By Ron Aiken May 3, 2013 Service: Sometimes Chains Get it Right It started with a bust, and ended with a bang. While that could refer to all manner of…

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By Ghost Gardener Columbia, SC May 2, 2013 Now that your outdoor spot is all tidy and ready to go, make a list of what you’ll need to spring into…

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By Kevin Hyde May 3, 2013 One part coming-of-age tale, another part fugitive crime story, Mud, the new film from Southern writer and director Jeff Nichols, is a thoroughly enjoyable,…

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By Alex Suaudom du Monde Executive Chef and Co-Owner, Baan Sawan Thai Bistro May 3, 2013 Asparagus is so awesome that we are having more than one chef cover this…

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by Meredith Spires May 2, 2013 It’s not too far from the truth to say that most of us have been in at least one automobile accident during our lifetime.…

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  By Cathy Rigg Monetti TheDailyGrace May 3, 2013   How perfect I thought as we made the turn, this most glorious approach to Edisto’s Botany Bay. What a spectacular…

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Advice from Debby and Jerry on Dating in a New World April 27, 2013   Q-Dear Debby and Jerry,   I have been seeking a relationship through on-line dating for…

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By Joe Yonan Why bother cooking? The reasons to skip it are stacked as high as the microwaveable meals in a Costco freezer case. You don’t have time, of course…

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As the Director of Orthopaedic Services for Providence Hospital Northeast, Bruce Giacobbi knows all too well what joint replacement patients go through—before, during and after their procedures. But in January…

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By Ron Aiken April 26, 2013 Support Our Shrimp! Not that the spark had gone out – how could it? – but a mini-vacation to Edisto Beach last weekend rekindled…

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Drink Pink! Robert Sox April 26, 2013 You know all about Fifty Shades of Grey.  How about Fifty Shades of Pink?  I’m talking wine here so if you’re looking for…

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Maria Fabrizio April 26, 2013 One headline per day, vowel and consonant free.   Click here for the post of the week.   Click here for the Wordless News.  …

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Temple Ligon April 25, 2013  Cities like to remember their pasts through memorials scattered around town. Columbia has a statue of Mayor Kirk Finlay in Finlay Park, for instance. The…

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Tom Poland April 25, 2013   The past is never dead. It’s not even past. —William Faulkner Early this spring I spent two days in ricefield country over near Georgetown.…

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  By Cathy Rigg Monetti TheDailyGrace April 25, 2013 It’s a bit of a crazy thing, this fact that we planted three snowball bushes along the fence line, down near…

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By Kevin Hyde April 25, 2013 The great film critic Roger Ebert, who died earlier this month, often pointed out that, It’s not what a movie is about. It’s how…

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By Margaret Ely April 25, 2013 (c) 2013, The Washington Post. Even before winter’s departure, Liliane Lilly Lima was ready to welcome brighter skies and warmer weather. The 36-year-old owner…

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By R.C. Barajas Special To The Washington Post. It feels like a lifetime ago, but it was New Year’s Eve morning, a few short winter months back. The house was…

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  Advice from Debby and Jerry on Dating in a New World April 18, 2013   Dear Debby and Jerry, I recently had a date with a man that was…

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By Ron Aiken April 17, 2013   Shalom, people!  This Sunday, April 21, 2013 Shalom is one of my favorite words I never say, along with aloha and namaste. I…

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By Cathy Rigg Monetti TheDailyGrace April 12, 2013 For months, I dreamed about my mother every night. Except that’s not exactly true. The dreams were never about my mother, but…

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By Kevin Hyde April 19, 2013 I like bio-pics. I like period films. And I like movies about baseball. So you could say 42, the new film about Jackie Robinson’s…

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By Ghost Gardener Columbia, SC April 19, 2013 You’ve decided where to focus your yard beautification efforts this spring, and you’re itching to peruse colorful displays at a local nursery. …

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By Tom Poland April 19, 2013 Long ago we took great vacations. Simple trips not ruined by inflation. This might be a column to save if you remember A1A and…

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April 8, 2013 One headline per day, vowel and consonant free. Click here to see the related story.   Click here for the post of the week.   Click here…

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April 18, 2013 Chef Mike Davis owns Terra, a frequent occupier of the #1 spot in the Midlands fine dining pantheon. Invited to cook at the James Beard House, a…

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By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBoseApril 19, 2013 Traveling abroad enriches the mind, body, and soul, but it requires careful preparation. Here are some tips we learned through traveling more…

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(c) 2013, The Washington Post. April 16, 2013 There’s nothing like a grand hotel in the city when you’re looking for a true escape from the humdrum of daily life.…

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John Sherrer, Director of Cultural Resources Historic Columbia Foundation April 18, 2013 Columbia is at a crossroads of sorts in its quest to balance interests in preserving historically important structures…

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By Temple Ligon April 11, 2013 South Carolina’s Jasper Johns turns 83 in May. He was born in the Augusta hospital because it was the hospital closest to Allendale where…

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(c) 2013, The Washington Post. The Impossible (PG-13, 114 minutes, Summit/Lionsgate): The catastrophic nature of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that opens this fact-based drama is rendered with…

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By Ron Aiken April 10, 2013 On Tuesday, Southern Living magazine announced the winner of its The South’s Tastiest Towns contest for 2013, and the lucky locale was Durham, N.C.…

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By Cathy Rigg MonettiTheDailyGraceApril 12, 2013 It was a book I loved, a good read that tugged tugged tugged at me until it pulled me all the way under. I…

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Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 97 Year-Old Heart Attack Survivor Beating the Odds When you walk through the door of the Providence Hospitals Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation facility, the rhythmic hum of…

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By Tracie Broom Slow Food Columbia Board of Directors Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Anyone who’s in on Midlands food culture can tell you: it’s blowing up around here. Our…

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April 8, 2013 One headline per day, vowel and consonant free. Click here to see the related story. Click here for the post of the week.   Click here for…

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Advice from Debby and Jerry on Dating in a New World April 12, 2013   Q #1-Dear Debby and Jerry, I’ve been thinking of joining an online dating site and…

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By Ron Aiken Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Two Sushi Items You Never Order That Your Chef Is Most Proud Of By one of those happy accidents of spacial dynamics…

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By Ron Aiken Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Indie Grits, the independent film festival put on by our very own Nickelodeon Theatre (South Carolina’s only non-profit art-house theater, by the…

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By Temple Ligon April 11, 2013 Columbia’s airport is top of the line, especially for a city of its small size and especially for the low amount of passenger traffic.…

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     Columbia, SC April 12, 2013    We visited Motor Supply Company Bistro on Gervais Street in Columbia to talk to Head Bar Manager, Josh Streetman, about recommending a…

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By Kevin Hyde April 12, 2013 The transcript for the new comedy Admission, which follows an emotionally tumultuous series of events for a university admissions officer, is pretty strong. The…

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By Yvonne ZippApril 10, 2013 Novel By Fred Hiatt. In Fred Hiatt’s new young-adult novel, “Nine Days,” a high school junior steals his mother’s credit card and runs away from…

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By Tom Poland April 11, 2013 Spring commencements send new waves of students into life and work. Eventually some will recall a special teacher who changed their life. Too often…

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By Jura Koncius April 12, 2013 The reign of the trophy kitchen is officially over. The dream kitchens of today aren’t about the sexiest six-burner range or the most exotic…

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By Ghost Gardener Columbia, SC April 12, 2013 Spring Fever is running rampant in the Midlands!  This common, seasonal affliction can drive the tidiest city-dwellers to dig in the dirt.  …

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By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBose April 12, 2013 Having flown more than 1 million miles, we’ve seen hundreds of hotels, rental cars, airplanes, trains, and cruise ships—and made just…

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By Robert Sox April 12, 2013  Do you assume everyone else knows more about wine than you?  Feel intimidated if the waiter hands you the wine list?  Well, relax.  You’ve…

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Deborah O’ConnorApril 8, 2013 Just about every website has an “About Us” page. This is where potential customers learn about you and your site. Readers visit this section for various…

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