West Ashley Wanderer — Waxing Nostalgia and Flowers
How to preserve camellia’s brilliant but short-lived blooms all year by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer The premise of the West Ashley Wanderer column is that I wander my neighborhood so much that I tend to naturally happen upon cool things to share. I was exploring...
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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...
West Ashley Flashback — A Brief History of Maryville
West Ashley neighborhood is one of the state’s oldest African-American communities The community of Maryville, also known as Maryville/Ashleyville, is a place with a history that goes back to when the boat landed from England in 1670. The specific history about the...
The Pink House is Where the Heart is
Pink House Neighborhood Resource Center receives $38,000 grant to foster community enrichment from Staff Reports The Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Education Service Outreach Ministries, operating under the moniker Pink House Neighborhood Resource Center,...
West Ashley Wanderer — Making Prom Dreams Come True
Cinderella and Prince Charming Project by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Who doesn’t imagine dressing like a prince or princess for a special evening? The sign for the Cinderella Project at John Wesley United Methodist Church caught my eye as I was on my West Ashley...
West Ashley Flashback — Returning to the Aftermath of Hurricane Donna
Infamous 1960 hurricane rocked West Ashley and forever changed the face of Avondale The Lowcountry is breathing a little easier after hurricane season officially ended. But there are still stories to be shared from experiences that have blown through. In modern times,...
