West Ashley Wanderer— Tangled Up in Blue
West Ashley family lives on the former Wappoo Plantation where Eliza Lucas Pinckney cultivated indigo In 1739, a 16-year-old girl was left in charge of her family’s plantation on Wappoo Creek. Following Betsy Road to its intersection at Lord Calvert Drive, you will...
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A Standing Ovation — A Standing Ovation
Remembering Bernard “Fess” Hester and the many productions he brought to the St. Andrew’s High stage Over the years there have been a few West Ashley Flashback columns featuring the musicals produced by the students of St. Andrew’s Parish High School, which was the...
How Well Do You Know Our Neighborhood?
by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer We pass the familiar landmarks of our neighborhoods on a regular basis. We barely notice them, but they are there, comforting and familiar, creating the colorful patchwork pieces of our neighborhood quilt. The original premise of...
West Ashley Flashback — Tidbit Tales
The 13th installment in series piecing together tiny nuggets of West Ashley history It has been a while. Time for Part 13 (can you believe it) of this who-knows-how-many-part series where I have started at the beginning of the journals/milk crates/digital...
West Ashley Wanderer — The Magnolia Community Garden is Flourishing
story & photos by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Spring has sprung in the Lowcountry and giddy gardeners are drooling over seed and plant catalogs, wandering through nurseries, and exclaiming over their sprouts and blossoms. The Magnolia Community Garden on...
West Ashley Flashback — South Windermere Turns 70
Raise your hand if you enjoy shopping or dining at South Windermere Center. Whether you’re enjoying a warm pastry at Normandy Farms, refreshing yourself at Urban Nirvana, dining on the deck at Three Little Birds, adding to your wardrobe at Bashful Boutique, preparing...
West Ashley Wanderer — January 2023
Forging into the New Year with New Skills story & photos by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer This is a resolution I couldn’t look forward to. One year a friend and I visited every lighthouse on the South Carolina coast. Another, we attempted to taste test every...
West Ashley Flashback — ‘Church Chat’
Remembering the early days of Saint Mark Methodist Church The history of Saint Mark Methodist Church begins in the summer of 1955 with a bicycle, an Emory University student, and a mission to gather information about the feasibility of establishing a church. Samuel...
West Ashley Wanderer — Buy Less, Share More
West Ashley facebook group puts kindness over profit Every Friday, Sassy Maynard enters an “In Search Of” post in the Buy Nothing West Ashley Facebook group. In short order there are a stream of commenters mentioning goods that would make a difference in their lives....
She Shed, He Shed, Tree Shed, We All Shed!
story & photos by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer The quote often printed for garden lovers is, “Into the garden I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” Social distancing reminders of the pandemic inspired us to make better use of our outdoor spaces. We looked...
Flashing Back to the Opening of St. Andrew’s Center
On April 30, 1959, a warm 82-degree day, the St. Andrew’s Center opened to shoppers with a formal ceremony attended by more than 1,000 people, “young old – those of all ages of both sexes turned out.” Fred Woloshyn, President of St. Andrew’s Center Merchants...
