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Augusta, Aiken & Columbia
“I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
Anais Nin
The grocery store is packed, you just want
�ve sweet potatoes, and the magazine
covers in the checkout line say you only
need 10 tips to handle holiday stress. What
you need is a shorter line. So many fami-
lies, so little time. Survive the season. Crash
and burn out. Recover. Repeat. This season,
remember that nothing is so delicious as
the quiet moments between chaos. Let go
where you are able, make being kind more
important than being right. Give more, ask
less. Bring a baker’s dozen. Less handheld,
more hand-holding. These are the moments
you’ll search for later...keep them in your
mental Instagram. Taste is a time machine
and you can order from the secret menu.
Have a sweet tooth for life. Eat it up with
a fancy spoon. Press pause on your sense
memory, remember that comfort food is
always the �avor of love. May you discover
how sweet it is to taste the past and feast
with your heart. May you always dive into
what makes your mouth water. May your
glass always be half full, and raised in a toast.
Enjoy. Love. Repeat.
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F R E E
E s c a p e t h e o r d i n a r y .
Cover Art: Cdgraphics Creative
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Features
The Sweet Spot Manda Levine ......................................8
Yes, Chef Aline Weiller .......................................9
In Every Issue
Letter from the Editor .....................4
He’s So Original ...............................25
Skirt of the Month ...........................28
Product ...............................................13
Meet ....................................................26
Typewriter .........................................30
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DELICIOUS
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The unifying power of food always mystifies me this time of year. Whether it’s
through our national obsession with pumpkin-flavored anything or showing off
your signature side dish at Friendsgiving, fall is when we all become foodies. Now
that the weather is driving us indoors and the sun is setting earlier, I find myself
and my friends more regularly gathering for a good potluck dinner party, some-
thing that never happens when it’s hot as Hades outside and we all just want to
be in the pool. When we get together for these meals, it’s fun to see our inner
chefs come forth and surprise the rest of the group. It’s even more fun to stop for
a second and look around the table at the joy that accompanies a simple sit-down
meal, something most of us don’t get enough of. This issue of skirt!, we feature
women who are big believers in food and the joy it brings. I hope
you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed sampling their wares.
Gracie Shepherd
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Deana Tankersley | All Wrapped Up
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Deana grew up thinking crepes were nothing special. Her mother was a true Francophile, obsessed with anything and all things French, and made crepes regularly.
It wasn’t until Deana was an adult that she began to love the iconic wraps almost as much as her mother did. “We’re just crepe-happy,” she says. Deana opened
up Wrap Em Up Crepes & Cafe on Georgia Avenue in North Augusta this September, and she’s been blown away with the community’s response. “It’s been like
getting a family,” she says. “The good cousins and the cool aunts and everyone else.” Wrap Em Up started as a converted hot dog cart at the Saturday Market on
the River, but after weekly regular customers kept clamoring for more, Deana and her husband James felt like opening a cafe was the perfect next step. Business
has been hopping ever since, and now Deana’s already daydreaming about extended hours and live jazz. “I have to slow myself down.”
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HESAID“WHEN YOU
CAN COOK IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO A FARMERS MARKET,
BUY A BUNCH OF STUFF, THEN GO HOME AND
MAKE SOMETHING WITHOUT LOOKING AT A RECIPE. NOW YOU'RE
COOKING.” TOM COLICCHIO
SHESAID“IF YOU PREPARE
YOUR OWN FOOD, YOU ENGAGE WITH
THE WORLD, IT TASTES ALIVE. IT TASTES
GOOD.” VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
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Deidra Jones | Sweet History
Each item on the Sweet Jones menu comes with a backstory from Deidra’s family, whether it’s her Uncle Theo’s sweet potato pie or her mother’s chocolate
cake. Deidra founded Sweet Jones in December of last year as a way to share her family’s time-tested and beloved recipes with the rest of the world. “I’m here
because of my mom, and because of all of my family.” Trained as a mechanical engineer, Deidra balances a full-time engineering job with running Sweet Jones and
being a mom to her son, Zion. Through her work at big-name companies including General Motors and ClubCar, she’s learned about the importance of branding
and attention to detail. “I believe in high quality ingredients, and I don’t believe in shortcuts.” All of the hustle doesn’t feel like work, she says, because she loves
it so much. “I’ve always been intrigued, watching people prosper while pursuing something they love,” she says. “I want to be a household name.”
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Erin Eisele | Adding to the Local Menu
Erin believes the way we eat says a lot about how we live. “Food tells a story,” she says, one central to her life. She manages Charleston Cooks! in Columbia,
with a kitchen classroom hosting everyone from wannabe cooks to hard-core foodies. She’s also local chapter leader for Slow Food. This Aiken native wasn’t
originally planning to call Soda City home. She worked at the Smithsonian for five years, then headed to Italy and the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Back
in the U.S., a visit with her sister turned into a serious commitment to Columbia when she met a guy. They married this summer. It’s been perfect timing, in
more ways than one. “Columbia is at an exciting, pivotal time. Food is such a big part of development here,” says Erin. “What’s nice is that if you have an idea,
you can do it—because it’s not a saturated market.”
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He eats collards, follows Gamecock football, and listens to heavy metal—perhaps not what you’re expecting from the Japanese-born music director of the South
Carolina Philharmonic. But Morihiko sees connections. Collards and barbecue remind him of foods he grew up with. Symphony conductors and football coaches,
he says, have a lot in common. “What I have is ink on the page,” he shows us, pulling a score from his bag. “My job is to help them play together, literally together.”
If you watch, Morihiko says you’ll see how he signals his players through hands, body, and baton: ”The conductor is the only person on stage who doesn’t make a
sound.” He’d like to get more people to give classical music a listen. “The hardest part is getting them through these doors. Once we do, people say ‘I didn’t know
it was that cool.’” Follow him on Twitter @morihiko_naka.
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Drink a glass of water first thing in the morning. Hold your head high but never your nose. Be kind. Be kind. Be kind.
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Anna Garnerphotographer, student, editor of
Georgia Regents University’s Phoenix Magazine
5 Favorite Things:5 Things That Describe Me:
1. PR student
2. Artist
3. Yoga practitioner
4. Minimalist
5. Wide-eyed
1. Properly-used commas
2. Southern California
3. Cake
4. Any song by Jon Foreman
5. Spontaneous road trips
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I dreamed I packed my skirt, and headed to the VIP skating line at
The Rink at Rockefeller Center.
WHEREWill Your Skirt
take younext?
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Free Parking
A table that neither rocks nor already has 5 matchbooks stuffed under each leg.
(Clearly there’s a problem.)
Salads with a normal amount of lettuce. Not the whole damn head.
Fresh ground pepper and sea salt (already at the table).
Heinz ketchup, always. Bonus points for sriracha.
Happy hours that really make us happy.
Steamed vegetables that look better than the ones
I have frozen at home.
No smoking on the outdoor patio—fresh air and food only.
Specials that don’t run out by 7:15.
Time to sip our cocktails before the meal arrives.
After-dinner mints. The melty ones, thanks.
Good ol’ Southern hospitality.
Simple Wishes for Our Perfect Dining
Experience.
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