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2015
february september
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Woody Allen
Regional Vice President Michelle Schneider michelle.schneider@morris.com
The ON YOUR MARK, GET SET GO! Issue
Creative Director Caitilin McPhillips caitilin.mcphillips@skirt.com
FEATURES Hello Lovely Fashion that you’ll fall for this season .............27 It’s Good to Be Me This month’s special section showcases products and services that are all about YOU! .................................................................43
Publisher Jenny Dennis jenny.dennis@skirt.com Account Executives Haley Parler haley.parler@morris.com
What I Love About Me Inspiring words from you! ..................................52
Alex Weishaupt alex.weishaupt@skirt.com Circulation, Marketing and Events Manager Lauren Hollington
ESSAYS
Contributing Writers Katie Toussaint Teri Errico Ashley T. Caldwell
How I Went to Prison Nancy Nau Sullivan .......................................36
Photography Alice Keeney
Snagging My Dream Job Laura Yeager ....................................................72
Fashion & Product Stylist Jeanne A. Everett Advertising Sales: 843.958.0028 Fax: 843.958.0029 sales@skirt.com
SKIRT! THIS M O N T H Sweet, sweet September! We could hear the cheers from parents that
skirt! is published monthly and distributed free throughout the greater Charleston area. skirt! reserves the right to refuse to sell space for any advertisement the staff deems inappropriate for the publication. All content of this magazine, including without limitation the design, advertisements, art, photos and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2015, Morris Publishing Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied or reprinted without the express written permission of the publisher. SKIRT!® is a registered trademark of Morris Publishing Group, LLC. We’re on Social Media! Facebook.com/skirtCharleston Twitter.com/skirtCharleston
come at the end of every summer, rising like a chorus of voices...”school’s
IN THIS ISSUE Theme: On Your Mark, Get Set Go! ........25
back in!” Bittersweet for those of us sending our little ones off to college for the first time, oh-so-sweet for those who are tired of hearing “we’re
He’s So Original .............................................38
bored” or “it’s too hot to play outside” every day for the past three months. What we love about the end of summer are the possibilities for making it all about ME, ME, ME again, which really means YOU, YOU, YOU! With this issue, we bring you a special “It’s Good to Be Me” section with lots of tips and advice for being the very best you from top to toes, women’s voices sharing what they love most about themselves (and the responses knocked us out!), profiles of people who are venturing forth
Dear Time ........................................................40 Home ................................................................62 Profiles........................................................ 65,66 skirt! Connects .............................................68
and making their mark, and best of all, this issue is all about YOU. We’d love to have you visit our freshly redesigned skirt.com website, sign up
All Things September .............................. 70,71
for updates, and let us know what YOU think. And we hope you’ll join us on September 16th at The Restoration (75 Wentworth St.) for cake and a champagne toast to celebrate our 21st. It wouldn’t be the same without YOU!
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Cover Art: If you’re an artist and would like to submit your work, please send a link or low res artwork to submissions@skirt.com.
The Smile Page ...............................................77 The Last Page..................................................78
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was under no illusions. Besides, there would be deputies in the classrooms. I took the job. he first day, Harry led me into my classroom— through six doors with a lot of buzzing and clanking, all operated from central control that reminded me of the Starship Enterprise. I surveyed my English students, most of whom had shot and knifed their way into Omega. Spencer’s gaze burned at me. Hate? Already? And I hadn’t even gotten to diagramming sentences. What was I in for? It turned out Spencer was an African American poet extraordinaire, all six feet, two inches of him. He wasn’t a bad essayist, either. I mistook his glare for a bad bout he’d had with the deputies because he’d taken an extra donut. Prison gossip, I learned, travels far and fast. The classroom was spare, and bright. Narrow windows y first classroom— along the concrete block wall let in sunshine and a view of before I went to prison—was in an old convent. I couldn’t figure sable palms. I had a lot of wall to cover. We would not do glitout which room it had been. It was nondescript with windows tery posters, nor colored-paper cutouts. What I had in mind was on one side that faced the parking lot. During breaks, I often something else. Books. What they needed, what everyone and sat on the porch with Andi, the art teacher. I was immensely every school needed, was books. Lots of them. happy to visit with her randomly to gossip about surviving at I convinced the public library to send the bookmobile out St. Malachy’s Catholic School. Sometimes I felt we were holdto the prison. It took some doing: visits with staff; promises ing on to the same lifeline while we drowned in the rules and that the books would be secure and returned on time—and that rituals: wearing pantyhose (no open-toes), even when it was young minds would withdraw the purest material. As95; monitoring the jigglers at morning mass; decorating surances that the reading would hasten rehabilitathe classroom for parent-teacher meetings (way too tion. I had no idea what I was talking about many). Sister said, “You better call up every one in that regard. But it didn’t take a special of them to make sure they will be here.” The degree to see that books might be a way parents were delighted to hear from me— out, a way up, a salvation. all 96 of them. “Knowledge is power,” I told the One morning, I flopped into a “youth.” (I was forbidden to call them wicker chair on the porch. Andi said, “students.”) The deputy in the class“Good lord, why don’t you just quit? Being in a classroom room twitched at the notion of powI really don’t mean that. What would I with bad boys did not faze me. do without you?” My brothers and sons had taught me er: Beat ‘em down. That was more the martial philosophy, with some excep“I can’t take it any more. It’s only that young men were pretty much tions. It was an attitude I had to fight, November and my teaching career is alike. They wanted security, gently. I would win only if the boys nearly kaput.” mothers (or grandmothers) decided that they could read them“Give it some time. Just think. and love (recognition).” selves out of the holes they’d dug, eduThere’ll be a whole new crop next year.” cate themselves over the fence, learn to “I may have to strangle some of them, live and earn in a civilized society. It had and maybe Sister, and end up in prison.” to come from them, and books were what I “Speaking of prison. The sheriff is opening a would feed them. To make them strong. school for bad boys. I was thinking art for the artful That was the plan. little dodgers, but they do need English teachers.” So thirsty were they for books, I had to bring “I could see myself in prison. Seriously.” more. I cajoled staff into getting us bookcases. And I “Don’t do it,” said Andi. “Your record is pretty clean. filled them. I went to garage sales, my bookshelves, friends, So far.” Goodwill. At 25 cents to a dollar, it started to add up. But who arry drove me out to have a look. He was counting? I loved it, they loved it. I thought they’d prewas the administrator of the prison’s new fer fiction, an escape to other lands and moons. I was wrong. three-tiered school system: Academy, Boot They begged for biographies…Ben Carson, Jackie Robinson, Camp, and Omega. He wanted to recruit the presidents, inventors. me for Omega, the best of the worst, the believe books lifted them. Barrington left prison and boys age 13-21 who had committed a went to work in his uncle’s air-conditioning plant— crime with a weapon. One had set fire to his uncle. his essay skills put to use in writing up those estiHarry wore an amethyst necklace and a white guayabera. mates. Pedro with a zeal for science got out and gave He was a beefy fellow, voluble, friendly. I liked him instantly. the Heimlich to an old woman in a Chili’s near HoHe tried to sell me, and I let him. But the thought of driving mosassa. Robert, a fiction buff, was a fan of James 17 miles into the boonies to teach young felons seemed like a Lee Burke and Mary Higgins Clark. I don’t know what hapstretch. Being in a classroom with bad boys did not faze me. pened to him, but I hope he’s fine. Wherever he is. My brothers and sons had taught me that young men were I have stacks of letters from my students—the youth— pretty much alike. They wanted security, mothers (or grandthanking me. And they were happy for me when I was named mothers) and love (recognition). Some other things, too. But I
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The classroom was spare, and bright. Narrow windows along the concrete block wall let in sunshine and a view of sable palms. I had a lot of wall to cover. We would not do glittery posters, nor colored-paper cutouts. What I had in mind was something else. Books... lots of them.”
“At 25 cents Florida Teacher of the to a dollar, it started Year at the Correctional Education Association conference to add up. But who was counting? I loved it, in 2004, mostly because of all they loved it.” those books I piled up—and because their reading scores on standardized tests went up. I taught at the prison for five years, then later K-12 in Argentina, engineering students in Mexico, college English in Chicago. The young were the same wherever I went, not only in grammar problems but also in that need for recognition and accomplishment. It didn’t make any difference whether I was in Florida, Argentina or Chicago. They had a lot in common. ut there were differences. Many students at St. Malachy’s complained. They resisted. Robert didn’t want to be at Omega. In fact, he cried because he was there. But what he did with being there was different. I wouldn’t say that he embraced it, but maybe he did. Maybe I helped him embrace—and own— what he had going for himself. Through writing, and reading. Dozens of books. Robert came in at the second grade reading level; he left Omega three years later with a GED, ready for college. Ready for life. I hope.
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I love that I am 50 plus, fabulous and comfortable in my own skin. I love that I do not apologize for taking up space even when I am not invited. I love that I have failed many many times and plan to fail many more because that means I am still daring enough to try. I love that I run at least 100 miles a month. I love that I will almost sell my soul for a great cupcake with buttercream frosting. And most of all, I love the fact that I am an amazing sistergirlfriend. Doretha Walker, PhD Assistant Professor South University
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“I love that I experienced loss in my twenties. It helped me gain a clear perspective of why we should live every moment to its fullest and to have no regrets. I love that my daughter laughs like I do and we laugh a lot. I love that I'm 40 yet still feel 27, yet I did give all my fabulous high heels to my 20-something girlfriends. I love a glass of wine (or two) with my husband over any night on the town.” Ryan Nelson Owner, Nelwater Consulting
“I love the experiences that life has introduced me to. Through those I found out that I am stronger than ever and those challenges are often shared by others. As a result, I can not only offer sympathy but I am even more empathetic to mankind. I love that I am literally stopping and smelling the roses and that I am the only person that can truly determine my destiny. Most of all, what I love about me is the embracing of technology with my Macbook and social media, and impacting lives one post at a time!”
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I love that I choose to live where the smell of Tea Olive wafts through the air like a secret that only I know. I love knowing that my children are thankful I am their mother. I love my scars that remind me of falling down but getting up again. I love that I still have a long list of things to do, and see, and be.” Amy Perryman, SC Ports Authority
“I love being a morning person, although those closest to me may not share this affection. I love that I can eat brownie mix way more than advisable and not think twice about it the next day. I love no matter what happened in my day, when I go to the beach it's like hitting a reset button.I love being able to laugh until my cheeks hurt at my own terrible jokes. I love that beekeeping has taught me to always be in awe of the little things, even if they sometimes come with a sting.” Megan Swanson Content Editor at BoomtownROI
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“I love that I know every word to every song on the ‘Annie’ soundtrack. I love that my left hip has held three children (not at the same time). I love that I make going to the gym a priority. I love that I’m still close friends with the girls I met on the playground in elementary school. I love that I laugh, cry, and give hugs freely. I love that in spite of all the things to feel hopeless about, I’m hopeful.” Angie Mizzell, lifestyle blogger
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Hogs for the Cause is coming back to Charleston! This live music event combines a laid back pig roast with a BBQ competition and open bar {with a Boss Hog VIP pass}. Bands like Dr. Dog, Lucero and Nikki Lane will be taking the stage. But best of all, this event benefits kids with brain cancer. Done! Get your tickets early (HogsCharleston.org). I’ll see you there!
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Efficient social media marketing is a must for busy business owners. If you’re spread too thin, the quality of your content marketing and the depth of your customer relationships slip. And nobody wants that. HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER: Is your business positioned on the sites that your customers spend the most time on? (i.e. Targeting teens? Snapchat and Instagram is a wise move...but stay off of Facebook & LinkedIn.) Is your content quick & easy to read? Think you’re tight on time? So is your customer. Subtract technical jargon and confusing language. Does your presence speak the truth as to who you are and what you stand for? Add personality and authenticity. Does your business talk back and initiate conversations? Yes, this is SOCIAL media. That means you have to stop playing social wallflower and speak up. Don’t worry...it’s expected.
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Rockin’ the River, the Riverfront Park monthly concert series, wraps up its summer season with live music from Plain Jane taking the stage from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Admission and parking are FREE. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. NorthCharleston.org.
First Friday Blues & BBQ Cruise! A two-hour tour, Home Team BBQ, and live blues on the water. $44.95 per person, CharlestonHarborTours.com.
Low Country Harley brings Low Country Hog Fest! BBQ competition, Car & Bike show, kids' zone, food trucks, plus tattoo and mustache contests. $5 Friday, $10 Saturday, $12 for both. Proceeds benefit MUSC Children's Hospital.
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“Express Yourself in Writing with Ken Burger,” a writing class at Roper St. Francis, teaches patients and family members how to deal with emotions through writing. Noon-1:30 p.m. Materials & lunch provided. RSFH.com.
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Join Trident Health System to get your groove on with Dance Fusion, 5-6 p.m. at Trident Community Center. $5 per class, TridentHealthSystem.com.
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Enjoy the drama and comedy of “Quartet” on stage at the Footlight Players Theatre. Weekend showtimes throughout September, get tickets at FootlightPlayers.net/Quartet.
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Healthy and tasty! Jill Dahan signs copies of her cookbook, Starting Fresh, at the Southern Season, 3-4 p.m.
Eat, drink, dance and be the judge for this year's annual Shrimp and Grits Festival! 6-9 p.m. at the Joe Riley Stadium, proceeds benefit the Charleston Animal Society. ShrimpandGritsCharleston.com.
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Tuesday is Brewsday at Old Towne Creek County Park! Enjoy Justin Mackie playing live music, plus tasty food truck fare and cold craft beer. 5-7 p.m. CCPRC.com.
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It’s your last chance to see the Charleston Stage production of Mel Brooks' hilarious (and Tony Award winning) musical, “The Producers," at the Dock Street Theatre. CharlestonStage.com for tickets.
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The James Beard Foundation’s Third Annual Taste America® “Local Flavor from Coast to Coast" visits Charleston this September on their national epicurean tour. The event kicks off at The Cedar Room inside The Cigar Factory with A Night of Culinary Stars. Details and tickets at CharlestonCVB.com.
The Women's Outdoor Wildlife Retreat is at Santee State Park. Join Nature Adventures Outfitters for kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, music and food, and more! NatureAdventuresOutfitters.com.
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Join Morgan Creek Grill and co. for Cocktails for the Cure silent auction and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Young Survivors Coalition. $35 per person includes cocktail tasting and all you can eat barbeque and sides, plus dessert! 5 p.m.
Sunday Funday with the King of Pops for the 3rd annual POP OFF! Free pops, kid’s zone, live music, pop eating contests, and cold brews for the grown ups. Proceeds go to Growfood Carolina. Holy City Brewery from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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I did not take offense to this comment; in fact, it made me laugh. It was a great ice breaker. Apparently, Alex had talked to my one-day screenwriting teacher about my personality and how I operated. “So you want to teach fiction writing for us,” Alex said. “I do.” “Well, you’ve certainly got the qualifications.” “Thank you.” “Why do you want to work for us?” “I can spot a good thing when I see it.” We talked about the writing samples I sent him, and he glanced at my transcripts. “Well, all of this looks good, too. We’d love to have you.” “Really?” “Of course. But before we put you ’d been a fiction writer for years. in the online classroom, I want you to I’d gotten an M.F.A. from The Writers’ I headed over to Gotham. write ten lectures about the elements Workshop at the University of Iowa. I walked there. I loved walking of fiction. Plot, character, setting, I’d published in a few big literary in New York, loved getting lost point of view, etc…” magazines, but recently wasn’t having in the sea of people, loved the “I can do that.” much luck placing stories. I decided I tall buildings, loved the smell and “Good. Hey, thank you for making wanted to try something new. sound of many vehicles vying the trip up to see us in person.” I wanted to try screenwriting. Lookfor space on the streets.” “My pleasure.” ing online for screenwriting schools, I I shook Alex’s hand again and raced discovered that most of them were on the back to the hotel where my mother was East coast or the West coast and that they dewaiting for me. We walked up to Zabar’s manded a lengthy commitment time-wise, not to and had lunch in their little coffee shop. My mention money-wise. mom was as happy as I was. I had three cups Then, I ran across a screenwriting course that was an inof strong coffee, which made my racing heart race tensive one-day course. The class lasted eight hours. It was at a some more. school called Gotham Writers’ Workshop in New York. Now, At home in Ohio, I set to work writing the ten lectures. this was something I could handle. I signed up immediately. I I wrote each one and sent sent them to Alex. He generously read could fit this class into my schedule, and I could afford it. It was the lectures, critiqued them and offered constructive ways to exactly what I’d been looking for. make them better. Soon, I had finished the lectures. I just had to get a plane ticket to New York and book a hoI called Alex. “I’m ready,” I said. tel room. The class met on a Saturday. I was planning to fly up He put me in the online classroom the next month. Friday night, take the class on Saturday, and fly out on Sunday. And what a joy teaching for Gotham was. I had been Time passed, and in a few months, I found myself sitting in perfectly trained to teach online fiction writing. My many years the screenwriting class. The teacher was excellent, he knew his of participating in writing workshops in school prepped me for stuff, not to mention kept the students’ attention for the all-day working with students in “the booth” (what Gotham calls a class (not a small feat). In eight hours, I learned the basics of writing workshop). In that first class, I had students from all over how to write a screenplay. the country, one from the U.K. and one from Greece. It took me But, more importantly, what I learned was that Gotham a while to communicate with the students via the written word, Writers’ Workshop was a superb writing school, a school that instead of standing up in a traditional classroom and delivering I could see myself teaching at. I could live in Ohio and teach the lessons orally. But soon, I was clicking away on my keyboard, online for Gotham. I was pretty certain the opportunity could teaching students lessons like how to make a character unique be mine. and how to end a tale. I went home and emailed Alex Steele, the Dean of Gotham. And this is the end of my tale. I’ve been teaching for Gotham I told him that I had what they were looking for—the degrees, since 2003. It is truly one of the pleasures of my life. I would the teaching experience and the publications. He invited me to have never gotten the job if I hadn’t identified such a well-run New York for an interview. and exceptionally-staffed school. So, it was back to booking a plane, back to New York. My I saw the opportunity, and I jumped at it. I’ m happy to say mother went with me this time. We stayed at a cheap hotel on that Gotham jumped too. the Upper West Side. I remember I curled my hair with hot rollers and put on all black clothes. It was hard to do my make-up because the old mirror was so cracked and foggy, but I manLaura Yeager writes fiction aged. I applied bright red lipstick. I was excited. As I was leavand nonfiction. Her short ing, my mom blew me a kiss. I headed over to Gotham. I walked there. I loved walking in State University in 2013. She story collection FIRST AID New York, loved getting lost in the sea of people, loved the tall teaches Online Fiction Writing AND OTHER STORIES was buildings, loved the smell and sound of many vehicles vying for at Gotham Writers’ Workshop digitally published by Iowa space on the streets. and also teaches writing at Soon, I was shaking Alex Steele’s hand. “We’ve heard that you’re crazy, but not insane,” he said. Kent State University.
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We featured Dragon Boat Charleston’s Breast Cancer Survivor Team, Paddles & Pearls, before they competed in the International Breast Cancer Survivor Championships in Sarasota in October. Paddling against stiff competition of 102 teams from all over the world, Paddles & Pearls came in 4th in the World and 2nd in the U.S. More about DBC at DragonBoatCharleston.org.
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Calling all craft brew aficionados! Southern Season will be hosting its fourth Homebrew Competition on November 7. If you’re a talented home brewer, save the date and get your entry forms at SouthernSeason.com
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY DONE RIGHT
The brand new Spectator Hotel will bring a whole new level of luxury to Charleston's historic district. From the 1920sinspired design, to special stay packages, to a bar that feels like a speakeasy, we know our next staycation destination. One Hitch a Ride Package so we can bike the streets in the seabreeze, please. 67 State Street.
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Perfect for on-the-go speed, Zubits are magnetic shoe closures that replace laces—no tying and untying! Three sizes, six colors... where have these been all our lives? Zubits.com
Whole Foods’ in-store demo chef, Sabrina, hosts a free cooking class the first Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m.You can also find Sabrina whipping up creative dishes throughout the store during the week and some of her recipes at WholeFoodsMarket.com.
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