STITCH gets rolling

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Art, Craft, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | No Comments »

What a nice project... I've been writing copy for a couple of graphic designer friends who are known for the textures and handcrafted details in their work. Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson have just formed STITCH, a design company with ...

Chinatown soaker worth it for the okra

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in Food, Travel | No Comments »

Sloshed far down Canal Street in the torrents on Thursday. Cold and wet, feet soaked through, umbrellas blown backwards, we met for the deep bowl of soba noodles in a smoky fish flake broth, the cleaver-chopped roast duck with crisped ...

“Cypress” is a beauty

Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in Art, Craft, In print/published | No Comments »

This is so cool… an article I wrote last year for Garden & Gun was read by a filmmaker who says he was inspired to create a short film. On Friday I had the chance to talk with Tim Sutton, who's ...

Barbecue backroads makes G&G cover

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 Posted in Food, In print/published, Travel | No Comments »

The open-spoke steering wheel is as wide as a bicycle wheel in my hands, and I’m cruising – floating almost – on two-lane asphalt in a tar-black Chevrolet, passing pine tree rows, tobacco barns, railroad crossings. Pulling up in a ...