I'm an Urban Outfitter!

Once I touched down on Thursday evening into Columbia, SC, I rented a crazy sharp blue Pontiac Sunfire 2-door to make the journey to Augusta, GA. The hotel I was booked at was the very same one I stayed out the last time I visited the area to determine if I could live here. I was pleased to find out that Columbia, SC was a very quick drive (an hour) from Augusta since not many bands pass through the Augusta area anymore. Since I was starved and the hotel is located just steps from one of the half a million Waffle Houses in the area, I figured "why not?" A little Smothered and Covered never hurt nobody. Did it? In any case, I grabbed an Augusta Chronicle to scour the classifieds for apartments during my meal and right there on the front page was a little blurb about my company moving to the area. I turned to the business section and came across a front page story detailing the ribbon cutting ceremony that took place on Wednesday at the new facility with a picture of my old friend the governor of South Carolina. Come to think of it, I am pretty sure I never did blog about my last trip down to the SC/GA area in great detail. Let's just say that I rode down on a very tiny plane on loan from the Governor and was wined and dined enough to say yes to the prospect of moving. (Clearly) The reason I mention this now is that the story about the ribbon cutting event started off with a couple quotes from the Governor and it appears that my compatriots and I made quite an impression on that old Southern Boy....

100% Fit to be an Outfitter

Web posted Thursday, June 2, 2005
By Betsy Gilliland | South Carolina Bureau
TRENTON, S.C. - Several months ago, Gov. Mark Sanford saw the most oddly dressed group of people he had ever seen at Aiken Municipal Airport. Little did he know that he was getting his first glimpse of his new neighbors.

The young people, sporting tie-dyed skirts, crocheted vests and multiple body piercings, were the advance team for Urban Outfitters, a Pennsylvania specialty clothing and accessory company that announced in May that it was moving to Trenton.

"It is stuff that I would never buy and my wife would never wear," Mr. Sanford told about 200 people at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. "And it hits me how great that is. ... There is a whole big and growing market of folks who do and who will.

I've linked the entire story to this post so that should you wish to learn more, you can. What I find funny overall is the amount of inaccuracies contained in the story, especially relating to our encounter with the Governor. No one was wearing tie-dye or a vest, but I guess these were the closest items the Gov could think of to describe our style of dress in the wackiest possible way. I'm not going to lie, Joolie does have some peircings, but the horror tattooes that cover her arms completely and the tats on her neck should have at least got a mention. Mr. Sanford also must not realize that Urban Oufitters is the company behind Anthropologie, a store that I'm sure his wife shops at. But again, to make us seem like crazy Yankees, this kind of zany quote plays better for the locals I'm sure. The state of journalism in this region is severly lacking, but I guess I shouldn't complain too much since I use my degree in Journalism to assist women with their clothing and accessory needs.