The Don of Time
West Ashley pooch celebrates 20th birthday with a huge party and parade by Lorne Chambers | Editor Twenty years is a long time. In dog years, it’s an eternity, an improbability, almost an impossibility. Yet, sometimes, things defy convention. And some dogs deny...
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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...
Brunch is a Lifestyle
Popular New Orleans eatery Ruby Sunshine sets up second Lowcountry location at The Victory West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor Breakfast may well be the most important meal of the day, but brunch is a heck of a lot more fun. That’s the philosophy at West...
West Ashley Supper Club — Like a Trip to Southeast Asia
SimpliThai takes the guesswork out of preparing delicious Thai food at home On a recent trip to Bhutan, I was traveling through the Paro Valley after visiting the Taktsang Palphug Monastery, when I decided to dip over the border into Tibet to see the Potala Palace and...
The Need For Speed
Inaugural Charleston’s Fastest Bartender Contest held Monday Nights in October at Ireland’s Own Irish Pub by Lorne Chambers | Editor For the first time ever, The Fastest Bartender Contest is coming to Charleston thanks to two-time national champion Billy Reilly,...
West Ashley’s ‘Palace’
Proposed convention center could sharply improve inside 526 by Bill Davis | News Editor It is hard for a reporter to describe D.E. “Jimmy” Palassis’s plan to build a massive hotel/convention center in West Ashley without making a “palace” pun. This thing is going to...
Traffic Calming Riles Residents
Proposed traffic improvements along Savannah Highway cause concern for some by Bill Davis | News Editor Residents from both the Byrnes Downs and Avondale neighborhoods hammered a county official last month about plans that could improve traffic along Savannah Highway...
Still Dirty. Still Rotten.
Crossover thrash legends D.R.I. bring the noise to Tin Roof on Sept. 18 from Staff Reports For nearly a decade and a half, Tin Roof, the small dive bar housed in what used to be a tackle shop, has been West Ashley’s biggest champion of live music. It has welcomed...
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....
