Strictly Status

Our September issue theme is "The Best" and we've been admiring our fashion-savvy editor's picks for fall. It's the best of what we've been coveting this month! http://strictlystatus.com/strictly-style-nothing-best/

Strictly Style: Nothing but the Best There are times in “life, love, and what you wear,” when nothing but the best will do. When putting your best foot forward in fall 2014’s preseason, make sure to add luxurious staple pieces that you will rely on again and again to give your look...

Welcome to the best of the best: Our September issue. Editor Verna Holtzclaw introduces the theme so beautifully! http://strictlystatus.com/best-best-getting-bested/

Having the Best, Being the Best, and Not Getting Bested. Dear reader, I am grateful for southerners daily. Your friendliness, willingness to help and good manners are what surround me as I navigate the CSRA. I've returned to my own southern roots after many years in the northeast and slipped into southern...

Just a reminder: Only 10 more days to enter our Strictly Social contest to win a party pack from Putt-Putt! Share this post, invite friends to like our page, or connect with us on Twitter to win. Yes, it's really that easy! http://strictlystatus.com/strictly-social-september/

Strictly Social September! This month, our contest theme is family fun! Our September winner will score a Family Fun Thursday for up to four people: One round of Putt-Putt Golf, 10 game room tokens per person, one pizza and a pitcher of Pepsi. Get social with us and bring your mini...

"Who else will unfailingly support our dreams and goals with constant cheering, no matter how many years it takes to climb the mountain of aspiration? Who else will tell us the truth when we really, really need to hear it, yet stand firm with us against the world when we rail against some perceived slight? Our Besties, of course." From our September issue from the oh-so insightful Lakota Phillips!
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BESTies by Lakota Phillips Women have a reputation for being unsympathetic towards other women. We’re labeled as malicious, catty bi***es to our own gender. That reputation isn’t completely without merit. Just check out a Black Friday Shoe Sale to experience...

How about for lunch? Our foodie art director's write up from our September issue on Malia's. Yum! http://strictlystatus.com/strictly-taste-malias/

Strictly Taste: Malia’s Hello, Aiken! With a daily lunch menu, weekly weeknight dinner menu and monthly weekend dinner menu, each meal at Malia’s holds a new gastronomic delight. ~Jenifer...

Happy Labor Day! We're absolutely not working, but wanted to share the digital version of our September issue! http://strictlystatus.com/digital-issue/

Digital Issue Strictly Status August 2014  ...

It doesn't hit the streets (and mailboxes) in until next week, but here's a little sneak peek at our September issue cover!

Weekend, y'all! We're planning what to wear so we look hot but stay cool. We love our editor's creatively inspired style picks from our August issue (and the accompanying artwork)! http://strictlystatus.com/creatively-inspired-fashion/

Creatively Inspired Fashion Here in the south, where summer begins in April and ends in October, there’s still plenty of time to rock this season’s “on trend” colors – oranges, black and white combos, and bohemian patterned pants. According to designers from Prada to...

"I don’t dance because I’m happy. I’m happy because I dance.” We love our amazing neighbors! http://strictlystatus.com/neighbor-status-karen-brown/

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Some thoughts on courage from the ever-wise Maya Angelou. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/08/19/maya-angelou-bill-moyers-facing-evil/

Maya Angelou on Courage and Facing Evil "There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic." In 1982, nearly a decade after their spectacular conversation about freedom, beloved

Two sets at Sky City tonight? We're so there! http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2014-08-12/wycliffe-gordon-starts-new-jazz-project-play-sky-city-shows

Wycliffe Gordon starts new jazz project, to play Sky City shows One of jazz's most acclaimed trombonists is coming home to Augusta to share his passion with students as a scholar - and for the public through a live show.