I’m hoping to get these adorable earrings as the ultimate stocking stuffer. Fender Guitar Pick Earrings come in a range of colors at Hermosa Jewelry. One of their best sellers, they retail for $34 and are a great conversation piece. hermosajewelry.com/guitar-picks • Pamela Jouan, Contributing Writer I would love to both give — and add to […]
Fer Caggiano’s “Like a Girl” Exhibit: The Fine Art of Femininity
You might say Fer Caggiano paints like a girl. From her home studio in Mount Pleasant, she’s creating a new exhibition highlighting the accomplishments of intelligent, feisty Lowcountry women, and she’s doing it with sparkles. Called “Like a Girl,” her project aims to inspire women and girls to ignore the put-downs, catcalls and naysayers — and […]
Making Spirits Bright: Socially Distant Holiday Activities
The holidays may look a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean that you have to abandon all of your festive traditions. With a little twist, you can make your favorite activities safe for everyone. You may have adopted some of these traditions already, and you might end up keeping some of the new […]
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Impacted South Carolina: Local Connections to “The Dissenter”
RBG: By now, most of us recognize those initials. Since her death in September, there has been a media deluge about the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But it may surprise Lowcountry readers to know that the Palmetto State has quite a few ties to her. Ginsburg often quoted Charlestonian […]
Stella’s Very Important Field Trip: The Benefits of Letting the Kids See You Vote
On November 3, 2020, 8-year-old Stella Rasheed accompanied her parents on a top-priority mission. It was not her first experience of this kind, but she was both pleased and excited to be included again. Although the first part of the journey involved standing in line for over an hour without complaint, Kristie Rasheed had warned […]
Lowcountry Live Returns to the Studio: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
While we are all accustomed to the friendly faces and warm interviews presented on Lowcountry Live, they, like so many other businesses, had to transform when COVID struck. Zoom became the new version of “live,” and hosts Erin Kienzle and Tom Crawford set up in-home studios, with Kienzle’s home showing a bright, crisp space and […]
Cocktail Bandits
The Story of the Cocktail Bandits: A Bar Crawl to Success BY TANEKA REAVES It’s always fun to settle in with a glass in hand and tell the story of the Cocktail Bandits. We met many years ago at the College of Charleston, when we were both freshmen and excited about the future. We majored […]
Behind Every Great Firm are Great Women: Weeks & Irvine, LLC
What does it take to establish and grow a successful law firm practice covering the spectrum of real estate activity in our region — from residential and commercial transactions to home equity lines of credit and construction loans? The simple answers would include knowledge of the law, experience and dedication to clients. But another part […]
Your Friend for Real Estate: Bobette Fisher
Business after business seemed to cry “uncle” during the pandemic shutdown, but in Charleston, folks have been snatching up homes like they’ve never heard of the coronavirus. “Everything is hot,” said Bobette Fisher. “We have seen more million-dollar homes going under contract since the beginning of the year than in the history of sales here. […]
Oyster Candle Company: Capturing the Ocean in a Candle
Shannon Gallo is passionate about her family, her love of the ocean and her responsibility to live conscientiously on this earth. She is also passionate about oysters. It’s no surprise that her home-grown business, Oyster Candle Company, reflects all these interests. Gallo’s signature oyster shell “tea lights,” created with oyster shells recycled from local restaurants, […]