Melody Danforth and Carla Ciampa hustled back to Carla “String Bean” D’Andrea’s apartment breathless. They plopped on the couch, looked at each other with goggle eyes. “What’s up, ladies?” began Carla. “You look like you’ve had too much coffee or something.”
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Talking food and life with Anchorage 1770’s chef Daniel Salazar
Written by Mindy Lucas, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:48
By Mindy Lucas
Executive Chef Daniel Salazar has been working in professional kitchen settings since he was 14 years old, when a colorful mentor first came into his life.
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Salazar attended the Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has opened four kitchens, three in boutique hotels.
He and his wife, Misty Baker, now both work for the Anchorage Inn’s Ribaut Social Club – named for the original club established at the Anchorage in 1891 – and have since made Beaufort their home.
Beth and Hailey Williams will be featured at BAA Gallery
The work of artist Beth Tokey Williams and her poet daughter Hailey Morgan Williams will be featured at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA) starting September 1stand running through October 31st. The theme of their exhibit is “Seeking Solace” featuring ocean scenes and verse produced primarily from an Artist in Residence stint in the Dry Tortugas National Park last year.
Lowcountry Book Club Convention to be Live-Streamed
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:20
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 4th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention as a live-streamed event on Saturday, September 12—featuring New York Times best-selling novelists Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires) and Wiley Cash (The Last Ballad); actress, counselor, and author Ruthie Landis (Beyond the Book Club); and a trio of authors selected by Wiley Cash’s Open Canon Book Club: Lori Horvitz (The Girls of Unusually), Silas House (Southernmost), and Crystal Hana Kim (If You Leave Me).
Dr. Veronica Lynch's new book shares her journey to American citizenship
Integrative health coach and author Dr. Veronica R. Lynchhas released her latest book, Undocumented: One Woman's Traumas and Triumphs in Becoming a Documented United States Citizen. Her new book chronicles her journey as a young teen escaping her Caribbean Island hometown in search of safety and freedom in America.
Photographer’s Guide to Beaufort Gets Digital Update
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:09
Looking for unique photo opps, locations for model shoots and even drone photography in Northern Beaufort County? The Photography Club of Beaufort to the rescue!
#ShowMeYourTable Multiple Myeloma is a rare cancer of blood plasma cells. MM treatments have advanced quite a bit over the years but the disease still desperately needs a cure. When Beaufortonian Steve Mix was diagnosed with MM in February, his daughter Caroline Mix Stapleton created a Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) Facebook page to support her father and to solicit funds for study and testing.
Conroy Center’s Haupt to Judge High School Writing Contest
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:11
Open to all Palmetto State high school juniors and seniors, the annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest was created in 2013 by Steven Lynn, dean of the South Carolina Honors College at USC; writer and editor Aïda Rogers; best-selling writer Pat Conroy (the competition’s original judge); and Jonathan Haupt, then director of the University of South Carolina Press and now executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.
Here at the farm, camellias – those magnificent queens of the southern garden – have been a part of the landscape for a very long time. While none of the shrubs/trees date all the way back to the 1840-ish origin of the farmhouse, these big old plants are very prominent under the oaks and hickories, blooming faithfully year after year from late September until March or April.