July 2012
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Shrubs' Growing Popularity
By Evan Powell

Photograph provided by Evan Powell Creating
Shrubs … genius cocktail in the making.
The union of sweet, sour, and savory is essential to any properly balanced cocktail. As enthusiasts continue to look to history for modern inspiration, there is a new, old tradition of shrubs with a tangy appeal making their way back to the beverage scene. A shrub is a preserved solution...
June 2012
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A Saturday Sip: The Fearless King
by Kate Harrison
Photography Courtesy of The Green Bride Guide
The Fearless King:
Muddled Basil Lion’s Pride Organic Whiskey Fresh Grapefruit Juice Serve on the rocks.
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Kate Harrison is an environmental attorney who launched The Green Bride Guide in 2009. With relationships with 1300 eco-friendly businesses across the country, The Green Bride Guide has launched a summer series of 5...
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Online Dating: Do You Have a Good Excuse To Wait?
By Sarah McCathie
We have seen the online dating commercials – impossibly attractive strangers stare coyly into one another’s eyes and giggle over witty jokes. The chemistry is palpable, the lighting is impeccable, the perfect setup to a fairytale romance. The ads boast that you too can find your coy, attractive fairytale stranger if you join their site. What are you waiting for?
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‘40s and ‘50s and ‘60s — Oh My!
Photographs by Melissa Tunstall
Vintage fashion took to the runway to benefit Girls Rock Charleston at the Charleston Rifle Club on Saturday in an event dubbed Fashion Alley
Vintage fashion, pop-up shops, a runway show, and the Charleston Rifle Club? Yea, the venue threw us too, but on Saturday night as the models gathered and the pop-up shops hawked their goods, the venue couldn’t have made...
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True Italia in America
By Courtney Mims
Photographs courtesy of Courtney Mims
Grilled asparagus gnocchi (sans shrimp).
From the moment you walk into Vivace, you know that this isn’t your average Italian restaurant. Guests perk up pretty quickly when they get their first hint of sizzling garlic mixed with the scent of freshly braised pork rib. If you had the opportunity to peek into the kitchen, you would see...
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Your Week Ahead
By Style Syllabus Staff
We don’t want you to miss these stellar events happening all over our great nation! This is your week, starting today! So, pull out the calendars and get busy planning your incredible Independence Day Week!
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Schiaparelli and Prada: What They Would Have Said
By Betsy Cribb
Naïf Chic Gallery View
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: Two revolutionary Italian designers born decades apart. If they had been contemporaries, though, what would they have talked about? This is the unusual premise behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s extraordinary Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibit “Impossible...
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Getting What You Need from Yoga: Benefits off of...
By Natalie Joyce Wooten
Photograph by Emily Chess
If reading my first tangent about yoga convinced you to stick with the practice and take a few modifications, then read on to know what’s in store. The faithful 16 million who practice yoga in the US have a reason. I may not have the answer found in Yoga Journal and don’t claim to speak on behalf of 15,999,999 others, but I can share two...
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A Day in the Life of … Ami Murphy
by Ami Murphy
Co-Owner of Mac & Murphy
Breakfast: Three cups of chicory coffee and a smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, almonds and Gogi berries.
Lunch: Take out from our friends at Caviar & Bananas. The usual includes a spinach salad, beets, goat cheese and red onion with cabernet vinaigrette.
Dinner : My husband, Marc, and my daughter, Kate, met up with me to close the shop and...
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What Nora Ephron Taught Us About Good Style
By Megan Abigail Chandler
Nora Ephron, writer extraordinaire, taught us a great deal about good style. Well, this may be hard for the untrained eye to spot. After all, the eras of When Harry Met Sally’s pleated front high waisted jeans and Sleepless in Seattle’s adult hair-bows clipped to the end of a prominent braid are not eras known for exceptional style. But, class is something...
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A Stylish Al Fresco Fete
By Megan Abigail Chandler
We’re entering that time of year when it seems hours are a little less significant, and things move a little slower. Summertime is synonymous with fireflies and cold beverages in sandy spots … and the backyard fete.
Dining al fresco is a pastime not specific to location, rather enjoyed by all. However, it is specific to warm days, and bearing that in mind ‘tis the...
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A Pinch of Salt
“Return to Sea” Saltworks exhibit showcases Motoi Yamamoto’s newest piece of salt art
By Melissa Tunstall
Salt. There’s table salt, saltwater taffy, saltwater hair spray, and the sticky salt air that marks a Lowcountry summer. One thing that probably doesn’t come to mind? Art work, that’s right, we said art work. [[MORE]]But, Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto transforms common table salt into...
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The Fashion Battle: Men Are From Marshalls; Women...
By Megan Abigail Chandler
Day Look 1: Chanel Medium Quilted Bag, Miss Mousseline Nail Polish, Anchor Earrings, Chunky Gold Look Cuff, Lace Layered Shorts, Joie Balsa Top, Tory Burch Casey Flat Sandals
Day Look 2: Aurelie Bidermann Pachacamac 18k Gold-Plated Medallion Earrings, American Flag Denim Shorts, Equipment Major Blouse, Leather Quilted Pouch Bag, Monsoon Calica Bracelet, White...
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Scene and Herd: SPOLETO SCENE HAPPY HOUR
Photographs by Megan Abigail Chandler
As Spoleto launches, the SCENE crew kicks it into high gear. This savvy group of young professionals congregates year after year to partake in the exclusive happy hours, ticket specials, art exhibits and concerts that make Spoleto a time of year worth celebrating in Charleston, South Carolina. This year, one of their first happy hours took place in CFDA...
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Proud Mary Keep on Burnin’
by Catherine Fain
Photographs by Sully Sullivan
Harper Poe has been creating beautiful, socially responsible textiles through her company Proud Mary since 2008; you may have seen her work on the streets of Charleston or on such style-inspiring blogs as Design Sponge orDaily Candy. Through what has been one of the most difficult economic times for design and retail, Harper has stuck by Proud...
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A Day in the Life of ... Andrew C. Petersen
by Andrew C. Petersen
Makeup Artist and Entrepreneur
Photograph by Laura Olsen
Breakfast: Sugar free Red bull and some fabulous guacamole dip.
Lunch: Leftover Mexican food (which was even more delicious than the night before).
Dinner: Breast of chicken that had been marinating all day and Brussels sprouts.
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Morning: Morning for me really started the night before as I was house sitting...
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Being Okay With Not Flying: A Grounded View of...
Photograph by Emily Chess
By Natalie Joyce Wooten
“No way will my body ever do that,” I think to myself as I point to the girl in the front row playing around with arm balances before class. “Really? You have to show-off before class; before I’m even in child’s pose?” If you have ever had that thought, or something similar, read on.[[MORE]]
Admittedly, the first few (or five) classes were...
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