George Gershwin said it best in Porgy and Bess: “Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” As the days stretch longer, a certain liberation sets in — it’s a season without rules, or expectations, or pressure. Summer is a season of simply being present, of soaking up every...
Listen, I know it’s not fall yet. Trust me, I know. Here in the South, we’ve reached the point in the summer when we all fear we may spontaneously combust the moment we step outside. The air wraps you in a suffocating embrace from morning till night. And...
If there’s one thing that sucks about summer, it’s the fact that it flies by so fast. Like, seriously, how can three months just vanish? As soon as June 1 hits, you idealistically start planning your summer bucket list. Then you blink, it’s August 1, and you’re...
It was one of those perfect beach days where the sun is shining, a light breeze is blowing, and you could hear the faint chords of a Sam Cooke song drifting through the salty air. At the time, we lived at Folly Beach, 200 steps from the ocean in a little (translation:...
There’s something about being on the open road that just makes you want to… snack. And there seems to be some unspoken rule about how road trip snacks must all be guilty pleasures: load up the backseat with chips, soda, Twizzlers, crank up the radio, and get rolling,...
Sunshine, flip-flops, tan lines, beach floats, bare feet, fresh watermelon, the colors of the coast shining like a thousand tiny diamonds… when it comes to things to love about summer, the list goes on and on (and on!). I could wax poetic all day about the many...
