Columbia Closings   What's not in Columbia anymore

Well, I'm sure longtime readers have been wondering when this was coming, but consider how lonely your wall will be when you have to take down the 2015 calendar. Why not keep your wall happy with a brand spanking new 2016 Pawleys Island calendar? Happy walls make a happy house.

This year, we have a brand new set of Island images in either 11" x 8.5":

Or large 14.25" x 11":

Pawleys Island Large Wall Calendar by OnlyAtPawleys
Look at more Pawleys island Calendars at zazzle

And don't forget all of the other calendar designs are still available as well!

you don't have room to spell THROUGH correctly if you have room to put PROHIBITED.

Mere words cannot describe how I came to hate this song in Elementary School.

My sister who was one grade below me doesn't remember it at all in her classes.

Midlands Shopping Center started out as a virtual twin and sister site to Trenholm Plaza, anchored by two groceries, a five and dime and a post office. Over the years, however, it has failed to thrive and has largely moved beyond retail. With the recent demolition of the old A & P building, I thought perhaps somebody had a plan for the place, but I see today that it is all up for sale.

Normal posting to resume in two weeks or so.

Have a great holiday weekend folks!

Or has the Broad River Road / River Drive construction been ongoing since the late 1800s?

UPDATE 9 April 2014 -- And two years later, *still* not done!

UPDATE 19 January 2018 -- I should update here to note that the work is indeed finished, and has been for a while:

Appropos to a discussion on the future of newspapers that I was part of in an online newsgroup, I was moved to take the following photos.

As Al Stewart said:

In the village where I grew up
Nothing seems the same
Still you never see the change from day to day
And no-one notices the customs slip away

But I got mine yesterday!

Since I reviewed their 50th Anniversary Tour show in Atlanta, I've been waiting for the accompanying album That's Why God Made the Radio.

I am happy to report that it is a "real" Beach Boy's album, much moreso than 1992's lackluster and Brian-less Summer in Paradise which heretofore had been the group's swan-song. The songs are all new, and Brian is fully involved. Is every one a gem? No, but that's never been the case even on Pet Sounds.

If you don't want to risk the whole album, splurge $0.99 for the incredibly catchy Isn't It Time or The Private Life Of Bill And Sue.