Season’s Greetings! Our idea of a “white Christmas” here in the Lowcountry is more about sandy shores than snowy hilltops. But instead of snowdrifts, we have piles of things to be grateful for. Thanksgiving was a treasure, but it’s only the beginning for the gratitude this season brings with it when you’re fortunate enough to
The readers of Condé Nast Traveler just voted Hilton Head Island the "Top Island in the U.S." And it was just a few months ago that Travel+Leisure Magazine named us "Top Island in the U.S." for the second consecutive year. So this is the second year in a row for Hilton Head Island to be
Once again we weathered the storm here in the Lowcountry and thankfully the impact of Hurricane Irma was nowhere near what we anticipated just a few days before it arrived. I know that may not be easy to hear for the person who got a tree on his car or across her porch, or whose garage
We learned a few weeks ago that Travel & Leisure named Hilton Head Island the #1 Island in the Continental U.S. for the second year in a row. The same source says we're #2 in the world. Which is pretty good (given the competition - which included Bali, Maui and the Galapagos - and because
Sometimes a national news story helps me see a little farther than my local sources. I saw a couple of things in Bloomberg Business recently that I thought I'd pass along to you. The rate of new applications to build single-family homes is now the highest in a decade. And the index of positive homebuilder
The canon has sounded and the 49th RBC Heritage is underway! I'm pretty sure that we residents have the most fun at Heritage of anybody. The whole thing feels like a celebration of just how fortunate we are to live here. It's good to walk around the course and say hello to so many people
Some fresh awards came to Hilton Head Island and Bluffton these past few months. In fact, since last summer, when we topped Travel & Leisure Magazine's "World's Best Awards" as best U.S. island, it's been kind of an avalanche of honors. It took a story in the Island Packet to sweep some of them together:
Last Wednesday the Dow topped 20,000 for the first time. We hear that numbers like that are just symbolic, and their importance is mostly psychological. But as a sign of confidence and optimism it's pretty clear. What we hear and see that's not just symbolic is the strong feeling among our neighbors here in the
Lynne Hummell, editor of the Hilton Head and Bluffton Sun, recently wrote about the new kind of landscape - and light - we see all over the Lowcountry now that the storm has passed. "Though I'm glad our local iconic trees - the Liberty Oak at Harbour Town and the Secession Oak in Bluffton -
Thanksgiving has always been one of our favorite holidays here in the Lowcountry. It's a time when we get to stop our usual routine in order to gather family and friends and pay a little more attention to - and express our gratitude for - the things that make our lives special. Just over a