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Alesya Opelt, Founder and CEO of Alesya Bags

“CREATIVE PEOPLE ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO CREATE, I JUST LIKE TO SEE THINGS COME TO LIFE. ”

On November 3rd, 2015, the people of Charleston will do something that has not been done since 1975: go vote in a mayoral race that won’t have Joseph P. Riley, Jr. on the ballot. For this historical election, I decided to research the candidates to discover more about them, and determine who were my top choices and who I felt needed one more four year term before winning the hottest seat in town.

Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight: Infidels of Love & Religion in Memphis

What do football, the Quran, and an atheist wedding officiant have in common? This Deep South wedding in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cheesy Halloween Appetizer

The perfect festive appetizer for all of those upcoming Halloween parties!

Planned Parenthood PingPong

Defunding Planned Parenthood Misses the Point

"I Have No Rhythm" & Other Lies You Tell Yourself

I’m working on debunking myths that circulate around dance. I’ve already tackled dance/sex (“No We Are Not Dating”), my lack of owning a dance studio (“No I Don’t Have a Dance Studio”), and today I want to talk about rhythm, coordination, and “Oh, I can’t dance.”

Boss Lady Lee Deas

Lee Deas is the founder and Principal Imaginator at Obviouslee Marketing and her company works on some of Charleston’s biggest events and with some of its best companies including the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Cigar Row, SEWE, Family Circle Cup, Kiawah Partners, The Gaillard Center and a whole host of local and regional businesses within the creative and hospitality centric realm.

Beckie Dobbs #internationalBossLady

The very first International Boss Lady, former Charleston native.

Ooh! Beautiful

Internationally trained and renowned cosmetic artist Andrew C. Petersen sits down with Lisa Thomas to talk beauty, the beauty business, and her new venture, Ooh! Beautiful.

Part 4: The Car Diaries, Summer Tour 2015

Mike Grabman takes a road trip across the Southern United States along with his wife and child.

Part 3: The Car Diaries, Summer Tour 2015

Mike Grabman takes a road trip across the Southern United States along with his wife and child.

Part 2: The Car Diaries, Summer Tour 2015

Mike Grabman takes a road trip across the Southern United States along with his wife and child.

Part 1: The Car Diaries, Summer Tour 2015

Mike Grabman takes a road trip across the Southern United States along with his wife and child.

A Woman's Worth

A father knows his daughter's true worth

Bored Kids? Try Summer Surf Camp

Are your kids spending too much time in front of the television this summer? Maybe it's time for surf camp.

Meet Victoria Honick

With this blog I aim to illustrate the lush variety of careers that we just never learn about in school. Hats off to all the lawyers, doctors, and bankers whose careers are so vital to our society but if you are like me the idea of a job that requires a suit and a neat bun sounds about as close to a nightmare as I can imagine for myself. I am insanely lucky to be able to be creative at work everyday and meet other women who do the same. So, with that said, meet Tory.

Becoming a Warrior with Andrew Burnell

Professional acrobat teaches salsera tumbling and parkour. Results TBD.

I’ve Been First and Last, Look at How the Time Goes Past: Father’s Day

Father's Day was a fairly somber day this year, but sometimes the best days, the days where you feel like you and your community have moved forward, are

The Failures of US Public Schooling: Past and Present

As the community continues to advocate on behalf of the future of Burke High School, it's important to draw on the lessons of past educational movements and their failings.

The Road to Perdition: Girls on Film

Much to the annoyance of my friends. fatherhood has rekindled an old love of mine: photography.

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