Our Stories

Downtown Beaufort Featured Merchant: Ami Rabinowitz “I started playing viola when I was nine…and just kept playing! Today, I own Rabinowitz Music Studio where I offer lessons for strings, voice and piano. I also have other teachers that come in and teach. Learning music is amazing and it’s really fun to be able

Jamie Peart: J.P. Signature Group with Keller Williams and The Music Festival of the Lowcountry "I moved to Beaufort about eight years ago from Jacksonville, North Carolina. I’m a veteran, and my husband is now a retired Marine. Shortly after settling in, I attended a real estate convention where a speaker encouraged agents

Mike Beason: Beaufort Parking Enforcement Officer & Maintenance Officer “The military was something I always thought about when I was growing up. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life at that point, and the military seemed like a great option to either later find a career or stay in

Downtown Beaufort Featured Merchant: Lowcountry Stitch “I started embroidery when I was on bed rest with my first daughter. I needed a few things embroidered and my mom was a seamstress, so I grabbed her machine and taught myself. I continued doing clothing for my girls—I just couldn't give it up. I loved

Downtown Beaufort Feature: Jennifer Polk Mader Growing up in Beaufort, South Carolina, wasn't always easy. I had a complicated relationship with this town, to say the least. Born and raised here, with family roots going way back, I often found myself trying to escape its charm. But life had other plans. After moving

Beer, Busking, and Beaufort: Meet Campfire Tyler “My name is Tyler Littlejohn, but people here know me as Campfire Tyler. I first picked up a guitar at 14 years old, and that was when I learned how to play. I put it down for about six years, but picked it back up after

Downtown Beaufort Featured Merchant: Monkey's Uncle “I went to law school in my 30s. I had been in the newspaper business, but the publication folded and I needed to figure something else out. By the time I finished law school, I had two children, and we moved back here from Chicago because my

Downtown Beaufort Featured Merchant: Lulu Burgess “I was born and raised in Beaufort, but moved away and lived in New York City for 16 years. It was fabulous. I went to get into acting and did that for several years, and then, by accident, I got into the catering business. With that, I