Farm and Field Celebrations

Farm and Field Celebrations

By Danielle Wong Moores Photos Courtesy of Gunn-Stewart Farm It’s mid-October in rural Warrenton, Ga., and at Gunn-Stewart Farm, cotton is in bloom. Walking the property, Amy Stewart stops to gaze out at the field of white, a gorgeous backdrop against the brilliant...
Making History

Making History

By Danielle Wong Moores It’s dusk. Inside the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Augusta’s (CCBA) historic building on Walker Street downtown, lights dim and the sound of drumbeats begins. Then, as the lights come back up, the dragon enters. Ablaze in...
A Thriving Vine

A Thriving Vine

By Danielle Wong MooresPhotography by Amy J. Owen For Vinea Capital’s Allan Soto, serving others is where his passion lies. That’s at the heart of his latest business venture, ABLE Kids, which provides therapy to young children with autism.  But he wouldn’t have...
Elegant Experiences

Elegant Experiences

By Danielle Wong MooresPhotography by Jane Kortright When she was a little girl, Jane Ellaissi would ride four hours on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta to Augusta to visit her grandmother, Louise, a bridal consultant at J.B. White’s on Broad Street. Louise, impeccable in...
Complementary Designs

Complementary Designs

By Danielle Wong Moores For locals in the know, the name Nandina is synonymous with the interior design studio boutiques located in downtown Aiken, Atlanta and Greenville. But co-owner and interior designer, Susan Victor, along with Sue Shannon, recalls that “we...