It's Official! The Dog Days of Summer are Here!
It's official! The dog days of summer are here! If you live here in the Lowcountry, you know that July and August can produce the kind of sultry humid days where all you feel like doing is to lay around like a dang lazy dog inside your well air-conditioned home…but did you know the ol’ idiom “dog days of Summer” actually has to do with ancient astronomy and not our furry little family members?..... We're serious, …or rather…Sirius! The ancient Romans called the hottest, mos
Three Charlestonians Who Put the "Chill" in the Chill Factor...and then some...
1. Born Mary Laurence Hutton in Charleston South Carolina in 1943, the uber cool and ultra beautiful (both inside and out) supermodel Lauren Hutton, not only graced the cover of Vogue Magazine a whopping 26 times throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, but also made her Charleston down-home sensibility synonymous with high fashion. A natural beauty, she refused to wear prosthetics to cover the now famous gap between her teeth, wrestled alligators, and drove a big_a@@ motorcycle acr
Five Things You Should Know Before You Crank the AC...
If you haven't already turned on the air conditioning for allergy season, it won't be long before the temperature and humidity reach the point of no return and our good ol' Lowcountry heat and humidity will be here to stay for the long haul….Here is what you need to know before the hot weather arrives..before you’re looking for that round the clock relief.... 1.We may sound like a broken record for saying so, but please for your A.C. system's sake, keep your air filter clean.
