Old friends, secret recipes, good music and a decades long dream make for something special in Frogmore. Story and photos by Mark Shaffer The Lowdown Location: 846 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island (on the marsh directly across from What’s In Store) Atmosphere: “Ambient, folky charm” inside and fantastic marsh views from the deck.
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Editor’s Note: Last summer, Mark Shaffer wrote this wonderful meditation on summer vacations… while on summer vacation. This summer, we offer it again for your reading pleasure, because Mark is on hiatus. (Actually, he’s on summer vacation.) Vacation used to be a luxury, but in today’s world it has become a necessity. – Author Unknown Summer vacation. What sort of double-barreled shotgun blast of memories just flew through your brain with those two simple little words? My guess is that even as you begin to read this, hi octane nostalgia is already beginning to fire through the dusty synapses of those carefully stored, seldom-used recollections of hot days and tepid nights spent at the beach, the mountains or a lake – wherever the family fled each season to “get away from it all.” Theoretically.
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Professional photographer Eric Horan sheds some light on gearing up for the perfect shot and why...
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The Backyard Tourist hits the water for an extraordinary photo safari with Wildlife Photographer...
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The Winos chat with the Vice Chairman of Terlato Wines Over the past two years, Terlato Wines...
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World-renown Dendrochronologist, Henri Grissino-Mayer, uses the science of tree rings to map the...
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Editor’s note: The Beaufort Three-Century Project presented “Beaufort’s Live Oak Tree Legacy...
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The Backyard Tourist has it made in the shade… Editor’s note: The Beaufort Three-Century...
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The Backyard Tourist sits down with Charleston’s sibling foodie phenoms Boiled Peanuts and Pickled...
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Well-known entertainer and supporter of the troops, Gary Sinise, will entertain the masses on...
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