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The XOXO Issue
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Features All You Need is Love............................33
Associate Publisher Jenny Dennis jenny.dennis@skirt.com
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Temma Ehrenfeld............................................43
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Modern Love Notes
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Love is definitely in the air and on every page in this issue. By the end of this issue, you’ll know what we xoxo, you’ll know that love is all you need, you’ll know how to make rose petal water, what new biography is coming out, what ad campaign we love, why we love Bobby Flay and Tracy Morgan and why we have this crazy love affair with this city.We have stories about creative and poignant proposals. Stories about couples who stay together for 20-something years across two continents. Along with the sweetest love stories, we’re excited to bring you our “I Do” wedding guide special section this issue, with the best of the best for all things matrimonial and recommendations galore. We love that our beautiful city is a wedding destination (and that we get to attend so many)! Happily single or paired off, just remember that Cupid usually knows what he’s doing. We don’t always believe in fairy tales, but we sure do believe in love. We hope you love this issue as much as we loved putting it together.
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“SMILE— SUNSHINE IS GOOD FOR YOUR TEETH.
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What you gain when you grin Every time you frown, you’re using 43 facial muscles, while smiling only uses 17 muscles. Smile lines are more attractive than frown lines, no? Studies also show that smiling can lower blood pressure, release endorphins (whether genuine or not), and give your immune system a boost. Upgrade to a laugh and you’ll also slim your middle—the movement exercises your abs, diaphragm, shoulders and heart. Scientists at Vanderbilt University found that laughing can increase your calorie burn by up to 20 percent. Bonus: It’s contagious. Participants in a Swedish study reported that they found it very difficult to frown when they saw other participants who were smiling. Many began to turn their mouths up without even realizing it. Start smiling and the whole world will smile with you.
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“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel
Speak Up! In her book, Speaking as a Leader, communication expert Judith Humphrey offers advice and strategies for women who want to be heard. Who doesn’t? Some quick tips from Humphrey: 1. Stop apologizing. It undermines your authority as soon as you open your mouth. Adopt a “no disclaimer” rule and you might be surprised at the reactions you get. 2. Don’t soften your voice. You don’t have to bray like a donkey to be heard, but when you speak, let your voice be strong, clear, and full of conviction. Focus on speaking from your diaphragm, using those muscles to project your voice. Each time you speak up, your voice will get stronger. 3. Believe in what you’re saying. First, understand your fear for what it is: a product of socialization and not a personal failing. Next, fight it. When the voice in your head says, “You’re not knowledgeable enough, prepared enough, or powerful enough to express your views,” argue back: “Who says? I have great ideas, and I deserve to share them.”
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“IF LIFE IS A QUESTION MARK, THEN YOU, MY LOVE, ARE THE PROUD AND BOLD PERIOD THAT IS TYPED WITH CERTAINTY. Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the light, poems from the typewriter series
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I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” Marilyn Monroe
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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“When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. Unknown
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... I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need— love is all there is.” Morgan Matson
“True love has no expiration date.” Unknown
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Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. �
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Shopping For My Perfect Mattress Temma Ehrenfeld
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I couldn’t. And I’d run out of mattresses at Sleepy’s that I could afford. Since my troubles had begun with a breakup, the best person to appeal to for solace and practical assistance must be another ex. One of mine had been making do with an old mattress and needed a push to move on. So, together we went to Sleepy’s. My companion walked straight to the most beautiful mattress, the elite of the luxury line, lay down and didn’t want to get up. The store agreed to let me exchange my mattress for the pricier one, and deliver it, not to me, but to him. I was now free. And my friend was in love. In a mattress-less time during which I slept on a sofa, I discovered a shameful lack of science considering the population that suffers from sleep issues and body pains. There hasn’t been much progress to date. But the analogies between mattresses and mates hen shopping for mattresses, we’re multiplied, the more I knew. advised to trust our feelings. You’ll know the mattress for you, When you can’t make your peace with a mainstream choice, doctors and salespeople say: it’ll just feel good. Sadly, this is not you start flirting with weirdos. Online, I found mattresses with true. The one that felt good may be a debilitating mistake. adjustable controls for firmness, beds with adjustable wood slats, This is one of many ways choosing a mattress and mate is beds with joints that allow them to be propped at different angles alike. My own mattress shopping saga began when I blithely and mattresses with embedded magnets that draw blood to parts agreed to replace my 15-year-old firm mattress at the request of of the body. Water beds are back without the bong. Old-fasha boyfriend, who said he wasn’t sleeping well with me. After tryioned craftspeople will customize a mattress for you by hand. ing out a few at Sleepy’s, a chain ubiquitous in New York City, Another analogy: Your friends may lose interest. If you’ve gotten I chose another inexpensive firm mattress. boring, be considerate and find your community online in a At home, I hated it. I called it the “rock” and after two relevant forum. days, I was exhausted. My boyfriend, who loved it, On my mattress-discussion forum, I divined a conbroke up with me at the end of the first full weeksensus. People seemed to believe strongly in latex, end. I said, “I’m complaining about the mattress, a natural alternative to foam. Rubber yields but “Who not you!” He said, “Are you happy? I’m not.” I bounces back. Dust mites do badly in rubber, a knew shopping saw that he was right. Sad, but relieved that at boon for allergy sufferers. Rubber holds up better for a mattress least now my mattress would only have to please than springs to wear. was so difficult?” me, I returned to Sleepy’s. The rule was you A Fort Bragg, California firm (flobeds.com or could exchange as many times as you wanted, 1-800-Flobeds) sold a latex bed in panels—soft, within two months (as long as the new mattress medium, firm, extra-firm and super-firm—that could cost the same or more). The saleswoman who sold be paired and stacked as I pleased. I was delighted to me the firm mattress now recommended a pricier note thirteen possible firmnesses. Best of all, you could cream mattress that felt and looked like a sofa you’d customize each side with separate panels for two sleepers. find in a B&B: a plushtop. I sunk in and relaxed. While I was concerned about buying long-distance, another But the morning after my first night alone on the cream part of me liked the thought of California. And I now guessed mattress, I awoke with an unfamiliar stabbing sensation just that anything, however irrelevant, that made me happy was above my butt. I spent the next several hours lying on the floor. useful. Fantasy is part of the process, if you can make it work Did I need more “support?” And how much support? Who for you. knew shopping for a mattress was so difficult? Long-distance was a plus. On my third try, I chose one that was neither especially soft The deal-maker: I could return it within three months and I nor firm: the middle chair for Goldilocks. At home, it gave me could exchange panels indefinitely. This guarantee was not only shooting pains up and down my spine. endless but honored mixed feelings. Because the system had two The moment arrived when I wondered if I was the problem, panels stacked one on top of each other, and was designed so it and that if my needs were reasonable any of these mattresses could be customized separately for you and a companion, I remight have been able to meet them. The analogies with romance ceived four panels in all. The company told me I could keep any became impossible to miss. of them and discard others. I’d never face a harsh choice where I Among them: Blaming yourself doesn’t make you happy either had to accept dissatisfaction or separate completely. with your mattress. In short, I could fix it, or I should say, I could fix us. I knew Keeping in mind that: You’re affected even when you’re that I’d never need to exercise this guarantee in order to experinot actually with the mattress. With the wrong mattress you’re ence its power. It just felt good. stuck on the surface of yourself, you toss and turn more than usual and miss out on the most restorative, deep-dreaming sleep. Much science demonstrates that missing out on deep dreamtime increases sensitivity to pain—all day long. The wrong one Temma Ehrenfeld has weakens you. The right one makes life pleasant. and many other publicawritten for The New York Remembering as well that fear can provide useful informations. She edits novels Times, Reuters, Newsweek, tion. It is not true that “you have nothing to fear but fear itself.” and memoirs. See more at Fortune, Psychology Today There is stuff to fear—including fear itself. Most importantly: Can you live with the current mattress? expertediting.org.
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Dear Cupid: We realize this is your busy month, but we just wanted to call a few things to your attention:
We know chocolates and roses have been your mainstay, but we think it’s time to shake things up. We’re thinking peonies and prosecco. Love the cards, keep them
Speaking of romantic, kitchen
coming, but skip Hallmark and
appliances are not it. Stick to
snag handmade letterpress
the gifts we’ll love, not the ones
designs that cost $10 each.
we’ll labor over.
They really warm our hearts. We know you don’t have As far as the color red goes,
much control over the online
it’s a bit overwhelming.
dating thing, but if you wouldn’t
We like it as a pop of color—
mind giving it a little attention
a pair of Louboutins could
and removing the creeps?
be a game changer (and we
We’re not shallow, but we
sure do deserve them!).
would much rather see background checks instead of
And that guy our bestie set
20-year-old profile photos.
us up with? We’re questioning that friendship status now.
We do like the abundance of jewelry and watch ads that take
Just because we’re single on
over in February—at least it
Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean
cuts down on the number
we’re sad. Maybe we enjoy not
of Cialis ads.
arguing about where to have our annual romantic dinner?
One more thing: We think it should be a rule that no flowers get delivered to the office on February 14. Could there be anything more
dearcupid
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Keep up the good work, our cherubic little friend. More marriages, fewer divorces. More love, less squabbling. More gratitude, less taking for granted. P.S. Marriage Equality rules and thanks for the hand with that. We knew love would conquer all!
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Modern Love Notes Amy Impellizzeri
I
the middle of the destruction for workers to take breaks and for FBI to do paperwork. Every single linen was taken from our closet in haste to cover the morbid scene. journalist from a national magazine made his way into our home. He was compassionate, so we allowed him to stay. We fed him and sat with him as he made his deadline. When he was leaving, the journalist turned to my husband. “I am going to check with my editor about some form of payment. Do you think anyone will reimburse you for all this…” He gestured vaguely around our home, which had been commandeered by recovery personnel. My husband cut him off and pointed at me across the room. “No payment. Do you see her? She was here when it happened. Do you know how lucky I am?” had not seen a good gift—a really good gift—in quite I am tempted to let you call it romantic. It wasn’t, though. a while. I never saw romance again after that day. After 17 years of marriage, vacuums, one paper/clutter Not if romance is the flowery disguise we wrap around love. organizer (As Seen on TV!), and household appliances had My near brush with death seemed to eliminate my husband’s become the norm at holiday time. That is, if there was even patience with courtship. There were just too many time-cona gift at all. suming steps involved, and time was finite, as we had learned. It was not always like this. he year after the crash, we started our famiWhen we were 18 years old, college co-eds with no weekly ly. My husband changed our three children’s disposable income, there was creativity. diapers and worked long hours to help me One year for Valentine’s Day, he made me an entire fill college and retirement funds. He bought bouquet of roses out of construction paper. He used us reliable cars and double checked the two shades of red for the flowers—two shades door locks and the seatbelts daily. His love of green for the stems. He kicked his roomwas practical. It was at all times devoid of mates out on school nights and cooked flowers—real or imaginary. dinner for anniversaries commemoratThis was no happy ending for me. ing occasions like “the Spanish test I missed the flowers. that brought us together.” He made I longed for the pretty wrappings mix tapes filled with hours of music that love has time for in those days he hated, but I loved. He researched ...I realized and weeks, and if you’re lucky, years, things Italian boys could give Irish the man I had married before you receive some horrifying girls (no small feat in the days before expected me to start cooking. reminder that bad things can hapGoogle) and bought me a ring he had This was a role pen while you are busy pretty-ing up never heard of before. I had somehow failed your love. It’s called a claddaugh ring. Apparto envision for myself.” Planes fall from the sky. People die. ently you wear it with the heart turned I mourned it. All of it. inward if you’re taken. Which you are. Until. See? It was not always like this. But it One night, I stumbled upon a box of has been like this ever since... old love letters from my husband from over Well, ever since the plane crashed, really. 25 years ago. Piles of correspondence sent to On November 12, 2001, 266 people, including five of me during college breaks while he was home in my neighbors—and all of the romance in my marriage—died New York and I was home in Pennsylvania—months when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed on our residential of separation that were marked by almost daily notes. corner in Queens, New York. All night long, I paced through the long and labored trapn that morning, my husband—a young pings of courtshi—played out on folded pieces of ripped out medical student at the time—was doing looseleaf paper. Pretty, flowery speeches that I only vaguely early morning clinical rotations at the remembered reading. hospital several miles from our home, Do you remember what I told you on the phone tonight? but I was taking the day off from my I miss you, my beautiful girl. Manhattan corporate litigation gig. I Send me a lock of your hair. was home when the plane broke apart and nose-dove across Tomorrow you arrive. I can’t wait to see you get off that the street from where I was standing, causing fiery destrucbus. Nothing else will matter then. tion that tore through the three other homes that shared our confronted him with the box of notes. corner, leaving only my house—our house—unscathed. Do you remember these? Some neighbors and we sat up late into the night with He looked at me blankly, as if I had asked him emergency personnel who filed in and out of our house for what color paper my birthday present was wrapped respite, food, and bathrooms. A battery of floodlights were in 1990. plugged into our living room outlets. We wondered vaguely I upp’d my life insurance policy. Don’t forget to what our electricity bill would read at the end of the month. put the alarm on when I’m out of town. Drive slowly, today. Our dining room chairs were moved by firefighters out into
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I never saw romance again after that day. ”
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I
I longed for the pretty wrappings that love has time for in those days and weeks, and if you’re lucky, years, before you receive some horrifying reminder that bad things can happen while you are busy pretty-ing up your love.”
“I mourned it. All of it.” The roads are wet. These are his wrappings now. Instead of love songs and pink satin bows, his love is delivered in something akin to newspaper. Practical, recycled, useful. I continued, asking him: Don’t you miss it? The romance woven throughout our lives when we were kids? He shook his head incredulously. I might as well have asked him if he misses the days we did not have enough money for a house downpayment, so misplaced does my nostalgia seem to him. or him, romance is like the waves you wade through on your way to the still part of the ocean. They tire you out. They ruin your ability to appreciate the tranquil sea. He has plowed through the waves long enough. I carefully re-folded the torn and yellowed notes and as I did, I considered that if I had met him after the plane crash, I might never have seen him wade through the waves at all. I close my box and store it in the back of my closet to pull out some other day. What a good gift. What a really good gift.
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Amy Impellizzeri is a reformed corporate litigator
The Huffington Post,
and author of the best-
The Glass Hammer,
selling novel, Lemongrass
Divine Caroline, Hybrid
Hope (Wyatt-MacKenzie
Her, among others, and
2014). Her essays and
her first nonfiction book,
articles have appeared in
Lawyer Interrupted (ABA Publishing), is due out Spring 2015.
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Mornings on the beautiful Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. Eat your heart out San Francisco.
Frothy Beard, Palmetto Brewery, Holy City, Westbrook and Coast Brewing call this place home.
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T here ’ s al w a y s a Southern d ra w l i n the a i r .
WE can wear LBDs out on Valentine’s Day and not freeze. (WELL, THINGS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE BLEAK RIGHT NOW)
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Meet Arielle.
Freelance photographer extraordinaire! Her favorite tool is a Canon, her dream vacation would be to use it on the beaches of Bali, and she moved to Charleston for the same reason a lot of us do: It’s beautiful. She likes her whiskey neat, long walks with her dog Dixie, and once lived next door to Heath Ledger while he was filming “The Patriot.” Spotted on any given Friday night at Xiao Bao Biscuit with her sweetheart. BBQ fanatic, drools over photos in Bon Appetit and National Geographic, refuses to choose just one favorite color, and if she had to pick a bumper sticker motto, it would be “life is a journey, not a destination.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Arielle Simmons, Freelance Photographer
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COMING IN THE APRIL ISSUE OF SKIRT!
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We like Randy Pence’s suggestion of how not to go wrong on VALENTINE'S day!
Pence's Liquor & Wine East Bay Street
We’re not sure how we will honor all these wonderful National days in February besides Valentine's Day (but we're looking forward to February 22 already...)
( Abide-AWhile Garden february Center, Mt. Pleasant, SC)
2015
February 1 Baked Alaska Day February 2 Heavenly Hash Day February 3 Carrot Cake Day
Eye Candy:
February 7 Fettuccine Alfredo Day
Steven Shell’s 2015 Catalogue is out. We’re making a wish list...
February 9 Bagel and Lox Day
BASKING: 72 Degrees on January 21! There is hope.
February 10 Cream Cheese Brownie Day February 11 Peppermint Patty Day February 12 Cream-Filled Chocolates Day February 18 Crab Stuffed Flounder Day
hyperexcited:
February 19 Chocolate Mint Day
Beautiful Laurel Hill County Park OPENS featuring several miles of running, walking, or biking trails.
February 20 Sticky Bun Day
yum:
February 22 Natl. Margarita Day February 28 Chocolate Souffle Day
Rutledge Cab changes their menu up! Look for Lobster Rolls, a Pu Pu Platter (we’re sharing that one), Reuben Spring Rolls and Moroccan Chicken.
Remember! Pack it in. Pack it out. There are no trash cans. No restrooms. Pets must be leashed.
thesmilelist What Makes Us Happy.
25 Things That Make Us Happy
Political gender breakdown: A record 107 women will serve in the 114th Congress.
The Senate will have six Republican female senators, more than ever before. That count includes Iowa and Virginia, two states that have never sent female senators to Washington.
Lyndon Leigh
A woman’s place really is in the House. And the Senate.
J'adore!: Perfect accessories for our love seat (hint hint).
Wondering:
It takes two! West Elm + Kate Spade Saturday! A colorful collaboration of furniture, bedding, and rugs.We're thinking about redecorating instead of spring cleaning this year.
What photo to choose for our paint-by-number project with Easy 123 Art. Just upload your favorite photo, select canvas, frame and color palette, and your kit will arrive by mail with everything you need to create your own personal masterpiece. Easy123art.com.
Could this really be?: A female on the February cover of Popular Mechanics? We love Olivia Munn.
" L e t ' s d o w h at w e l o v e a n d d o a l o t o f i t. " Marc Jacobs
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2015
february
YARD WORK
Overshare T.M.I.
gossip
yoga
Advice
"We fall in love by chance. We stay in love by choice." Unknown
Quinoa fettuccine noodles avec fromage
Mac 'n cheese
travel valise, garment bag & handbag overnight bag
Eating
Juicing
Rela
Relax
Reorganize
Coffee, BLACK
Sugar-free skinny vanilla latte with soy milk
WALKING DEAD
Vacations Work
XOXO! See you in March for the BIG issue!
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