Who’s Saving Who?
In partnership with Palmetto Animal League, May River High School students help build no-kill community through advocacy, fundraising, volunteerism, and education
Re-flect, Re-nourish, and Re-new at the Arts Re-Center Retreat
In harmony with their mission “to enrich and benefit the community through the arts,” the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina invites you to join a special four-day event, March 23-26, 2023. During this time, you will have the opportunity to “Re-flect, Re-nourish, and...
Morning Glow Time: Seven Tips for Starting Your Day Off Better
Obligatory. Mundane. Caffeinated. These are words you may use to describe how you think about or approach your day. But here is a gentle wake-up call: Your morning modus operandi is important. How you begin your day can greatly affect how your day goes. And this has a...
Notes from Mayor Lisa Sulka
Blueprint Bluffton With another year ahead of us, we will be completing many of our capital projects and more. One item that is important to any town is an update of the comprehensive plan. Many residents are not sure how towns in South Carolina operate, and this plan...
Editor’s Note: February 2023
How to Not Die Alone … but also DOGS! Ever since I made the conscious decision to choose knowledge (reading books) over murder (podcasts like Dateline), I’ve been cruising through a plethora of suggestions from Amazon and my friends. Last month, while photographing...
5 Ways Pets Make Us Better Humans
Whether they are furry, feathery, scaly or hairless, pets groom us to be better humans. “Animals are fascinating, engaging and entertaining. But as companions, they connect with us on a deeper emotional level,” said Dr. Victor Erenberg of Island Holistic Vet Center....
Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival
Practically any festival that has existed on Hilton Head Island for any decent length of time can trace its roots back to a small gathering of some well-intentioned locals hoping to raise some money for a charity of choice. If you’ve been on the island long enough,...
Bad Spot! What do you do when Spot makes a spot on your rug? Call Lowcountry Clean Care.
We’re not sure where we read this, but it seems like common wisdom that you can have either clean rugs or pets. But you can only pick one. However, that’s not always realistic. Just as we need the love and companionship that pets bring us, we also know that few things...
Coping with Stress When You Can’t Change the Situation
“The more you try to control everything around you, the more anxious you’ll be.” Sage words from the therapist I saw in college, and I wasn’t having any of it. It was a cold-water-to-the-face moment. Was he suggesting that I give up? If I don’t try to control my...
Coming to Coligny: FOUR reasons to head to Hilton Head’s downtown this February
You can feel the excitement in the air, and it’s only going to build all month long. February on Hilton Head Island typically serves as sort of a preamble, a prelude if you will, to the rising temperatures and endless fun that spring brings to this subtropical...
A SPAW Experience Like None Other
Red Rover is an uber-clean facility staffed with well-trained professionals who oversee daily PlayCare, overnight boarding, bathing, grooming and an array of a la cart “spaw” services.
Neighborhood Stroll: Ribaut Island
At the most northern tip of Hilton Head Island, residents of Ribaut Island enjoy a truly unique community, comprised of 63 single-family homesites located on 52 magnificent acres—a place that each resident is proud to call home and a place that many people (including...
Stately, Spectacular, and Serene: Ribaut Island home stuns from every angle
Architecture by Kermit Huggins (Mark Bremmer, draftsman), Construction by Rick DeLong, Advantage Builders, Interiors by Mary Jane Bucci, MJ Design
Some Fine Canines (and one Fine Feline): Meet the shop dogs (and cat) that make the Lowcountry a great place to sit and stay
Why do we love pets so much? It’s something we almost take for granted, that among the billions and billions of species on this earth, none of them seem to have been put here specifically for humans the way that dogs and cats were. Of course, we played some small part...
Presenting Exceptional Voices through Exceptional Art: Full Spectrum Studio provides safe, supportive environment for special artists to develop, create, and sell their art
Cat McDermott, Victoria Bramson and Allison Good spend the afternoon painting. The mention of the word “artist” typically conjures up ideas associated with a person’s skill, creativity, and vision. Many famous artists are often labeled as “genius,” a layer of...
Martina the Therapy Dog: Bringing hope, joy, and smiles to seniors and special needs adults
These days, it’s not uncommon to see all kinds of pets in all kinds of places. Recently, someone posted a picture of a couple of sunbathers on the beach lounging beside their pet duck who seemed to feel right at home. More and more hotels and restaurants are becoming...
Please Don’t Leave Me!
Imagine for a moment that you are the family dog. One day, the people you love load you up in the car and drop you off in an unfamiliar place where you are put in a cage and surrounded by people and other animals you don’t...
MoJo’s Island Records: Putting the Wax Back in Our Ears
A Tennessee record collector and his wife bring the vinyl wave to the shores of Hilton Head Island
Ordained by Pod: The Lowcountry’s resident ace reporter and her trusty producer took a moment away from their ultra-popular podcast to tie the knot.
Mandy Matney and David Moses have never tended to follow tradition. The most obvious example would be the way they parlayed Matney’s extensive reporting into the Murdaugh family into a smash hit podcast (and forthcoming Netflix show), pulling the story out of the...
A Second Chance: Two companies team up in defense of man’s best friend
No one knows exactly how Chance wound up on that stretch of road in Jasper County. An outgoing, friendly lab mix with a gorgeous white and brown dappled coat, Chance had stumbled onto something he shouldn’t have, suffering severe injuries that left one of his legs...
From Fizzle to Sizzle: Rev up the romance with regular dates
Close your eyes and remember what it was like when you first fell in love. You were constantly plotting ways to spend time with your person. It hardly mattered where you were or what you were doing. You just wanted to be together—holding hands, sharing a meal,...
Meet the Medical Professionals
Jennifer Green, APRN‐BC AHC Affordable Health Care and the AHC MedSpa Primary Care and Aesthetics 150 State St. Bluffton, SC 29910 (843) 757-5559 affordablehealthcarebluffton.com After years working in institutional and private medicine, I saw a need for a different...
Modern Seaside Luxury in Forest Beach
Renovation captures light, brings the outdoors in, and offers a warm welcome
Goodbye, Purple Cow
“I need you to go check the back of my car! See if there is any powdered sugar in there! If not, I need you to go to the grocery store as fast as you possibly can.” It’s just before 9 a.m. It’s like a fire drill in here. Electric mixers are whirring on both ends of...
The Tide Rolls Back In: Palmetto Ocean Conservancy sets course for the future.
The thing about the sea, as any sailor will tell you, is that it’s fickle. One minute, it can be a calm pane of glass stretching away to the horizon. The next, it can be boiling over with gale winds, pushed to whitecaps by the storm’s fury. You don’t need to tell...
Neighborhood Stroll: Forest Beach
Forest Beach is one of Hilton Head Island’s most established and most unique residential neighborhoods, comprised of two main areas: North Forest Beach and South Forest Beach. Many locals refer to Forest Beach as “Downtown Hilton Head,” because of the dozens of...
A Note from Mayor Sulka: January 2023
Christmas in Bluffton: A Celebration of Community The fifty-first Bluffton Tree Lighting and Christmas Parade was a celebration of all that is good about Bluffton. An article from Only in Your State, hit the internet the day of the tree lighting and said Bluffton was...
Sleep Local: May River Mattress lets you rest your head in comfort, knowing you’re helping small businesses succeed.
By now we’ve all heard the numerous reasons why it’s important to shop local. You’ve seen the signs about how patronizing your neighbors’ businesses helps a young girl attend ballet classes rather than helping some CEO obtain a third vacation home. But one part of...
LAVA Heats Up for 2023
The island’s favorite fitness experience is ramping up for a full-fledged assault on your spare tire in the new year.
The Clay of the Land: Sit down at the wheel and take a spin through Hilton Head Pottery.
There’s a certain timeless joy that comes with creation, with using your own two hands to render raw materials into a stunning work of art. It’s an impulse that has driven the artistic for millennia, stretching back to the dawn of mankind. Today, that art form feels...