Last night saw the Charleston premiere of local author Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees. Mayor Joe Riley declared the day “Sue Monk Kidd Day.” A select few watched the movie, based on the best-selling novel, at the Terrace Theater Thursday night, then headed to the Harbour Club downtown for the reception. I wasn’t able to snag tickets to the showing (I’ll see it this weekend), but I made it out to the reception… after learning that the Harbour Club is not the same as the Yacht Club (sorry for crashing your 35th bday party, MaryAnn). The party was dead when I showed up soon after it started, but soon enough the movie let out, and the room filled. It was a diverse crowd, with Charleston’s upper crust hobnobbing with kids from Burke High School, people in cocktail dresses and people in jeans. And of course, everyone was trying to get close to the evening’s star, Mrs. Kidd. Cool jazz played while guests sipped on the evening’s specialty drink, the “Purple Honey,” a soothing mix of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Tazo tea, passionfruit (?), and honey. The party benefitted LILA, the Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts. Following, a few party pics.
