Isle of Palms Winter-Spring 2018-19

7 www.IsleOfPalmsMagazine.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.IOPmag.com Mic Smith Lives in: The heart of Isle of Palms, South Carolina. From: Marion, Indiana. I am a proud Hoosier and Indiana University graduate but also love South Carolina, my home for nearly 30 years. Employment: Mic Smith Photography LLC. I started out strictly in photojournalism and worked for more than a dozen years at The Post and Courier . These days, I take assignments from the Associated Press and magazines like South Carolina Living while also doing corporate, wedding and portrait photography. If you have money, I have a camera! Favorite reading:  The Post and Courier , Google News articles and The Bible. Favorite music: Always John Mellencamp. My new favorite is Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – I will see them soon at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.  Activities: IOP “Old Man Basketball,” coaching youth basketball, golfing, boating and bothering my beautiful wife. Interests: Tracking stock and business news, solving the world’s problems with friends at the Isle of Palms Marina. Favorite quote or philosophy: “I write with light.” Roger Gaither Lives in: Isle of Palms, South Carolina. From: Lineville, Alabama ... Roll Tide! Education: Jacksonville State University. Employment: Partner at Broadcast Design Interactive. Interests/hobbies: I am a pilot – love flying; college football; the beach (of course); tennis; and stock car racing. Your “perfect” day at home on the island: Spending the day with the “pop-up” at the beach with my wife and her kids or my kids … that is the good life! Your favorite way to spend the holiday season/favorite memory:  Anywhere with my wife and family gathered around the tree making holiday memories. W E’RE SPENDING A LITTLE TIME WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO HELP YOU get to know them better. If you want to appear in Facetime or to suggest someone you find interesting, please email the name and contact information (email and/or phone number) to editor@IOPMag.com . Our Isle Of Palms Neighbors Kyle Norton Lives in: Charleston, South Carolina. From: Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Education: I went to the University of Hawaii for my first two years of college, then moved back here and graduated from the College of Charleston.  Employment: Founder of Tailored Travel Co./real estate agent with Brand Name Real Estate. Favorite reading: “Setting the Table” by Danny Meyer. Favorite music: Anything that makes me want to dance.  Activities: Boating, surfing, really anything on the water. Favorite quote or philosophy: “Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide will bring?” – Tom Hanks, “Cast Away.” BrigitteMcElroy Lives in: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. From: Summerville, South Carolina. Education: Baptist College of Charleston – now Charleston Southern. Employment: Carolina One Real Estate, Isle of Palms/Wild Dunes Office. Interests/hobbies: Historic homes, being a foodie, spinning and boating. Your “perfect” day at home on the island: Swinging on the porch chair, feeling the warm breeze and hearing the palm trees sway. Your favorite way to spend the holiday season/favorite memory: Believing in the magic of Santa Claus as a kid – nothing like it. [ Facetime ]