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Have plans for happy hour? Scratch them! Get some professional styling tips and unbeatable trunk show finds at tonight's two events (plus take a peek at what's in store for the weekend!)

You get to a point where the "everything happens for a reason" cliches just don't work as well as bald-faced reality—plain spoken truths can be plenty motivational

As part of North Chuck's 40-year celebration, Earth Wind & Fire blew the roof off the North Charleston Coliseum Tuesday night, proving that they've still got it

The story of the little old lady who stopped into my cafe demanding answers—on coffee, road signs, vodka, and God, among other things

Let's be real: few things are grittier than a breakup via text. In our Blog of the Week, Andrew recounts just this, then gives us some solid product tips and wise-worded advice

... Put it on your face and clear your pores! Here's to not letting minor mishaps (like a breakup via text) take a toll on your physical or emotional mojo

Get reading or get real? One gal wants to know if immersing herself in 50 Shades is helpful to her relationship? Carolyn's answer: Yeah, probably not...

Let’s slow our roll a bit and sail into the weekend. The Grit team thinks Renae’s lyrical post—sprinkled with lovely images like “the peekaboo line of fire”—is sure to do the trick

Some things God is a stickler about and sunrise is one of them—a literary snapshot of our shore at first light

Stressed about last-minute guests? Don't be. My favorite cocktail staples are great for drop-ins... or impromptu anything

I asked more than 50 unmarried locals to dish on their biggest romantic turn-offs. Gentlemen, here’s what the girls had to say.

Finally the sun is out, and last night—as it slipped behind the Dock Street Theatre—we celebrated the golden hour with the Lowcountry’s best poetry reader, reading her own work

Bees that send me to cursing at church cookouts, horror stories starring our pet hamsters, and those darn green lizards—my unfortunate run-ins with the animal kingdom

"Contemporary art breathes life into a historic home; it keeps things unpredictable and interesting..." A modern-art Q&A with collectors Kristin and Stan Stevens

Janie Askew’s work is a ballad of vulnerability, fantasy, and eroticism. The tightly feminist gaze and her skilled hand generate outstanding works on paper...

Rosie O'Donnell as Elaine? Nicolette Sheridan as Grace? A fantastic interview with a 90s-era NBC exec that will have you aching for a good Thursday night belly laugh again...

Following a chat at CFW a few months back, the young fashion phenom shares her beauty must-haves and fast fixes with me....

I may have found the true Palmetto State prize in the Nikki Haley beat-down heard (and seen) 'round the world, and it didn't fall out of the governor's paper mache face

Check out some highlights from last week's Living Vintage at Novel, an event that sent me into a style time warp to decades past

Life-changing goat cheese and crispy heavenly bacon—trust me you will want to make this