skirt! Magazine | Columbia, Augusta, Aiken - December 2012

D E C E M B E RAugusta, Aiken & Columbia

Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Ali Douglass

“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” Boris Pasternak

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Shake, rattle and roll the status quo.

Move somewhere with a subway.

Dye your hair red. Make a list of 10

secret wishes for the coming year.

Make them come true. Go on a guilty

pleasure trip instead of a guilt trip.

Celebrate the Solstice

Your Biggest Fear.

and follow the sun. Take a vow of

silence that you’ll think before you

speak. That you might not speak at all

but swallow the need to be heard and

seen. Make a date to break up with

Seek out the oddity, the quirk, the

thing or person that doesn’t fit. Shift

your gaze sideways...a slanted view of

the world will keep you on the offbeat

path. Add spice. To everything. Be the

guest of honor at the surprise party

life is trying to throw you.

LUCKY YOU!

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Columbia/Augusta/Aiken

“The works in this exhibition are thekey to everything about my father’sartistic development. Everything.”

- Christopher Rothko

1515 Main Street803.799.2810 | columbiamuseum.org

Mark Rothko, American (born Russia), 1903−1970, No. 8, 1949, oil and mixed media on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of The Mark RothkoFoundation, Inc. 1986.43.147. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NewYork. This exhibition is organized by the ArkansasArt Center, the Columbia Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum, in conjunction with the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Presented by:

MARK ROTHKOTHE DECISIVE DECADE 1940 - 1950

Find everything from jewelry and home decor to toys and games at the CMAShop. The work of famous artists throughout history graces many items, whilelocal artisans bring handcrafted beauty to others.

For children, you will find toys and activities of the highest quality. They are notonly beautiful, but thoughtful in their design, made to bring out imagination andcreativity in play.

During the holidays, all gift purchases come with complimentary gift wrapping.

Visit the CMA Shop at 1515 Main Streetin the heart of downtown Columbia.Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm | Sunday: Noon - 5 pm

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Nikki Hardin [email protected]

National Art Director Caitilin McPhillips

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National EditorMargaret Pilarski

[email protected]

Market Manager

(Augusta/Aiken/Columbia)

Kate Cooper Metts

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Contributing Editor Columbia

Jenny Maxwell

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Editor Augusta/Aiken

Gracie Shepherd [email protected]

Sales ExecutiveColumbia/Aiken

Libby Salvador [email protected]

Sales ExecutiveAugusta/North Augusta

Doressa Hawes doressa.hawes@

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Graphic Designer

Cher WheelerMeaghan Pafford

PhotographyMolly HarrellSara Caldwell

Essays

December As It Should Be

Jan Wittes .......................................................................................... 9

Assigned Seats

Liane Kupferberg Carter ...................................................... 10

Offerings

Stacy Appel .................................................................................. 32

Features

Letter from the Publisher ......................................................... 8

Letter from the Editor ............................................................... 8

Holiday Gift Guide .................................................................... 11

He’s So Original .......................................................................... 22

Meet ................................................................................................... 31

Skirt of the Month..................................................................... 35

XOXOnikki ................................................................................... 38

Women make more than 80% of all purchasing

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from The ediTor

Is it better to give than to receive? Is it really the thought that counts? We asked local women to tell

us: what's the best gift you've ever received? the item on your wish list? When you ask such questions

as an editor, you're relieved to think you don't have to answer the durned things. But what if you did?

I've been fortunate to get gifts I still cherish—my extravagant red Francis Francis espresso machine

and a pepper grinder that resembles a missile, to name two. Like the new bike corrals around Co-

lumbia and moving the farmers’ market to Main Street, my best-loved gifts share a common trait: they

were exactly what I wanted but until I received them, it hadn't occurred to me that I wanted them at

all. If I'm lucky, maybe this Christmas I will again unwrap the very thing I had no idea I wanted but am

thrilled to have. And if I could give a gift like that, well, that would be the best surprise of all.

from The PUbliSher

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Sometimes the magic appears out of nowhere, like spray-painted graffiti

that read “In Pursuit of Magic” that I found on a West Village sidewalk

in New York. Like the joyous swarm of illegal skateboarders taking over

Broadway one Saturday when I was entering the subway. Like the tiny,

exquisite woodpecker that appeared at the feeder in my yard long after

I’d given up expecting one. These ordinary surprises still stop me in my

tracks because they remind me life can change on a dime—and not for the

worse as I’m wont to believe. If you’re brought up by a parent who thinks

“quiet desperation” is the default setting for life, you’re always on guard

for the flat tire, the scary test results, the heartbreak on the heels of love at

first sight. Cynicism kicked my capacity for wonder in the butt for a long,

long time. Worrying about the dark surprises of life, I sometimes forget

it’s still possible to be astonished by meeting someone who sweeps me off

my feet or amazed at an unexpected refund check or gobsmacked by an

act of generosity out of the blue. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not all rainbows

and cupcakes: I still hate chain emails promising miracles or money if I pass

them on to 10 friends, and websites about kittens and other cuteness make

me want to kick a stuffed animal around. But seeing Monet’s Water Lilies in

real, glowing life or walking through Central Park with bright yellow leaves

falling like Zeus showering gold coins on Danae, or simply waking up in the

middle of the night to the sound of rain and thunder—I hope those kinds of

experiences never cease to put an exclamation mark on my mind.

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