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After months of bouncing ideas between Charleston and New York, local songwriter Lindsay Holler and NYC's Michael Hanf bring their inimitable brand of music to the local stage

Before and After Goods: $25 Bookshelf Makeover

See how my favorite primer helped me take this Habitat ReStore bookshelf from second-hand to grand!

Before and After Goods: Vintage School Desk

A little spray paint and a lot of pattern take this vintage school desk from beat-up-blah to playroom perfection!

I Dedicate Today To...

Beachy art. Summer may be coming to an end, but you can keep it alive in your home with these colorful pieces, including one from Charleston's own Sarah Boyts Yoder

Let's Have a (Fashion's) Night Out

There's a worldwide fashion event going on next week and Charleston has its own small version of it...Here's my plea for us to step up and make it bigger

Isaac's No Gentleman

He was sneaky, wasn't he? Like a sloppy drunk, he busted into my house yesterday unannounced and trashed my little digs on Queen Street

How to Create a Daytime Smokey Eye

Part 1 in a series: This fall, you'll want to ditch the slutty, drag queen version of this smoldering look in favor of sexy REALISTIC daytime perfection. So listen up....

Pixie Lily Debuts Adorable Fall Line

Charleston local Leda Jackson's done it again. You've got to check out these cute smock dresses and sweet apron suits; plus, the skinny on her trunk show

Creativity's A Brewin'...

I long for school to be more hurricane-like, for the atmospheric conditions of public education to be ripe for downpours of creativity (like this swirling poem from an 8th grader at Moultrie Middle)

An Up Close and Personal Look at the PGA Championship

We know, we know, the PGA coming to Kiawah's old news. But when this local photog's gem of a post showed up in our inbox, we knew we had to share

Feel the Need to Seed?

August is a good time to get started…. Interested? Here are a few things you need to know about time commitment, what to buy, when to sow, and more

When A + B Does Not = C

Know any moms who don't go into organizational overdrive for the start of the school year? Why, why, why do we do this? Here's my take on it

Big Wednesday Night Show for Joe

Need a laugh? Come on out to the Hippodrome this Wednesday night for a stellar line-up up comics to help raise funds for Joe Meli, a Charleston nightclub legend

Citrus Anyone?

A quick overview on growing citrus here in the Lowcountry—where to plant, what to feed it, and how to get the best fruit

Blog of the Week: Chassity's Tutus on Parade

We had a mountain of outstanding blogs this week, and maybe that's one reason the Grit team is in the mood to let our hair down. Have some fun. Laugh hard. Play harder. Rock a tutu.

Social Media Security: Are You Safe?

Six quick tips for keeping your private life, well... private online, especially when it comes to location tagging

If Layoffs in Your Company are Imminent...

Here's my advice for surviving the cuts. Hint: know the difference between being your own career architect and being the sculptor of your chosen path

Dance Like Nobody Is Watching (and Pray That They Aren't)

Unhappiness doesn't stick while you're dancing. It's how I got my groove back, and I recommend it anywhere and everywhere

Get Live With GQ!

GQ magazine has introduced a brand new feature that I think will change the magazine industry forever. Read on to see how it works.

Dear College Freshmen...

Don't bet on football, frat tats are sad, seniors are older not wiser, the world doesn't care if you fail out—here's my (free!) advice for incoming CofC and Citadel students this week