The unusual story of an unusually delightful partnership.

By Pat Conroy

I’ve just opened a place of business in downtown Port Royal, South Carolina. It is an odd thing to be doing at my age. There is nothing on my resume that indicates I’ll be successful in this unusual endeavor. But I’m doing it because there are four or five books I’d like to write before I meet with Jesus of Nazareth – as my mother promised me – on the day of my untimely death, or reconcile myself to a long stretch of nothingness as my non-believing friends insist.

A Conversation With The Everyday Gourmet On The Occasion of Her 250^th Column

By Mark Shaffer

In the seven years I’ve known Debbi and Vince Covington, it seems that whenever we’re together some sort of celebration is happening, sometimes for absolutely no reason to be found. It’s no coincidence then that Debbi titled her recent award-winning cookbook Celebrate Everything. It’s what she and Vince do. And as Beaufort’s best caterer, it’s also her job – one this feisty tarheel transplant is passionate about.

Beaufort Art Association’s 54^th annual Spring Exhibit and Sale is now in its final days. The Show opened last Saturday, March 21 and will continue until Saturday, March 28 at Old Bay Marketplace Loft. Open from 10-5 daily.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Envy is ignorance.”  And of course, he’s right. 

We all envy, or tend to covet, that which we are unaware and don’t know a whole heck of a lot about.