Daydreams Of Warmer Days
January 29, 2015By Tom Poland To Get Us Through Winter As I write, that big, bad, ballyhooed winter storm bears down on the Northeast. If I’ve said it once, I’ve…
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New Insights On Retail Therapy – Can It Do More Harm Than Good?
January 29, 2015
By Brian Maynor We’ve all used retail therapy to combat feelings of regret, boredom, frustration or even excitement but earlier this week I ran across a recent study that…
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The Daily Grace: Word for the Year (v.4)
January 29, 2015
By Cathy Monetti [row] [col col=8] . It came to me easy this time, so obvious a choice my reaction was resist. It was still December, after all, and entirely too…
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Raspberry Mousse
January 22, 2015By Kay MacInnis Have you already eaten your vegetables? Yes? Good! Because this week’s recipe is a dessert, one that I enjoy from time to time without feeling…
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Wordless News
January 22, 2015By Maria Fabrizio . The story here: Is it finally morning in Obama’s America? . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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The Path to a Happy, Healthy Hundred Years
January 22, 2015By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD Vitamins and Supplements: Beneficial or Harmful? According to a 2013 Gallup poll, more than half of the US population…
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Such Devoted Sisters
January 22, 2015By Amy Coward “Sisters. Sisters. There were never such devoted sisters.” These lyrics from the 1954 movie, White Christmas are probably not familiar to many, but having grown…
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Muscle Building Myths Debunked!
January 22, 2015By Kristen Tice-Ziesmer, MS, RD, CSSD, LD Are you fueling and training your body properly to maximize muscle gain? Chances are, no. Read on to learn how to…
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The Last Word
January 22, 2015By Tom Poland Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful,…
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The Morning Rush – There’s A Big Difference Between Efficient And Lazy
January 22, 2015
By Brian Maynor Earlier we established the fact that I’m not a morning person. I don’t pop out of bed before my alarm with a smile on my face…
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Heart-healthy Chicken Marsala
January 16, 2015By Kay MacInnis Registered dietitian . This is another one of our favorite Providence Cooks! recipes. This one’s a little more elaborate than last week’s easy Breakfast Cupcakes. This time,…
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What’s happening?
January 16, 2015By Temple Ligon This year, 2015, begins the 50th anniversary of the production and release of one of the last century’s top movies, The Graduate. Only a year or two…
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Moving
January 15, 2015By Jillian Owens . “Ugh. I have to move. I can’t keep dealing with this commute. WHY WON’T YOU PEOPLE JUST DRRRRRIVE?!?!” is my daily mantra as I head in…
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An Honest To Goodness Fly Swatter
January 15, 2015By Tom Poland My Grandmothers’ Weapon Of Choice The New Oxford American Dictionary defines “fly swatter” as “an implement used for swatting insects, typically a square of plastic mesh…
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Top Ten KJA No Nos
January 15, 2015By Katherine Anderson If you’ve had some extra time to kill over the holidays as I have, maybe you’ve made a “top ten list” of your own. I spent…
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Gluten Free Guilt Free Pasta
January 15, 2015
By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Healthy Hands Cooking . Ingredients: 1 tbsp. mayo made with olive oil 2/3 Cup light sour cream 1 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. each…
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Wordless News
January 15, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: For S.C.’s Poet Laureate, An Inauguration Poem Without An Inaugural Audience Read Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth’s poem here. . . Wordless News is a…
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Are You Ready For Marsala? I Hope So Because It’s The Color Of The Year
January 15, 2015
By Brian Maynor You don’t have to be an arbiter of fashion to know that every year Pantone picks one color to be the ‘Color Of The Year’. Remember radiant…
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The Chain Reaction of Giving
January 15, 2015
By JoAnn Turnquist One of my favorite games growing up was dominos. But I never actually followed the rules. Instead, I took my domino collection and made designs on the…
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Wordless News
January 9, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Paris Attack Stuns World, Free Speech Advocates . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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A Lesson from Luke
January 9, 2015By JoAnn Turnquist After spin class last Saturday, my neighbor Kevin asked my advice about making a donation. His son Luke, who is in 2nd grade, had seen the…
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Happening in the South
January 9, 2015By Temple Ligon This weekend offers two opportunities in the visual arts, one here and one in Atlanta. The Atlanta event is, of course, the big deal, but if…
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Oversized Clothing – The Perfect Trend For Restaurant Week
January 9, 2015
By Brian Maynor It’s Restaurant Week across SC, which means 11 days of dining out and enjoying some of the best food in your area. Isn’t that exactly what…
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Let’s be S.M.A.R.T. About This
January 8, 2015By Micah Owen, personal trainer Alright, Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is over. Now it is time to start thinking about the New Year and about what exactly you…
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Moonshine Memories
January 8, 2015By Tom Poland In the riverbed between Edgefield County, South Carolina, and Lincoln County, Georgia, a copper still sleeps in the ooze gluing two states together. That still, the…
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Reassessing Resolutions
January 8, 2015
By Amy Coward Before I packed away the decorations or even ate my last Christmas cookie, the magazine headlines were hitting me square in the face. “Fight Flab and…
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Healthy Breakfast Cupcakes
January 8, 2015
By Kay MacGinnis This is one of my favorite recipes, in large part because it’s so quick and easy. I wish I could say I’m a morning person, but…
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They Want Dinner. Every. Single. Night.
January 8, 2015By Leigh Thomas I don’t think anything is more exhausting for a mom than feeding children. Whether you have to beg your children to eat or you’re trying to…
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32 Ways to Prepare for and Prevent Winter Disasters
January 8, 2015By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose Unexpected severe weather can wreak havoc on homes, businesses, cars, and lives. We saw this firsthand in 2014, when arctic blasts struck South…
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Getting started in art
December 19, 2014By Temple Ligon . [row] [col col=8] “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study…
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Dreaming of a Crafty Christmas
December 19, 2014
By Amy Coward . [row] [col col=8] The holiday season is here again and while I generally look forward to it, I also dread it. Why, you say? Because I’m…
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Green Bean Christmas Tree
December 19, 2014
By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking . . This holiday appetizer is fun to make and healthy to eat. 1 or 2 lbs. fresh green beans, washed and dried 6-8…
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Be the boss!
December 19, 2014
By Kristen Tice Over the course of the last few months we have been reimagining some of the services at Elite. The outcome of listening to our clients, building on…
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The Daily Grace
December 18, 2014
What gifts shall I bring? By Cathy Monetti [row] [col col=8] Late on a particularly stressful and busy December night a couple of years ago, I walked…
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We’ll Miss You, Wine Down on Main
December 18, 2014By Jillian Owens It’s a sad weekend on Main Street, friends. Wine Down on Main, a favorite spot for event goers, art mavens, and the Soda City Farmers Market crowd…
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Wordless News
December 18, 2014By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Fate of famous white deer in question after base closure See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by…
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7 Generous Family Holiday Traditions
December 18, 2014
By JoAnn Turnquist Traditions make this time of year extra special. In addition to strengthening family bonds, traditions teach values and skills to your children. During the holidays, children…
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A Surprising Insight to Our Love of Shiny Things
December 18, 2014
By Brian Maynor We all love shiny things, right? Whether it’s sequins, glitter or glossy finishes they all seem to have some magical magnetic pull on us, and now…
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Photo of The Week
December 18, 2014
By Tom Poland Catching You Up My friend and co-author, Robert Clark, and I long planned to give readers a look at the Southland and its abundant beauty,…
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Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2014
December 12, 2014
SEATTLE, WA – Amazon announced its best-selling books of 2014, best-selling Kids & Teens books, as well as the Most Gifted and Most Wished For books of the year–just in…
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Prescription Drugs: How They Can Help, Hurt…or Even Kill!
December 11, 2014By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Dr. Surb Guram, MD America’s prosperity and access to a wide variety of healthcare options provide us with many benefits compared to…
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Edgewater will leave you Warm and Fuzzy
December 11, 2014By Mike Dojc Lancaster’s Edgewater Golf Club is the most spellbinding golf course within an hour’s drive of downtown Columbia. If you’re on an empty stomach and want to fuel…
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Easy Veggie Scramble
December 11, 2014
By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking . Ingredients: 1 tsp. olive oil 1 egg, beaten 1/4 onion, chopped 1/4 tomato, chopped 1 tbsp. preservative-free bacon bits 6 spinach leaves…
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Just As The Switch Flips
December 11, 2014By Tom Poland The Neighborhood Goes Dark Over the last few months I’ve been in a lot of book signings. Most are fun and you meet interesting people…
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Winter Layering – Easy As 1-2-3
December 11, 2014
By Brian Maynor As or temperatures fluctuate, sometime dramatically, it becomes all to clear that successfully dressing for winter is all about layering. The goals of layering are two-fold: …
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Wordless News
December 11, 2014By Maria Fabrizio The story here: The Annie Of Tomorrow Has The Same Hard Knocks, But Different Hair See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a…
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Area opera update
December 11, 2014By Temple Ligon If you move it, you can still make it to New York City this weekend and sit down in front orchestra center seats Saturday night for…
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7 Reasons Christmas Costs More Than It Used To (and They Have Nothing to Do With Gifts)
December 10, 2014
By Leigh Thomas It’s nearly Christmas, and my wallet is bleeding from being sucker-punched by retailers at every turn. So in the spirit of the season, here are a…
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Wordless News
December 5, 2014By Maria Fabrizio . The story here: The Mystery Of The Missing Martins See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Cherry Cinnamon Quinoa
December 4, 2014
By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking 1-cup quinoa 2 cups water 1/4 cup raw or toasted sunflower seeds 1/4 cup dried cherries 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. dried…
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