Jan 29, 2015
This week’s issue marks the beginning of Volume 11 for West Of, which means that 10 volumes (or 10 years) are in the books. While I’m proud to reach this landmark and fully appreciate just how hard it is for any small business to simply survive a decade, especially...
Jan 29, 2015
The Magnolia Plantation Foundation, the non-profit arm of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, has awarded $90,000 in grants to 21 local and national organizations that support a variety of causes. The foundation gave grants to selected non-profit groups involved with...
Jan 29, 2015
On Dec. 6, 1932 ground was broken on property along Wappoo Creek in The Crescent for the construction of Alexander Sprunt Jr.’s home. Sprunt would name his home Siskaya, a term that was an alteration of the Cherokee Indian term Tsiskwahi meaning “A Place of Birds.”...
Jan 29, 2015
As a three-time winner of The Knot’s “Best of Weddings,” Ashley Bakery has earned a professional reputation not only for incredible decorating skills, but also for delicious cakes. So when they offered to make West Of a special “birthday” cake for our 10th anniversary...
Jan 29, 2015
In today’s vast and cluttered music landscape even the most talented of songwriters can sometimes find their battle cries reduced to whispers. Yet for Charleston-based songwriter Luke Cunningham it’s the outright refusal to be lost in the shuffle — as well as his...
