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Bring Forth the Belgians!
To some, Belgium is the end all, be all country in the beer world. Belgium may be the most passionate beer country. Beer is to Belgium what wine is to France. And, there’s no mistake that many Belgian beers are prized and cellared like fine wine. The beers of Belgium...
West Ashley's (un)official Tree
Johns Island may have the Angel Oak. Athens, Ga., may have the “Tree That Owns Itself.” The General Sherman sequoia and drive-through redwoods can call California home. Bahrain’s Tree of Life may be the original site of the Garden of Eden. And, sure, the Avenue of...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYA Moveable Feast
For years, West Ashley has been the homebase of the area’s underground Guerilla Cuisine supper club, led by the charismatic “jimihatt.” (If he were taller, he would also be considered “shadowy.”) Operating from an undisclosed residence on this side of the Ashley...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYKeepin' It Cheesy
Four transplanted New Yorkers have dug out an interesting niche for themselves and their artisanal cheese business in the same Orleans Road shopping center as Monster Music. This day, the front windows of the storefront are steamed after fromager Greg Tatis, who...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYAs The Page Turns
It’s said that the “journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step.” For Kelly Owens, a local academic turned author, that first step came when she saw that one of her freshman students had written “skip lines” on the back of their hand. It struck Owens, who is a...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYGetting to the PULP of It
PULP owner Kris Westerson began making books and paper in the fall of 2008. She almost immediately sold what she made to friends and colleagues. And then began being asked to make custom pieces. However, the idea to establish a business making and teaching about...
On Island Time
For someone who runs a West Ashley-based restaurant, David Lowe is spending less and less time here. Four years ago, Lowe, a former corporate furniture salesman, took a big risk based on a family recipe. He struck out on his own, armed with all-fresh ingredients, and...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYBirds of a Feather Sew Together
Dealing with your in-laws is something that most people dread. But not sisters-in-law Yana and Jennifer Wieckowski. The two West Ashley residents have combined decades of sewing experience, attention to detail, and creativity in design to form Hemming Birds Boutique,...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYOne Lucky Shucker
Started in 2013, The Lucky Shucker was founded by friends Will Altman and Josh Silverman who met through their involvement with the financial advocacy group Slow Money. Both were interested in locally developed, sustainable products, and recognized in each other a...
MADE IN WEST ASHLEYHar(d)wood Carves Her Own Path
West Ashley wood-turner Ashley Harwood was told in college at Carnegie Mellon University to give up the art of glassblowing, that she was too smart for an endeavor deemed by the art scene as too “crafty.” But that’s not what turned her to turning wood. Her dad wanted...
