West Ashley Wanderer — Designs, Dreams & Doors
Architectural Antiques & Design, where history meets creativity by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer A jumble of mysterious antique furniture and accessories, three hundred doors, piazza spindles, decorative iron bits and pieces, rich fabric samples, old records,...
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West Ashley Wanderer — Suburban Oasis
West Ashley hydroponics shop transforms home gardening by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer A benefit of writing the West Ashley Wanderer column is that I feel justified in poking my nose into anything that piques my curiosity in our neighborhood, and I happen to be...
West Ashley Flashback — All Hail The Class of 1959
St. Andrew’s Parish High School celebrates 65th Class Reunion by Donna Jacobs Nothing brings on the stories, memories, and fun like high school senior class reunions. The St. Andrew’s Parish High School Class of 1959’s 65th reunion hit all the marks — two days of...
West Ashley Wanderer — Melodies & Spaces
A West Ashley musician’s journey to opening a studio space by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer I was out of my usual West Ashley rambling territory, walking through Charleston Place Hotel a few years ago when I paused along with other visitors to enjoy the most...
Celebrating the Legacy of the Rotary Club of West Ashley
by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer The premise of this West Ashley Wanderer column was that as I wander around our neighborhood I might happen upon interesting things to feature … and I have! As a child, my wandering territory was wider. When I was seven years old,...
West Ashley Flashback — A Flair For the Dramatic
Mr. Hester’s musicals are still talked about today among St. Andrew’s High alumni It’s spring, the time when memories of the musical productions organized by Mr. Bernard Hester and the students of St. Andrew’s Parish High School are present in the conversations of the...
West Ashley Flashback — Big on the Pig
Piggly Wiggly was originally at Dupont Crossing before it moved to Skylark Drive DuPont Crossing was a hub for community activity in St. Andrew’s Parish. It wasn’t a road but more of a conceptual area and very easy to identify. The Seaboard Air Line tracks crossed...
West Ashley Wanderer — Tangled Up In Blue
Exploring the mystical art of indigo dyeing at Drayton Hall by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer I love blue and I’m not alone. I wear blue, eat off blue plates, drive a blue car, and have lived in blue homes. The only thing better than blue is the deep, peacocky,...
West Ashley Wanderer — Sewing the Seeds of Creativity
by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer A recent video of a young boy named Sam presenting his father with a shirt he’d sewn for him, was shared on social media and soon received more than 4 million views. One of the actors from the Southern Charm television series, who...
The Bootle Family
More than just BBQ for Early Suburban St. Andrew’s Parish Barbecue. Hospitality. Guest Home. Water. Fire Chief. Hunting. Skeet Competitions. Travel. Documenting and Archiving History. The Bootle family were influencers in all of these matters for St. Andrew’s Parish....
West Ashley Wanderer — Two Decades of Coffee Cruising
The Enduring legacy of the Lowcountry Coffee-revving motorcycle enthusiasts by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Last weekend, I wandered into Grounded Coffee Lounge on Savannah Highway on my two feet as usual, but everyone else rolled in on two or three wheels. The...
