Mic & Madison Milestones...LOL

Mic had his first shave... noticing a small caterpillar under his nose and above his upper lip.. something had to be done.  I reached in for my Braun Electric Razor, charged up the sucker and handed it over to Mic.

Braun Series 3 340 Wet & Dry Cordless Shaver

Friday June 14th will mark the day Mic had his first shave.

Goofy boy (editors note:  62% of Mic's pictures are goofy-faced)

Stash close up (Before)

"Ya want me to do what???"

Clean Shaven!  Ahh, now for the after-shave lotion.

Also today Madison (Post Op day #17) had her steri-strips removed.  She did well and her wound looks good.  The plastic surgeon did a wound revision that lessens the scar tissue and noticibility (is that even a word?)

With only 2 steri-stips left... it looks pretty good

Ah, no ugly dog-eared nasty dirty steri-strips left... I am ready for the
Great Wolf Lodge Water Park.  No worries about em coming off and landing
on some poor unsuspecting kids face....LOL.

Mishwar 1000

So on Father's Day... daddy got to decide what we wanted to do.  Sharon wanted to visit this in-the-middle-of-no-where furniture store that only opens on weekends.  Prices are well worth the trip, located in Johnsonville, SC well that happened to be 1/2 way to where I have longed to go for a while.  Researching Dr. Francis P. Porcher, his last resting place is in a historic church cemetery located in St. Stephen, SC... a little one-light town between Georgetown and Charleston.  So off we went.

We picked up three bar stools for our new home all for the price of ONE at a typical retails store or even off on Amazon.

We found Dr. Porcher's grave site no problem... Mic was the first to find it.  Took the obligatory pictures and we were done.  On the way home we stopped for dinner at the Wild Fish (aka Krazy Fish) Grill and had some really good fish tacos.

Dr. Francis Peyre Porcher, MD, LLD (CSA)

My next lecture at the Chicago annual conference of the Soc. of Civil War Surgeons will be on Dr. Porcher and his contributions to the Confederate Medical Corps.  Have done a bit of research thus far at MUSC's Waring Museum and taken some samples from the Porcher memorial garden (with permission of course)

The Hammock Man.. meeting Marvin Grant

Mr. Marvin Grant - Pawleys Island Hammock maker

I promised Sharon that once we moved into a permanent location in Murrells Inlet, I would buy her a hammock.  Well I came through on Saturday... bought my wife a hand made hammock by world renown local hammock maker Marvin Grant (minor celeb in the area)... we visited him in his shop and he apprenticed the kids (Anna, Mic and Madison) on the skills of making rope bracelets, key chains and the end-parts of his well known hammocks.  We purchased a DuraCord brown hammock for 2 and the metal stand and it took us only 2-minutes to assemble and start enjoying it.  PS a great father's day gift to myself too.

Marvin ''teaching'' Mic about the way to make the endparts.

Anna and Madison busy at work making rope bracelets for Father's Day.

Mic in Marvin's workshop

http://www.twodoorsdowndirectory.com/2011/07/pawleys-island-hammock-master-marvin-grant/

Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards

2012 Recipients: Marvin F. Grant

Marvin Grant
Hammock Maker

 

Marvin Grant has deep roots in the Pawleys Island Gullah community.  In 1991, after serving in the US Army, Grant moved to Pawleys Island and lived with his aunt, Evelyn Knowles.  A longtime hammock maker, she began teaching Grant the basics and soon thereafter he got a job at the Pawleys Island Hammock Manufacturing Company.  He soon became one of the company’s most skilled hammock makers.  In June 1993, he moved over to the Original Pawleys Island Rope Hammock Shop and he still works there today.  Established in 1938, this shop has been an icon for a Lowcountry tradition dating to the late 19th century.

Hammocks have a long and rich history.  Most sources indicate hammocks originated in the West Indies and were then introduced to Central and South America in the 1200s.  Early hammocks were woven from the bark of the hamack tree and later sisal fibers were used.  Animal skins or cloth were also used by many cultures.  Spanish explorers noted the use of the hammock by indigenous people throughout the Caribbean and soon adopted them for bedding on board their ships.  They provided a practical alternative to mattresses.  Thanks to the widespread nature of mariner operations in the 16th and 17th centuries, the use of hammocks spread relatively quickly throughout the world. 

The use of the first rope hammock is attributed to Captain Joshua Ward in 1889.  A South Carolina riverboat captain, Ward made a hammock out of cotton rope as an alternative to his grass-filled mattress.  His refinements to the traditional hammock designs of his day have remained key features of the now famous Pawleys Island hammock – spreader bars and a double-thatch weave that produces the lattice pattern.

The Pawleys Island community has been the center of the hammock making industry since 1938, when the family of Joshua Ward opened the Hammock Shop.   Since then, a long line of skilled hammock makers have learned the craft and passed on the skills necessary to weave hammocks.   Grant has taken great pleasure in teaching other people how to make hammocks – adults and children alike.  He has been featured by numerous media outlets – The New York Times, Southern Living, NBC News, and theWashington Post – for his recognized skill in the art form.  The walls of his shop are lined with hundreds of postcards and photographs of folks who have visited him over the years.  He hopes to teach the art of hammock making to the next generation in order to ensure the strength and relevance of the tradition.

Source:  http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/folkheritage/2012/grant.shtml

Official Sculpture Conservator

Well it is official.  Did my required in-servicing and training under the watchful eye and expertise of Don Pease.  We spent some three or so hours wandering around the sculpture gardens, brushing away dust, leaves and cobwebs on may of the statues and sculptures as well as an intense wash, wax and buff of a single bronze in the Brown Garden.  Now with a working knowledge of the do's and don'ts of sculpture care and conservancy, I can now roam on my own to help keep them cleaned and in good shape.

Within the walls of the Brown Sculpture building at Brookgreen.

My FIRST official assignment with AMD

So with all the writing I do, I figured a few months ago, I would make it official.  Last year I was recruited and went through the credentialing process to become a journilist.

I have submitted to self-assigned stories... one on my trip to California in January regarding the Wiley Protocol and that conference on bio-identical and bio-rhythmic hormone replacement.  The second was in March with the Soc. of Civil War Surgeons' 20th annual conference in Gettysburg, PA.

However, when the assignment desk called and Sam told me I had an assignment, well I jumped at the chance to show my metal.  I was to interview by phone an up and coming Rock Blues guitarist from Louisiana named Rox Daigre.  She had been hitting it hard for over 20-years in LA and Texas with some hard rocking blues music.  She is a songwriter and storyteller and her music is her mission.  I did catch up with her on Friday as a thunderstorm rolled into town down there.  Made for a great backdrop for a very successful interview.  The piece should be up on the AMD wire in a few weeks.

For more on Rox visit:  http://www.roxdaigre.com/

and to hear her sound click below:

Letter to the Editor... MotorTrend Magazine

My letter to the Editor of MOTORTREND magazine....

Ref: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1307_2014_audi_r8_v10_plus_vs_nissan_gt_r_track_pack/

Nissan GT-R track pack leading the Audi R8 V10 plus

Dear Editor,

Just finished reading this months (MT July 2013, Vol. 65, No.7) issue with relish, especially the article on page 62 comparing the two road beasts... the Audi R8 and Nissan GT-R with their respective track packages.  I am a numbers guy, so the objective metrics used mean a whole lot to me and much more than the mere subjective editorialization of "drive feel''.  So I ask of you: call a spade a spade here.  

On all the usual metrics that mean anything the GT-R wins handsomely.  Torque, time around the course, fuel economy, CO2 footprint, 0-60 times, breaking, lateral acceleration, etc.  Godzilla wins.  The only downside is the hefty curb weight and higher lb/hp rating, and that does not really impact its performance.  But at 61% the cost of the Audi, I am willing to tolerate a little chubbiness.

Cheers,

Yusuf (JP) Saleeby, MD

www.saleeby.net

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Very proud of my cousin Guy Geier... as he speak about TimesSquare at at TEDx event

04-10-2013

Managing Partner Guy Geier at TEDxTimesSquare!

FXFOWLE

Openness: Do We Still Own the Rights to Our Ideas, Bodies and Products?

On Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 TEDx came to Times Square for the very first time and there were exciting opportunities to be involved. The topic "Openness" was timely and of lasting importance. The conference provoked thought and discussion about the parameters of Openness and explored the balance of privacy, property and collective creativity with regard to our thoughts, bodies and products. There were ten speakers who have created success and made a lasting impact in business, and the arts. They discussed the impact and meaning of "Openness" in the present day and the future.

Guy's talk, entitled "Open Architecture" discussed how one value - openness - changed the built environment of Times Square. See the above video for Guy's full presentation.

BrookGreen Gardens Art Festival, Miles and Marsha and a little DIY

Took in the Brookgreen's annual Arts Festival... scored some local artist silver work handywork.  On our Sunday morning stroll, we met Miles (a NewEngland transplant) who was working on restoring a c.1860's slave cabin into his new home and another neighbor who resides behind us out walking her dog (Marsha).

Lots of local original artwork sold to support the gardens

We also did some home improvements DIY style.. by adding a much needed protective backsplash in our kitchen.  Guess the boys we bought the home from never cooked as it showed no such use, in the 2 weeks we have lived here our use of the kitchen sink and range left some unsightly marks on the fresh paint.. well no-more... the silver panel BS has cured that.

Kitchen BEFORE we made improvements...

Awesome new silver tile blacksplash....
Makes the kitchen "pop" and look a bit larger too.

 

On each trip up to see mom and dad and pick up the children, I pass Blenheim and the site of the Old burnout Blenheim Ginger Ale building... I usually fill up my refillable BPA-free water container with the natural spring mineral water eminating from the well there on site, and cop a few of the original bricks that will be used in our garden to mark the flower beds.

Blenheim Natural Mineral Spring.... still pumping out the H2O

Remains of the Old Blenheim Ginger Ale Building in Blenheim, SC
A fire took it out a few years ago and there is all but one wall standing now. 
Unsused or rescued bricks lay scattered about. (photo taken from site of spring)

Its official... we are on MLS with the Conway Cottage

 

MLS #  1309635

 

ALL FIELDS DETAIL

Page 1 of 1

MLS #

1309635

 

MLS #

1309635

Status

ACTIVE

Type

Detached

Address

605 Laurel Street

Address 2

City

Conway

State

SC

Zip

29526

Area

21C Conway central between

Long Ave & 905 / north of 501

Class

RESIDENTIAL

Asking Price

$199,900

Sale/Rent

For Sale

Bedrooms

3

Full Baths

2

Half Baths

0

Formal Dining

Yes

Style

Low Country

Vehicle Parking Capacity

2

Type of Parking

Carport

GENERAL

VOW Include

Yes

VOW Address

Yes

VOW Comment

Yes

VOW AVM

Yes

Zip

29526

Construction Status

Resale

County

Horry

Agent Hit Count

11

Listing Agent

Henry Roberts - Cell: (843) 446-0732

List Team

Listing Office

Litchfield Real Estate - Main Line:

(843) 237-4241

CSL Subagents Fee

0

Buyers Broker Fee

3

Variable Commission (Y/N)

No

Co-Listing Agent

Co-Listers

Stipulation of Sale

None

Owners Name

Saleeby

Home Warranty

Type of Agency

Exclusive Right to Sell

4 Sided Lot Measurement

Section/Subdivision

Not within a Subdivision

Zoning

Res

Tax Map#

137-02-13-028

2nd Tax Map #

3rd Tax Map #

Legal Description

W/S of Laurel St.

Elementary School

Conway Elementary School

Middle School

Conway Middle School

High School

Conway High School

Furnished

Living Room

Great-Family Room

Dining Room

Kitchen

Master Bedroom

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Est. Heated SqFt

1901-2000

Est. SqFt Under Roof

2501-2600

HOA as Calculated Monthly

$0

Approximate Year Built

1876

Frequency HOA Paid

Does not have HOA

MLS Approved Lockbox

Yes

Number of Acres

Grid Map Page

Grid Map#

29Z21

Off Market Date

Search By Map

Tax ID

Update Date

5/30/2013

Status Date

5/30/2013

HotSheet Date

5/30/2013

Price Date

5/30/2013

Input Date

5/30/2013 9:26:00 AM

Associated Document Count

0

Original Price

$199,900

HOA Contact Name & Number

Display on Realtor.com

Yes

Last Photo Update Date

Price/Total SQFT

FEATURES

Living Room

Ceiling Fan

Dining Room

Formal

Master Bedroom

Vaulted/Cath. Ceiling

1st Flr Level

Walk-in Closet

Linen Closet

Vanity

Tub

Shower

Kitchen

Range

Dishwasher

Garbage Disposal

Refrigerator

Microwave

Breakfast Bar

Pantry

Breakfast Nook

Interior Features

Smoke Detector

Wshr/Dryer Connection

Washer/Dryer

Split Bedroom Plan

Floor Cover

Vinyl

Tile

Wood

Carpeting

Exterior Finish

Siding

Levels

Single Level

Heating and Cooling

Central Heat

Central Air

Foundation

Crawl

Other Rooms

Carolina Room

1st Floor Bedrooms

1st Floor Baths

Foyer

Exterior Features

Patio

Front Porch

Fencing

Outside Storage Detached

Utilities Available

Electricity

Water Public

Sewer

Cable TV

Telephone

Showing

MLS approved Lock Box

Possession

Closing

Terms Of Sale

Conventional

Cash

Estimated Age

More Than 41 Years

SOLD STATUS

How Sold

Contract Date

Closing Date

Sold Price

Sold Total SqFt

Sold Total Heated SqFt

Sell Team

Selling Agent

Selling Office

Sellers Concession

PUBLIC REMARKS

Lovely historic home in historic Downtown Conway - included on the City of Conway Historical Trail. Home boasts modern comforts while retaining its original

charm and character. The home features a great floor plan, heart pine floors, custom cabinets and moldings, two double sided fireplaces,Carolina room,

attached carport and detached storage building. Located downtown just blocks from entertainment, dining, shopping, schools, and the Waccamaw River.

Seldom do properties come available in this area - historic, comfortable, yet close to everything.

SHOWING INSTRUCTIONS

Vacant and on MLS lockbox.

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DISCLAIMER

This information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Neither the Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS, nor the listing broker, nor their agents or

subagents are responsible for the accuracy of the information. The buyer is responsible for verifying all information. This information is provided by the

Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS for use by its members and is not intended for use for any other purpose.

 

 

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