It’s been a slow, lovely weekend. We spent yesterday afternoon on the lock in the river with Nick, Shannon, and a few friends. Then we came home, cleaned up, and enjoyed a dinner of Caw Caw burgers (a fabulous new beef-pork blend from Caw Caw Creek in Columbia), spinach salad, and sauteed summer squash. Oh, …
Category Archives: Life
hometown brew
So, a brewery opened in Florence. And the beer is pretty excellent. Right now they’re brewing a Goldilocks (golden) Ale and a LeRoy Brown (brown) Ale. I was all over that Goldilocks Ale. We had dinner there, as well. The best thing we tried was a barbeque egg roll appetizer. I heard that this place …
Summertime
Well, it’s officially summer! The summer art program I teach in ended last night and I’m headed back to Columbia to start my vacation today. Not that living with my parents has been very stressful, quite the opposite really. I have some serious backyard-outdoor space envy when it comes to my parents house/neighborhood. Mark my …
beanbag cat
I brought a couple bean bag chairs from my classroom home for the summer. Hemingway is in love. When this chair go back to school in August, I may get her another to replace it. This one is cute. It’s about to get dorm room fabulous in here, ya’ll.
hero.
There are definite perks to teaching in a summer art program. Super Hero Day is just one of them. What do I avenge? Art theft? Art fraud? Broken pencils? Whatever needs avenging, I guess. Did you know that the Gap is offering to email receipts instead of printing them in-store? Fantastic. Also, GO GAMECOCKS! …
oh honey, you baked
“Whenever a boy comes, you should always have something baking.” -Cher, Clueless Classic. Forrest is coming home this evening. He’s been in Florida for the 48 Hour Film Project this weekend. More on that later, I’m sure. I’m heading back to Flo-town tomorrow morning for work and I wanted to leave him with a treat …
in my sketchbook
Okay, I’m trying to get back into the habit of drawing every day. I’m super rusty- it’s sad, really. Here’s my sketchbook today. For the record, that’s a cicada shell and a butterfly that a co-worker found dead outside. I harmed no insects in this process. <3, Liz
railroads and galleries
I mentioned before that Florence, SC is growing by leaps and bounds. Recently, a project in Florence called Meanwhile Downtown provided free rent to two entrepreneurs looking to grow small businesses in the downtown area. It’s a pretty fabulous idea, actually. Turns out that one of the winning business plans belonged to a friend of …
River Rats
Nick Wilson, of The Half and Half fame, is an interesting character. He’s the kind of person that just seems to make things happen, whether it’s learning Dreamweaver in 4 days to get a summer internship or creating a zip line across a 50ft stretch of river, complete with additional hook ups for toting coolers and …
Party foul
Our kitties are perfect angels pretty well behaved. But the ceramic giraffe we bought in Asheville on our honeymoon had a fatal fall this week. Sad face. There’s Fitzgerald- suspect numero uno- checking out the wreckage.
Domesticated Artists 