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In Every Issue

Contributing Writers Katie Toussaint Teri Errico

Theme: The RE Issue......................................31 skirt! Style.......................................................36

Photography Alice Keeney

Menu..................................................................39

Fashion & Product Stylist Alexandra Munzel

He’s So Original..............................................40

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SKIRT! THIS M O N T H

DigitalFemme...................................................51 Hello August................................................... 52

Our “RE” issue has been one of our favorites because it can be interpreted in

Take Six.............................................................57

so many ways. We like to think of it as a REfresh, a REset, a REboot...perfect for when summer turns into the dog days of August and we need REinvigorating. We had a lot of fun with the theme this month, but it also allowed us to highlight what makes skirt! so darn, well...skirt! We have profiles of amazing women who REinvented themselves and others, funny and insightful narratives from writers who REimagined our theme in unique ways, and plenty of REminders that there is always a way to RE-something just about anything. We’ve always considered our readers, contributors and advertisers to be a great community of like-minded women supporting other women. So many of our advertisers are hard-working female business owners who REdefine

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Meet...................................................................58 Profiles......................................................... 61,62 Just Add….........................................................67 Skirt of the Month..........................................69 The Smile List..................................................70

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BUZZ

“Put the drugs away, Ashley.” Ke n d r a S t a n t o n L e e

Right foot, green! Left hand, blue!” I remember how eager I am for this conversation to end so I can get back to the ”Wait, what?” they ask, trying to catch messy business of answering e-mails from people whose offices are two doors up. They were busy snorting crack, inhaled down from my own. through their eyes from their smartphones. Addictions have power over us because we allow them to have power, They were responding, retweeting, repostsometimes totalitarian reign. Validation addiction may be one of the most ing, replying all in a group text message common vices and therefore the hardest to break. It’s not relegated to a bar or about a girl on her way to class who missed casino. No fake ID necessary to get in. Our validation we need not stash like the memo about leggings and how they are a nip or a dimesack. not pants. Hashtag awkward. We carry it out in the open without guile. While I still remember a time when I tell them to put their drugs away. They know our class policy. This is colit was considered gauche to answer one’s phone in a restaurant, we now cradle lege. They are paying too much to be here our smartphones in the same way we hold in such a time as this, sharing these molnewborn babies, angled toward our hearts. ecules that will never be organized just like These devices are integrated into our first this again, not in this space with these peoworld society in such a way that the want ple at this ungodly hour of 8 a.m. Not like for validation is masked by benign daily this. So, unless they are awaiting a call from tasks. We schedule meetings and review a) an organ donor or b) a wife about to go restaurants and follow maps with these I tell them to put into labor, they can keep their smartphones precious communication devices held dear. their drugs away. tucked away. They are helping us and doing irreparable They know our class Except they can’t, because they’re adharm on us all through the portal of a 3x2 policy. This is college. dicted, and so in our classroom, we hold inch screen. They are paying too our addicts accountable. I insist, before My students will conduct “social memuch to be here in their peers. “Put the drugs away, Ashley.” dia fasts” for 24 hours and write reflection such a time as this... Ashley’s classmates glance to the back of papers on their discoveries. My peers will the room where the other addicts sit, stuffgo off Facebook for Lent and proclaim, in ing their drugs into backpacks. It’s hard for the status message that follows, that they Ashley to part with her drug. But she does, are changed forevermore. Until the next day and we acknowledge that this is hard for when they are back to hyperactive like-ing. Ashley. So where do we find the cure for what Ashley, like the rest of her classmates, is not addicted to her smartphone, per ails us? How do I continue to stand at the head of the classroom, looking out at se. She is addicted to what it conveys, 24-7, because it is never turned off. This the addicted when I, too, am afflicted? How do I teach, harnessing the power of addiction that is endemic to this generation of college students is the addiction to social media, without letting the abyss also gaze back into me? validation. The drug is dealt in many forms. Likes, Retweets, Favorites, Hearts, For me, it is remembering that a doughnut is merely a pastry. That is, some Snapchats, and the more one takes a hit, the more one craves. My students are people can enjoy the quarterly cream-filled doughnut and then they can walk walking and sitting and sitting at stop lights getting high. I’m important, I’m away, craving satisfied. important, I’m important, because 48 digital thumbs-up icons, and not 48 digital I hate those people. I can’t go near doughnuts or I will justify the consumpthumbs-up icons because I’m important. tion of a full baker’s dozen in one sitting. 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Pop ‘til you drop! All month long: Your last chance to attend Music on the Green at Freshfields Village! Dance, laugh and have fun under the stars during these free, family friendly concerts. Every Friday from 6-9 p.m. through the end of August. Schedule at FreshfieldsVillage.com.

August 1 The whimsical night of yoga, music and fun at The Visitor Center Bus Shed begins at 6:30 p.m. with a one-hour, all levels yoga class with Cortney Ostrosky accompanied by indie musician Logan Venderlic (and the tunes continue on into the night).

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August 14 The Mount Pleasant Pier (71 Harry Hallman Rd.) will be rockin’ with the sounds of DJ Jim Bowers spinning a variety of unforgettable oldies, beach music classics, and line dancing hits. Tickets are limited; advance purchase is recommended. A photo ID is required to gain entry into the event (ages 21 and up only). Tickets are $10 ($8 for Charleston County residents). CharlestonCountyParks.com

August 30 Shrimp & Grits Charleston, a chef’s competition benefiting the Charleston Animal Society. Enjoy (and judge!) our hometown’s favorite dish, plus live music, beer, wine and spirits, sponsor booths and cookbook signings. 7-10 p.m. at the Charleston Visitor’s Center Bus Shed; $35 at the door, $30 if you buy ahead of time at Shrimpandgritscharleston.com (just $12 for kids 12 and under).

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September 3-14: Charleston Restaurant Week is back. Nearly 150 restaurants will play host and offer specially-priced menus during this city-wide event. Reservations are encouraged. CharlestonRestaurant Association.com.

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Can baby clothes set off your biological clock? These baby girl onesies are handmade in Charleston from Baby Cakes and you can get them at the Marion Square Farmer’s Market. Tick tock.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. Margaret Drabble

Listening to: The Horn Bike ecofriendly iPhone holder for the bike ride home.

craving: loving:

The Bacon Spiced Popcorn at The Cocktail Club.

Only once (or twice…) in a lifetime, why not make it couture? White Pure Couture on Daniel Island is THE destination before your perfect destination wedding. Call 843.471.2975 to schedule your private appointment.

The Steven Shell furniture catalog is pure eye candy for your inner interior decorator. Order it in print or view a PDF version online at StevenShell.com.Your wallet will hate us for suggesting it.

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but we really miss pasta.

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Workout wear doesn’t have to be a snooze! Show off your creative side with these Onzie leggings from the boutique at Barre Evolution, Mount Pleasant or West Ashley locations.

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IN AWE OF: This Paderno Spiralizer from Williams-Sonoma. It turns almost any vegetable into noodle spirals. Because carbs are bad,

Shark Week kicks off August 10!

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How these adorable Loly in the Sky shoes from Dandy Boutique on John Street say exactly what we’re thinking.

Recipe for an August Day: Remove frozen coffee ice cubes made from yesterday’s coffee. Pour today’s leftover coffee over them, add half a half. Feet up. Ahhh...August in Charleston.

The College of Charleston joins Musc with smokefree campuses. Clean air wins again.

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