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The Boone Hall Lowcountry’s Largest Fall Festival OCTOBER 1 - NOvEMBER 2 Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm Sunday 11am-6pm
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Family Friendly Hayride Down Monster Alley Largest Jump Pillow In The State Giant Slide Tower and Hay Mountain Expanded Rock Climbing Wall Playground Fun
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Spider Web and More!
Pick Your Own Pumpkin (Paid for by the pound)
To schedule group visits, please call 843.884.4371.
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Petting Zoo All Kinds of Friendly Animals
Thursday-Sunday Each Week Saturday-Sunday Pony Rides
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Race for the Cure Corn Maze Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure which highlights breast cancer awareness in the SC Lowcountry.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Paid admission to the Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch does not include admission to Boone Hall Plantation and visa versa. The two attractions are completely separate and require separate admission fees to each venue.
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Women spend almost 2 of every 3 healthcare dollars.
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2013
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The United Skirts of America
The United Skirts of America was founded on the blood, sweat and estrogen of our
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foremothers, who
In 1985, I was down on my luck and backed into a tight corner. A relationship of seven
won us the freedom to
years had ended with a thud in a cliché. My big job in computer software development
choose...to break The
had sighed to a complete stop. Worse, I had lost every shred of belief in myself both personally and professionally. I was paralyzed by self-doubt and depression. When an
Rules, to wear combat
out-of-the-blue opportunity came up to move to South Carolina with friends, I didn’t as
boots or high heels, to
much jump at it as climb aboard what seemed to be the last train to nowhere. As luck
run for office or run a Tiffany Sims TwyggMedia is a graphic design studio in Woodland Hills, California and home to designer & illustrator Tiffany Sims. Tiffany is also the in-house graphic designer for ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), designing everything from flyers for up-and-coming rock bands, to invitations for black tie awards dinners, to legislative materials defending intellectual property on Capitol Hill. TwyggMedia’s clients have included: The Songwriters Hall of Fame, Wild West Films, US Comedy and Arts Festival, Radio Music Awards, Galpin Ford, Los Angeles Country Club, Television Weekly, Landau Music Group, Premier Greeting Card Company, 321 Records, Music Force Media Group, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Big Sway Denim, Inkcentric, and many independent visionaries. twyggmedia.com
From the founder and National editor
would have it, I ended up on an island of hippies, drunks, carpenters, musicians, writers and a few people like me who had run out on or been run out of their old lives. No
marathon, to form our
more big job, no more Lifetime-drama love affair, no more money. The first few years,
own rock groups instead
I worked in a downtown inn cooking and booking and sometimes hauling coal up the
of being groupies, to
stairs. I clerked in the island liquor store with my own gun and plenty of time to read all day. I hung out on the porch of our winter rental drinking wine and watching the
shatter Glass Ceilings
island turn. At the time, it seemed like the end of all my dreams, but in hindsight I think
and Glass Slippers, to
it was a circuitous, universe-driven plot to put me in the right place to give birth to a
shoot hoops instead
new version of myself even though it took years to gestate. After I started skirt! in 1994, I eventually moved our office into a building that by chance I later discovered had been
of settling for hoop
a skirt factory in the early 1900s. It still stuns me in retrospect. That’s when I knew for
skirts. The ones who
sure that there was nothing random about my journey. Whenever my life seems to dead-
came before us made
end now, I try to remember that when the universe calls, it’s rarely a wrong number. You might be on Hold for a while, but eventually you’ll get the message.
it possible for our
Nikki
daughters to dream
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bigger, to have the chance to grow up to be President and turn
From the Editor
the Oval Office into
Serendipity takes many forms to those who experience her ways. Is it luck? Is it chance?
the Ovary Office. In
Is it fate? Is it a greater sign from the universe—to look closer, listen closer or just be
the United Skirts of
quiet? What deserves a second glance to one person may not have even garnered a first look from another. An inkling of an idea, the sign of the future, your roadmap to happi-
America, every day is
ness—it’s all just a serendipitous moment away from happening. The trick, I think, is to
Independence Day!
be ready for it. In the same way your morning routine prepares you to take on another day of work, or how creating a spectacularly schizophrenic moodboard gets you prepared for a creative project, the mind needs to be quieted, prepared, and open to accept that sweet, spontaneous moment of serendipity that solidifies a decision or inspires a new one. And if you need a helping hand in looking for those signs, we might just have a few women in mind with intuitive answers: Seek out Mary, Pam and Suzanne and their winsome ways of seeking solutions. Turn over a new leaf this October—transition into a new, serendipitous self. Test your luck, take a chance, ask fate for a favor.
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GOOD BONES Throughout the house, we encountered design inspired by a 64-pack of crayons. Dawn Downey
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Good Bones
“Get her some flowers for Mother’s Day. Purple iris.” Wendy called out a final instruction from her front porch. She was a psychic. She read Tarot cards, threw the I Ching and channeled the voices of mystical guides. She was referring to my stepmom, Mother Kim, who had died a dozen years earlier. Mother Kim had spoken through Wendy once before, offering me advice about attending a writers’ conference. Wendy had looked confused. “She says…get your hair done. Does that make sense to you?” Oh, yeah. Mother Kim had married my father when I was 12, a depressed and stoic child. My clothes were drab, my hair uncombed. She, on the other hand, was exotic; her lips were crimson, her fingernails pink. She dressed in lilac, violet, and amethyst. She despaired that I wore beige. She was also a bit clairvoyant, predicting when the phone was about to ring, reporting that lost souls were fluttering down the hall. She and Dad bought a house and before moving the family in, they painted the dining room red. It was beautiful, as warm and hypnotic as a fireplace. Sometimes I’d sit alone at the table, pretending to read, peeking at those fiery walls in wonder. The year we lived in that house, I gained a bit more confidence, enough to participate in after-school activities. Mother Kim nudged me along. But I still wore beige. After we moved, she continued to chip away at my insecurities. Took me to a hairdresser, enrolled me in ballet. She introduced me to Vogue, which held a permanent spot on her nightstand beside a bottle of Chanel No. 5. For my 16th birthday, she bought me a hot-pink party dress. In my opinion, it looked like a pleated lampshade with spaghetti straps, but Mother Kim saw its elegance … and mine. I paused before pulling out of Wendy’s driveway. Her comment about purple irises surprised me. She didn’t know my stepmom’s favorite color was purple. And I couldn’t recall Mother Kim ever mentioning a fondness for irises. Oh, well. I had other things to think about. At 50-something––wearing red, my hair in dreadlocks––I was on my own and about to buy my first house. Dale, my realtor, parked her sedan in front of a brick split-level with white shutters framing a bay window. We walked to the stoop. She opened the door. I peeked in. “Would you look at that?” The kitchen glowed from the end of the entry hall, ablaze in color. I hurried across the threshold to investigate. The room was a fiery orange that made me squint, its brilliance intensified by sunlight streaming through the windows. In this kitchen, a morning cup of coffee would be superfluous. I couldn’t help laughing, but Dale pointed out that the sink and countertops needed to be replaced and the linoleum flooring had a hole in it. Throughout the house, we encountered design inspired by a 64-pack of crayons. Banana in the family room. Powder blue in the nursery, with white clouds dotting the ceiling. A second bedroom divided horizontally, the walls raspberry from the windowsill to the ceiling, blueberry from midline to floor. Dale opened the back door. The children had turned the patio into a parking lot for their plastic vehicles. An orange three-wheeler had crashed head-on into the retaining wall that surrounded the terrace. A red wagon was parked nearby. A pink bike with streamers on the handlebars lay on its side atop the wagon. There was a playhouse in the middle of the yard near the dining room window. I imagined little girls sitting beneath its red roof, fussing at their dolls, under the watchful eyes of their mom. The surrounding lawn appeared healthy enough, although it needed a good mowing. In flowerbeds that bordered the yard on three sides, the leaves of spring bulbs were just breaking ground. The bright color scheme of the house tickled my funny bone, but Dale didn’t share my amusement. “What were they thinking? Beige sells.” She emphasized the important things––location, price, construction. All met with her approval. “It’s got good bones,” she said, and she’d negotiate for kitchen repair expenses, but in the end I decided to buy that house because it made me laugh. On a Sunday evening before I took possession, I snuck into the backyard. The owners had moved out weeks earlier, and weeds had claimed the lawn. It wasn’t as healthy as I’d first thought. The playhouse was gone, a concrete slab in its place. Instead of picturing children at play, I worried about the cost of replacing that cement with turf. And could I really afford to remodel the kitchen? And maybe Dale was right about all that color. I collapsed on a stone bench to ponder the scope of the disaster. As I rubbed my temples, wishing someone could reassure me, movement along the fence line caught my attention. The bulbs had bloomed. Hundreds of purple irises were swaying in the breeze. That’s when I realized it was Mother’s Day.
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The chair is now more than 100 years old, a true antique. I fantasize about going on Antiques Roadshow with it, and when the appraiser asks me if I realize that it’s now worth $5,000 dollars, I will respond with, “Really, I’m surprised. But of course I won’t part with it.”
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y father and I were on a rare visit to see his Aunt Jesse, who still lived in his childhood home on the eastern border of New York. It was 1944, and I was six years old. Just as we were about to leave, Aunt Jesse announced she was having the barn torn down the next day. “Maybe you should see if there is anything you want in there,” she said. So Dad and I went out to take a look. We slid open the door, which was hanging on one hinge, and peered inside. You could hear the field mice scurry away, and there was a stray cat asleep in the corner but it was mostly just old hay and cobwebs. About to leave, Dad said he wanted a last look at the hayloft. He climbed the ladder and I could hear him rummaging about. Finally, wearing a huge grin on his face, he came back down the ladder carrying a forlorn-looking, child-sized rocking chair which he held out to me. “For you,” he said. I was not at all interested in that filthy little chair. I don’t want it, I thought. We put the chair in the trunk of the car and I promptly forgot about it. Coming home from school, a few weeks later, on my seventh birthday, I spied the chair in the middle of the living room. The chipped paint was repaired and the gilt decoration restored; the chair was beautiful and it was mine, but before I could claim ownership, I had to learn the story behind it. My dad’s father was a country doctor who treated a number of patients in the nearby Shaker community. The Shakers made fine handcrafted wooden furniture and often paid my grandfather with custom-made pieces instead of cash. The rocker was one of those payments. Dad told me how as a young child he would retreat to a quiet spot, sit in his rocker and read to escape the drudgery of farm life. The rocker became a refuge for me, as well, and I would sit for hours rocking and reading. It was in that chair that I learned to love to read. When I grew too big to fit in the chair my stuffed animals took it over, and it sat in my room until my mom died and we sold her house. I was about to move across country and needed a place to store my few childhood treasures including the rocker. The couple who bought Mom’s
house offered to let me keep them in the attic for as long as I wanted. My intention was to spend a year in San Francisco and then go back east to marry my longtime boyfriend. Before the year was up I had dumped my boyfriend, met my future husband and decided that there was no way I was ever going back home to live. I had forgotten about my treasures stored in the attic, and so did my friends who were storing them. They sold the house, but my treasures stayed in the attic. I went back home to attend a family wedding about 15 years later, and while there, I decided to take a walk over to see what changes our old house had undergone. I knocked on the door but no one was home, so I started to snoop around the outside. Stacked in the driveway was a pile of household furniture with a sign indicating that it was a donation for the Salvation Army. Thinking I might learn something about the people living there now, I perused the junk. It was then that I spied it; there was my rocking chair. With a herculean effort and feeling very much the thief, I extracted the rocker from the rest of the pile. It looked as if it had seen hard times— chipped paint, dirty smudges and a broken rocker—but to me it was like finding an old friend. I decided to take it home and fix it up for my fiveyear-old daughter as my dad had done 35 years ago for me. Just as I was carrying it up the street, the Salvation Army truck rounded the corner on its way to pick up the donation sitting in the driveway. My daughter viewed it with the same disdain that I had so many years ago. She didn’t want it, but I was adamant that she should have it. I carried the chair on the plane, holding it on my lap for the entire flight across country. It was long before the threat of terrorists and scrutiny of carry-on baggage. Once home, I set about restoring the chair until it looked almost as good as new. Now, it met my daughter’s princess standards, and the chair soon became a favorite spot for her to escape with a book. It sat in her bedroom, filled with her dolls long after she was too big to sit in it. When she moved to a place of her own, I stored the chair in the attic. I will get it out when the expected grandchild is old enough to enjoy it. The chair is now more than 100 years old, a true antique. I fantasize about going on Antiques Roadshow with it, and when the appraiser asks me if I realize that it’s now worth $5,000 dollars, I will respond with, “Really, I’m surprised. But of course I won’t part with it.” After two serendipitous appearances, both at crucial times in the life of my rocker, the chair deserves a permanent place in our family.
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thelazyweekend Why we chose Key West: Laid back, quirky—and there is always a happy hour somewhere.
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code: SATURDAY Dress Flip flops and shorts. Morning coffee: (Unless you are doing the 7am Happy Hour at Schooner Wharf Bar.) There’s one Starbucks, but skip it for Cuban-style café con leche. It’s everywhere.
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degrees is the lowest
Don’t be in rush to leave the airport! The Key West airport has First Call and Last Call bars.
temperature ever recorded in Key West.
Fun fact: The whole island is a bird sanctuary since there are many endangered species there. That even includes the chickens!
“Come as you are.”
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miles to Cuba. You’re as far south as you can go in the continental U.S.
Fun fact: In Key West, you’re closer to Cuba than to a Walmart.
The Cuban Mix sandwich from 5 Brothers Grocery.
History check: The Conch Republic was established by the tongue-in-cheek secession of the Florida Keys from the USA on April 23, 1982. They were protesting a blockade of the Keys by Border Patrol that required residents to show proof of citizenship to drive onto the Florida mainland. Long live the Conch spirit!
Bikes are the favored means of transportation.
Play, Eat, Relax, Play, Sleep.
Except for a few exceptions, cruise ships aren’t allowed to dock overnight and disrupt the viewing of the sunset.
The Rum Runner ice cream (with actual rum) from Flamingo Crossing.
Last stop, Hemingway’s House: Although this is on every tourist’s list, it’s still impressive and touching. No A/C, so go early.
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Instead of tourist-packed Mallory Square, try Louie’s Backyard oceanfront patio for your sunset drink.
8am Breakfast at La Crêperie: This is a little hidden gem. Sit at the bar and watch Sylvie, the owner, make the crepes. It was a whole culinary experience. ( Try a nutella-banana-strawberry crepe, or prosciutto and goat cheese crepe with a fried egg on top.) Cash Only!
...well not so much.
The daily grind.
People born in Key West are called Conchs.
breakfast your SUNDAY Make morning adventure.
we’ll pack 2 of Epionce’s Ultra Shield SPF 50 to make up for all our fun in the sun!
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE HOME
A burning desire to return.
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Serendipity Finding something good when you’re not searching for it.
Eureka! Archimedes was taking a bath when he realized his body’S displacEMENT OF water in the bathtub allowed him to measure the volume of any irregular objects.
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From the skirt! Test Kitchen A Taste of France Go to Whole Foods (or your local gourmet shop) and ask them to recommend three cheeses you’ve never tried. We picked French, but you can pick any country. We added a few bottles of Fournier sauvignon blanc from Southern Season and garnished with olives, almonds and crusty bread. And serve it on a nice cheese board, not plated on the top of a filing cabinet as we did at skirt!. World Sounds Playlist “L’Au-Delà” Vanessa Paradis “Caramelo” The Gipsy Kings “Ma Benz” Brigitte “Savane” Ali Farka Touré “Problemas (Ao Vivo)” Ana Carolina
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Herve Mons Meule de Savoie nutty, fruity, smooth
Gabriel Coulet Roquefort salty, earthy, creamy
Taste of the Town Something Different
Oysters on IOP Morgan Creek Grill hosts an oyster roast every Saturday from 4-8pm. Locally harvested oysters are cooked on the fire pit and served with the chef’s special chili. All you can eat for $15. morgancreekgrill.com
Your Weekly Bread The Crescent Olive in Mt. Pleasant receives a delivery of fresh ciabatta bread from Saffron Café and Bakery every Thursday. Stop in for some oil and grab a loaf for dinner! 333 East Bay St.
If you’re stumped for corporate holiday gifts or out-of-town friends, consider a package of all-natural relishes, pickles and vinegars handmade in the Lowcountry by Granna’s Gourmet. The prices include gift wrap, a personal note and hand-delivery in the tri-county area. grannasgourmet.com
Where the Boys Are Shhh! We have it on good authority that Stars’ Tap Wine Tuesdays (half-price tap wines) are often packed with men. Quite a change from Charleston venues where the usual ratio is much less favorable for women. Could this be your next girls’ night out? 495 King St., Tuesdays 4-7pm.
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n a late September evening of my junior year, I was walking back from my shift taking phone orders at Pizza Devil, the campus pizza delivery service, and ran into my friend Noel, a soft-spoken guy with a heap of wild brown hair and forlorn khakis. We’d crossed paths a million times before—in chemistry class, at fraternity parties, on the dance floor as each other’s occasional “safe date” during our freshman year when we each had hometown romances simmering on back burners (or front burner, in his case) at other colleges. Yet this time our paths crossed on the quad walkway at a lucky moment for me, decked out in my flour-dusted Pizza Devil t-shirt, smelling of oregano and pepperoni. In a few days, September 28th to be exact, Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks would be playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Noel, a die-hard fanatical Neil fan, had an extra ticket. And not just any ticket: row A, center aisle, seat 2. He’d camped out for three nights to be first at the ticket window, but, poor guy, had not yet scored a date. His first two choices had turned him (and Neil) down. I just happened to be walking across the quad at the right time, and since that time was close to suppertime, my pepperoni perfume probably didn’t hurt. “You wanna go?” he asked, his head tilted shyly under the weight of all that bushy hair. “Hell yeah, I’ll go!” said I, who heretofore had only been to some cheesy beach music concerts and to hear Dolly Parton back when she was just crooning into the big time with her big hair and own TV show. “I’ll have to get someone to cover my Pizza Devil shift, but it shouldn’t be a problem.” Heck, I’d have paid the Devil himself to work my shift. I knew choice seats and real rock-n-roll when I saw it. And so that Saturday night I sat on the front row as Neil opened with “Comes a Time” and closed the last set with “Do You Wanna Dance.” I sang along to “Old Man” and “Sugar Mountain,” and when Neil in his distinct tenor warbled about “looking for a heart of gold” I wondered if by chance I’d stumbled upon mine. Turns out I had. I guess there does come a time. Fast forward a quarter of a century, and I’m still grateful to those two foolish girls who turned down my now-husband’s offer of primo concert seats. I’ve probably seen Neil Young perform another half dozen shows (from less primo seats) in the ensuing years, and thank him silently each time for the unwitting set-up, despite the fact that my husband still attempts to emulate Neil’s ragtag hair style (and this despite the fact that he’s now losing that mop-o-hair). I don’t pretend to understand how it all played out—from a concert together to a life together—and continues to play out, with children and jobs and a mortgage and a lawn to water and mow, and a complete collection of Neil Young bootlegs, albums and greatest hits, not to mention the less-than-impressive autobiography. But I do know that my answer to “do you wanna dance” is still “hell yeah.” I wanna dance and I wanna remember and I wanna hold flickering Bic lighters high into the dark night and ask for more, more. More mystery at how, by chance, it all comes together and sometimes, too, comes apart. More awe that we get to be part of this big rockin’ concert at all, that we all have a lyric or two to chime in with, off-key or on, that we get to walk out into this world with our ears ringing. As a person of faith, I used to envision a puppet-master God who had a clear game plan and an incredibly sophisticated system of miraculously untangled marionette strings that he somehow knew how to pull and pluck at the right time, and, voilà, the concert date fell into place. Now that my faith is a bit more tangled, I skew more toward the mad-scientist God, who smashes subatomic particles together at incredibly high speeds until she discovers (as she pretty much knew all along, smart girl that she is) the elusive matter that holds it all together, then lets the residual bits and pieces fall where they may. It’s up to us to sweep them up and water and mow and maybe write songs about nostalgic old men and hearts of gold. I’m not convinced that one perspective is really any less providential or less faith-based than the other. But I do know that there are, by chance, two meanings of the word “chance.” One is luck or fate or “the force that makes things happen,” and the other is opportunity or possibility. Perhaps it’s not by chance that in French, the noun that means luck or fate (le hasard) is masculine and the one that means opportunity (l’occasion) is feminine. I’ll opt for the latter because, given the opportunity, hell yeah, I wanna dance.
Stephanie Hunt is freelance writer in Charleston, SC, and longtime contributor to skirt!, among other print and web publications. Her husband plays a mean guitar and sings exactly like Neil Young. She, however, plays only four chords, which is enough for “Cinnamon Girl.” Song requests and other inquiries: stephaniehuntwrites.com.
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10 Things that Unnerve an Introvert Alcohol-free baby & bridal showers. Partner yoga with strangers. “Let’s mingle.” Hair salon small talk. Teamwork, brainstorming & networking. Costume parties. Group therapy. Passing the peace at a church service. Sharing a room on a business trip. Surprise, it’s your birthday party!
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amazing people through the power of Komen. —Victoria Hansen
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I’ve been touched by some amazing people through the power of Komen. They are women and men who know the fragility of life and have found strength in it. Many are survivors who simply want to help those now in their shoes travel the path they’ve already worn. There are spouses and children who’ve lost loved ones, but haven’t lost hope. So many are volunteers whose lives are already full, but make room for the cause. It is truly a privilege and a pleasure to be a part of Komen.
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Serendipity Finding something good when you’re not searching for it.
Land ho! Columbus was looking for India when he landed in America by chance.
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Coincidences are a deeply personal conversation, often the surprise answer to a prayer or the connection to a feeling that magic is loose in the world. Stacy Appel
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few nights ago I was lucky enough to attend a concert of Persian classical music. Unlike concert-goers at a folk or jazz performance, this audience sat entirely still in the darkness, as if in meditation with the performers. No one whispered to a seat mate, rustled a program or knocked over a Coke bottle, though the atmosphere was informal and relaxed. I was hypnotized by the unique beauty of the improvisational singing, percussion, and especially the melodious strains of the setar, a Persian instrument similar to a lute. Two hours swept by, and all at once the concert was over. The performers took a final bow on the softly lit stage and walked out into the theater to greet their friends and family members. I realized that while I hadn’t understood even a word of the lyrics or poetry, the meaning of the compositions had gone straight to my heart, as if they were prayers said for a young child. October brings gifts such as this—subtle, sudden, transformative. On the road to Sacramento, a tedious stretch of highway cluttered with traffic, I look up to discover dazzling cloud paintings overhead, back-lit by the sun, as if nature is throwing a surprise party to jolt us all awake. I return
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Specializing in helping people handle the belongings of a loved one who has passed away. from errands one afternoon to the astonishing sight of the neighbor’s pear tree, which has burst from pale yellow to a royal flame-crown of red-orange, seemingly overnight. Another day, returning books to the library, I accidentally come across Amit Majmudar’s The Abundance, a novel so exquisite it reminds me of the books I hurried home to read as a child, wanting nothing so much as to re-enter the rich world I’d found in the first chapter. I read a poem a while ago by the Persian mystic Rumi, and one verse had special meaning for me. In the passage, he explained that at the same time we are looking for our daily bread, our daily bread is seeking us, too. Whether we tirelessly work for it or sit back and wait faithfully, our daily bread will find us. I couldn’t help but think of a night this past summer when my ancient water heater, having outlasted its useful life, went out in a cascade of glory, gushing water into the backyard. The amount needed to buy and install a new one was mind-boggling, and it meant defraying all my immediate plans. Now there were no extra funds for car repairs or vet bills, never mind the most modest extravagances, while, from the sound of it, everyone else I knew was just taking off for a week in Puerto Vallarta or returning from a hotel stay on Kauai. But there is no stopping the daily bread—or in my case, the entire breadbasket. A week later a local magazine called to let me know I’d won two premium dinner-and-concert tickets at a vineyard an hour away. I vaguely remembered submitting the contest entry online in a bout of wishful thinking. On a night shortly thereafter, a friend and I found ourselves sipping wine at a front-row table after the most lavish meal imaginable; we sat back contentedly while Martina McBride sang “Safe in the Arms of Love.” The food, the wine, listening to music under the stars was extraordinary, but more wonderful still was the sense that something was listening to me, as well. Coincidences are a deeply personal conversation, often the surprise answer to a prayer or the connection to a feeling that magic is loose in the world. What amazes and startles me would seem entirely ordinary to my brother, who isn’t easily impressed; he finds his own private miracles in other, more concrete ways. He survived frightening near-misses while rock-climbing and, more recently, supported his wife through her chemo regime and back to good health, which has helped him believe in a benevolent force behind the scenes. Scientists rely on “happy accidents” as a key factor in innovation; without them we would have no microwaves, X-rays, Super Glue, Slinkys, pacemakers, or Velcro. Without Velcro, I would probably never go walking again, since I’m far too lazy to lace up my running shoes, so I would end up needing a pacemaker, X-rays, and Super Glue, as well. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist from the University of Hertfordshire, conducted an experiment in which he placed the same opportunities—some money on the ground and a potential encounter with an importantly connected businessman—in the paths of two different people, one who felt she was an unlucky person, the other who felt that things always seemed to work out well. The “lucky” guy immediately noticed the money on the ground and pocketed it, then got into a spontaneous conversation with the businessman in the coffee shop where he’d been planted. The “unlucky” woman, meanwhile, stepped right over the cash, oblivious, and drank her coffee without saying a word to the same businessman. Who knows what the daily bread is up to? In 2004, a woman named Diana Duyser said her grilled cheese sandwich bore the image of the Virgin Mary. She claimed that she took a bite after making the sandwich and saw a face staring back at her. She put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her night stand. Duyser reports that the sandwich has never sprouted a spore of mold. She was able to sell it for $28,000 on eBay to an online casino called Golden Palace, which is enough bread to make a believer out of anyone. If you open a fortune cookie, make a secret wish list, walk out on the balcony of the next boring party you go to and look up at the stars (which are often better company), it’s a little easier to remember that something is up there winking at you. Luckily, the daily bread delivery just cannot be figured out. Whatever is divine and hopeful works through music, rocks, roadside stands, kids, clouds, eBay, magazines, sandwiches, dramas large and small, and sometimes, the merest whispers on the wind, meant for you alone. Stacy Appel is a writer in Lafayette, CA, whose work has been featured on National Public Radio and in the Chicago Tribune and other publications. She is also a reputable psychic and medium in private practice who offers readings by telephone appointment. Contact her at espisreal@gmail.com.
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Savoring Sweet October:
Anne of Green Gables said "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." Who could blame her? The air is crisper, the evening sky seems clearer and brighter, and every day feels like the perfect day to bake a pie!
October Challenge: Fall is filled with activity and anticipation. Resist the tendency to barrel through these days with your eyes fixed on the holiday season. Light a fire, snuggle with a loved one, wrap your hands around a warm mug... do everything you can to savor every drop of this sweet season.
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4 2. Why not bake an apple pie? Indie Rocker Kurt Vile comes to the Pour House on October 30th to support his latest album, "Wakin on a Pretty Daze." If you love Bruce, Tom, and Neil, then it's a sure bet you'll dig the warm and wisdom filled music of Kurt.
3. Spiked Cider Candle from Rewined 4. Ratner Boot from Need Supply 5. Nars Velvet Lip Pencil in More
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Indulge in a delish Green Eggs and Ham-Burger from HOM, to be directly followed by a food coma. Head over to the Boone Hall Plantation Pumpkin Patch to collect some pretty pumpkins for carving and decorating. Try to break 100 for once in my life at the Alley on Columbus Street, and attempt to make "granny-style" bowling acceptable in the process.
Strawberry Fields: Chicken, turkey or tofu, sliced strawberries, avocado, mixed greens, spiced pecans, goat cheese. Served with a honey-lemon-ginger vinaigrette.
Count down the days until Bay Street Biergarten opens its doors this month. Can't wait to check out their high tech tap tables and craft beer! Grab a Strawberry Fields Salad from Black Bean Company over lunch.
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“Coming Fall 2013: Charleston's first high-tech Biergarten. I'm talking real cool stuff here y'all. Things to look forward to: 60+ Taps, Tap Tables, Bavarian inspired-southern made cuisine, beer cocktails, wine, liquor, TV's, Outdoor Patio and a Beer Wall (yeah, you read that right, a wall full of beer). We're all about bringing everyone together in the ultimate communal atmosphere. Trust, us. You'll like it.”
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"THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU MAKE IS TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD."
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Serendipity Finding something good when you’re not searching for it.
Zapped! The microwave oven was invented when Percy Spencer was testing a magnetron and noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted when exposed to radar waves. That’s why dinner is just minutes away now.
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Suzanne Goldston has an alternate view of the universe. “The planet is waking up to treating lack of ease in ways other than chemicals.” To Suzanne of Seeking Indigo, that means crystals. By placing crystals on a client or creating a surrounding formation, she balances or heals by altering the frequencies of elemental energies: earth, wind, water and fire. Example: She can turn an aggravated, fiery client airy or grounded. “There are very few people that I see that aren’t in need of some sort of spiritual healing.” During her four years at Seeking Indigo, she’s mainly met with female clients, but has newly noticed an increase in male patrons. “Masculine energy is evolving as well. It’s evolving into a place of protecting rather than dominating women.” Regardless of gender, Susan offers services as an Ayurvedic Practitioner (for alternative medicine) and Reiki Master (for hands-on-healing), and hopes to become a Clinical Crystal Resonance Therapist. “When you combine all that together, hold on. Hold on.”
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Mary Dellucci puts her cards on the table. During a consultation with Mary, it’s all hands on deck—a deck of tarot cards. The Reiki master and tarot card reader’s clients pick the deck that speaks to them. “Every deck has its own voice,” she explains. She shuffles the cards and lays them out for the interactive reading, which allows their higher selves to converse. The client can ask three direct questions. “I want people to take control of the issues in their lives. I want them to find their way back to the path they are supposed to be walking.” But the member of Charleston Area Tarot Society won’t deliver direct medical, legal or financial advice. “There are certain things that your higher self does not understand—time, spatial analysis and money.” She provides direction, and won’t render another reading until the clients accomplish what they need to. “It gives them immense power over themselves to do what is right. Everything for a reason.”
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Pam O’Rourke is a natural healer. In her late 30s, this empath realized that her ability to experience others’ emotions and sensations was atypical. “We’re hardwired to perceive and to discern. I just developed it over the years.” She eventually became a licensed nurse and aesthetician, and learned Healing Touch therapy to balance and restore energy. “What we need in our life is total relaxation.” She compels clients toward equilibrium at her office on Isle of Palms, where she pairs treatments like facials, microdermabrasion and chemical peels with 15 minutes of Healing Touch, all the while spreading sounds and vibrations with Tibetan medicine bowls. “It gives them total peace...it’s almost like a meditative state where they float.” Pam is also the co-coordinator of the Wise Women of Charleston, who meet monthly for presentations on spiritual topics. “Being around all of these women, you just feel that energy. You each have different gifts.”
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Serendipity Finding something good when you’re not searching for it.
Hooked! After a hiking trip in 1941, Swiss electrical engineer Georges de Mestral found burrs clinging to his pants and his dog’s fur. Looking at the burrs under a microscope, he found that their hooks would cling to anything loop-shaped. Thus Velcro was developed, and kids forgot how to tie their shoes.
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When Women Don’tVote, Men Win. Research these Lowcountry Women Candidates & Vote on November 5th! Awendaw Miriam Green, Mayor LeeAnn Reigart, Town Council Bettye Simmons, Town Council Charleston Liz Fulton, District 4 Lauretta Lemon Dailey, District 6 Bobbie Rose, District 8 Kathleen Wilson, District 12 Catherine LaFond, Charleston Public Works Isle of Palms Town Council Sandy Ferencz Barbara Bergwerf Harleyville Town Council Susan Bishop Brenda Davis Lincolnville Town Council Dorothy Bailey McClellanville Town Council Tynice Geathers Roundtree
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A new study by The World Health Organization says that women over 50 are healthier and living longer than ever, thanks in part to advances in the treatment of infectious diseases. Over the past 20 years, the world’s women have added an average of 3.5 years to their lives.
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Serendipity Finding something good when you’re not searching for it.
sweet! In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson was playing with his food and stirring a mixture of powdered soda and water with a little stick. He accidentally left it out on the porch overnight. When he woke the next morning, he found the liquid had frozen to the stir stick during the night, creating an icy, fruit-flavored treat that he patented 18 years later and called the Popsicle.
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Meet: Danielle Dillahey, Assistant Athletic Director at the Citadel who does far more than cheerlead for the Bulldogs.
Always In My Purse: Mac Lip Sheen
On My Desk: A replica Eiffel Tower
My Gadget: Convertible Fiat
My Lucky Charm: Bowtie Kate Spade earrings
My Manicure: OPI Thrill of Brazil
Favorite Restaurant: The Macintosh Where I Shop Locally: Historic Summerville My Workout: Walking to meetings on campus Favorite Shoes: Reef flats Favorite Label: The one that fits the best! Where I Get My Coffee: If not at home, I get mine from Kudu My Coffee Order: Iced coffee My Pet: Two dogs— Cowboy & Roscoe Favorite Flower: Orchids Where You’ll Find Me On Friday Nights: Homemade dinner compliments of my husband Where You’ll Find Me On Saturday Mornings: French press coffee, then Citadel football Signature Scent: Versace Yellow Diamond My Bad Habit: Biting my lip Favorite TV Show: Scandal Three People I Want At My Dream Dinner: My sister and my grandmothers Favorite Feminist: Condoleezza Rice Muse: My husband I’d Like To Learn To: Ski A Goal for 2013: Keep the garage clean My Stress Reliever: Pedicures I Splurge On: Beauty products If Not Charleston…Paris Describe Yourself In 3 Words: Observant, Creative, Buoyant My Favorite Trip Was: Europe last summer; Scotland, France & Italy in October Dream Vacation: France, all of it
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We are looking for the best and the brightest! We don’t define career paths, nor do we tell you where to go, we just provide you with the vehicle to drive your career… in the direction you choose. We value our teammates and the diverse ideas they generate.
Nucor Steel Berkeley, a division of Nucor, is seeking to assemble a hiring pool of qualified applicants for potential entry level jobs in the production environment. Nucor, the nation’s largest steel and steel products manufacturer and largest recycler, is a company founded on technological innovation that has changed the steel industry. At Nucor, our team members are given responsibilities that have real impact on the business. We are looking for candidates who are willing to work rotating shifts which would require working both day and night shifts in a drug free environment. Most positions in our steel plant, located in Huger, SC, require moderate to heavy lifting and can be physically demanding including working in extreme temperatures. We offer competitive
Interested individuals should register at www.nucorsteel.com and enter Access Code: NSBJP2013. Individuals who register should be prepared to complete a brief questionnaire. Previous registrants will need to take the questionnaire again to be considered. Nucor will only be accepting a limited number of submissions, and the registration period begins October 7th through October 18th. Each individual should submit only one questionnaire related to this job posting.
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Additional Requirements - If you are selected to attend the Nucor Job Fair, an instructional letter will be mailed to you regarding your scheduled assessment. Nucor Steel Berkeley does not accept unsolicited resumes. No phone calls please.
Nucor is an EEO/AA employer and a drug-free workplace.
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Too often, I take on projects out of duty, or to make money, or because I can't say no. But it's only when I pursue something for its own sake that time stands still and my mind is free to go fishing in the cosmos. That's when I remember what pure joy feels like... love at first sight, new school supplies, a bucket of peonies on a rainy day. High-five to my lucky stars.
W h a t ’s k e e p i n g m e a w a k e a t n i g h t : Looking forward to:
Writing an e-book Biking to the beach Starting painting classes again Making the first chili of the season Breaking out my cowboy boots Full Hunter’s Moon on Oct. 18 Beating my daughter at Word Warp robertmontgomery.org
I am jealous of:
Exploring valslist.com This American Life podcasts Political pandering & pimping All the junk I’ve bought in a lifetime. Wishing I could return it & get my money back. Five seasons of Breaking Bad Trying to learn “Volare” in Italian Trying to customize a Tumblr page A week full of meetings What’s next? What if? What am I missing?
W h a t ’s o n m y i Pa d :
W h a t ’s o n m y m i n d :
I’ve been searching for coffee like I had in Italy for years and never seem to find it. Joe in NYC comes close, but, alas, I live in Charleston. I just stumbled on an e-book called Perfect Coffee at Home, written by two former Marines who served in Afghanistan together. I love their obsession with coffee and hope I catch it!
I thought that as I got older, my “real” self would reveal itself like a tree being stripped down to bare branches. It would be authentic, undistracted by the ephemeral, unimpressed by success, beautiful in its simplicity. Imagine my surprise to find that I still get up every morning to 15-year-old me—confused about what to wear, craving sugar and love, constantly searching for more.
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