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Sasee Gets Personal with Dawn Richardson: Grady’s Jewelers
With high hopes, talent, and just a handful of jewelry, Dawn’s father, Grady opened a jewelry shop in 1970. Along with the help of Dawn’s mother, Adelle, the family successfully created a thriving business in Downtown Conway. Just as Dawn…
Chaos Coordinator & Celebration Creator: Ashley Pate Newkirk
From a young age, Ashley’s energy could be characterized as motivated and detail-oriented. She’s always had an eye for opportunity, an appetite for hard work, and the confidence to problem solve any situation. Although she originally wanted to be a…
Sasee Gets Personal with Monica Vogel: Bleu
“I owe my passion for fashion all to her!” Monica stated when speaking of her mother. Monica grew up in a small town in Illinois, about 50 miles from Chicago. The youngest of four girls, her Mom loved to shop,…
Nicole Saenz: Best Buds Creating Community Love
Taking care of her house plants was Nicole’s favorite way of relaxing between a long day of working a stressful 9-5 job and family time in the evening. Once she lost her healthcare position, due to the pandemic, she started…
Sasee Gets Personal with Sharon Turner: Creative Landscapes
As a Georgetown native and Clemson University graduate with a Horticulture and Landscape Design degree, Sharon became the owner of Creative Landscapes in 1979. Although her business offers outdoor space designs and installations, she loves to garden at home during…
Sasee Gets Personal with Lauren Riddei & Susan Seagroves: Thrill of the Hunt Producers
Lauren Riddei, owner of “LouLou Interiors,” pursued a career in design after her wedding in 2017 when she realized how much fun she had decorating the venue. She explored design classes, gained experience in an internship, found a brilliant mentor…
Gets Personal with Leslie Wilson Executive Chef & Owner of Shine Café
Originally built by a female architect in 1928, this house in the heart of Conway was originally the Chestnut family home, then opened as The Tourist Home (a boarding house mainly for Veterans), then a Tea Shop, and then a…
Rachel Pitts: The Art of Success
At the age of five, Rachel came home from her first dance class and announced, “Mommy, I am going to be a dancer!” When it was time for high school, she convinced her parents to send her to the Virginia…
Misty Elmore: Iron Sharpens Iron
As Misty Elmore and her husband, Derek, transitioned from the mountains of Virginia to the beach life along the Grand Strand, they soon after transitioned from high school teachers into a new type of teaching – nutrition, fitness, and wellness.…
Karen Riordan: Making Magic in Myrtle Beach
With a passionate background in tourism marketing and sales, Karen Riordan made her way to the Grand Strand in 2018 to become the new President and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (MBACC) and the Convention &…
Sasee Gets Personal with Dr. Tonya Weber: AIM | Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine
Dr. Weber moved to North Myrtle Beach in October of 2019 and opened AIM (Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine)shortly after, bringing her expertise in treating difficult to manage, chronic conditions to the people of the Grand Strand with a world class…
Sasee Gets Personal with Ginny Lassiter: Sunset River Marketplace
“A house is a home when it incorporates things or elements that the family loves. It should be a reflection of the personalities of its inhabitants.” In 1977, Ginny moved to this area as a single mother to be close…
Sasee Gets Personal with Sarah Stapleton: Moore, Johnson & Saraniti Law Firm, P.A.
Sarah is enjoying life the most when she is walking on the beach or when she is experiencing something new and exciting. During law school in Macon, Georgia, Sarah loved listening to the local artists on the weekend. As she…
Sasee Gets Personal with Allison Harrington: Speech Solutions, Inc.
For two decades, Allison has been a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), which is someone who assesses, diagnoses and facilitates treatment of a variety of communication disorders in both children and adults. SLPs practice in a variety of settings including hospitals, schools,…
Welcome to the Wellness of MD4Vitality: Tatyana Gluzberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Tatyana grew up in Siberia, Russia, and matured quickly as she earned her MD by the age of 24. Over the next 16 years, she specialized in dermatology, reaching Director of Residency at Tyumen Medical School and completing her Ph.D.…
Sasee Gets Personal with Daniel Walters: Laid Back Charters
“Better to fight for something than to live for nothing” by George S. Patton is Daniel’s favorite quote. Daniel’s parents have owned a home along the Grand Strand since the late 1990s and Daniel has owned his current home in…
Sasee Gets Personal with Leigh Simmons: Surf Unlimited Mercantile
Leigh’s perfect way to relax is on the boat reading while her husband fishes, then pulling up to a restaurant and eating on the water. She loves live music and traveling to cool venues. Amos Lee and Jack Johnson are…
Pam Dunn: Not a Day Goes to Waste in a Lowcountry Backyard Escape
As I arrived at Pam Dunn’s property, my jaw dropped with astonishment from the boundless colorful flowers and perfectly plotted greenery that went on as far as I could see. I was greeted in the courtyard by Mrs. Pam as…
Betsy Altman: A Legacy of Community Love and Family Roots
Betsy Altman grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, until her move to Greensboro, North Carolina, where she graduated from Elon University with a B.A. in Public Administration. She always loved meeting and talking with people, so she knew she wanted…
Hatton Gravely: Philanthropy and a Whole Lot of Family
I started my day with Hatton by meeting her in the beautiful Brookgreen Gardens. It was a sunny one, so it was perfect for our walk through the gardens as we discussed our lives and raved about our new work…