The Real Story About the Harbour Town Lighthouse
To understand the real story behind Hilton Head Island’s iconic Harbour Town Lighthouse, we need to travel back in time to 1949 when Charles Fraser’s father was part of a timber syndicate that bought two-thirds of the Island. As the story goes, in the summer of 1950 before starting his freshman year at Yale Law School, Fraser worked in his father’s island logging camp and fell in love with the area. In fact, so much so that he convinced his father to let him develop what is now Sea Pines.
Hilton Head Island's Most Special and Secret Spots
It’s no secret, Hilton Head hosts some magical spots. Having grown up on the Island and having married an adventurous local, I believe collectively my husband Lee and I have traversed every square inch of this beautiful island.
Spanish Moss: The True Story
Spanish moss hangs in silvery-gray strands from weathered live oaks. Newcomers are quick to ask: “Doesn’t that ‘fungus’ kill the tree? The short answer: no and no. Spanish moss is not a fungus (or a moss, for that matter!) and it doesn’t harm the tree. In fact, lacy plant just may be the key to the survival of coastal forests.
A well-traveled member of the pineapple family, Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) ranges from coastal Virginia to Argentina. It is an “epiphyte,” or air plant that only hangs from branches to take in sunlight, rainwater, and nutrients in dust.
Exploring the audubon newhall preserve
“We came here six years ago,” began Ula Li, “We liked it so much, we had to come back. It’s just as beautiful as we remembered it.” Li and her husband are sitting on a bench overlooking the Audubon Newhall Preserve pond. They are admiring a sunning alligator. “Plus, in Delaware we don’t have alligators.”
Stan Smith: A Sneaker Fit For a Shoe-Shaped iIsland
In 2018, tennis champion Stan Smith released a coffee table book called Stan Smith: Some People Think I’m a Shoe. The front cover features the iconic Adidas Stan Smith shoe, made of white leather with three perforated stripes on the side, a patch of green on the heel tab, and a drawing of Stan Smith’s portrait and his signature with a single ‘S’ used as the first letter of his first and last name.
Doing the Loco Motion on Hilton Head Island
“I want people to feel empowered by crossing that finish line,” says Laura Morgan with a big smile. Morgan is the founder of Carolina Cups—a 501c3 non-profit public charity dedicated to funding breast cancer education, screening, treatment, and clinical research—and the running shoes behind LoCo Motion—a 3-day charitable walk/run that will cover 10 miles each day from Sept. 30-Oct 2 to join the fight against cancer. Walkers and runner alike will compete (“With themselves, not others,” says Morgan) on a course that includes the hard-packed beaches of Hilton Head Island, as well as historic Old Town Bluffton on the banks of the May River. With LoCo Motion, Morgan hopes to achieve 3 specific goals:
