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Dear 2014, Bring It! Bring on the people I’ve yet to meet. I know they’re out there heading my way. Cosmic hitchhikers, wild-eyed visionaries, creative playmates, spiritual sherpas, new friends with old souls, teachers of one important lesson, messengers who don’t even realize they have a mission, survivors and lost souls, beauty mongers and partymakers, temporary seatmates and sturdy companions for the long haul. Bring on the big moments, the hard roads, the everyday hallelujahs. The falling down and getting back up, the vault of heaven on a fall day, the brokenness and being healed, the

Ship That Comes In, the tide that goes out, the first day of spring and the last day of school, glitter and gold stars, the pop of corks and the best haircut ever. Bring on heartbreak and foolishness, mistakes and making up, good intentions and reinvention, wide eyes and open hearts. Bring on everything I have yet to be. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Ali Douglass

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” Meister Eckhart

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Publisher Nikki Hardin publisher@skirt.com National Art Director Caitilin McPhillips caitilin.mcphillips@skirt.com

The TRUTH OR DARE Issue

National Editor Margaret Pilarski margaret.pilarski@skirt.com Market Manager (Augusta/Aiken/Columbia) Kate Cooper Metts kate.metts@skirt.com

From the Founder The Truth Is…

Contributing Editor Columbia Jenny Maxwell jennymaxwell@mindspring.com

I sometimes still feel like the Plain Jane who was best friends with the popular Homecoming Queen. I have a streak of laziness as wide as the fat in corn-fed bacon.

Contributing Editor Augusta/Aiken Gracie Shepherd gracie.shepherd@skirt.com

Moving back to the state where I was born would be like trying to stuff a baby back in the womb. But aren’t we always trying to get home?

Sales Executive Columbia/Aiken/North Augusta Libby Salvador libby.salvador@skirt.com

I always thought I wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle, but I suspect what I really want is to wear black leather and sit on a motorcycle in the parking lot of a biker bar.

Sales Executives Augusta Doressa Hawes doressa.hawes@augustamagazine.com

Contrary to what Oprah promised, taking trapeze lessons did not make me one bit braver.

Maidi McMurtrie Thompson maidi.thompson@augustamagazine.com

I’ve always wished I were the kind of woman who wore flowers in her hair. You either are or you aren’t.

Mary Porter Vann mary.vann@augustamagazine.com

Sometimes I fantasize about a facelift and then I realize I’m too lazy to look good. I did mention the laziness problem earlier, right?

Graphic Designer Michael Rushbrook Cher Wheeler Meaghan Pafford

I sneer at selfies, but would I be taking them of myself if I were more photogenic?

Photography Molly Harrell Sara Caldwell

skirt! is published monthly and distributed free throughout the greater Augusta/Aiken/Columbia area. skirt! reserves the right to refuse to sell space for any advertisement the staff deems inappropriate for the publication. Unsolicited manuscripts must be accompanied by a selfaddressed, stamped envelope. Letters to the editor are welcome, but may be edited due to space limitations. Press releases must be received by the 1st of the month for the following month’s issue. All content of this magazine, including without limitation the design, advertisements, art, photos and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2010, Morris Publishing Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied or reprinted without the express written permission of the publisher. SKIRT!® is a registered trademark of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.

About the Cover Artist Ali Douglass lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and has been working as an illustrator for over 14 years, illustrating magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, advertising, and more than 30 books. Her award-winning work has been used by clients including MasterCard, American Girl, Georgia-Pacific, The Wall Street Journal and more. alidouglass.com

I have an unseemly obsession with firemen and rugby players. If I couldn’t use the F-word, I’d be close to mute. And I don’t feel one bit apologetic about it. I’d rather limp in cowboy boots than be comfortable in Crocs.

Women make more than 80% of all purchasing decisions.

I’m secretly convinced that I’m the type of person who collapses in the face of adversity. I would have given up halfway across the plains in a covered wagon. “Just leave me by the side of the road,” is my mantra in tough situations. The truth is you can fly if you stop lying to yourself. Nikki nikki.hardin@skirt.com

Women spend almost 2 of every 3 healthcare dollars.

Women control 2/3 of the nation’s disposable income.

Women influence 80% of all car sales.

From the Editor Opening a new business, asking neighbors to give to a cause you believe in, or maybe it’s just being brave enough to send back an incorrect dinner order - “daring” takes many shapes and forms. It’s natural to take a step back with the advent of 2014, and think about the things you will dare to do this year. There are the tried and true favorites like “say ‘no’ more” and “get a workout routine,” but don’t stop at the obvious. Ask that cute coworker out for a drink, share your secret poetry habit with someone, pop the hood of your car and learn what lurks beneath. . Gracie

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Features Risky Business Stacy Appel.........................................11 Lessons From The Road Stephanie Young.................................14 In Every Issue Letter from the Publisher.................4 Letter from the Editor......................4 He’s So Original................................24 Take Six...............................................13 Skirt of the Month............................29 Always..................................................19 Typewriter..........................................32 Meet.....................................................26 XOXO Nikki.....................................34

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Lessons From the Road

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I must say, at the outset, that there is nothing more relative than the experience of speed and time. Einstein knew it and pointed it out, and we’ve been toasting him in our GPS-equipped vehicles ever since. (Without Einstein’s law of relativity the satellites could not coordinate accurately with your car—who knew?) I understand the fly sees the world in slow motion and that’s how it’s able to avoid the swatter. One woman’s saunter is another woman’s dash. I get it. However. This awareness did not make for a less artery-hardening, terrifying experience when the Glaswegian, who up till this point had obviously just been puttering along, now decided, crouching over the engine of his royal blue Ducati, to make good use of a bit of open highway and speed up. I could have sworn that he started to hum. Some tuneless little melody that speed freaks sing as they trifle, murderously, with the psyche of their passengers. All of me pressed up against quite-a-bit-of-him could feel his shoulders, back and legs quivering with increasing delight. He was in heaven. Whereas I couldn’t hear the traffic around us because of the throatrending screams inside my head. I couldn’t feel my arms around the Glaswegian’s waist because my body was sending all useful blood to my vital organs. I was on the verge of losing consciousness, not because I was channelling the airman whose uniform I seemed to be wearing and was pulling G, but because going that fast so close to the ground was an experience I just wanted to get away from. How could I make this stop? And suddenly, in a blinding flash of insight, the answer occurred to me: Jump Off. It’s at this point in the narrative that I’m reminded of what it’s like, at times, to be a writer co-running a production company. Christine, my managing director, and I are rather ambitious. Our desires for our work hurtle at breakneck speed across the cosmos of our lives. We adore developing scripts. We are passionate about our mission to showcase women over 35 and have attracted a board of directors (with credentials up the wazoo) who support us and want a worldwide audience for the stories we love to tell. These dreams are fast dreams. And if we don’t keep up, if we look down, we can tense up, get scared and want to abort. In mid-leap. Yesterday I dropped off a script we’ve been refining for the whole three years of our incorporation at a good London theater with West End connections. I parked my bike and strode up to the theater, glancing at the five-star reviews on the posters in the window sporting names like Antony Sher and Anton Chekhov, and before I opened the doors, I thought “What if they don’t like it? What if they say ‘No’? What if I fail?� Part of my brain shouted “Get back on the bike! Go home! Go to bed! Go to sleep! FOR YEARS.� Because sleeping is something I can do quite well. And no one ever tells me my sleeping isn’t what they’re looking for or something they’re already producing, but many thanks for letting us see it and good luck elsewhere. But. There just isn’t that much uninhibited, heart-launchingly, spiritquickeningly, life-affirming joy in sleeping. And desire and ambition as intense, as fuelled, as large as ours requires another technique. The Glaswegian slowed down to neatly duck the cluster of cars ahead, and I gasped a whisper of air into my lungs, allowing some blood to flow back to my brain. This gave me the resources to question the wisdom of avoiding terror by leaping under the oncoming rubber, chrome and steel, leaving my heart—and lungs and kidneys—in Buckinghamshire forever. We took the next exit, and while idling at a traffic light, I lifted my visor with a shaking hand and whimpered, “That’s a bit fast for me.� He put a warm, gloved hand on my thigh, nodded, and from that point on we had a leisurely motor through green and pleasant countryside. Apologizing for my wimpiness over a pub lunch, I reconfirmed We Wouldn’t Go That Fast Again. He was receptive and kind and assured me we wouldn’t. “I was just trying it out,� he said smiling. “Different passengers, different speeds.� I wondered if he was thinking of other, racier girlfriends. I imagined them, clutching his middle and urging him on to greater and wilder miles per hour. I saluted them. “How can you enjoy it?� I said, my lunch all the tastier after the adrenaline rush. “How come that doesn’t scare the hell out of you?� He didn’t have to think about it. “I’m relaxed,� he said. Which, in the face of both raging artistic desires and land-speed-recordbreaking highway journeys, seems like a pretty good choice.

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Įʴͼ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ ʴͼ Δ˼ ʪɗˍ͊ ˍɗͼͼɗ˩ Δʪɗ Ɖ˩҅ʴɗΔ҇ ˼ʀ ˩˼Δ ʀɗɗˍʴ˩ʖ ͊ͮ˼ˢʴ˩ɗ˩Δ ʀɗΔƉˍ ˢ˼Ѹɗˢɗ˩Δͼ ˼ͮ ʀ˼ͮ ˢ˼Δʪɗͮͼ ѻʪ˼ ˅αͼΔ ѻƉ˩Δ Δ˼ ͼɗɗ Δʪɗ ȘƉȘ҇ Ɖ˩ɀ ȤɗˍɗȘͮƉΔɗ ѻʴΔʪ ʀƉˢʴˍ҇ɼ ȣ ̒ʈ ˢʴ˩αΔɗ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ =ş= ˼ʀ Δʪɗ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ ȣ %ˍƉȤˇΏŢʪʴΔɗ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ¶ʴͼΔɗ˩ Δ˼ Δʪɗ ʪɗƉͮΔȘɗƉΔ

rɗ˩ɀɗͮ þƉȤˇƉʖɗ Ϋ= ʱ ɑ̒​̒ʈ o˼ͮ ɗ҅͊ɗȤΔƉ˩Δ ˢ˼Δʪɗͮͼ ƉΔ ̒΋͝ ѻɗɗˇͼ

Π=Ώʏ= þƉȤˇƉʖɗ ʱ ɑ̒΅ʈ

ȣ Πҗ ˢʴ˩αΔɗ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ =ş= ˼ʀ Δʪɗ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ ȣ %ˍƉȤˇΏŢʪʴΔɗ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ¶ʴͼΔɗ˩ Δ˼ Δʪɗ ʪɗƉͮΔȘɗƉΔ ȣ ɑΫʈ ˼ʃ Ɖ ͼʴΔΔʴ˩ʖ ʀɗɗ ˼ͮ ÆƉΔɗͮ˩ʴΔ҇ þƉȤˇƉʖɗ Δʪͮ˼αʖʪ §ɗͼͼʴȤƉ ş þʪ˼Δ˼ʖͮƉ͊ʪ҇ ȓ ʀ Ȥ˼˩ɀʴΔʴ˼˩ͼ Ɖͮɗ ɀɗͼʴͮƉȘˍɗȵ ѻɗ ѻʴˍˍ ͊ɗɗˇ ʴ˩Δ˼ Π=Ώʏ=ȓ

=ɗͼʴʖ˩ɗɀ ʀ˼ͮ ɗ҅͊ɗȤΔƉ˩Δ ˢ˼Δʪɗͮͼ ȘɗΔѻɗɗ˩ ΠΫʱΠ΋ ѻɗɗˇͼ

ʀ ҇˼α ˇ˩˼ѻ ΔʪƉΔ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ʴͼ ˍƉͮʖɗͮ ΔʪƉ˩ ƉѸɗͮƉʖɗ ˼ͮ ʴʀ ҇˼α ʪƉѸɗ ʖɗͼΔƉΔʴ˼˩Ɖˍ ɀʴƉȘɗΔɗͼȵ ͊ˍɗƉͼɗ ͼȤʪɗɀαˍɗ ȘɗΔѻɗɗ˩ Ϋ΅ʱΠ̒ ѻɗɗˇͼ͔ Ĭѻʴ˩ͼ ͼʪ˼αˍɀ Ɖˍͼ˼ ͼȤʪɗɀαˍɗ ȘɗΔѻɗɗ˩ Ϋ΅ʱΠ̒ ѻɗɗˇͼ͔ ȣ ̒ ʪ˼αͮ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ =ş= ˼ʀ Δʪɗ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ ȣ *= ˼ʀ Ɖˍˍ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ȣ %ˍƉȤˇΏŢʪʴΔɗ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ĮɗͮˢƉˍ Ȥ˼ˍ˼ͮ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ¶ʴͼΔɗ˩ Δ˼ Δʪɗ ʪɗƉͮΔȘɗƉΔ ȣ ɑΫʈ ˼ʃ Ɖ ͼʴΔΔʴ˩ʖ ʀɗɗ ʀ˼ͮ ÆƉΔɗͮ˩ʴΔ҇ ˼ͮ ÌɗѻȘ˼ͮ˩ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ Δʪͮ˼αʖʪ §ɗͼͼʴȤƉ ş þʪ˼Δ˼ʖͮƉ͊ʪ҇

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þˍɗƉͼɗ ͮɗʀɗͮ Δ˼ ˼Δʪɗͮ ͊ƉȤˇƉʖɗͼ ʀ˼ͮ ȘɗͼΔ Δʴˢɗ Δ˼ ͼȤʪɗɀαˍɗ ʀ˼ͮ ɗƉȤʪ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ Įʴͼ ͊ƉȤˇƉʖɗ ʪƉͼ Δʪɗ ȘɗͼΔ ѸƉˍαɗɼ Įʴͼ ͊ƉȤˇƉʖɗ ʴͼ ʀ˼ͮ Δʪɗ ˢ˼Δʪɗͮͼ ѻʪ˼ ѻƉ˩Δ Δ˼ ѻƉΔȤʪ Δʪɗʴͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ʖͮ˼ѻ Ɖ˩ɀ ȤͮɗƉΔɗ Δʪ˼ͼɗ ɗƉͮˍ҇ ˢɗˢ˼ͮʴɗͼɼ ȣ ̒ ĝ˩ɗƉˇ þɗɗˇ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ ̒ rɗ˩ɀɗͮ ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ ̒ Π=Ώʏ= ͼɗͼͼʴ˼˩ ȣ =ş= ˼ʀ Δʪɗ ͼ˼˩˼ʖͮƉˢ ȣ *= ˼ʀ Ɖˍˍ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ȣ %ˍƉȤˇΏŢʪʴΔɗ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ĮɗͮˢƉˍ Ȥ˼ˍ˼ͮ ͊ʴȤΔαͮɗͼ ˼ʀ ҇˼αͮ ȘƉȘ҇ ȣ ¶ʴͼΔɗ˩ Δ˼ Δʪɗ ʪɗƉͮΔȘɗƉΔ ȣ ɑΫʈ ˼ʃ Ɖ ͼʴΔΔʴ˩ʖ ʀɗɗ ˼ͮ ÌɗѻȘ˼ͮ˩ þƉȤˇƉʖɗ Δʪͮ˼αʖʪ §ɗͼͼʴȤƉ ş þʪ˼Δ˼ʖͮƉ͊ʪ҇

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I dreamed I packed my skirts (and backseat cooler) and drove crosscountry by myself.

Tibi skirt from Van Jean 2734 Devine Street Columbia 803.252.4339

WHERE Will Your Skirt take you

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Dare to order a grande coffee at Starbucks. The truth is... it’s only 20 cents more.

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10 Pinterest Boards You’ll Never See Refrigerators on Front Porches Great Finds at Walmart Adorable Olsen Twins Picking Their Noses Trailer Park Envy Moms with Screaming Kids Moms Screaming at Kids Ugly Cupcakes & Bad Tattoos Un-ironic Use of Garden Gnomes Mr. Coffee Moments I Hate Letterpress

~Nikki

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ypypnikki This is the month of lying fallow while ideas germinate below the surface, of seeing old stars anew through bare branches, of fiery sunsets burning off old dreams and a crescent moon of new beginnings. Don't wish it away. Be the seed that grows hardier in winter, that isn't forced to bloom out of season, that believes in its own green.

Looking forward to:

W h a t ’s k e e p i n g m e a w a k e a t n i g h t :

Toasty mornings with tea and avocado toast D.C. and N.Y.C. Doing wheelies with my soul Making chili and cornbread My moth-eaten cashmere pajamas Cheating on my iPhone with my Nikon I am jealous of:

Making Spotify playlists Sudafed Idea lists Worry lists Grocery lists Late-night online shopping My Netflix queue Looking for my nightguard The funny sound in the furnace

W h a t ’s o n m y i Pa d :

W h a t ’s o n m y m i n d :

Hannah Brencher believes the world doesn’t need another app or Instagram—it just needs more love. That’s why she started writing anonymous love letters to strangers and leaving them around the city. Eventually, it led her to create “The World Needs More Love Letters” to spread the love. Want to participate? Check out moreloveletters.com and start writing!

I have one habit I want to change this year, and that’s my difficulty in get-

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ting up early. It’s not waking early, but a cold start to my creative engine that holds me back. By the time I’m revved and running, half the day has passed. I want to see how the morning half lives. I doubt they have more fun, but maybe they get more done.

THE BEST USE OF

$5.00 (pack of 2) Emily McDowell Temporary Tattoos

Note to self:

“Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities, don’t compromise, and don’t waste time.” Debbie Millman

Must-haves this month:

Crown & Glory rhinestone kitty ears

Lulie Wallace lunchbox

Lumio Lamp in a book

Schott Perfecto tough-girl jacket

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Children’s Hospital of Georgia

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014

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