Miami Times

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Food, Travel | No Comments »

  We’re in Miami for a few days, doing research for an upcoming story. Everywhere are women in high heels and looks-impossible-to-sit-down short skirts. Last night on Washington Ave. I saw a young woman grabbing tight to her boyfriend’s arm as ...

One man, many hammocks… and stories

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Lowcountry S.C./Charleston, People | No Comments »

  This is an excerpt of a piece I just published about Marvin Grant, who I first met several years ago at the Pawleys Island Hammock Shops. He’s one of two hammock makers there for daily demonstrations. And while he guides ...

Ringing in McClellanville

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | No Comments »

We spent the post-Christmas week in a 120-year-old house on Jeremy Creek in McClellanville, S.C. watching shrimp boats go by, the guys crabbing and oystering. T.W. Graham’s, the old general store there that’s been a restaurant for years now, is ...