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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the
wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the
shade.
Charles Dickens
March comes in big, like a lion, and its roars
bring sudden big blooms of periwinkle and
fuchsia. The azaleas color our world in
the South, they hang in there while were
predicting when the next cold front will
arrive, or can we call this spring yet? We
bundle up in chilly mornings and shed layers
throughout the day as the mercury rises in
the afternoon hours. Time to think about
that pedicure and open-toed shoes, time to
drive home with the sunroof open, time for
the pollen and breezy afternoons when the
wind whispers, Spring has sprung. This is
the big time when the summer heat is still
weeks away and we can walk the streets
without breaking a sweat, stop and pause
long enough to see the time lapse of leaves
budding on bare trees. The soothsayers
warning to Julius Caesar, Beware the Ides
of March, in Shakespeares tragedy imbued
that date with a sense of foreboding, but its
just the 15th on the Roman calendar and we
prefer to celebrate it as the Romans did
by indulging in wine, song and celebration.
This is a time of good hair days, wind whip-
ping our skirts, evenings just chilly enough
for a light sweater, time for outdoors, for
new buds turned blooms, the bright sky
that reminds us of how small we are in this
big old world, and the brand new green
grass thats made for lying on your back and
looking for shapes in clouds chugging by as
the world keeps turning, turning, turning.
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At skirt!, we always loved big. We are big...we have published
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but with this
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The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit.
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Fast food has become the everyday meal.
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Can we go back to small, medium, and
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scared of) Super, Mega, Extra Grande, Trenta,
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We feel pretty virtuous when we pick up dinner
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of the healthy veggie sandwich.
What is with the volume of liquids that are
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a good workout for our lifetime practice of
stretching our stomachs. And by the way, where
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A special thank you to McDonalds for
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Our top award goes to fast food burgers. Instead
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Remember when the Big Mac
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And I think thats whats happened in our culture.
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BIGloveMark your calendars for an evening with Sarah McLachlan,
Sunday, March 22 at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 8
p.m. Tickets available via Ticketmaster.com.
BIGstripesThis bright CHD pillow is the kind of home accessory
that make us redecorate an entire room around it. CHD Interiors can
do the work for you!
BIGsoundThis horn player has some serious chops.
Cameron Handel is classically trained, plays with the CSO,
traveled with Michael
Bolton for five years, played on Broadway for three years,
and
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Funk Dumplins.
If you love something,
it will work. Thats the only real rule.
Bunny Williams
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BIGwedge We love our high heels, but not the pain that makes us
kick them off before we hit the dance floor. These cork wedge
Coclico sandals from King Street Shoes add about three inches in
height, but the platform sole is almost as comfortable as our
favorite flats and the exposed side zipper makes them perfect for
casual or fancy events.
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BIGSUNDAYWhats so big about sunday brunch?
its the meal that gives us the license to drink hard alcohol
before noon.
bloody caesars anyone?Opal now serves Sunday Brunch:
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
BIGpicture Furniture as art: This dresser from Steven Shell
takes home decor up a notch or two!
BIgbag Accessorize like a French fashion editor with this
stylish goes-with-anything-black bag from Lori + Lulu.
If I ever go looking for my hearts desire again, I wont look any
further than
my own backyard. Because if it isnt there...then I never
really
lost it to begin with.Dorothy Gale, The Wizard of Oz
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Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint
you can at it. Danny Kaye
BIGflirtFalsies that look like the real thing from The iLash
Studio in Mount Pleasant.
BIGsunshineBackyard parties are par for the course in the sunny
South, made even better with outdoor furniture from Morris Sokol,
King Street.
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BIGLUXURYThe former chef and current skincare company CEO May
Lindstrom developed her line of luxury products using the same
approach she once took with food: Fresh, rich, clean, pure,
healthy. Lindstrom has taken the most pure and effective
ingredients and combined them into youth sustaining yet luxurious
powerhouses. Our faves? Clean Dirt cleansing mud and the Honey Mud
cleansing silk (which can do double duty as a mask). Available at
Out of Hand in the Old Village.
I am on a quest to inspire loving self-care rituals,
reveal radiant skin, and ignite recognition of our
individual beauty. May Lindstrom
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fins that channel a steady flow of water and the soft rubber lip
fits snugly to the forehead, keeping water from getting in babys
eyes. Baby Bloomers, Mount Pleasant.
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Fitness will get you into shape, no matter what your level of
fitness. Start with the 101 class working with a fitness coach and
youll be surprised how quickly youre ready to move on to the next
level. We like that time table for a healthy body! More info and
class schedules at IronTribeFitness.com, Mount Pleasant.
BIGnetworkPatrick Archibald, Information Services Manager for
Home Telecom, received the green light last month to move into his
brand new apartment at The Parks at Nexton, a technologically
advanced community in Summerville. Archibald will be the first
gigabit customer in the Lowcountry and we have to admit were mighty
jealous of the super-speed gigabit community, powered by Home
Telecoms 100% fiber network that is going into every business and
home in Nexton. Want to know where the next GigaFi community will
be? Visit HomeSC.com.
Childhood is that wonderful time
when all you need to do to lose weight
is take a bath. Joe Moore
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies.
If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to
life,
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BIGchoice Sometimes it isnt the size that makes us happy, but
the BIG selection. We counted 48 flavors, including six gluten-free
and not including the specialty cookie cakes from King Street
Cookies, 370 King Street. Visit KingStreetCookies.com, if you want
to peruse the selection before you go!
BIGS
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winter blahs? We love the idea of spending six hours getting
pampered with Its a Beautiful Day package (starting at $385),
including a deluxe massage, signature facial, mani/pedi, shampoo
and blowout and makeup. See all spa day package offerings
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Nothing creates a bigger impact than a healthy, white smile. All
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More info about the practice and services at AmandaSeay.net.
BIGSportA big sport like surfing deserves a big format. Surfer
Magazines 2015 photo annual issue is chock full of stunning
photographs that just take our breath away. We love that theyre
preserving the art of large format photography, but the stories are
just as beautiful. Dont miss the spread on Irans female surfing
pioneers. SurferMag.com
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BIGdotsThis whimsical, one-of-a-kind, hand-painted lamp shade
Lisa B. Studios will command a smile from anyone who enters the
room. Available at Charleston Lamp Company.
Its like the mafia. Once youre in,
youre in. Theres no getting out.
Kelly Slater
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members. The number of new women members has increased, driven in
part by a higher profile for women on two wheels, more training
opportunities and better equipment. Check out LowcountryHarley.com
for upcoming learn-to-ride events!
BIGshow The 46th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
(April 24-26 & April 30-May 3, 2015) will feature world famous
performers like Elton John and Lady Gaga, plus some of the most
prominent names in modern jazz and funk, including trumpeters
Terence Blanchard and Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, and
Dumpstaphunk. Nolas legendary brass bands will also be performing,
including Rebirth Brass Band on Sunday, April 26, and The Dirty
Dozen on Friday, May 1. Tickets and more info at
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Its easier to get to The Big Easy these days, since Southwest
Airlines has direct flights to New Orleans from Charleston!
BIGtrendWe just might have found our new favorite go-to warm
weather sandal. Leather upper, stripes, non-skid sole, a little bit
of peep-toeperfection! Available at Copper Penny Shooz, Mount
Pleasant and Charleston locations.
BIGtrendThis classy pair of Persol sunglasses from Whitlock
Opticians are a spring must-have.
BIGTHINKINGWere pretty excited about the Summer Steam Institutes
Art & Science camp this summer. June 15-July 24, open to
3rd-8th graders, and we know our girls (and boys) will have so much
fun they wont even know theyre learning. EngagingCreativeMinds.org
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Never trade the thrills of freedom for the fears of lifes
sharp turns.Harley-Davidson
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BIGTHIRSTBay Street Biergarten offers all of its beers in a pint
or a liter (33 oz. mugs). Liters give you more bang for your buck
because the price goes down with larger size glassware. Any of the
self-serve tap table or bier wall biers can be poured into a mug.
If a liter is too much, the Biergarten sells 22 oz. mugs on Mondays
with a free fill-up of the bier of your choice. But bigger is
always better!
I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if
youre going out for one, that isnt the time to scrimp
on calories or quality.Tom Colicchio
BIGWOWWe like Dr. Heather Hopkins at Smiles Forever
Orthodontics, (downtown and North Charleston) for the amazing work
she does, but did you know she was an orthodontist to the stars in
Beverly Hills before moving to Charleston? (Patients included Katy
Perry and she was on The Doctors!) We admit it, we love that
Hollywood cred.
BIGPICTURE March 26 begins the Town of Summervilles weekly Free
Movies in the Park on the football field at Gahagan Park (515 W.
Boundary Street). The Throwback Thursday series features Back to
the Future, The Goonies, and Dirty Dancing. See the full schedule
and details at Facebook.com/TownofSummervilleSC.
Feel free to bring a picnic, blanket and/or chairs (and beer and
wine are just fine; no glass bottles).
BIG t
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Sometimes nothing but a big steak will satisfy a meat craving
and Michaels on the Alley has the biggest and best. Start with a
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your aged Tomahawk Ribeye, and dont skip dessertthe Peanut Butter
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Iris Dorbian Yes, Im Aging. So What?
Iris Dorbian is a business journalist/blogger who resides in the
greater New York City area. Her articles have appeared in a wide
variety of outlets that include the Wall Street
Journal, Reuters, CFO.com, DMNews, Media Industry Newsletter and
Playbill. She is the author of Great Producers: Visionaries of the
American Theater (Allworth Press/Skyhorse).
have a dire confession to make: Im aging.Yes, indeed. The
ravages of time are absolutely, categorically
and unequivocally rearing themselves on my face, hair and body.
And no matter how often I dye the grey out of my hair, fill the
marionette lines around my lips with Juvederm or cover my
increasingly wizened neck with a scarf or turtleneck, the cosmetic
conceits soon ebb, revealed to be the transitory fixes they truly
are.
Honestly, I had no huge issue about agingthat is, until I was
recently on the receiving end of a loaded question, which could
have been innocuous (although I didnt take it as such as the time
it was posed to me) and a remark that clearly wasnt. I thought as
long as I took care of myself, aging would be a breeze. Maybe Id be
lucky and no one would notice. Ha!
The first instance came when a former male co-worker/friend whom
I hadnt seen in a few years asked me point blank in a text the day
after we met over coffee how old I was. I was baffled by the
question considering I had known him for a long while and thought
he probably knew. When I tried to joke my way out of it, he
persisted, even approximating an age that he thought I probably
was.
His conjecture was correct.I thought so, he texted back, when I
finally admitted that
I was most definitely eligible to join AARP. Radio silence on
his part descended afterwards. (FYI, hes only a few years younger
than I.)
What made his question about my age especially hurtful, even if
he hadnt intended to fire a verbal dart at me, was that prior to my
seeing him I had just come from my graduate school reunion, feeling
really good about myself. Not only did I reconnect with a few old
classmates but I was looking especially pulled together. Or so I
thought.
My hair, newly re-touched and perfectly blown dried, had not a
grey in sight. The nascent lines that were starting to groove
around my mouth had been temporarily banished thanks to cosmetic
fillers. My teeth were whitened due to dental bleaching and the
flurry of whiteheads that dotted my
forehead, as well as a nasty little wart near the bridge of my
nose, were obliterated courtesy of the skillful local
dermatologist. I was prepared to go to my reunion and impress.
I basked in that afterglow; then my erstwhile associate threw
that question, like a cyber-gauntlet, at me. Throwing down my
iPhone, I felt humiliated, my ego flattened into smithereens. So
much for all that tweaking to keep the obvious signs of aging at
bay.
But even if I am aging, which, of course, I am, so what? Its not
like I committed a cardinal offense. I didnt murder or molest
anyone. Im just getting older. You would think, having had friends
who died young (and relatives whose lives were cut short in the
Holocaust) that some might consider the act of getting older to be
a gift. I guess not.
Another instance that for me highlighted the disdain our
culture, especially women, have about aging, was when a friend of
my mothers, who is notorious for speaking without any filter,
reprimanded me for looking really old. And because of this
unacceptable breach, I had lost my looks, she added.
The catalyst for her outburst was my slim frame (which Ive had
most of my life) and which she felt was the root cause of my
appearing Jurassic. (Incidentally, the woman is older than me and
about 50 pounds heavier.) Infuriated by her flagrant lack of couth
and sensitivity, I let her have it and have not spoken to her
since.
Later on, I wondered, was it really my slightness that set off
the proverbial mean girl in my mothers friend? Or is it because
Im
obviously aging and in seeing that in me, someone who is younger
than her, she is only too sadly and odiously reminded
that time wont pass her by either?The aversion we have to aging
is an unfortunate corollary
to our singular obsession with youth. Seriously, do we really
want to be 21 forever? When I was that age, my daily almanac was
comprised of unending bad decisions made in the full flush of
callow ignorance. Clearly youth is overrated.
Oh sure, there wasnt a crease on my face or any pestilent grey
growing unimpeded in my hair. Plus, my ability to stay up until 5
a.m. every day was unparalleled.
Yet I was also very unwise and ignorant when it came to
functioning like a responsible,
sensible adult. Now Im not. Why is experience-based wisdom
considered so expendable when juxtaposed with glossily youthful
stupidity? Is it because as we get older we get closer to another
taboodeath? I think so.
Bette Davis once said getting older isnt for sissies. She was
right but that
adage doesnt make it any easier when confronted with age
bullies.
Similarly, my grandmother used to say (translated from Yiddish):
If you dont want to get older, hang yourself when youre young.
No one is immune to the effects of Mother Time. Consider it a
present for having lived a few decades and give me a break. Let me
age in peace.
I But even if I am aging,
which, of course, I am, so what? ...You would think, having
had
friends who died young (and relatives whose lives were cut short
in the Holocaust) that some
might consider the act of getting older to be a gift.
I guess not.
Seriously, do we really want to
be 21 forever?
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The CofC grad and Charleston native has always been passionate
about entrepreneurship. Her background includes work with the
Charleston
Digital Corridor and Dig South. Her experience helped her
understand that entrepreneurs are essential to economic
development, as they produce
60-70% of jobs created and in turn create an abundance of wealth
in our community. A few years ago, she began working with her
mentor and
Founder of YEScarolina, Jimmy Bailey, who she calls the man with
the big idea to bring this program to Charleston. She signed on as
Vice President
and has been working diligently to raise funds for YEScarolinas
programs ever since. Both students pictured [Aquila Brown and Jesse
Horine] are
kids from our program who both made it to the nationals for the
business competition, two out of the top 40 in the country, says
Harriett with
pride. The reward for me is seeing kids in these programs gain
confidence and see how excited they get when they understand they
can create
their own business. And with entrepreneurship being the
post-recession business model, these programs are more important
than ever to bring
jobs to our city. The new economy is in the hands of the next
generation. The orgs 5th annual gala raised $325,000 for programs
last year; their
goal is $500,000 for the 6th annual, so mark your calendars for
October 22. Sponsors are needed, as well as donations.
Visit YEScarolina.com for event and donation information.
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Kari and Liz made big business out of big clutter.
Two neighbors raising six kids, two dogs, one cat and two
husbands in the suburbs, lived just two doors down from each other.
Between them,
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variety of fields, and in 2013, the duo came up with the brilliant
idea to merge
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of simple living. A Simple Nest was born. Kari Kim and Liz Ryan now
work full-
time to help people reduce and repurpose to clear the clutter.
People get very attached to stuff for a variety of reasons, says
Kari. Our goal
is to simplify rather than organize. Its one way of letting our
clients actually use the things they love so they can use them
every day. They also
encourage clients to donate to charities, hold estate sales, and
so on. People tend to feel better knowing the things they dont need
are going
to people who do need them. The only rule? Their clients cannot
shop for new items until they have completed the work. Says the
pair, Our
mission to help simplify our clients nests so that they can live
a more simple and joyful life inspires us to walk the walk. We joke
that one day
we will be sitting in an empty room with five chairs, spoons,
plates and glasses and that is all that will be left.
More info on decluttering your living space (check out their
blog!) at ASimpleNest.com.
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The Catholic Church.
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Expect big things from Seth G.
Pho
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Kee
ney
The 24-year-old native of Charleston and 2012 graduate of Furman
University has had an illustrious career for his age. Seth Gilliard
is known
as Seth G. and comparisons to Kenny G dont bother him at all. My
father is a huge jazz fan and Kenny was one of the first jazz
musicians to
break into the mainstream, says Seth. My parents were extremely
supportive of my interest in music. With a background that includes
a stint
as concertmaster of the Furman Symphony Orchestra and a soloist
for the Anderson and Charleston Symphony Orchestras, Seth first
picked up
a violin at Ashley River Creative Arts School and his classical
training continued through private lessons in high school.
Alongside his classical and
jazz experience, Seth now has a budding career as a contemporary
violinist, releasing a mixtape of his most popular covers and an EP
of original
pop songs. He is currently working on another mixtape as well as
his debut album. This year is his second as CSO Artist in Residence
and he loves
giving presentations at local schools to introduce young
students to contemporary classical music.
See him in person on Thursday evenings at O-Ku and visit
SethGMusic.com to see where Seth will be playing
and his latest videos and music downloads.
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really had no intention of bursting into tears in the
drive-through that rainy November evening. Honestly. I was just
picking up some take-out for school spirit night at our local
Chick-fil-A. But it had been a long day. Work was an endless mass
of papers to grade, the kids had been bickering all afternoon, my
husband wouldnt be home from his night class for several more
hours, and I had a headache. Again.
From the backseat, my daughters were heatedly discussing the
rightful ownership of a toy that had been rolling around in the
floorboard all week and my four-year-old son was trying to weigh in
on the matter, loudly interjecting Mine! or Not its not! whenever
he felt there was a lag in the conversation. I turned on the radio,
hoping a musical interlude would divert their attention away from
their proprietary debate. No such luck, I thought as the broadcast
station launched into a news report.
Next up, the announcer began, a new video shows how 50 people
responded to just one question: If you could change one thing about
your body, what would it be? Im pretty sure I laughed out loud.
What would I change about my body? Just one thing?
Let me count the ways: Eyes. Hands. Horsey smile. Hips like the
Himalayas. Stomach, stomach, stomach. The unabridged catalog of my
nominees for bodily imperfection is long and all-encompassing. In
fact, Id be doing well to limit them to just the categories of form
and function.
This question was especially sensitive for me coming as it was
at a time when not only I had been experiencing a myriad of health
problems but was also still in the midst of what I call my
accordion yearsthe better part of a decade when my body was in a
continual state of flux, ever expanding and contracting to
accommodate the carrying and birthing of my three wonderful
children, who were then so spiritedly populating the backseat of
the car.
As the radio announcer rolled the audio track, it quickly became
clear that I was not the only one with an index of insecurities.
The adult participants for this interview project
were all quick to reveal at least one area of dissatisfaction.
Listening to their responses, I could feel my throat closing up a
little more with the airing of each grievance, an array of
perceived flaws, head to toe.
What would adults change about their bodies if they could? My
ears. Id like to be taller. My skin. My forehead. Bigger eyes. One
respondent laughed and queried: Just one? Which is, of course,
precisely what I had just been thinking about myself.
That is when the tears started. Because who among us does not
have some notion of what it takes to be beautifuland a very keen
understanding of how we dont measure up? Who among us really feels
beautiful, really feels complete, really feels comfortable in our
own skin?
But adults numbered only half of those interviewed. Children
made up the other half, and their answers were very different. What
would children change about their bodies if they could? Just one
thing? A sharks mouth. To eat a lot. Extra pointy ears. Wings. Legs
to run fast like a cheetah. A mermaids tail. One child laughed and
said: I dont think theres anything to change. Another responded, I
like my body actually.
And upon hearing those answersthe fanciful enhancement, the
innocent contentment, the happy satisfactionthat is when I really
let loose with the tears, right there in the drive-thru, bawling to
beat the band. Because who among us would tell these children any
differently? Are they not fearfully and wonderfully made? Are they
not dazzling creatures, just as they are, confident and radiant and
unashamed, a
many-splendored wonder of unique design? Are they not the very
portrait of unabashed beauty? Are not we also?
We, the self-same individuals, who as teachers, neighbors,
parents, tell our children that they are indeed beautiful, that
they are indeed loved, that they are indeed whole, just as they
are, nothing added, nothing changed, nothing taken away.
We who tell our children that everyone is different and that
everyone is beautiful and strong in their own way, in their own
time. What is it we are telling ourselves?
Unlike the grown-ups, the children did not have a ready answer
for how they would change their bodies. Even after giving the
question a few moments of contemplation,
their answers did not indicate an assessment of shortcomings or
a comparison of themselves
to other children.They did not wish to change or
discard any feature they already had. They responded with
embellishments, wanting only to add on to what was already theirs.
A way to make the satisfactory extraordinary. To do so they did not
even look to humankind
at all. They looked instead to the realm of the wild or the
fantastic. Wings. A
sharks mouth. Extra pointy ears.I admit I am nowhere close to
meeting any
idealized standard of beauty, and Im certainly a long way from
calling myself beautiful, especially when
Im sobbing in the drivers seat of a minivan. But I am ready for
good enough. Im ready for satisfactory and the extraordinary.
Im ready for a better answer. If I could change one thing about
my body, what would it be? Just one thing? A mermaids tail.
Definitely.
Hilary Brooke HallJUST A MERMAIDS TAIL
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[Reference: Comfortable: 50 People, One Question. Jubliee
Project, 2014. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.]
Hilary Brooke Hall lives with her family in North Carolina,
where she teaches Southern cultureand blogs about it at
idesandinklings.wordpress.com. Until the day she gets it all
together,
she is leaning on the Lord (and Dr. Pepper). Hilary has a B.A.
in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and an M.A. in English from North Carolina State University.
Who among us really feels beautiful,
really feels complete, really feels comfortable in our
own skin?
If I could change one thing about my body, what would
it be?
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shes known for her social media prowess, Ashley LOVES putting down
her iPhone and experiencing the beautiful Lowcountry IRL.
Shes also an expectant mother excited to rock the career AND the
family life.
Listen to Your Mother is coming BACK to Charleston. This series
of monologues from locals gives motherhood a voice
(and the audience goosebumps). Auditions are going on now, and
the show is on May 3). Get your tickets early
theyre sure to sell out!
Keeping It All Organized: Working toward a BIG goal or idea
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organization. Whether youre a one-woman dynamo or managing a team,
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think BIG:
Pitt Street Bridge (Old Village, Mt. Pleasant): Catching a
beautiful sunset always calms my mind and helps me visualize my
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such positivity is always good for the soul.
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Freshbooks: Invoicing and bookkeeping in the cloud, perfect for
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American Horror Story actress Jamie Brewer became the first
woman with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week in New York City. The inspiring 30-year-old, who's
been a recurring cast member on the FX series since season one,
strutted her stuff for designer Carrie Hammer's "Role Models Not
Runway Models" campaign during the first day of the week-long
event.
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in 56 editions and 27 Languages. Thats more than double the average
world sales of the Bible each year. BIG BONUS! 47% of IKEAs
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"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of
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is our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights
for women in the United States." Patricia Arquette, winner of best
supporting actress Oscar for "Boyhood"
Miller Bianucci started an Instagram account for food and travel
while she was still in high school at Ashley Hall. Now that Miller
is at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, its become one of
our favorite foodie Instagram accounts to follow. You can even
share your own food photography by tagging @chowandtell on
Instagram. Warning: It will make you hungry!
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25 Things That Make Us Happy
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" T h e q u e s T i o n i s n ' T w h o i s g o i n g T o l e T
m e ; i T ' s w h o i s g o i n g T o s T o p m e . "Ayn Rand
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The Charleston Tells Story-telling Festival, Friday, March 13
from 7-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 14 from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Wragg
Square on Meeting Street. Programs are planned for both nights,
in-cluding outdoor ghost stories Saturday night.
Facebook.com/CharlestonTells
The Cinderella Project provides formal clothing and acces-sories
for girls who couldnt otherwise afford to attend prom. The next
boutique is Saturday, March 14, at the John Wesley United
Method-ist Church on Savannah Hwy. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Enjoy music,
food, and be on hand to help young women select a special dress for
prom night! Cinderel-laProjectCharleston.com
From the multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, this beautiful,
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German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to
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how they think. With names like Cardinal Sin, The Great Escape
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Available at Whole Foods Market.
There were more than a few squeals of glee in our office when we
found out this years Spoleto USA lineup includes Emmylou Harris and
Rodney Crowell. We love that theyve been musical kindred spirits
for 40 years and that we get to see Emmylou live and in person on
Memorial Day at the TD Arena (CofC). Mark your calendar for Monday,
May 25, 7:30 p.m.! SpoletoUSA.org
best LIne Of tHe mOntH:
neW fAVOrIte WOrd:Chicking refers to when a female athlete
finishes ahead of a male athlete, particularly when competing in
endurance sports like triathalons and ultracycling. Its based on
the assumption that men are typically better at endurance sports,
even though nine out of 20 pro women competing in the 2014 Amgen
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for The Survival Issue!
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U N I V E R S E F O R T H E A N S W E R S T O
O U R T O P T E N
q u e s t i o n s A N D T H I S I S H O W S H E S O K I N D L
Y
A N S W E R E D U S .
BIG
Whats next?Hopefully not jury duty.
What is my purpose today?
To keep your spa date.
Where do i see myself in
five years?In front of a mirror.
Searching for gray hairs.
What sustains me?
Taco night. And a margarita.
And a tequila shot.
Why am i here?Because your GPS
got confused.
is this all there is?
If youre referring to wine,
then, no. Trader Joes has your back.
Will i end up alone?
Only if you keep eating your dates dessert
after saying you dont want any.
hoW Will i knoW if he is
the one?When youre tear-
fully chocolate-bingeing your way through
PMS and he still thinks youre perfect.
am i the best i can be?
If youre sick of self-improvement books, then sure, why not?
Who am i?Ask Siri.
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