A Note from Mayor Sulka
Hurricane Season: Prepare For the Worst, Hope for the Best The last real scare of a hurricane happened in 2016, and since that date, we have seen thousands of residents replaced with new ones. So, it is important to consistently remind everyone that this is the time...
A Note From Mayor Perry
It's Hurricane season: make a plan, build a kit, stay informed. The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and ends November 30. So, just like you pack your bags with towels, snacks, toys, and chairs for a visit to the beach, you must think about packing your bag in...
Forrest Fire BBQ
Scott Forrest Bodkin, the pitmaster in residence at Forrest Fire BBQ. In December of 2021, I got an invite to come try some food. The location wasn’t a secret, but the nature of the food kinda/sorta was. I wasn’t given too many details. There were no secret knocks or...
More Than a Policy: Finding the Right Insurance Advisor Key to Protecting Your Asset
Your assets are important to you. And the way you insure them matters, especially when they represent all your investments, hard work, and energy. Whether trying to insure property in multiple states, complicated risks, or multiple prized collections, there is an...
Live From Coligny – It’s Summer
The hottest stage in town once again fills the south end air with the sweet sounds of local music. Jevon Daly If there’s a soundtrack to summer on Hilton Head Island, it has to sound an awful lot like Coligny’s Center Stage. Not just the laughter of kids playing...
Fun in the Sun for Everyone
Pockets Full of Sunshine hosts annual event A happy group of 2022 Fun in the Sun for Everyone participants Since 2014, Pockets Full of Sunshine (PFS), 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, has been working to make the Lowcountry a “sunnier place” by providing social and...
Father’s Day Gift Guide
Dorfman Hat $64.95, available at Bennali’s Coastal Wear Brown Dog Duck Socks $15, available at Outside Hilton Head Smathers & Branson Can Cooler $34.50; available at Outside Hilton Head QED Custom Palmetto Dunes Hoodie $86, available at Palmetto Dunes Robert Trent...
Grant Backus’ Story of Growth
Grant Backus and his son Grady on Hilton Head Island. The head superintendent for First Tee-The Lowcountry exemplifies the transformative spirit of the organization. The beauty of something like The First Tee is how it can come to mean so much to so many. There will...
Break Through Barriers: Move With Confidence at Benchmark Physical Therapy
Brittney Shuenfelt, Dr. Travis Robbins and Victoria Johansen At Benchmark Physical Therapy, people of all ages and activity levels are empowered to start moving with assurance back into the areas of their lives where they may have lost confidence. Patients at...
Stay Gold
Grady Lambert just wanted to run across the country and change some lives. His run was cut short, but his mission has only just begun. Somewhere out there, a miracle happened, and we all missed it. On that day, in that place, both details which remain a mystery,...
A Midcentury Makeover: Fusion of cultures and styles breathes new life into Port Royal Plantation home
This Port Royal Plantation home was renovated in three seperate phases over a ten year time period. The Gomez’s had always been attracted to the architectural features of older homes and wanted to preserve some of the aspects of the existing structure....
Neighborhood Stroll: Port Royal Plantation
An aerial view of Port Royal Plantation, which covers the heel of Hilton Head Island. When observing Hilton Head Island from an airplane, a drone photo, or a map, the island’s shape distinctively resembles a tennis shoe with the toe being the southernmost point and...
Men’s Mental Health: The Silent Struggle
It was a beautiful summer day on the University of Georgia campus. While my friends were out having real adventures, I was fighting for the life of my GPA in calculus. Somewhere along the way, I heard summer courses were effortless. Not so much. My professor, a...
Masculine Retreats and How You Can Create Yours!
Masculine Retreats and How You Can Create Yours with Connie Sewell With Father’s Day rambling around the corner, it feels appropriate to spotlight some of our favorite man spaces around the Lowcountry. So, buckle up and take a trip through these next-level...
Dadpreneurs
Pete Savarese, The Ice Cream Cone, Located in Coligny Plaza, 1 N Forest Beach Dr, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 (843) 785-4440 colignyicecreamcone.com Fatherhood is a calling, one that can sometimes be a rocky road but also leads to sweet rewards. You don’t have to be...
Saving Daws: As Father’s Day approaches and we honor fathers and father figures, one local dad is in the fight of his life—the fight to save his son.
Scott and Stephanie Skager with their children Lennon (5) and Daws (3), and Amanda and Nate Skager with their children Amelia (11) and Nathan (8). As Father’s Day approaches and we honor fathers and father figures, one local dad is in the fight of his life—the fight...
A Dad Grows Up
It’s a question I get asked all the time. What does it take to be a dad? The people asking me this question are all hypothetical, and in fact may be figments of my imagination, but it does give me an awesome way to start a column about fatherhood. You see, I...
Doctor Dad: Father of two and owner of a thriving concierge practice—and lately wearing a developer’s hat—Dr. Kamal Patel shows that you can have it all.
Last year, Dr. Kamal Patel and his family finally pulled off their dream vacation. Spending a week in Paris and a week in London, they did the usual tourist things, which meant a lot of sightseeing. But for Dr. Patel, the most inspiring sight of all wasn’t the soaring...
Haute Yacht Summer
Special thanks to Hilton Head Yacht Charters & Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina for hosting our Photoshoot.
Meet Your Team: Town of Bluffton
Despite its growth, Bluffton is still that idyllic small town we all fell in love with. Helping to keep it that way are the men and women of the Town of Bluffton, your neighbors and friends. There may have never been a more exciting time to live in Bluffton than now....
Editor’s Note June 2023
10 YEARS A decade is a long time. If you’re lucky and have longevity in your genes, 10 years is 10 percent of your life. Think about when you took your baby home from the hospital and then suddenly watched her perform all the lines to Mathilda as a 10-year-old on...