State of the Art

State of the Art

Augusta University isn’t trying to be like Georgia’s three other research universities, but it definitely wants to look like them, especially through the eyes of an 18-year-old freshman seeking the quintessential collegiate experience. That’s why Augusta University...
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

We start with the river and a ditch. In the early days, when Augusta was a country town, the Savannah River provided Augusta with the water it needed to live and washed downstream the sewage and other wastes Augustans needed to get rid of. But the city grew and grew,...
Summer Escapes

Summer Escapes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. www.charlottesgotalot.com The Queen City of North Carolina has certainly emerged as one of the crown jewels in the Southeast’s elite stable of cosmopolitan hubs. With a robust economy fueled by an infusion of passionate young professionals and new...
Coming Home

Coming Home

If you drive east down Broad Street—through downtown, through Olde Town—just before it curves into Sand Bar Ferry Road, there’s a little crooked finger of a street that you wouldn’t see if you weren’t looking for it. That’s Broad Street Extension, where Brooks Keel...
Embracing History

Embracing History

THREE BRIGHT PAINTINGS OF FLOPPY-EARRED GOATS dot the guest room wall in the home of Mark and Debbie Anderson. The couple’s three girls, now young women with children of their own, dub it the “Goat Room,” a nod to the playful art, and admonish their mother not to...
Mid-Century Eclectic

Mid-Century Eclectic

OUTSIDE IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS for Kerry Ezzell. “I play golf when it’s warm and I hunt when it’s cold,” he says. “And do you see that right there?” From his spot on the couch, he points with both hands to the expansive living room windows that open up before him,...