Twenty years ago, Hurricane Hugo came ashore and wreaked havoc on the Lowcountry area. At the time, it was the most damaging storm to occur but as time and fate happens, it was surpassed by Hurricane Andrew and eventually, Katrina. I was living in Charleston when it came through. I was in third grade at Orange Grove Elementary. My memories of my youth, even at this age, are sporadic. I remember the townhouses we lived in on Windermere and meeting a family whom we are still close friends with today. We had dinner with them the other night and their 19-year-old
Read MoreI never would have thought that my attempt at resuming normal posting would circle around something so idiotic and mundane as Kanye West's little outburst at the VMA's last night but I caught the reruns after Twitter was all aflutter about it and everyone is still chatting about it today. And since what I want to say doesn't really fit into a 140 word tweet, I'm going to put it here. After all, that's what this space is ultimately for. Here's the lowdown: Taylor Swift wins Best Female Video, her first VMA. As she's up accepting the award, Kanye bounds onto
Read MoreNow that I feel all caught up with July's post, it's time to turn over a new leaf. I'm tossing around the idea of trying to post everyday for a month again, just to give myself another kick start. I've gotta do something. Got so, so, so many ideas rolling around in my head of stuff I want to write about and suss out and I just need to give myself a good kick in the butt. But let's end August and start of September the right way - with a monthly love post. There were SO MANY THINGS to love
Read MoreThere's no excuse for me not posting in a month except I was lazy and unmotivated. And that's all I'm going to say about that. Instead, I'll move forward and make up for July's monthly love post as well as throw some August in there. And without further adieu, here's everything that I loved in July. Most importantly was weekends spent with friends. July 4th we had a few drinks and blew stuff up in a friends driveway. The following weekend was a pool party to celebrate another friends birthday. And it culminated the weekend of the 18th with a trip to
Read MoreMy fellow Lowcountry Bloggers and Charleston readers, I need to solicit your vast knowledge! I have two questions for you and any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. First on the docket is this. My boyfriend and I are planning a "Staycation" here in our lovely Lowcountry area. We were originally going to go back to Pennsylvania to visit our family and friends but unfortunately, finances and some other details fell through. So rather than let that get us down, we decided to make the best of it and spend a week off of work enjoying the Charleston area. The problem is that,
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