August 2009

BIZ KIDS

Feature

Today’s teens and tweens are savvy enough to know that lemonade stands are more quaint than they are cash cows; lawn-mowing is a seasonal gig; and babysitting can be a boon or a bust, depending on

Game On!

Feature

Pull out the face paint, fire up the grill, and ice down the beer, it's time for college football in the Palmetto State.

Play Ground

Artist Profile

“Children’s art has always intrigued me,” reflects painter Wilfred Spoon. “It is art in its purest form, because kids don’t know what things are supposed to look like.

Homegrown

Music

At the end of the winding dirt road, an ancient tractor rests beside an iconic red barn. Scattered rows of chairs front the venue, awaiting the assembly that arrives nearly every Wednesday for

Boulevard Diner

The Review

Nothing warms the soul like a friendly neighborhood eatery and the simple pleasures of comfort food, both hallmarks of the Boulevard Diner on James Island, where eating well is still affordable.

Crisp & Clean

Quick Bite

Too hot to quaff reds? This selection of summer whites from exotic locales will be as refreshing on a steamy August day as cool linens dried on the line

Toque of the Town

Quick Bite

When you want to cook up a feast fit for the fifth anniversary of a premier food and wine festival, you turn to a top toque.

Kid Confidential

Quick Bite

“Children like food that’s quick and fun, so sometimes you have to be creative if you want them to eat healthy, too,” says mother of two Meridith Satterwhite, who owns Three Little Birds Café with her

Memories Served

Quick Bite

For Darus Weathers, age 79, this summer has been one long family reunion, with children, grandchildren, and longtime friends gathering at one of his most treasured places: the Sandbar restaurant on Fo

Fit for Family

Charleston Home

Just how does a cosmopolitan gal like Karen Kearns, well-accustomed to the allure of urban settings from New York City to Barcelona, end up living the screened-porch life along a sleepy street in McCl

Pit Crew

Lowcountry Ramblings

I grew up with two sisters plus a buncha snakes (and I don’t mean pets).

Shaping Up

Generation Next

Larry “Bucky” Buchanan learned the importance of commitment and fitness at the tender age of five, after begging his mother to allow him to pursue karate. Buchanan, now 23, laughs, “There was a two-year stretch where my mom dragged me to karate class crying, and she’d say, ‘I told you if you signed up that you were going to continue to do this.’”

Tween Section

Top Shelf

Harry Potter has left Hogwarts, so what book series should young readers turn to next?

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