“I always talked about being an astronaut when I was a child. I wanted to be the first woman to walk on the moon. I would make space shuttles out of card board boxes and spend hours ‘flying through outer-space’. Then my best friend got sick. It had such a profound effect on me. I watched her go through this struggle. She was so brave. She spoke so often about her hospital stays and the nurses and doctors that were going to make her feel good again. And they did it. They saved her. That’s when I began playing hospital instead because I wanted to grow up to be a hero too. Being a Resident right now is my dream coming true.”
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Spenser Patrowski
Spenser started his first company at age 11. He recalls that there were 3 kids in his neighborhood that were each wanting to do lawn care for people. Spenser offered to find them jobs. He did. He found more jobs than they could handle, so Spenser found other teenagers that wanted to cut yards, too....
Charlie Dyer
“Joining the Marines at 18 years of age changed my life in so many great ways. It was incredibly difficult, but looking back, it was one of the two most important decisions I ever made. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, mel nusquam scriptorem ea, vis ad liber phaedrum rationibus. At aliquam perfecto per, feugiat dissentiunt...
Todd Summers
“Believe it or not, I was a suit and tie, 9-5 guy for a very long time. I was paid a salary and had benefits. I brewed my own beer in our garage in my spare time and gave it out a parties. It was always a hit. Everyone encouraged me to take it further,...
Jen Hatcher
Meet Jen Hatcher, yoga instructor and real estate assistant to multiple Realtors at Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Hodnett Cooper Real Estate. Jen recently moved from the Atlanta area to St. Simons with her husband and 2 cats. Like many of us, Jen had vacationed here for a number of years only to fall on love...
Kasey Deal
“I am blessed to have received football scholarship offers from 3 SEC colleges, 2 ACC colleges, and 1 Ivey League college. If I accepted any one of them over Georgia Tech, my grandfather would have been crushed. I will be starting in the fall of 2018 as a Biomedical Engineering student in Atlanta and I...
Bradford Cochran
“I met my wife on a blind date, and because I was unfamiliar with the area, we decided to meet at The Varsity. We have joked for years that we met at the Varisty. I couldn’t believe that evening actually happened to me. I am the most blessed person that I know. We have been...
Lisa Porter
Lisa Porter may not live in our community, but we can all find comfort because she works here to protect our community and our way of life. Lisa commutes to work here five days a week and volunteers here with the Humane Society several times per month. Lisa is a Georgia State graduate and has...
Judge Kathy Willis
Meet Superior Court Judge and Florida Gator, Kathy Willis. Originally from Florida, Judge Willis has been in this community since 1996 after the Summer Olympics came to town. She has been involved with the justice system for many years and some of her biggest accomplishments come from experiences that have been at her children’s schools...
Christopher McDonald
Meet Christopher McDonald! Christopher is a longtime resident of our community and co-owner of his own coffee shop on Market Street. He has lived here since 1987 and said he became highly interested in coffee because “it runs in the family.” “I have an uncle that owns a coffee shop in Charleston, my grandfather...
Don Maxey
I’d like to say, “Meet Don Maxey”, but I feel pretty certain most of you already have. I think he and the Wine Guy, Mark, at Harris Teeter are in a run off for unofficial mayor of SSI. Don and his wife, Hollie, are the owners of Uncle Don’s market on Fredrica Road next to...
Harlan Hambright
Meet Harlan Hambright, local architectural photographer to a multitude of Realtors on St. Simons and Sea Island. In addition to photography and architecture, Harlan enjoys myriad forms of art, travel, music, writing and cooking. I first met Harlan, although I don’t think he remembers, in 2011. My husband and I were still living in North...
Conrad Smith
Meet Conrad Smith, Sales Manager for Somerset Mortgage Corporation. Conrad enjoys his time off by going to the beach or fishing and boating the Golden Isles with his friends. “I met Conrad a number of years ago when our pipe dream of owning a home on St. Simons was first born. Over the years, Conrad...