Seersucker Thursday? Seersucker Every Day.
By: Taft Matney Have I mentioned it’s hot? I know. This probably isn’t a newsflash since your local television station’s Super Duper Doppler Viper 5000 High Definition Weeklong Forecast At-A-Glance looks like a string of binary code and your Facebook timeline is flooded with people taking pictures of their car thermometers. Nevertheless, it’s pretty […]
FROM THE DESK OF: Speak, and Be Heard.
By: Taft Matney If you’ve opened a paper or watched the 6:00 news lately, you have a pretty good idea that there are a lot of questions surrounding this Tuesday’s party primary elections in South Carolina. It’s even gotten to the point where one county went so far as to postpone its primary. Hundreds of […]
FROM THE DESK OF: The Road to Omaha Runs Through It.
By: Taft Matney Coastal Carolina, Clemson, USC. They may not be the best of friends on the field, but they certainly do work well together on a national stage. This weekend’s NCAA baseball regional in Columbia kept the sports commentators talking, and for some reason they were amazed at the level of competition among our […]
FROM THE DESK OF: Remember All in Uniform on Memorial Day
You’re at the lake. You’re at the beach. You’re firing up the grill and slowly cooking some form of pork, chicken, beef, or seafood. You’re surrounded by family and friends. You’re trying to explain to your kids why they get a long weekend even though this is the last week of school and they’ll only […]
FROM THE DESK OF: South Carolina Well Represented at 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards
By: Taft Matney I’ve had people come up to me and ask, “What are those James Beard Awards you keep talking about?” To which I quickly reply, “Have a seat, and let me tell you. They are the World Series and the Super Bowl. They are the Stanley Cup. They are the Kentucky Derby. They […]