
well.
Internet
dating promised to privately increase our selection of available
partners without our having to leave the house. Unfortunately, the
selection increased so vastly that it takes a huge amount of time
to weed through and pick out the right people. Even the higher-end
services like eHarmony couldn't match me up with anyone closer than
Greenville. So I rejected online dating early on. I didn't see many
matches, and I didn't trust those I did see. I felt like I'd have
to bring a bodyguard to our first meeting. How romantic!
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The
computer can help search for key features, but it can only complete
half the equation. Everyone agrees you don't know whether you are
a potential match or not until you meet in person. So I decided
the future of dating is to turn dating right side out again. I became
a matchmaker, first for friends and colleagues who were tired of
the mirage of online dating, and now for anyone who wants to return
to the traditional way of connecting. I established Face to Face
Charleston to give busy professionals, single parents or the recently
divorced a way to meet the right people for them in a way that actually
works.
How? Take the online community offline, make it local and make it
live, face to face. At events, people mingle in person, because
that is where attractions really spark. Seeing people face to face
gives you literally thousands of more cues than you'd ever get viewing
them online. Nature and I help you along in the process. As a matchmaker,
once I see who you pick in person, I can effectively suggest people
for you to meet privately.
You can gain insight about your potential match's interests in depth
with the assistance of our private matchmaking services. The personal
information in the matchmaking database reveals if your values and
goals match. Now, comfortable and at ease, assisted by a professional
matchmaker, you can go on a quality real date within two weeks.
As
a matchmaker, I do for people looking for love what Realtors do
for people looking for houses. A great Realtor won't even bother
showing you a house that doesn't meet your requirements, yet knows
when to relax some requirements because a particular house has everything
else you need. As a personal matchmaker, I am a friend, mother,
therapist and researcher. I do the hard work and ask the hard questions.
I stay objective so you make the right long-term choices when your
short-term judgment might be clouded by that thing called love.
Martine Friedman is founder of Face
to Face Charleston, a concept that combines social networking
and personal matchmaking. Friedman is a consultant and coach with
experience in the marketing, technology, and human resource sectors.
She was formerly the president of the Charleston Chapter of the
American Marketing Association. Her 2009 marketing and business
consultation with a local wedding caterer provided daily contact
with happy couples, leading to her decision to establish Face to
Face Charleston.
CURRENTS
Indelible
ink: The lasting power of a handwritten recipe
By
ANN THRASH, editor
APRIL
22, 2010 -- Aunt Jean wasn't much of a cook, and she was the first
to admit it. Well, maybe not the first -- more like the third. Or
maybe fourth. There were a handful of things that she made better
than anyone, like melt-in-your-mouth mints, and hot pepper jelly
that she liked to give as gifts. For just about everything else,
she was the self-proclaimed microwave queen. She loved to talk about
food and recipes, she just didn't really like to cook much -- which
never made sense to me.
Thrash |
That's
why, when my sister and I were cleaning out her apartment this week,
three weeks after her death at age 86, we were surprised to find
so many recipes lovingly handwritten on old-style recipe cards --
the ones with little whisks and dancing veggies and such.
We
didn't find many cookbooks; perhaps eight or ten, all vintage. That
wasn't a surprise. But she had hundreds and hundreds of recipes
on cards. Looking through them, it struck me that we only saw maybe
two dozen that we ever knew her to make. The other 99 percent, we
don't think she ever had made at any point, or ever talked about
wanting to try in the future. So these carefully handwritten recipes,
most of which had been filed neatly in boxes or small ring-binder
notebooks, really got me wondering.
We
saw my aunt's distinctively cramped combination of print and cursive
on "Dump Cake from Y" and "Spiced Tomatoes."
And there was her mother's (my grandmother's) more flowery, flowing
style with big loops on the "P's" in "Shrimp Pie"
as well as the top of the second "t" in "Tomato Pie."
There were a bunch of cards with handwriting we didn't recognize
-- probably long-gone family members and friends whose names we
don't know, but whose special recipes we now have because they shared
them.
Finding
those handwritten cards made me reflect on how impersonal I have
gotten about something as pleasurable and special as sharing a recipe.
These days, if someone wants a recipe that I have in my computer,
I'll usually print it out or e-mail it to the requester. If it's
in a cookbook, I'll Xerox a copy. It's convenient and easy and saves
me time, but the communion that should be part of enjoying food
and recipes together sure gets watered down in the process.
My
aunt's recipe cards reminded me that something indelible and lasting
and important happens when someone takes time to sit at a table
and write out a recipe for you -- just for you -- by hand. It's
really a gift of self and of time - and it's something, in my computerized
little world, that I tend to forget the meaning of. And it holds
true not just for recipes, but for notes of thanks, or sympathy,
or simple statements of appreciation and love.
What
all those recipe cards ultimately represented to Aunt Jean, I think,
had nothing to do with the food itself. Maybe "Mrs. Barth's
Crab Casserole" and "Jane's Shrimp Strata" and "Cabbage
Casserole Elizabeth" were things she really thought she'd make
one day. But something tells me that what meant the most to her
was that those she knew would take time to sit down, pick up a pen
and a pretty piece of paper, and put a little bit of themselves
into a form she could hold on to. Memories like that are hard to
forget.
Ann
Thrash is editor of CharlestonCurrents. She can be reached at editor@charlestoncurrents.com.
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BUSINESS
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Charleston-based
GreenWizard raises $1.15 million investment
By
PETER LUCASH, contributing editor
Charleston-based
GreenWizard
Inc. has raised $1.15 million in a round of private investment from
a syndicate of venture capital funds and angel investors, led by
Zygote Ventures. GreenWizard is a Web-based expert system that allows
architects, engineers and contractors to cross-search, compare and
document products for LEED and green commercial construction.
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GreenWizard
will use the funds to build out and market its interactive, searchable
database system of green products for LEED and green commercial
construction. The company offers the only data-driven software platform
that allows users to analyze and select green building materials
based on a wide array of preferences and inputs, ultimately reducing
the time and money spent in the procurement process.
iPad
launch makes news here and beyond
Apple's
PR machine was in fine form with the run-up to the launch of the
iPad. More than 500,000 units were sold the first day, including
advance orders. Downtown Charleston's Apple store had its own line
to be the "first adopter." The best reporting on the iPad
launch in Charleston came from the City Paper. More.
Words
of wisdom: More startups, please!
New
York Times columnist Thomas Friedman offers his insights on start-ups
- and they apply to Charleston, too. Charleston will only benefit
from new blood from the rest of the country (yes, including Ohio)
and the rest of the world. Here's what Friedman had to say: More.
Peter
Lucash is a Charleston-based businessman who runs Digital
CPE, a training, consulting and information media company that
works to improve the business management of organizations. You can
read and subscribe to the full edition of the Business
Indigo blog here.
GOOD
NEWS
Curbside
recycling program to begin accepting cardboard
Charleston
County will begin picking up corrugated cardboard and a wider range
of paper items during its normal curbside recycling routes. Corrugated
cardboard is considered cardboard boxes with a middle "waffle-like"
layer. In addition to cardboard, the county will also start accepting
all paper items, including envelopes with plastic windows and gift-wrapping
paper.
"If
you can tear it, recycle it in your bin," said Charleston County
Councilmember Colleen Condon. "We are excited to announce that
Charleston County now accepts cardboard and all types of paper in
our curbside bins and drop sites."
If
you have curbside service, flatten and place cardboard boxes, up
to 3 feet by 3 feet in size, between or under your regular bins
or inside a separate bin.
Rural
residents, as well as curbside users who have cardboard pieces larger
than 3 feet by 3 feet, can drop cardboard off at the drop site locations
and county-staffed convenience centers. Charleston County Environmental
Management maintains 40 cardboard drop sites and eight Convenience
Centers throughout the county (click
here for a list of locations and hours).
Blessing
of Fleet moves to new site this weekend
The
town of Mount Pleasant's 23rd Annual Blessing of the Fleet and Seafood
Festival will take place on Sunday at its new venue - Memorial Waterfront
Park at the base of the Ravenel Bridge. After more than two decades
based at Alhambra Hall in the Old Village, the festival and its
accompanying traffic and crowds simply outgrew the spot, so town
officials decided earlier this year to relocate to the new park.
Admission and on-site parking will be free.
Attractions
at the festival include local seafood prepared by East Cooper restaurants,
live music by the East Coast Party Band and Permanent Vacation,
a shag contest, a shrimp eating contest, a juried craft show, art
displays by the Mount Pleasant Artists Guild, sweetgrass basket
displays, children's activities, and marine and reptile exhibits.
The
festival starts at 11:30 a.m., with a procession on the pier at
12:45 p.m. and the blessing of the fleet at 1 p.m. Permanent Vacation
will begin playing at 1:45 p.m., followed by the East Coast Party
Band at 3 p.m. The festival will end at 6 p.m.
Chamber
to honor Mikolajcik at Homeland Security Conference
The
Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce will offer a special tribute
at next month's 2010 Homeland Security Innovation Conference to
Gen. Tom Mikolajcik, who recently passed away after a battle with
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). The tribute will be part of the "Salute
to the Military" reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May
6 at the Charleston Area Convention Center. The reception is the
kickoff for the conference
Mikolajcik |
In
a press release announcing the tribute, chamber officials called
Mikolajcik "an outstanding volunteer for the chamber while
serving as the chamber's military relations adviser and putting
his time, talent and energy to promote the retention and expansion
of the region's military industry and jobs during the 2005 Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC)."
The reception includes awards for active-duty personnel, reservists,
civilians and a local business.
The
cost is $65 per person or $45 for active/reserve/retired/military
spouses. Dress is business casual or "uniform of the day."
For tickets or more information, click
here.
Starlight
Pops at Boone Hall to feature CSO members
First
Federal's annual Starlight Pops concert will return to the lawn
at Boone Hall Plantation on May 1 with a pops concert from the Starlight
Pops Orchestra, which includes members of the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra, which recently suspended its season because of financial
woes. The concert also will feature a picnic contest, regional arts
and crafts vendors, and food on sale from 82 Queen.
The
gates open at 4 p.m. Event-goers should bring beach chairs or blankets
for seating. Pre-concert music begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes
performances from the Dubose Middle School Steel Drum Band, the
Belle Hall Elementary School Handbell Group and several school choruses.
Picnic
contest judging begins at 6:45 p.m., with prizes awarded for Best
Theme, Most Elegant, and Picnic You'd Most Like to Be Invited To.
In addition, 82 Queen will be selling heavy hors d'oeuvres, beer,
wine, champagne and sodas.
The concert begins at 7:45 p.m. and will include songs from "Porgy
and Bess," "Carmen" and light pops selections. Alex
Agrest, a CSO member and the director of the Summerville Community
Orchestra, will lead the performance, and CSO concertmaster Yuriy
Bekker will perform on solo violin.
Tickets
are $5 to $18 in advance and are available at local First Federal
offices, at Boone Hall Farms on Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant, at
82 Queen, and online
here.
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SC
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Lucas
v. S.C. Coastal Council
Lucas
v. South Carolina Coastal Council was a high-profile property-rights
case. The case pitted the state of South Carolina's right to regulate
the use of property for the "public good" versus the right
of individuals to use their property as they see fit or to be justly
compensated for the loss of the use of the property.
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In
1986, David Lucas bought two residential lots on Isle of Palms.
His intention was to build single-family houses on the lots such
as were built on the immediately adjoining parcels of land. At the
time of purchase, Lucas's lots were not subject to the state's coastal
zone building-permit requirements. However, in 1988 the state legislature
enacted the Beachfront Management Act. This act directed the Coastal
Council to establish a baseline along the shoreline. The building
of occupied structures seaward of the baseline was prohibited. The
act provided no exceptions. The effect of this action on Lucas was
that he was not able to erect any permanent habitable structures
on his parcels.
Lucas
promptly brought suit in the S.C. Court of Common Pleas of Charleston
County, arguing that the Beachfront Management Act's construction
prohibition constituted a taking of his property without just compensation.
The court of common pleas ruled in Lucas's favor and awarded him
damages. The Coastal Council appealed the decision, and the South
Carolina Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Coastal Council. Lucas
sought redress from the United States Supreme Court, which accepted
the case for review. In its decision, handed down on June 29, 1992,
the Supreme Court ruled that the state's action in barring the erection
of permanent structures rendered Lucas's property useless and therefore
that compensation under the "taking clause" should be
made.
--
Excerpted from the entry by Jon B. Pierce. To
read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina,
check out The
South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used
by permission.)
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Cheers to
Wine + Food
The BB&T
Charleston Wine + Food Festival more than doubled its economic impact
on the Charleston area this year. Despite the economic downturn,
the festival's total impact on the local economy rose from $2.36
million in 2009 to $5.09 million in 2010. Overall, the Festival
had an increase in attendance, a high desire from ticket-holders
to return to the Festival next year, and a substantial impact on
the community. Here's a closer look at five impressive stats:
- More than
16,500 guests attended events, up 10 percent from 2009 - and 40
percent of guests were nonlocal (more than 50 miles away). And
80 percent of ticket-holders said there's a strong probability
that they'll be back for the festival next year. "
- Non-local
visitor spending was up from an average of $610 per person in
2009 to $769 per person in 2010.
- Total ticket
sales were $858,910, a 10 percent increase from 2009.
- More than
sixty jobs were created locally, and labor income increased from
$876,000 in 2009 to $1.70 million in 2010, with $842,999 of tax
revenue generated by the festival.
- The festival
donated 2,100 pounds of food to Crisis Ministries and diverted
9.795 tons of garbage from the landfill with an implemented recycling
program.
QUOTE
On
feeling your age
"How old
would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
-- Satchel
Paige, American baseball player (1906-1982)
CALENDAR:
THIS WEEK
Sustainable
Seafood Dinner: 6:30 p.m. April 22, Sea Island Grill,
Wild Dunes Resort. Five-course wine dinner to promote the South
Carolina Aquarium's Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Menu includes
local shrimp ceviche; seared sea scallops; tempura soft shell crab;
pan-seared Pacific halibut; black pepper-peach sorbet. Cost: $60
per person (not including tax and gratuity); 10 percent of the total
will go to the Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Reservations (required
by April 20): 886-2214.
Festival
of Choirs: April 22 to April 25, various venues. The
Second Annual Charleston International Festival of Choirs will showcase
nine local and national choral groups performing in historic Charleston
in addition to opportunities for master classes and choral clinics
with renowned guest conductor and festival director Dr. Andre Thomas.
More
info/detailed schedule.
Tricounty
Youth Service Day: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 24,
various locations. The event is part of Global Youth Service Day,
a worldwide event engaging millions of children and youth in more
than 115 countries to address unmet needs in their communities.
Locally, more than 600 youths are expected to take part in service
projects such as neighborhood beautification, school cleanups, senior
services and environmental issues. A celebration rally will be held
to wrap up the event from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at North Charleston
High School. More
info.
CALENDAR:
ONGOING AND SOON
Osteoporosis
Screenings: 9:30 a.m. to noon April 26, East Cooper Medical
Center, 2000 Hospital Drive, Mount Pleasant. Osteoporosis affects
55 percent of those 50 and older; women are more likely than men
to develop the disease, but men can also be risk. Screenings are
free, but those interested should schedule an appointment by calling
884-7031.
Hearing
on Drainage: 6:30 p.m. April 27, Council Chambers, Lonnie
Hamilton III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North
Charleston. Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing
to encourage citizen comments on drainage concerns in the unincorporated
portions of the county. Those wishing to make comments during the
meeting should list their name on a sign-up sheet that will be available
beginning at 6 p.m. at the meeting location. More info: Charleston
County Clerk of Council's Office, 958-4030, or online.
Flower Workshops: 6 p.m. April 27 and 6 p.m. April
29, Stems, 208 Coming St., downtown. The Charleston Museum and
Stems are offering flower workshops for those planning a wedding
or anyone who wants to learn how to arrange flowers at home. The
April 27 class is Centerpieces 101 (choosing sizes and shapes for
different settings, as well as materials, colors, containers; students
will make an arrangement in floral foam to take home); cost is $100
museum members, $110 nonmembers. The April 29 class is Hand-tied
Bouquets (bouquet shapes, spiral work and practice in executing
arrangements). Cost is $80 members, $90 nonmembers for a wrapped
arrangement; add $15 for a hand-tied bouquet in a vase. Materials
and refreshments provided. Advance reservations (required): Online
or 722-2996, ext. 235.
(NEW)
Recruiting/Retention:
Noon to 4 p.m. April 28, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce,
4500 Leeds Ave., North Charleston. Industry experts and human-resources
professionals will be discuss new legislation, employment law, and
general strategies for hiring and retaining employees in economically
challenging times. Cost: $55 chamber members, $95 nonmembers; includes
lunch. Registration/more
info.
(NEW)
Double
Dig: April 28 through May 1, downtown Charleston parks.
Sponsored by the Charleston Parks Conservancy, the Double Dig offers
five volunteer opportunities in which local residents can pitch
in to help spruce up local parks while getting gardening tips and
tricks from experts. Dates and locations are: April 28, 9 a.m. to
noon, Chapel Street Fountain Park, and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Elliotborough
Park; April 29, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hazel Parker Playground; April
30, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cannon Park; and May 1, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.,
Windermere Community Garden. Bring your own gloves, bucket and pruners.
For questions or to sign up, contact Paul Wentz, 724-5003 or by
email.
(NEW)
'Take
it to the Street': 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. April 29,
in front of the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. Preview party
for the new exhibit "Modern Masters from the Ferguson Collection"
includes live entertainment, an open bar, and creative "street
food" crafted by the chefs from some of Charleston's best restaurants.
Tickets: $75 museum members, $100 nonmembers; buy
online here.
(NEW)
"A
Class Act":
Various days and times, April 30 through May 16, Footlight
Players Theater, 20 Queen St. The Footlight Players show focuses
on the heartwarming and inspiring tale of lyricist Edward Kleban,
who's responsible for the music and lyrics from "A Chorus Line."
Tickets: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students. Call the box office
at 722-4487 or go
online here.
(NEW)
Preservation
Tech Tour: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. May 1 (and the first
Saturday each month), Drayton Hall, Ashley River Road. The new Preservation
Tech Tour program offers those interested in architecture, history
and preservation a better understanding of the technical aspects
of the site's design, construction and preservation. Participants
get a behind-the-scenes exploration of the house, including areas
normally closed to visitors. Cost: $25 per person, $20 for Friends
of Drayton Hall; light breakfast included. Reservations (required):
Natalie Baker, 769-2638 or natalie_baker@draytonhall.org.
Chefs'
Pot Luck: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 2, Middleton Place, 4300
Ashley River Road. Third annual celebration will feature food from
some of Charleston's top chefs preparing dishes using local ingredients
from area farmers and fishermen. Restaurants include Alluette's
Café, Blossoms, BBQ Joint, Clammer Dave's Sustainable Seafood,
Closed for Business, Coast Bar and Grill, Cru Café, Cypress,
Duvall Events and Catering, Fish, Glass Onion, Maverick Southern
Kitchens and Middleton Place. Live music from Elise Testone and
Friends, beer from Coast and Palmetto breweries, wine, ice cream,
handmade chocolates, silent auction and a farmer's market tent as
well. Sponsored by Lowcountry Local First. Tickets: $45 LLF members,
$50 nonmembers; available
online here.
(NEW)
Yacht
Affair: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 16, Charleston City Marina,
17 Lockwood Drive. Benefit for Communities In Schools (dropout prevention
programs) features tours of exclusive yachts, a silent auction,
entertainment and food by some top local chefs. Tickets: before
May 10, $85 per person or $150 per couple; at the door, $95 per
person or $170 per couple. To purchase: 740-6793 or go
online here.
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Shaffer:
Picky Eaters Group
6/28: Bender:
Fishy Fourth
6/24: Belden:
Society 1858
6/21: Stevenson:
Summer reading
6/17: Handel:
On Jim Fisher
6/14: Reeves:
Summer dress
6/10:Martin:
Garden tips
6/7: Dubrofsky:
Green homes
6/3: McCutcheon:
Young pros
5/31: McFaddlin:
Health benefits
5/27: Ledbetter:
Senior riders
5/24: Myers:
Microloan's impact
5/20: Gadson:
Rural Mission's needs
5/17: Bender:
Bocce bashing
5/13: DeMarco:
Homeless help
5/10: Spencer:
Ending violence
5/6: Westmeyer:
Fish to buy
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season
5/13: New
for foodies
5/6: Poll
managing
4/29: Adopt
a Duck
4/22: Indelible
ink
4/15: Grab-bag
of items
4/1: In
jingle semifinals
3/25: Blues
and birds
3/18: Recalling
"The Charleston"
3/11: East
Cooper hospital
3/4: Green
mowers
2/25: Get
outdoors
2/18: Local
guide book for kids
2/11: Reviewing
Jenny's book
2/4: MSNBC
looks at success
1/21: Tell
Mt. Pleasant
1/14: Winter
plant tips
1/7: New
books
BRACK
ARCHIVES
6/28:
Impatient
electorate
6/21: Haley's
thin record
6/14: Daddy-daughter
trip
6/7: Gulf
spill report
5/31: New
SC poll flummoxes
5/24: BBQ
should be state meat
5/17: Advice
to new grads
5/10: Bad
Spoleto poster
5/3: First
District candidates
4/26: Don't
veto cigarette tax
4/19: Great
weekend of fun
4/12: Remembering
Civil War
4/6: Be
counted in Census
3/29: SC
economy is recovering
3/22: Meeting
Turkish neighbors
3/15: Clyburn
whips up support
3/8: The
Wreck rec
3/1: Cut
all of the cuts
2/22: A
look at summer camps
2/15: School
district Einsteins
2/8: About
mules
2/1: Bauer
should get out
1/28: Gibbs
at White House
1/25: Friend's
new show
1/18: Rockwell
painting
1/11: Palmetto
Priorities
1/4/10: Piggly
Wiggly visit
BUSINESS
INDIGO
4/22:
Green
Wizard, more
4/1: Encouraging
biz signs
3/18: Biz
fair, CED venture
3/4: Lowcountry
tech hub
2/4: Advice
on working with Boeing
1/21: Co-working
group
1/7: Free
library text questions
LIST
ARCHIVES
7/1:
Keeping
cool
6/28: LinkedIn
tips
6/24: Be
an Angel
6/21: CFW
finances
6/17: Pirate
facts
6/14: Gadsden
Flag
6/10: Butterfly
tips
6/7: 1773
awards
6/3: Good
reads
5/31: 5
Southern artists
5/27: Local
jazz legends
5/24: Piccolo
for kids
5/20: Pats
on back
5/17: Tea
tips
5/13: PeaceLoveHipHop
5/10: Myth
detector
5/6: Cooking
with Mom
5/3: Turtle
tales
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