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A Hilton Head Island home valued at $350,000 will pay about $300 in town taxes this coming year. By contrast, U.S. families pay an average of $1,668 a year for cell phones. We’d like to think that what you get for your town tax dollars compares quite favorably with the benefits of cell phones.” -PAGE 108

P16 Editor’s Note A fun game for summer vacation

P18 C2 Fashion Looks for the Beach, Boat & BBQ Party

P20 The chilly willy band These moonlighting musicians have been trading cool licks and plenty of laughs around Hilton Head for over 28 years.

P30 CH2 Visitor Guide What to Do During the Day and at Night

P44 C2 Scavenger Hunt 10 Selfies = $1000 if you win!

P50 Get Happy at HarbourFest A festival of fun for the whole family

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Generations A look into the business of family

ON OUR CH2 COVER

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Know where this photo was taken? Play the game and you might win $1,000!

See details on page 44.

WHAT TO DO FOR FUN ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND (Mostly Helpful) Advice from the Locals SPECIAL REAL ESTATE SECTION FEATURING: Lowcountry Realtors State of the Market Want to Live Here?

Let us Convince You!

KNOW WHERE THIS IS? [SEE PAGE 00]

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Mom & Pop Shops A Look into the Business of Family

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Win $1000!

Be the First to Complete our 10 Selfie Scavenger Hunt Special Real Estate Section Featuring: Lowcountry Realtors State of the Market Want to Live Here?

Let us Convince You!

ON OUR CB2 COVER Photography by Mark Staff Mayor Lisa Sulka gets patriotic.

I WANT YOU

IN BLUFF TON THIS SUMMER EXPERIENCE THE BLUFFTON STATE OF MIND IN THE HEART OF THE LOWCOUNTRY

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The Beach House Resort Along with the improvements to the overall guest experience, this Coligny area hotel made several upgrades that locals will enjoy, including weatherizing the Tiki Hut and the opening of the hotel’s new restaurant, The Porch Southern Kitchen and Bar.

P60 Pump Boys and Dinettes at the Arts Center of Coastal CarolinA Life, love and toe-tappin’ good times

P62 Broad Creek Marina welcomes Aerial Adventure A ropes course playground in the sky with several courses to accommodate all ability levels

P68 Collecting Art in the Lowcountry “A society defines itself by the fine art created within it, and that original expression is valid no matter what form it takes.”

P74 Interesting Blufftonian Meet Gerry Diaz.

P78 It’s a Dentist’s Office for Kids!

Coastal Pediatrics caters to the tiny teeth in your family.

P82 Lowcountry Realtor Guide

P84 Area Real Estate on a New High Distressed sales no longer dragging down market values

P88 Just Visiting but thinking of Living Here?

Why NOW is the right time to buy in the Lowcountry.

P96 Heritage Fine Jewelry Introducing a beautiful new location in Shelter Cove Towne Centre

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People Who Do Stuff (we don’t know if they actually get paid or not) Chief People Herder Maggie Marie Washo #Ladyfish Entrepreneur Kelly “I’m not telling you my middle name” Stroud

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On The “Back Nine” George Thomas Staebler Mergers & Aquisitions Marion Elizabeth Bowser Caffeine Addiction Counselor Catherine Anne Davies Arbitration Expert and Resident Hypochondriac Ashton Kelley Fons Director of Fun & Happiness Advocate Kim Conrad Crouch Book Club President Carolyn Hunter Kostylo Conflict Resolution Specialist “Just Kandace” Wightman Ambassador to the Beaufort Division Kaity Elizabeth Robinson Office Mascots Lucille Rosita Gonzalez Washo Greta Von Bowser

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t has been said that a picture is worth 1000 words…or is it a photo is worth 10,000 words? The official details and author credit surrounding this often-used quote are a little murky. Well anyway, this month at CH2 & CB2 magazines, 10 photos will be worth $1,000 to one lucky winner.

Here’s how it works. On pages 4448 of this issue are seven photos taken by our creative team using our iPhones.

The locations are scattered throughout Hilton Head Island and Bluffton. You may recognize some of them immediately, while others may be more difficult to identify.

Throughout the month of July, on the CH2 magazine Facebook page, we will be offering clues and releasing the final three photos. The first person to take a selfie at all 10 locations and e-mail the photos

to m.washo@celebratehiltonhead.com will win $1,000 cash.

Yes, that’s right—$1,000 for 10 selfies.

If you are a visitor to Hilton Head Island, maybe you can ask the concierge or local barkeep to help you figure out where the photos were taken. Win some extra cash to spend while you are here. And while you venture around, you’ll get to see some pretty cool spots you might not have found otherwise.

If you are a local, it may not be as easy as you think to figure out where we took these photos; so again, be sure to tune into our Facebook page all month for clues and the final three photos.

Just to recap: 10 Selfies. $1,000. Clues.

CH2 Facebook page. First one in wins.

Oh yeah, and have a fantastic summer and a SAFE holiday!

Step 1: Find the location of the photo.

Step 2: Take a selfie with location in the background. Step 3: Email 10 photos to m.washo@celebratehiltonhead.com.

Step 4: Confused? Call 843.689.2658.

“The Media” Kitty Bartell Frank Dunne Jr. Rebecca Edwards Andrea Gannon Courtney Hampson Courtney Hillis Laura Hobbs Linda S. Hopkins Barry Kaufman Drew McLaughlin Michael Paskevich Lisa Sulka Debbis Szpanka Rick Turner “Fashionista” Kim Molloy “The Paparazzi” Mark Staff Photography Photography by Anne Arno Dimmling Estresia G Photography Brett Lance Greg Ceo Photography Studio Jordan Sturm Find Us HERE PO Box 22949 w Hilton Head Island, SC 29925 843.689.2658 m.washo@celebratehiltonhead.com

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C2 fashion

Island Living

Beach Bum The perfect beach bag, for your new book, towel and sunblock!

boat, beach & BBQs

Fashion Tip: Summer is all about staying cool and looking good while you do. A flowy dress, straw hat, loose shorts, and open toe shoes are all great options for any occasion.

The most important summer fashion accessory though is sunscreen. Lobster skin & strap marks ruin even your best look; so, if you have an event coming up, make sure you sunbathe responsibly.

BBQ Chic

Laila Jayde Red Drapey Dress $71 Gigi’s Boutique, Lilly Pulitzer Woven Clutch $98 SM Bradford, Lucky Brand Remy Hailey Woven Shoes $79 Gigi’s Boutique, Blue Flower Necklace $51 Gigi’s Boutique, Silver Cuff $18 Gigi’s Boutique

Boatin’ Babe

Bon Voyage Sweater MacBeth Collection $46 Gigi’s Boutique, Royal Standard Glamour/Geometric Gold & Turquoise Bag $33 Gigi’s Boutique, Ladyfish visor $20 Ladyfish.com, TKees Safari Collection Night Owl $60 Radiance, Splendid White/Navy Shorts $84 Radiance, Nanette Lepore Mix & Mingle Dreamer in Indigo Bikini $82 top, $80 bottoms Radiance, Butter Nail polish (Slapper) $15 Radiance, Coast to Coast Sanddollar earrings $42 Gigi’s Boutique, Anchor Longitude/Latitude Silver Necklace $34.95 Lettrs

Meet the stylist, Kim Molloy I am a 20 year island resident with three kids and a husband - need I say more?

As a child, I remember my father bringing my mom beautiful clothes from all over the world from his travels. This began my interest in fashion, and I have been hooked ever since. While never studying fashion professionally, it has been a hobby/interest for a lifetime. After helping friends over the years with their wardrobes, a little stroke of luck came my way to do this professionally (thanks Mark Staff & CH2), and now I have the complete privilege of sharing my style with you.

Slim Animal Fluorescent Flip Flops $19.99 Saks OFF 5th, Bon Shopper Kate Spade Bag Baja/Chili $115.00 Kate Spade Outlet Store, Milky Turquoise Lilly Pulitzer Sunglases $128 SM Bradford, Yel as Yellow Lucite Bracelet $16.00 SM Bradford Trina Turk Bathing Suit Bottoms $79, Top $92, SM Bradford Lace Cardi with Fringe $44 Gigi’s Boutique

Patriotic Must: Tank top A tank top is a perfect summer island staple. So celebrate the USA in style this July with all the fabulous options out there in many island boutiques.

Tank top Justice Tshirt - Radiance $42

Photography By Mark Staff

By Michael Paskevich oonlighting musicians in The Chilly Willy Band have been trading cool licks and plenty of laughs around Hilton Head for 28 years, and original guitarist Fred Warren figures there’s no need to stop now as they continue to have a blast playing good-time rock and blues cover tunes. “We’ve learned a few things over the years,” said Warren, who formed the band as a quartet in 1986. “First, people would rather hear something they know played well rather than something they don’t know played beautifully. The second thing is, ‘nothing good ever happens after midnight,’” he added with a laugh.

His brother, David Warren, joined the band in 1988 and drummer David Carroll came on board soon after, initially as a Saturday fill-in for an original member who had to deliver mail. Carroll then took a lingering hiatus to raise his three daughters before returning to full-time status. All of today’s six

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CWB members maintain regular day jobs, ranging from tennis instructor to real estate agent, and Warren believes that’s a secret to ongoing success. “We’ve never worried about relying on playing for our income,” Warren said, “and that allows it to work.”

Drummer and singer-songwriter Carroll, who recently recorded a CD of originals, added, “I’ve met a lot of full-time musicians, and many of them have a sour attitude about the music industry because it’s such a struggle … while all of us are just happy to be playing music and still having a good time.”

The band, named after a cute cartoon character penguin wearing a ski cap, started out playing every area night club imaginable, often until the wee hours, before turning more to festivals and special events. “We continue to build the band as a festival band, and I think we’ve played everything from the Watermelon Festival to Burgers and Brews and the Chili Festival,” Warren said. “I think they named the last one after us,” added Carroll during a recent interview. The band recently slipped into Greg Critchley’s The Sound recording studio and, in just a couple of hours, turned out a promo CD of cover tune snippets that includes songs by Creedance Clearwater (“Born on the Bayou”), the Allman Brothers (“Midnight Rambler”) and the more contemporary Black Keys (“Lonely Boy”).

“Our set lists are all over the place,” Warren said, “and we’re basically a cover band that’s trying to keep things fresh after all of these years. If there are three pretty girls who want to hear “Margaritaville,” we’ll bring them up onstage and let them sing it so everyone has a ball. We’ve always been somewhat bluesbased, but we don’t play sad blues; we play up-tempo blues. That appeals to everyone, so when we play a festival or other public event, no one gets hurt.”

CWB has a busy season ahead with bookings that include Bluffton’s Station 300 (“our first bowling alley gig”), private parties and an upcoming spring show at Hilton Head Prep that will find the band sharing the stage with the school orchestra and popular newcomers Cranford Hollow. Warren’s son, Sammy,

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attends the school and sometimes joins the band on guitar, playing with his dad and Uncle David. “It’s great to still be playing with my brother and now occasionally my son,” Warren said, noting that today’s CWB lineup has remained steady for nearly a decade with fellow mainstays Steve Ryden, Neil Warner and Eric Wammock. And none of them are quitting their day jobs as CWB faces a future of continuing good times playing enjoyable songs for visitors and locals alike.

“The only other band that’s been playing longer than us is The Headliners, and we have great respect for those guys,” Warren said. “They’re still playing everywhere, but that’s their main job.” Warren and Carroll also cited Deas Guyz and the Simpson Brothers as bands that have become “institutions,” playing familiar tunes on the island. The same can surely be said of CWB, which plays without need for technological assistance in an era of increasing tape loops and computer-based sound tricks. “There are a couple of guys who do it well, but we prefer to play everything live,” Warren said, citing the purity of playing with a talented drummer like Carroll instead of relying on beat box accompaniment.

“The venues come and the venues go,” Warren added, “and we’re playing a lot of new venues as well as places like the Big Bamboo that are still going strong. We had a couple of years where we were playing 100 shows a year and up to three gigs in a single day.” But CWB players now prefer a more selective pace that allows more time for family and increased productivity in their day jobs.

“We used to party with the people, but we don’t do the real late-night thing anymore because we all want to go to bed,” Carroll said with a smile. “No one in the band drinks onstage these days; it’s all about the music now, and we’re having more fun than ever.” CWB founder Warren agrees: “This is just a bunch of fun-loving guys playing fun-loving music and I think that still comes through.”

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Len Ciliento pulls out an old, circa 1970s, yellowed newspaper article from the Wallington (New Jersey) Leader. It’s about a barbershop—one he inherited from his father and had been in the family for 40 years. The article quotes Ciliento as saying prophetically that his oldest daughter Lori, then 11 years old, was already expressing an interest in cutting hair. Today Len Ciliento and Lori Hall stand side by side behind barber chairs at Leonard’s Haircutting II, that little barbershop complete with a barber pole in the Fountain Center on Hilton Head Island.

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Ciliento and Hall are two pretty easy going folks to begin with, so working together isn’t likely to be a problem. But the nature of the business does help in that regard. “It’s not the kind of job where we’re really working together,” Hall said. “Yeah, we spend the whole day together, but we really don’t get to talk that much. I’m with my customers and he’s with his.”

“Then when we close the doors I go this way and she goes that way,” Ciliento added.

Both agree that the best part of their business is that they can look at their clients not so much as clients, but as friends. “Think about it,” Hall said.

“You spend more time with me than with your sister.” (Author’s note: She’s right. My sister lives in Boston.). To that Ciliento added that it is really a special experience because they get to know people so well. “You have people come in, then their kids come in and you see them grow up and get married. You get to see all these generations and get to know these families. Then to be able to share it with somebody close to you…it’s that much more satisfying.”

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Try to keep up with this because there will be a quiz. It all started when Dennis and Jean Lowes purchased the old Adventure Inn (remember that?) on South Forest Beach Drive from Sheraton in 1976 with a plan to launch a timeshare resort. “Timesharing was a very new concept on the island at the time,” said Terry Notartomaso, the Lowes’s daughter and an associate broker at Vacation Time today. “It was a brand new concept throughout the country,” added CEO and Terry’s husband Michael Notartomaso.

To give you an idea what a trailblazing move this was, at the time, Adventure Inn was one of seven timeshare resorts listed on the Resort Condominiums International (RCI) timeshare exchange.

“Now there are thousands and thousands,” Terry said. “Dennis was definitely a pioneer,” chimed Gary Fons, Vacation Time president and general manager.

Fons also happens to be married to another Lowes daughter, Laurie. The couple operated Adventure Inn’s restaurant, Fitzgerald’s, until it closed eight years ago. Today, Laurie runs Sutton Place, Ltd., Vacation Time’s in-house remodeling/interior design firm. Laurie and Terry’s brother Tim manages facilities and grounds for the company’s properties while his wife Lois handles club member services for the timeshare division. Another Lowes sibling, Linda Roberts, is the short-term villa rental manager, and Clark Fons represents the third generation of Lowes descendants with responsibility for long-term rental operations. Although not related by blood, Rosemary Bottomley, Vacation Time’s chief financial officer, has been with the company for 37 years, so it’s hard not to count her in. “Rose is our adopted child,” Michael said.

The Vacation Time clan agrees that, for them at least, the family model is a definite strength. “It helps that we all get along and respect each other,” Gary said. “And everybody has a stake in the business’s success, and that’s really important.”

“The family members outnumber the non-family members within the business, so we force them to act like family and feel like family,” Michael quipped. “And the same thing is true about the guests who come in. It’s like having family members coming in to visit every year. It makes us feel really good about what we do.”

The Reed Real Estate Group Rich Re e d observed that, to an outsider looking in, a family running a real estate business must look like, “Oh, I don’t know…sausage being made?”

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 From left to right - Jean and Ken Rioux and Ken’s sister, Vicki Rickard it work. Oddly, not one of them planned for a career in real estate. Charlie was on furlough as an airline pilot and needed a job. He ended up at Charter One Realty, where he helped launch a real estate agent mentoring program. “We were having a hard time finding good realtors to hire, so we came up with the idea that we needed to start a mentoring program.”

A few years into the program, Andy left the banking business in Virginia to join Charlie, and guys named Reed starting piling up.

Charlie’s nephew Tom joined next.

After running the real estate department for a Hilton Head law firm, he decided to go another direction. “I mentioned that I was open to some other possibilities, and Andy said, ‘Why don’t you come join Charlie and me?’ That’s basically how that happened.”

Tom’s brother Rich was all set to become a college professor, but the opportunities to do that were all far away from family and friends. “Tom and I are pretty close, and his transition from practicing law to real estate made me think maybe that’s something I’d be interested in,” he said. “So I went to talk to Charlie, but he said, ‘Sorry, we just hired Tom and we don’t have room for you.’ I had to go cut my teeth in the business somewhere else, which was fine, because when I finally came in, they couldn’t give me too much crap!”

“It’s a unique dynamic because we’ve known each other forever,” Andy said.

“I’ve always said, with family you often take liberties that you wouldn’t take with other people. That’s a good thing and it’s a bad thing, because you can get to where you want to get quicker. You can get your point across. We have our ups and downs, but overall, it is a true blessing to work with the guys I work with.”

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Jiva Yoga Center “Good question. That’s the biggest challenge,” said Jean Rioux when asked how she and husband Ken avoid talking shop when they’re at home. Shop is Jiva Yoga Center, and though you’d think a couple of yogis would be pretty good at getting themselves into a place of peace and tranquility—and they are—the bottom line is that operating two yoga studios/

retail stores is still a business, and it’s work. With two locations to manage, obviously Ken and Jean can’t be at the same place all day every day, so it’s not like they’re on top of each other 24/7; but Ken says you still have to be able to shut it down. “You say, it’s eight o’clock.

No more.”

The couple met in the 1980s and, although they were here on Hilton Head Island, in a sense they were as far as can be from where they are today. “I was a firefighter and Ken worked for the water department,” Jean said. “It was way before yoga even approached our minds.” They spent the ensuing years away from the island, then came back around 1999. Jean began practicing yoga and opened the first Jiva Yoga Center on Greenwood Drive shortly thereafter. “It started as a small venture, but it kept growing like a chia pet.” Ken got involved later when he tried yoga as therapy for a knee injury.

The real secret to their success, as Ken suggests, is their ability to divide responsibilities based on the unique skill sets that each brings to the party. “I’m good at building, but not staying and running it, managing it,” he said. “Jean’s good at managing and empowering other people to help.”

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G Lowcountry Boil Bluegrass Band A band may not be the first thing that you associate with the term small business, but it is.

The product is music  From left to right - Jevon and his dad, Mike Daly and people pay for it.

So it fits. This particular band needs no introduction, because Mike and Jevon Daly (father and son) have been playing together as Lowcountry Boil for about 15 years. You may also recognize Jevon by his exploits with Silicone Sister, Hilton Head’s tribute to ’80s “hair bands” and quite a departure from Boil’s American roots music style. And if you were around about 10 years ago, you’ll remember Kieron Daly, Lowcountry Boil’s “child prodigy” on mandolin and guitar.

He’s all grown up now and on to other musical things.

It’s pretty clear that music talent is in the Daly DNA, so it’s predictable that they work well as a group musically. But aren’t bands notorious for fighting and breaking up over creative differences and such? It makes you wonder how anybody could mix band issues with family issues and hold it together.

“It’s not always easy,” Mike said. “For example, most of our stuff is plantations and private parties; we play at Vineyard 55, and we have a steady job at Hudson’s on Tuesday nights. Our show is usually a dinner show, but I would say that this band is ready to go and play a bar anytime. That’s a philosophical discussion that we have sometimes.” The key to overcoming something like that is to find the common ground. “The philosophical differences, that stuff still goes on, but there’s a love of the music and some mutual respect that gets us past it.”

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 Ruth Edwards and her son, Lee.

The Greenery The year was 1972. Ruth and Berry Edwards visited Hilton Head Island for the first time and decided then and there to uproot their family in North Carolina and move to the island. “We totally fell in love with Hilton Head just like everybody else,” said Ruth about the hasty decision. The next February, they purchased a small landscape nursery and an old church building (which had to be moved from Okatie to the island, but that’s a story in itself). It didn’t matter that neither of them knew anything about landscaping; Berry had run successful companies before, and they both recognized the growth period that was just beginning for Hilton Head. It was mostly a matter of getting and keeping the right people, which was successfully accomplished. “The first guy that Mom and Dad hired, Alfred Simmons, still works here,” said Ruth and Berry’s son Lee Edwards, who is now The Greenery’s president. The company has since grown from six to 400 employees.

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The husband and wife business partnership worked well for starting up the business, but didn’t turn out to be the long-term strategy. “Berry was always really the brains behind the whole thing and I was the creative one,” Ruth said. “I worked for the first few years, but then I told Berry I was going to quit. He said, ‘Good, because I was going to fire you!’ And we’ve gotten along fine ever since.”

Both are retired now, although Ruth is still peripherally involved with the antique shop (the converted old church building) at The Greenery’s retail site, and the company is now employee owned. Lee says, however, that it still maintains the culture of a family business. “It has been a family business and now it’s an employee-owned business, but it’s always had the same attitude.

I’m still running the company and Mom and Dad aren’t as involved anymore, but it’s still got a family kind of feeling.”

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Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks When he heard that Hudson’s was for sale in 1974, Brian Carmines wasn’t quite sure what that meant. “Somebody said, it’s an old rundown fish camp on Hilton Head Island,” Carmines said.

It makes you wonder what he saw as the upside. “I just wanted to get out of the banking business.” Today, Brian’s son Andrew is at the Hudson’s helm. His wife Erin, Hudson’s marketing director, sees a common thread in her husband’s choice to join the business. “He just wanted to get away from a desk job too,” she said. Like father, like son.

Andrew worked in the business growing up, “Cigarette butt duty in the parking lot when I screwed up,” he said, but went off on a different path after college and worked in the corporate offices of a hotel company in California for a few years. “It was, you know, every morning, sales meeting, 8 o’clock.” From that perspective, the restaurant business looked better and better. “I’ve always enjoyed the restaurant business. Growing up you don’t realize how much you pick up just from inheriting traits and knowledge of the business. Now there’s nothing that I’d rather do.”

Brian is somewhere between semi-retired and retired and says letting go has been the greatest challenge. “I have blood, sweat, and tears in the enterprise. Clearly it’s not going to go on that way forever, but the psychological perspective of passing it on has been a personal issue.” In the meantime, Andrew likes having an in-house consultant. “Having my dad as a sounding board is invaluable. He’s seen every possible scenario that can come down the pike. For me, that’s the most positive thing about it.”

Both agree that the family culture in management spills over in a positive way to the staff. “Because we have the family aspect over here, it definitely trickles over to there,” said Andrew, to which Erin added, “It’s like having a whole bunch of teenage children.”  July 2014

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ADVICE FROM THE LOCALS: “check out the fireworks at shelter cove harbour.”- Hunter k. “Do not go grocery shopping on a

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That’s for you, all you Joes and dames here on vacation…with or without the rug rats. We love it when you come to Hilton Head Island because you keep us all in business so we can keep living on this crazy island.

Aw, I’m just pulling your leg, baby! Don’t snap your cap. We think you’re the cat’s meow, and you’ll know where I’m coming from when you’re one of us in a few years. That’s right. You don’t know it yet, but you’re going to move here for good one of these days. For now, we want to make sure your week-long stay is a real ring-a-ding so we’ve put together this little brainstorm to help you figure out what’s going on while you’re here.

“Like the drip, drip, drip of the rain drops, when the summer shower is through…”

We did this last month...sort of…with an article called “What2Do When it’s Nice Outside & When it Rains” (Page 56 of the June edition). Well, the rain went away and this time we’re going to talk about stuff to do by day and by night.

Obviously some things will be repeated from that article, but that’s okay, because you’re a visitor and you probably weren’t here last month. Anyway, here it goes, and I’ll dispense with the Rat Pack slang.

Article by Frank Dunne, Jr.

Welcome Tourist!

Whatever else you have planned for the week, you and I both know that you’re going to spend a good part of it at the beach. Most of you will probably go to Coligny Beach a.k.a.

Forest Beach, because it has the most public access; but for a nice change of pace, take a ride up to the north end and check out Bradley Beach, Burke’s Beach and Folly Field. It’s a little less crowded up there, which is especially good if you want to try some surf fishing, because you can’t do that where there are lots of people in the water. If that sounds like something you want to try, the bait and tackle shops in the marinas (South Beach, Shelter Cove, Palmetto Bay, etc.) are where to go for all the info and gear.

Speaking of fishing, July isn’t considered one of the more active months for sport fishing, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing out there. Hilton Head’s charter fleet skippers are more than happy to take you out in search of an Ernest Hemmingway moment. This time of year is usually known for tarpon, Spanish mackerel, and sharks, lots of sharks; but grab your smartphone and search “Hilton Head fishing charter” and speak to the captains to find out what they’re catching.

Back to the beach. You know how you’re going to spend your days out there, swimming, sunning, playing bocce, chasing your kids and all that jazz, but I should remind you that Hilton

Saturday.”- Deborah s. “Welcome to paradise; help us keep it that way!”- lori p. “Go to the beach! The best thing HHI has to offer.”- Erin t.

“Please do not feed the alligators, they are beautiful animals, but they are dangerous. observe them from afar.”- beth c. “Take a

deep breath when you cross the bridge! You have made it to paradise!” - patricia H. “check out Station 300 for bowling”- matt g.

Head’s beaches are pure magic at night. There’s no better place to take your best girl for a moonlight stroll and make a wish on a shooting star. You’ve surely heard all about Hilton Head sunsets, but a moonrise over the Atlantic—or a tidal creek—is also something you don’t want to miss, especially if you’re fortunate enough to be here during a full moon (July 12 by the way), which you can celebrate at Full Moon Parties at The Tiki Hut on Coligny Beach or Skull Creek Boathouse on Squire Pope Road.

You’re probably going to spend one or more days playing golf or tennis or both. Of course you can’t play real golf at night, but you can play miniature golf under the lights at Adventure Cove on Folly Field Road, Legendary Golf with two locations on Pope Avenue and William Hilton Parkway, or Pirate’s Island next to the Hilton Head Diner. Most of the island’s resorts have tennis courts with at least some of them lighted for nighttime play; but if you’re not staying at one of those places, there are lighted courts at Chaplin Community Park near Burke’s Beach.

By my last count, there are approximately a zillion other ways under the sun to spend your days on the island, and about half a zillion of them are water sports. Outfitters such as Outside Hilton Head, Live Oac, and Palmetto Bay Watersports can set you up with kayaking, stand-up-paddleboarding, waverunners, para-sailing, boat rentals, dolphin tours, fishing charters…whatever floats your boat so to speak.

That’s not to say, though, that there’s not plenty to see and do by land. Hilton Head Island is a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community, according to the League of American Bicyclists, and we’ve got better than 60 miles of leisure pathways to prove it. You can get practically anywhere on the island by bike. If you didn’t bring your own bikes there are plenty of places to rent including the Bike Doctor on Arrow Road and Mathews Drive or Bicycle Billy’s on Pope Avenue.

Maybe you’d rather stand upright while touring the island on two wheels. If so, you can book a Segway tour with Segway of Hilton Head located in Park Plaza.

Need more of an adrenaline fix? Zip on over to Broad Creek Marina off Marshland Road for a rush at ZipLine Hilton Head and Aerial Adventure Hilton Head. ZipLine takes you on an aerial tour of the maritime forest adjacent to Broad Creek, and Aerial Adventure lets you test your skills on an obstacle course in the sky. Afterwards, you might spend the evening over a casual dinner and a few beers at Up the Creek Pub right next door. You might catch some fire juggling or live music too.

The South Carolina Lowcountry is gold mine for both history and nature buffs, and it is well worth your time to spend a day exploring Hilton Head Island’s storied past and natural environment. The Coastal Discovery Museum in Honey Horn is the place to start. You can tour historic forts and other sites while learning about the island’s role in the American Revolution and the Civil War, or explore native islander heritage on a Gullah Heritage Trail tour. Exploring Pinckney Island gets you close to nature with an overview of Hilton Head Island’s natural history and a walking tour through the wildlife refuge on Pinckney Island.

“Like the tick, tick tock of the stately clock as it stands against the wall...”

Wow! Where did the day go? You’ve been having so much fun that you didn’t even realize that day is turning into night. Now would be a good time to take in one of those sunsets over a few drinks and dinner. The Old Oyster Factory is great place to do that with the whole clan. Watch the sun say goodnight from the deck overlooking beautiful Broad Creek to the soothing sounds of local rising star Sara Burns.

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“The Black Marlin Hurricane Bar has the Island’s Best Happy Hour!!!”- jon t. “ALWAYS be nice to your lifeguard, you never know when you’ll

Head Harbor Marina, Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks, the Chart House, and the Old Fort Pub (the latter three on Skull Creek off of Squire Pope Road) are some of Hilton Head Island’s other favorite sunset dining spots.

It’s July. It’s hot outside. A great way to chill out in the evening is to take in a show. Make an evening of it at Park Plaza Cinema where you can have a bite to eat and drinks at ParlezVous Lounge, a “cine-café” located on site, before viewing the latest summer blockbuster. If live musicals are more your style, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina is presenting Pump Boys and Dinettes through July 27.

“Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom tom, when the jungle shadows fall…”

When the sun goes down on Hilton Head Island, the music volume goes up, and we have such a wildly diverse music scene it would be impossible to cover it all here. For example (as long as we’ve got Frank Sinatra/Cole Porter on the brain), The Jazz Corner in the Village at Wexford is where you can catch nightly jazz, blues, and R&B performances by local icons like Deas Guyz, Martin Lesch, Bobby Ryder, Bob Masteller, and Lavon Stevens. On another hand, The Electric Piano Bar in Park Plaza rolls more high energy with live bands and DJs playing and spinning everything from rock ’n’ roll to reggae to country, and of course the famous dueling pianos on Friday nights. Likewise, The Big Bamboo Café in Coligny Plaza features live local and regional acts like David Wingo, The Beagles, PATWA Reggae Band, and Souls Harbor.

Frankly, you’d be hard pressed to find a bar or restaurant on the island that doesn’t have some kind of live music going on during the summer. Captain Woody’s, Wild Wing Café, The Boardroom, Street Meet, The Frosty Frog, The Tiki Hut and countless other venues provide a stage for Hilton Head’s great musical talent. Go online and check the establishments’ web sites.

Most of them have event calendars to tell you who is playing and when. Better yet, ask a local. Either way, chances are you’ll find something to your liking, from Lowcountry Boil Bluegrass Band’s chicken pickin’ inspirations to Cranford Hollow’s more raucous “Lowcountry Stomp” sound to good old acoustic guitar beach music and all the way to Silicone Sister’s hair band tributes… we’ve got it all.

What about my kids, you ask? We’ve got that covered too. Every evening throughout the summer is HarbourFest at Shelter Cove Harbour with live entertainment and kid-friendly activities including Cappy the Clown Monday through Friday and fireworks every Tuesday night. HarbourFest’s signature act, Shannon Tanner, performs sing-alongs, pop tunes and originals Monday - Friday evenings as he has done for almost 30 year.

Similarly, another local musical legend, Greg Russell, performs for the children underneath the Liberty Oak in Harbour Town. “…whether near to me or far, no matter darling where you are…”

Of course we locals want you to get out and about while you’re here, but we do realize the age-old irony about vacation; it is usually far from restful, especially if you’re corralling a herd of kids. There will be nights when you just want to lay low, have a nice home cooked meal and spend the night in. If you do, try this: during the day, head down to Benny Hudson Seafood Market on Squire Pope Road to pick up some fresh caught shrimp. Ask the friendly folks there for a Lowcountry boil recipe, then go get the rest of the ingredients. If it’s a Tuesday, get as many of the ingredients as possible from either the Shelter Cove Park Farmers Market (4-7 p.m.) or the Farmers Market in Old Town Bluffton (2 p.m.-7 p.m.). When you get home that night, have at it! Then, rest up for another big day and night on your Hilton Head vacation.

You may not get to everything on this list in one vacation, but that’s a good thing, because now you have reasons to come back. We’re sure you will, and we’re sure you’ll be thinking of your Hilton Head Island days and nights until you return. You might even catch yourself singing, “…night and day, day and night; why is it so that this longing for you follows wherever I go?”

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need them”- mylinda r. “Go to Faces DaySpa for a facial or massage!”- elizabeth c. “Art cafe!! Paint your own souvenirs!!”- Chrissy M.

Great advice from Hilton head Monthly’s Editor

“Check out the Hilton head zipline and Aerial ropes course! Fun for all ages!”- nicole d. “Use the freakin’ bike paths!”- lance h.

ADVERTISER LISTINGS

The Bike Doctor 31 New Orleans Rd. or 55 Matthews Drive, Suite 160 843.681.7532 or 843.681.7531 www.bikedoctorhhi.com The Bike Doctor, voted best bike shop and best bike rentals, has been selling the best and servicing the rest since 1992. They have two island locations with bike sales, services and rentals. All rentals include free baskets, locks, delivery and pickup.

Pau Hana & Flying Circus Palmetto Bay Marina 843.686.2582 hiltonheadislandsailing.com The crew of Pau Hana & Flying Circus Sailing Charters offer “The Ultimate Sailing Experience.” It’s the “environmentally-friendly way” to enjoy dolphins and nature’s beauty on smooth sailing catamarans! Fun for all ages! Join us for our popular “Happy Hour” sunset sails - coolers welcome!

Private charters available. Sailing daily from Palmetto Bay Marina since 1989.

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Gullah Heritage Trail Tours (843) 681-3069 70 Honey Horn Road gullahheritage.com Gullah Heritage works to share the values of Gullah Culture with the world. Tour guides all of Gullah heritage, born and raised on Hilton Head Island before the bridge connection to the mainland, share their expertise with tour participants to provide the most accurate and engaging cultural experience.

Graves Farm 21 Graves Road Okatie, SC 843.247.4897 www.gravesfarmsc.com Graves Farm offers one hour guided trail rides along the Okatie River bank and through the Pepper Hall Plantation. Sunset rides also available for those who wish to experience the beauty of the Lowcountry at its best.

Pony rides offered for children seven and under and petting zoo complete with a Buffalo, Donkey, Goats (and their new kids) and the always entertaining Whitey the Cow! Come out and meet the famous “So She Wood”, NCHA Classic/Challenge winner, and

the rest of the cutting horse champions. Reservations are required to ride.

Island Bagel & Deli 841 William Hilton Parkway 843.686.3353 www.islandbagelanddeli.com

Moss Creek Equestrian Center Moss Creek Plantation 843.816.7830 mosscreekequestrianctr. com

Authentic NY Style boiled bagels in 16 flavors made from scratch daily on Hilton Head. Twelve handmade flavors of cream cheese, breakfast bagel sandwiches and a full line of Seattle’s Best coffees and espresso drinks. For lunch try the classic deli sandwiches, signature hoagies and the new Bacon Bagel Burger.

Providing boarding, training, horse riding lessons and horsemanship skills since 1997.

Capable, professional instructors welcome all riding abilities and ages. Let the Lowcountry-style barn and grass pastures, set in a pecan grove, combined with the warm staff, welcome you to our family-friendly environment!

Easy access at the bridges to Hilton Head.

Lawton Stables 190 Greenwood Dr. 843.671.2586 www.lawtonstables.com

Pirate’s Island Golf 8 Marina Side Drive 843.686.4001 www.piratesislandgolf.com

Lawton Stables offers guided trail rides through the Sea Pines Forest Preserve, perfect for adults and children over 8 years old; pony rides for children 7 and under and a free small animal farm!

Open 7 days a week, 364 days a year. Home of the International Riding Academy (iridingacademy. com) and the Wish Upon a Horse Therapeutic Riding Center (wishuponahorsehhi.org).

Rated on Trip Advisor as the top miniature golf course on Hilton Head Island, Pirates Island has two 18-hole courses, one more challenging than the other, bound to satisfy any mini-golfer’s preference.

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“Hide your alcohol (or don’t bring any) while you’re on the beach ($1000 fine = no bueno”- danielle v. “Electric Piano is without a

ADVERTISER LISTINGS

Zip Line Hilton Head Broad Creek Marina 843.682.6000 www.ziplinehiltonhead.com Get a bird’s eye view of the island with ZipLine Hilton Head or Aerial Adventure Hilton Head, two different high-flying adventures. The zip line tour includes eight interconnected zip lines with a dual cable-racing finale for ages 10 and over.

Aerial Adventure HH, a sky playground, features six different ability courses to thrill a five-year-old or a Marine. Finish your day with Up the Creek Pub & Grill, overlooking Broad Creek.

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Hilton Head Brewing Company 7C Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza) 843.785.3900 www.hhbrewingco.com South Carolina’s first microbrewery and restaurant can produce 2,000 barrels of beer annually. Patrons can dine inside the brew house pub or on the outside deck, complete with outdoor bar and TV. With 40 craft and specialty beers on tap, and an extensive menu including tasty appetizers, wings, pizza, calzones, burgers, salads, and more, HHBC is a beer and food lover’s destination.

The Jazz Corner The Village at Wexford 843.842.8620 www.thejazzcorner.com The intimate, elegant atmosphere of the Jazz Corner is the perfect setting to enjoy an evening of world-class entertainment enhanced by the innovative southern flavors presented on the menu and impeccable service. The Jazz Corner offers a signature martini menu, extensive wine list, full bar and late-night menu.

Acclaimed as one of the TOP “100 Great Jazz Rooms” in the WORLD by Downbeat Magazine. Open nightly from 6:00 PM. Veritas 163 Bluffton Rd, Unit F 843.815.6900 www.veritasbluffton.com Chef/owner Tom Boland welcomes you to enjoy exciting seasonal dishes in an inviting atmosphere near Old Town Bluffton. Boland graduated Le Cordon Bleu, and his classical French training combined with years of fine dining experience has helped him create a unique menu that is complemented by a diverse wine list.  38

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doubt the place to go for the most fun at night.”- bill r. “Slow down you move too fast. Gotta make the morning last.”- terri f.

“Check out Old town Bluffton, the May River and definitely take a Gullah Tour”-Nikki s. “Make sure you stop by Palmetto Bay Sunrise

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Vineyard 55- Join us for Happy Hour Daily.

Half Priced Appetizers from 4-7PM.

Ruby Lee’s- July 6 & 20: Candace Woodson & The Domino Theory Band

The Boardroom- R2DTour Feat. Joe Vicars (Every Monday)

Vineyard 55- Happy Hour Daily w/ half priced appetizers from 4-7PM!

Ruby Lee’s- Motown Monday w/ Sterlin & Shuvette Colvin Featuring Malcolm Horn.

Frosty Frog- Luke Mitchell (Mondays 6:30-10:30PM) Charbar Co.- Join us for half price happy hour from 4-7PM. Mike Wilson & Dave Wingo (6:30PM)

HH Brewing Co.Groove Town Assault (Every Sunday 10PM-2AM)

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Charbar Co.Join us for half price happy hour from 4-7PM & Reid Richmond (6:30PM)

Send your event/entertainment listing to c.davies@celebratehiltonhead.com

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Charbar Co.- Join us for half price happy hour from 4-7PM AND Whitley Deputy (7:00PM) Frosty Frog- Hoppy Hour (5-7PM) Jon Bruner (Wednesdays 6:30-10:30PM) The BoardroomJuly 2: Cranford Hollow July 16 & 30: South Beach Orchestra July 23: La Bodega

Chow Daddy’s- The Local Visitors AND Happy Hour from 4-6PM and 9-Close!

Charbar Co.- Mike Bagenstose (7:00PM) Frosty Frog- Hoppy Hour (5-7PM) Luke Mitchell (Thursdays 6:30-10:30PM) The BoardroomJuly 3 & 10: B-Town Project July 31: The Morrison Brothers (Washington, DC)

The Electric Piano- Darryl Van Horne and Megan Burner All request show. $3 off all Cruzan Flavored Rum Drinks

The Electric Piano- Smirnoff Vodka Ladies Night! & Classic Rock Beach Music & Motown with The Simpson Brothers!

The Tiki Hut: July 3: Harry Santana 1-5PM and Pete Carroll 6-10PM! Holy Tequila- La Pachanga (9PM-12AM)

“Visit Sunset Grille and ask for the carrot cake... Also visit Ella’s and ask for key lime pie”- ellen m. “Don’t get upset when every

restaurant has an hour+ wait... Get a drink and appetizers and sit outside... It’s beautiful!”- jasmyn g. “Take photographs at sunset!”-L.E.P

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Ela’s Blu Water Grille - Live music (Starting at 8PM) Charbar Co.- Tommy Dargan Sims (7:00PM) Frosty Frog Cafe- Jon Bruner (Fridays 6:30-10:30PM) The Boardroom: July 18: B-Town Project The Electric PianoJuly 4: The Simpson Brothers Dueling Pianos: Interactive, All request show. The ONLY Dueling show on HHI. $3 and $4 Shot Specials

Holy Tequila- DJ Bove (9PM-12AM)

Charbar Co.- Nick Poulin, Derrick & Sammy (8:00PM) The BoardroomJuly 5: Big B and the Stingers July 12: La Bodega July 26: Groove Town Assault Chow Daddy’s- Finkle & Einhorn (Every other Satuday) AND Happy Hour from 4-6PM and 9-close!

Beach House Resort & The Tiki Hut- July 4: Frequensea 1-5PM, DJ Kaos 5-7PM and Naked Karate Girls 6-11PM. July 12: FULL MOON PARTY– JoJo Squirrell & The Home Pickles, SuckerPunch from Greenville NC, Fire dancers & DJ U.N.I.

The Beach House Resort & Tiki Hut July 5: Ashley Martin Band 1-5PM, Dj Kaos 5-6PM and Ohio’s Own NKG. July 19: Mezza Voce (6pm-10pm) July 26: Walrus (6pm-10pm) Ruby Lee’s- July 5: Target the Band July 12 & 19: Earl Williams & Alexander Newton July 26: Sterling and Shuvette Feating Malcolm Horn HH Brewing Co.- Happy Hour! $5 call, $3 well, $2.50 dometics, $3 house wine and $15 brewtender (Daily 4PM-7PM)

Holy Tequila- Flamenco Acoustic (9PM-12AM)

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The four pages that follow contain photos that our creative team took at various locations around Hilton Head Island and Bluffton. The remaining three photos will be released on CH2 magazine’s Facebook page before the end of the month. The first person to take a selfie at ALL TEN LOCATIONS and email all photos to m.washo@ celebratehiltonhead.com will win $1,000! Not sure where these photos were taken?

Stay tuned to CH2 magazine’s Facebook page all month long for clues. For an even more detailed photographic description of how to win this contest, please see editor’s note on page 16.

All photos submitted will become property of CH2/CB2 magazines and may be printed in upcoming issues and posted on www.celebratehiltonhead.com. To win contest, a person must be in the correct location of ALL 10 photos, take a photo of himself/herself with the location clearly visible in the background and be the first one to submit the photos via email. Winner’s photos and/or other submissions will be featured in upcoming issues of CH2/CB2.

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ooking for something fun to do in the evening? If you feel like a room without a roof or just want to relax with your favorite beverage and watch the sunset, join the crowd and get happy at HarbourFest, Monday-Friday, now through Labor Day. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. when islanders and visitors alike flock to Shelter Cove Harbour for an unforgettable evening of entertainment.

One of Hilton Head Island’s most beloved traditions, the summertime celebration features food, arts and crafts and live music, as well as, a spectacular fireworks display at dusk on Tuesdays.

HarbourFest truly offers something for everyone in the family. Adults enjoy strolling along the harbor, shopping, sipping cocktails and dining at the many waterfront restaurants, while children get a chance to run, play and release some extra energy. Activities include family shows, bouncy houses, hair braiding, face painting, sand art, and much more.

A highlight for both children and adults is the Shannon Tanner show, which includes an array of lighthearted and humorous songs and stories that

encourage audience participation.

Onstage at the gazebo (mid-harbor), wearing his signature beanie hat, the local legend is back for his 26th season at Shelter Cove Harbour. Tanner has audiences clapping their hands and singing along with two highenergy shows every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Families return year after year for a souvenir money can’t buy. “It’s all about filling their memory banks,” Tanner said.

On Thursday nights through Aug. 14, from 7-9 p.m., Tanner shifts gears for Parrot Palooza, performing an islandinspired concert with the Oyster Reefers, a full Jimmy Buffet tribute band. While a bit more adult oriented in style, the show is family-friendly and sets the vacation tone for everyone. “We want to capture that ‘It’s 5 o’clock’ somewhere’ feel with this fun show on Thursday evenings,” said Karen Kozemchak, director of marketing for Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort and Shelter Cove Harbour.

Lowcountry character, Cappy the Clown, also brings her special brand of entertainment to HarbourFest from 6-9

cappy the clown entertains guests at shelter cove harbour.

p.m. Monday-Friday. Cappy uses her cheerful antics to teach, entertain, and inspire kids—and they inspire her! “I love my job,” she said. “I get to laugh all night and forget all the rest of life’s worries.” With infectious energy, Cappy mesmerizes audiences. “I can talk to 20 kids at once and they all think they’re the only one,” she said.

Dining options at HarbourFest include everything from festival fare, provided by sidewalk vendors, to full-course meals in six restaurants, all with waterfront views and many with additional live entertainment. Whether you’re in search of the freshest seafood in town, a plate of pasta, a slice of pizza, a kabob or pile of nachos, you’ll find what you’re looking for at Shelter Cove Harbour.

It’s easy to satisfy your appetite for shopping as well. You’ll want to stop in the unique waterfront stores, featuring everything from designer clothing and fine art to children’s apparel, gifts, Christmas collectibles, housewares and souvenirs.

In addition, during HarbourFest, an array of vendors line the walkways, offering handmade crafts ranging from jewelry and handbags to T-shirts and toys.

Tuesday Night Fireworks Return with a Bang One of the most popular HarbourFest events is the Tuesday night fireworks, provided fireworks by a number of local sponsors, including schedule the Shelter Cove Merchants Association.

The fireworks show starts at dusk, weather Expanded Show permitting. A special extended show on July Friday, July 4 Fourth makes Shelter Cove Harbour the place (No show Tuesday, to be for your annual Independence Day July 1) celebration.

Tuesdays, July 8, To view the show from a unique perspective, 15, 22 & 19 book a sunset cruise at the Shelter Cove Marina.

Explore your options at palmettodunes.com or Tuesdays, August 5 & 12 call the marina at (843) 842-7001. Outside Hilton Head also offers special “Fireworks Paddle” guided kayak tours, private charters and pontoon boat rentals. For information, call (800) 686-6996 or (843) 686-6996 or visit outsidehiltonhead.com.

Come see why everybody’s happy at HarbourFest. Free parking. Free admission. If you are a resident or guest of Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, call the Dunes Buggy for complimentary transportation. (843) 689-4222.

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n addition to the evening festivities, Shelter Cove Harbour is a hub of activity any time you choose to visit. Day or night, it’s the perfect place for shopping, dining, sightseeing and more. Stop off for lunch or dinner at any of the fine waterfront restaurants. Between meals, explore refreshment options such as coffee, ice cream, Italian ice, cocktails, cold beer or a relaxing glass of wine.

If it’s time on the water you crave, visit the Ship’s Store and discover an array of boating activities, including fishing, sightseeing and adventures for the whole family. Call (843) 842-7001 or toll-free (866) 400-7894 to plan your day on the water. Be sure to check out the high-flying fun at Parasail Hilton Head and HHI JetPack—two of Shelter Cove Harbour’s newest thrills, and get your creative fix at the Art Café, Too, a paint-your-own pottery studio.

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The Beach House Resort, located at One South Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island off Coligny Circle, reveals its newest renovations, which enhance the authentic beach experience for guests and locals alike.

According to Jeff Elseser, general manager, Northview Hotel Group purchased The Beach House Feb. 28, 2013.

Northview Hotel Group is an owner/operator of hotels and resorts that provides hotel management, asset management and construction management. The Northview Hotel Group’s property management team has successfully operated more than 100 hotels in the past 30 years.

Renovations at The Beach House, aimed at highlighting the hotel’s beachfront location, began in January of this year and were completed in March. The resort spent close to $1.5 million on many of the public spaces to create a comfortable, inviting and upscale vacation experience, Elseser said. One of the major renovations included redesigning the hotel’s new restaurant, The Porch Southern Kitchen & Bar. Specific decor upgrades were also made to the lobby, public corridors, meeting spaces, landscape design, pool area.

Recent renovations and improvements to the overall guest experience create the perfect blend of relaxing beach

atmosphere and excellent service. The Beach House Resort’s ideal location allows its guests to walk outside the door of their hotel room and be “within steps of having their toes in the sand and dipping them in the Atlantic Ocean,” said Mike DiLeone, director of sales for The Beach House. One of the many improvements to the property include upgrades to resort’s own private beach access, where guests can sit out at umbrella-covered tables, soak up the sun and cool ocean breezes, all while enjoying top quality food and beverage service.

In addition to its ideal beachfront location, The Beach House offers the convenience of being adjacent to the island’s go-to shopping destination, Coligny Plaza, Hilton Head Island’s self-proclaimed downtown.

Along with the improvements to the overall guest experience, The Beach House made several upgrades that benefit locals as well, including weatherizing the local-favorite Tiki Hut and the opening of the hotel’s new restaurant, The Porch Southern Kitchen and Bar. Guests and locals can now enjoy the charm and good times the Tiki Hut is famous for year-round, regardless of weather. And if you’re in the mood to satisfy your taste buds, you can simply walk over to The Porch Southern Kitchen and Bar.

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The new hot spot is the ideal place to hang out with friends and enjoy handcrafted savory dishes and drinks. Once the meal is over, take the conversation outside as you sit by the new fire pit.

This comfortable, inviting restaurant and bar, is open to locals and hotel guests for breakfast, lunch, dinner and everything in between.

In the South, the front porch is a gathering spot for friends and family to catch up and pass the time while enjoying a favorite beverage. Dan Puglisi, director of food and beverage at The Beach House says The Porch is reminiscent of that inviting, comfortable atmosphere, including good food, good drinks and good company. “When I think of a porch, I think of sunshine and lemonade. That’s the way I want people to feel when they enter The Porch,” he said.

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The menu features familiar Southern favorites with a creative twist (e.g. Coastal Blue Crab Benedict for breakfast, a Southern BLT made with pimento cheese and fried green tomatoes for lunch and Beer Can Chicken or Cornbread Encrusted Flounder for supper), carefully crafted by Chef Tim Nelson. “I love fresh stuff, making it all from scratch and putting my love and passion into it,” he said. “The food speaks for itself.”

A West Coast native and graduate of California Culinary Academy, Nelson has earned his place at the helm of some of the country’s finest kitchens, including the breathtaking Snowbird Resort in Utah, SLC’s Cafe Trio, the exclusive Stein Eriksen Lodge, the Sanderling Resort in the OBX and now The Beach House Resort on Hilton Head Island. He says he instantly fell in love with the Lowcountry and vibe

of Hilton Head Island, which inspired him to create The Porch’s eclectic menu.

The Porch Southern Kitchen & Bar is open seven days a week with breakfast served from 7-11 a.m., lunch from noon to 4 p.m. and supper from 5-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The “Bites” menu is available from noon to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The “Bites” menu features items such as country ham and cheddar biscuit sliders or mac n’ cheese balls, or as Puglisi describes them, “Southern tapas.”

Nelson’s goal was to create a menu that featured fresh and delicious dishes, but all at affordable prices. The food tastes as if you’re in a high-end, fancy restaurant without the fancy feel, because at The Porch, you’re welcome just as you are, flip flops and all.

Besides the mouth-watering meals, The Porch also features daily drink specials from its handcrafted cocktail collection, using fresh, local fruits and juices mixed with top shelf spirits and lots of creativity.

Besides the crashing of the waves and good conversation, the restaurant is usually filled with the sound of close to 400 vinyl LP’s in their collection. No need to rely on a DJ to play “your song,” because guests can handpick the records they want to hear.  Learn more about The Beach House by visiting thebeachhousehhi.com, calling (843) 785-5126 or The Beach House Resort on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about The Porch by visiting theporchhhi. com, calling (843) 785-2900 or The Porch Southern Kitchen & Bar on Facebook.

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Ashlie Roberson as "Prudie," Ben Loving as "Jim," and Casey Gill as "Rhetta."

elcome to the Double Cupp Diner, way down on Highway 57, where the cherry pie is fresh, and the waitresses are as hot as the coffee!

The boys from the gas station next door— Jim, Jackson, Eddie and L.M.—play an exuberant blend of country, rock and pop packed with entertaining music about life, love, and good times. And right next door is a roadside eatery, the Double Cupp Diner, where the lovely Cupp sisters, Prudie and Rhetta, bake up their famous home cooking and share their gift for song with the same enthusiasm they bring to hanging out with the boys.

Pump Boys and Dinettes, the Arts Center’s summer southern-comfort musical is on stage through July 27, and is a high octane mixture of concert and musical theatre. What’s so unique about this show is the actors are also the musicians. The talented cast of six makes it a toe-tappin’ good time for the whole family, singing songs like “Serve Yourself,” “Fisherman’s Prayer,” and “Caution: Men Cooking.”

Directing the Arts Center’s production is the talented Robert Farley, co-founder of the Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory and its artistic director.

Farley has directed the show seven times, having honed it to perfection. He said, “This show is high energy … sure to thrill theater-goers and completely captivate those who normally don’t come to the theater. I’ve been around the show since the original was on Broadway, and it really is great for all ages. It’s a friendly, fun, highly infectious show.”

Revealing heartache and hilarity,

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these six lovable characters perform the stories of their lives on guitars, piano, bass, accordion, harmonica and even kitchen utensils. And they rock it out.

In the underlying spirit of “work won’t kill you, but worry will,” the show attests to the relaxed attitude of a small southern town, where men talk about fishing and drinking, while the dinettes, Prudie and Rhetta, aim to satisfy and nurture the customers who come in the diner.

Kyle Lacy as “Jackson”

Farley unleashes the perfect chemistry in a wildly talented cast that also intentionally doubles as the show’s band. Lead guitarist Ben Loving plays Jim, part owner of Pump Boys, who guides us through the show with bits of narration

and is endearing in his on-again, off-again romance with the lovely Rhetta (“I’ll clear all the beer cans out of my car if you go out with me.”)

Pianist Guy Stroebel plays L.M., a quiet, unassuming guy, until he hilariously divulges his past with a certain country music star in “The Night Dolly Parton Was Almost Mine.” Meanwhile, Kyle Lacy as Jackson, rocks the house in his solo “Mona,” while bassist Scott Moss remains steadfast to his overalls-wearing character of Eddie, a man of few words.

The Cupp sisters, Ashlie Roberson as Prudie and Casey Gill as Rhetta, pump up the volume with a generous helping of homespun humor, tap dancing and candid conversations about the reality of their lives. With energy and charm, Roberson plays the sensible sister, who harbors a secret crush on one of the pump boys.

Then it’s Gill in her high red stilettos, a fiery version of a young Reba McEntire, who slings plenty of sass in “Be Good or Be Gone.”

If you haven’t heard of Pump Boys and Dinette before now, you’ll soon be a believer in all that’s friendly, fun and down-home. The show is more than a truck stop next to a café serving up homemade pies at Double Cupp Diner.

It’s a delightful songfest that stands testament to the Broadway musical that ran for 573 performances after making its debut in 1982.

The show was nominated for both Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical. Now, a Broadway revival is in the works, and meanwhile Pump Boys and Dinettes is onstage in New York this summer with a star-studded cast at Encores! Off-Center.

For now, however, you can see it right here at the Arts Center and get a jump on the NYC theatergoers! Don’t fret about the gas mileage to come see the Cupp sisters and the boys because Highway 57 is located right off of William Hilton Parkway at 14 Shelter Cove Lane.

The show runs through July 27 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Tickets are $44 for adults and $31 for children.

Purchase tickets now by calling the box office at (843) 842-ARTS (2787) or reserve your seat online at artshhi.com.

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b omething serious is going on at Broad Creek Marina Adventures on Hilton Head Island. Owners Roger and Pam Freedman are proving themselves to be serious stewards of making merry, all while expanding on the island’s recreational amenities, and promoting a legacy of care and appreciation of the island’s natural resources. Their latest foray, Aerial Adventure Hilton Head, is a natural companion to ZipLine Hilton Head, their 2012-launched zipline canopy tour.

“The grand opening was great fun,” said chief adventure officer, Roger Freedman of their April 1, 2014 launch. In addition to dignitaries such as Hilton Head Island Mayor Drew Laughlin, a group from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry was invited to be the first to take to the sky. There were smiles everywhere, and no one’s enthusiasm was bigger than Freedman’s. “What makes Pam and me so happy is that people come here and have such a great time.”

An impressive playground in the trees, Aerial Adventure Hilton Head offers 50 challenge activities on six ability-level courses. “A five-year-old can have a good time and a Marine can have a good time,” Freedman said of the multi-level green, blue, and black courses. With a primarily Hilton Head Island theme,

b some of the challenges include Skyak, Floating Fishy Climbing Wall, Shipwreck Bridge, the Bouncing Osprey Nests, Sand Dollar Skyway, and the Big Blue Catch. “We even tip our hat to military service people with the camouflage climbing wall on the black course,” Freedman said.

One of the first aerial playgrounds in the United States to offer the Saferoller continuous belay system, the adventure team is serious about safety. Having seen the system during a visit to Europe, where aerial parks have been popular for more than 20 years, Freedman said, “I was convinced it was the best and the safest, and we’ve really been pleased.” Saferoller keeps adventurers continuously connected to the playground, maximizing safety and enjoyment by eliminating switching from cable to cable after each activity.

Having welcomed over 43,000 visitors to ZipLine Hilton Head, the Freedman’s wanted to build on their adventures with an activity that could include the whole family, whether visitors or residents, with children as young as five. Mayor Laughlin was a tremendous supporter all along, Freedman said. “The mayor created an environment where you could get something like this done.” In honor of his pivotal role in understanding their goals and

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helping to execute their vision, the Freedmans named the first stop on the zipline course “Drew Laughlin Tower.”

Savannah, 13, Joshua, 13, and Mariah, 16 were three of the 30 Boys & Girls Clubs members who took to the trees for Aerial Adventures’ grand opening. The children had to earn their way onto the field trip by getting their homework done and obtaining their parent’s permission. “My parents thought it was awesome,” Joshua said of the opportunity. “I definitely want to go back. I did the four easier courses. Next I want to try the harder ones at the top.”

A surfer, Savannah didn’t take long to get into the experience.

“At first I was a little uncomfortable, but then I really started to have fun. My favorite was the slide where you slid down and then ziplined across.” she says. “If I could go back I would want more time. I wanted to do more.”

Mariah, a cheerleader and runner, had previously been ziplining up in Columbia, which gave her the confidence to reach the black level courses. “I like the heights as long as I’m strapped to something,” she says. “It would be cool to do it again at night time. You wouldn’t be able to see the ground, but I think that would make it more fun.”

Brooke Newsom, assistant director of the Boys & Girls Clubs joined the members up in the trees. “I thought it was awesome,” she said. With varying degrees of skill and bravery, the children cheered each other on. “It was a huge confidence booster for them being able to accomplish something like this; this could

A group from the Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry was the first to try out the new Aerial Adventure.

spark a child’s interest. Without this kind of experience these kids won’t develop these kinds of skills the way other kids who have opportunities like this might. The Freedmans have been really generous with us.”

With adventure and ecology in mind, Freedman said, “We built in a way that was really sensitive to the environment. You can’t see the towers from the water. You can look out but you can’t look in. The great thing is that this gets people outside and doing something physical. You see the most beautiful aspects of the trees and nature. It’s healthy and it’s fun.” Strap yourself in and get ready; these serious stewards of fun say that new and exciting adventures are in the planning stages and are on the way.

ZipLine Hilton Head and Aerial Adventure Hilton Head are located at 33 Broad Creek Marina Way. For more info call (843) 682-6000 or visit online at ziplinehiltonhead.com or aerialadventurehiltonhead.com.

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alking into Camellia Art Gallery, my eyes gravitate to a work by local artist Louanne LaRoche. Dark charcoal lines on a white backdrop create a compelling contrast, and the subjects in the piece transform into characters playing out a story in my mind. I hear the laughter, chatter and clank of glasses as a small group of Southern women enjoy gossip and an afternoon tea. A seemingly tired African American woman sits off to the side. A white scarf covers her hair, and the lines LaRoche used to create the folds on her white smock remind me of the drooping limbs of an old oak tree. These women are from a long gone but not forgotten time.

These women are a portal to my past as a Lowcountry native. And these women remind me why people—permanent residents, part-timers or visitors— appreciate and collect Hilton Head and Bluffton art. Work like LaRoche’s serves as an aesthetic memento of an area that captures so many, visually, historically and spiritually.

“There is a communion of spirit between an intimate glance towards a gesture, event or place and the process of documenting this relationship on paper or canvas,” said LaRoche, who previously owned The Red Piano Gallery and has brought her own distinctive vision to the Lowcountry for more than 30 years. A board member of the Penn Center on St. Helena’s Island, LaRoche believes in cultural preservation and says she strives to, “reflect a significant

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sense of community and respond to these connections, as they are being lost, displaced or diminished.” Her paintings, monotypes and drawings, which are available for purchase or can be commissioned for site specific spaces, explore “the relationships of color, texture and creating new perspectives and nuances of feeling.”

Her work is also contributing greatly to the continued success and progression of our local art scene. “The Hilton Head and Bluffton art scene is more vibrant now than ever,” said Camellia Art Gallery owner Adrianne Lively. “We have an active art scene with a good balance of performing and visual arts.” Like LaRoche, Lively has been involved in the area’s art scene for decades, and both have witnessed and celebrate its evolution. “[Art in Hilton Head and Bluffton] started with Charles Fraser’s vision to bring the highest caliber creative and intellectual individuals,” LaRoche said.

“The idea was that like would attract like and this would be an area where there would be artist studios and a lot of crossinterrelating with art, the environment and architecture. The first artists that came down were Walter Greer, Alan and Mary Palmer of the Red Piano, and Joe DeMers, and then later Joe Corcoran of Fox Grape Gallery and Mary Edna Fraser in Bluffton. Then artists from emerging mediums would meet every Thursday for a round table discussion at the Red Piano for quite a few, maybe twenty-five, years.

From these founding roots, the art scene has branched off,” she explained.

Now Hilton Head and Bluffton’s artistic repertoire includes a range of talents—from weekend watercolorists to prolific painters. And we can thank our natural surroundings for this.

“Artists from all over and of varied talents, perspectives and techniques are attracted to the area,” Lively said. “The gift we have living here is that, once these artists are here, they remain very inspired—because of the fact that we live in such a beautiful place and the serenity of water, their artistic minds are not cluttered.”

Ben Whiteside of Morris & Whiteside agrees. “The natural beauty of the area brings all of us here and takes hold.

Artists are no more likely than the rest of us to be able to resist the pull of the Lowcountry. Just ask Pat Conroy or Jonathan Green,” Whiteside said.

Whiteside describes his gallery as a traditional representational gallery. “We are pretty old-school,” he explained. “The artists we represent are who we consider to be the top living American painters and sculptors working today. Given our market niche, we know who the artists are and strive to do the best job possible for those we represent. Our gallery is here on Hilton Head, and whatever you do here has to be top quality.”

Whiteside says that a society defines itself by the fine art created within it and that original expression is valid no matter what form it takes.

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“When we sell a beautiful Lowcountry landscape to someone visiting and they take that painting home, then it represents a place that they want to come back to. It is a reminder of the place that they enjoyed and strive to return to.” - Ben WHITESIDE

“Collecting fine art allows a person to surround his or herself with original work that brings joy. It is a quality of life statement,” he said. “When we sell a beautiful Lowcountry landscape to someone visiting and they take that painting home, then it represents a place that they want to come back to. It is a reminder of the place that they enjoyed and strive to return to. According to the chamber, we enjoy some of the highest loyalty from visitors than just about any other resort destination.”

As an artist and a previous gallery owner, LaRoche has some keen words of advice when it comes to buying art. “Art is very personal. It serves to elevate existence in this world and to visually be able to pass something that uplifts you. For me as a visual artist, I think that this is important to do,” she said.

It is also significant to note that art doesn’t necessarily need to be costly. Though LaRoche says, “Art can and has been for me a good investment” that isn’t her main reason for collecting. “The main thing to consider when buying art is whether it uplifts your well-being. If you are a visitor and you come here to nourish your spirit, you can buy something that reminds you of that experience.”

LaRoche also recommends that you attend art openings “to start communication and to get to know the artists and develop a rich relationship.” Locals and visitors alike can do this by subscribing to galleries’ mailing lists and then coordinating their calendars with upcoming events. 

Make a day out of it You can also make a day of gallery gazing. Start from the south end of Hilton Head on Cordillo and work your way to all the galleries following the below route:

SoBA Gallery

(corner of Church and Calhoun in Bluffton)

1. Morris & Whiteside (220 Cordillo Parkway) 2. The Art League of Hilton Head - The Art League of Hilton Head, located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane, at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina’s Walter Greer Gallery is proud to be the only non-profit visual arts organization on Hilton Head.

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League offers a new exhibition monthly. We invite all residents and visitors to come and enjoy an amazing collection of art and take home a piece of Hilton Head. Please check our website, www.artleaguehhi.org, for more information. Exhibitions and reception events are always free and open to the public.

Portal, painting by Earline Allen 3. Camellia Art (1 Office Way) 4. Picture This (78 Arrow Rd) 5. Revival Design and Decor (124 Arrow Road, Suite 5) Hilton Head’s newest destination for furniture, home accessories and gifts unlike anything you have seen. What if we told you your dining room could have a brand new look in one afternoon and for less than $100? What if we told you it would look better than what you might find in the latest home magazine or brand name furniture store?

What if we told you it was easy and empowering? We promise all three and look forward to showing you how!

6. Smith Galleries (1000 William Hilton Parkway in Village at Wexford) 7. Karis Art Gallery (1000 William Hilton Parkway in Village at Wexford) Karis Art Gallery is proud to represent American contemporary artists with a wide diversity of

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styles and mediums. Our goal is to be a showcase for the talented..in painting, photography, fine jewelry, glass and art wearables. Artists represented include Peter Max, Peter Karis, Linda Hartough, John K. Crum, The Art of Dr. Seuss, Guido Petruzzi, David Ryden, David Wendel and many others.

Recently voted “Favorite Hilton Head Art Gallery for 2014” no trip to Hilton Head Island is complete without enjoying the vibrant world of color and life at the Karis Art Gallery.

8. Nash Gallery (13 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove) 9. Walter Greer Gallery (14 Shelter Cove Lane) 10. Pink House (Main Street) 11. Gullah Sweetgrass Basket Gallery (Coastal Discovery Museum) 12. SoBA Gallery (corner of Church and Calhoun in Bluffton) The Society of Bluffton Artists is a non-profit organization established to promote a stimulating community environment for the visual arts. Open 10 am - 5 pm Monday through Saturday, 11:30 am - 3 pm Sunday, the Gallery features a dynamic new show every month, each with a theme or featured artist, plus the new work of over 100 hanging artists.

THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: In addition to the gallery, SOBA has a learning center providing art classes at no-cost for the students in our school district.

SOBA’s Center for Creative Arts schedules art classes and workshops for adults with top quality art instructors year round.

13. Jacob Preston Pottery (10 Church Street in Bluffton) 14. Four Corners Art Gallery and Fine Framing (1263-B May River in Bluffton) 15. Penn Center (St. Helena Island)

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Debbie Szpanka erry Diaz is a human paradox. His life, his work surrounding. As I grew up, my art flourished in a way and his play are filled with opposites that flow to see the world differently and reveal more beauty together as one truth. Although born Gerardo around me in every day.”

Diaz in Puerto Rico, he didn’t learn to speak Spanish.

Diaz is a reserved man, limiting his outward Growing up in the hard-scrapple life of the Bronx, he abandoned conversation and expression; however, his mind is seldom turned off the street games and would steal away to the Metropolitan as he is always pondering his next drawing, the beauty in his daily Museum of Art and the New York City Public Library. As a young life and how a random person or object would appear on canvas. boy who witnessed domestic violence in his family, he now “If I see someone cross the street, I may stare as I admire honors the beauty of women through his paintings. He currently how the light transitions between light and dark,” Diaz said. “To works as a construction manager for the Town of Bluffton’s me, it’s a light game. I am also fascinated with human forms—the engineering department, often staying up after work until 3 a.m. faces, the figures and idiosyncrasies of light and shade. There’s as his mind freely flows with a paintbrush or drawing pencil. beauty in every kind of figure and face.”

“The paradox of the mind is a blessing in disguise,” Diaz Diaz’s journey to self-teach different mediums of art started said. “I believe it started out as a way to find beauty in a difficult in apartment #4G on Morris Avenue, where his babysitter’s son,

Ralph, showed him the comic strip art he drew. firms and stays up late at night with his art. Diaz says he doesn’t “I saw those comic strips and immediately said, ‘I want to notice when his brain shifts from concrete to abstract thinking. do that,’” Diaz said. “I guess superheroes inspired me to discover “A Japanese friend of mine knows how to analyze handwriting. what was beautiful and magical about each human. Everyone has When he examined mine, he said my signature was both practical unique physical properties, and I try to capture that on canvas.” and artistic. So, I guess this is just who I am,” Diaz said.

In his mid-teens, back in Puerto Rico, Diaz’s sketchbook became As life imitates art, Diaz’s personal life took an unexpected his best friend since his language and cultural barriers prevented turn when his sister married a Navy man, and he followed her and him from fully engaging with his Spanish-speaking peers. his mom to Beaufort. Working for municipal governments and “I was a stranger in my native country. Besides the teenage girls private companies, Diaz said his “craftsmanship and hand” is all who thought I was an exotic as a New Yorker, I was an outsider. I over the Lowcountry’s roads, boat landings, buildings and parks. devoted those years to teaching myself art,” Diaz said.

However, his artistic calling is getting He picked up an art curriculum, a book and louder, and his dream is to make a living with Society of Bluffton art supplies for many mediums, including graphite, his art. The man, who has a full-time job, a Artists (SOBA) charcoal, pastels, oil and watercolor and spent a part-time devotion to art, a hobby of learning Presents Bilingual lot of time in his bedroom with his brushes. Even more languages (French and Portuguese), and Painting Class today he says that’s a blessing and a curse. a pastime of teaching himself to draw with his Instructor: Gerry Diaz “I have a difficult time deciding what medium left hand, now wants to push himself to retire September 17 & 18 to use when I get an idea for a painting. I may have in a decade so he can dedicate himself to his 6-9 p.m. to draw or paint it in charcoal, watercolor pastel creative expression.

6 Church Street, Bluffton and oils and then decide what the best version is,” “I am never full artistically,” Diaz said.

For more information & Diaz said.

Adding to the docket, Diaz is partnering registration, call (843) 757Being a “ladies’ man” with a sketch book with the Society of Bluffton Artists to teach 6586. Visit gerrydiazart. paid off. Diaz married his high school sweetheart, its first bi-lingual class (English and Spanish) blogspot.com and/or www.

Ivelisse Fernandez. After high school, he started in September. The two-day acrylic training sobagallery.com. making money as a graphic artist in a large session is geared to enhance artists’ technique advertising agency in Puerto Rico. But when the economy shifted and styles and explore how one can manipulate the medium for during the first Gulf War, he was laid-off due to corporations different effects. withdrawing their advertising budgets.

“I hope I can inspire someone as my babysitter’s son inspired Jobless with a wife, two kids and a house payment, Diaz knew me,” Diaz said. “I am proud to be able to teach in two languages. I enough about drafting to get a job as an inspector, and then he certainly hope someone who previously didn’t take a class due to “fell into engineering.” He eventually got a degree in construction the language barrier feels welcome now.” management/civil engineering from Polytechnic University of Ironically, it was Diaz’s language barrier which directed his Puerto Rico to assure he would have a job less vulnerable to path into a lifetime of art. In Diaz’s new venture as an instructor, it economic fluctuations. From there, he has worked in engineering seems fitting this is another paradox in Diaz’s artistic journey.  76

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ost people do not associate the term “fun” with going and one in Bluffton. Two dentists on staff rotate between to the dentist; but at Coastal Pediatric Dentistry, the two offices, and one of the dentists is always on-call for fun is exactly what the patients get! Founder and emergencies. board certified pediatric dentist, Dr. Terri Hubbard, says she The moment parents and patients enter the kid-friendly, uses fun and games to make the appointment pleasurable pirate themed environment, it is apparent this dentist office for the child. is made to help children have fun and feel at ease at their The majority of people are not even aware that there visit. In fact, many children do not want to leave. The Bluffton is a difference between general dentistry and pediatric office waiting room is equipped with an EyeClick gaming dentistry. Many people assume pediatric dentists simply system (which is an amazing interactive game room—picture love children, which, of course, they do. However, pediatric the piano in the movie Big) and a pirate-themed movie dentists are also specialty dentists, just like orthodontists theater. Quite often, parents bring their children to their or endodontists. appointments early simply to play.

The moment parents “Pediatric dentists are considered the The exam area is an open bay setting, and patients enter pediatricians of dentistry,” Dr. Hubbard said. which helps children relax as they see other the kid-friendly, They specialize in making the children feel patients getting their teeth cleaned. The office pirate themed comfortable while maintaining proper growth is also equipped with quiet rooms for more and development. In fact, pediatric dentists study involved procedures. A television is mounted environment, it is for 2-3 additional years to learn the psychology, apparent this dentist on the ceiling above each dental chair, which growth and development of children. is also equipped with headphones so children office is made to Coastal Pediatric Dentistry has been in can tune out the surrounding noises. The help children have business for nearly eight years and offers two soon-to-be-remodeled Hilton Head location fun and feel at ease convenient locations: one on Hilton Head Island has a Lowcountry theme and a Nintendo Wii. at their visit. In fact, many children do not want to leave.

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parent’s lap during the visit. Dr. Hubbard also supports both traditional and holistic dental views, leaving it to the parents to decide whether they want to use fluoride or x-rays. Every child receives a goodie bag and gets to visit the toy box after his or her appointment.

The dental office continues the fun by hosting contests throughout the year, from guessing the number of Easter eggs in the jar to how many days the temperature will rise above 100 degrees during the summer. The patient with the closest estimation wins a prize, which

may be a gift card or a basket of toys.

For example, the winner of the Easter egg contest was extremely excited to win a basket full of pool toys, floats and rafts.

Coastal Pediatric Dentistry strives to be part of the community. The office likes to give back, and children always come first. They take most major insurances and offer care credit, which is like a dental credit card, to those who do not have insurance and need financial assistance.

Actually, most first visits and cleanings are completely covered by insurance.

This pediatric dental office caters to children in every possible way, from the décor and entertainment, to the highly educated and calming dental staff. It is no wonder the patients want to come back.  For more information, visit www. coastal-pedo.com; call the Hilton Head office at (843) 671-7336 or the Bluffton office at (843) 757-7336; or find them on Facebook.

Testimonials: “We come early to play and enjoy our visit every single time!”—Brandi H. The experience is further enhanced once Dr. Hubbard enters the room. She has an immediate calming presence and knows how to help the children feel at ease. Staff members never use the words “drill” or “shot.” They only use childfriendly terms such as “Mr. Whistle” or “Mr. Slurpee.” They also refer to the x-ray machine as a rocket ship and pretend the child is getting ready to “blast off” as they take the photos. Dr. Hubbard always uses words that the child can relate to; for example, she might say, “Let’s have a look in your mouth and see if we can find Tinker Bell.” It is the goal of the office to make the visit as enjoyable for the child as possible. In many instances, depending on the child’s age, the dentist will do a simple lap exam where the child sits in his or her 80

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“My 2.5 year old loved going to the dentist! She only cried when we had to head home.”—Rhea K. “My 3-year-old had a wonderful first dental experience today. Thank you!

Highly recommend to anyone in the area.”—Lindsay D.

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Area Real Estate on a New High Distressed sales no longer dragging down market values

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he Hilton Head area real estate market has been incredibly successful over the past year or so. Without a doubt, last year was the strongest in Hilton Head real estate history... Ever! Not only that, but statistics show that this year’s market is on pace for another newsworthy showing. In fact, a rapid decrease in distressed sales, foreclosures, and short sales suggests that the area’s overall real estate market is settling in for an era of prosperity and stability.

You may be unfamiliar with the term “distressed sale.” Simply put, these types of sales are made up of foreclosures and short sales. A foreclosure is a situation in which a homeowner is unable to make full principal and interest payments on his mortgage. This allows the lender to seize the property, evict the homeowner, and sell the home. These homes are then either auctioned or sold by the lender, usually for a reduced price. A short sale is a real estate sale that generates proceeds that are less than the amount owed on the property. An alternative to foreclosure, this occurs when the lender

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and borrower mutually agree that selling the property and absorbing a moderate loss is preferable to having the borrower default on the loan.

Only three times in Hilton Head’s history have we seen more than 500 homes sold in the first quarter, which occurred in 2005 and 2013, and now again in 2014. In fact, this year, an amazing 770 homes have been sold in the first four months, not far from the 803 peak in the first four months of 2013. There is an interesting reason for this slight decrease in sales.

Last year’s numbers were bolstered by a plethora of foreclosures, distressed sales, and short sales. However, these types of sales are now rapidly diminishing as the number of homeowners who are “underwater” is declining. Actually, these distressed sales are down from 228 in the first four months of 2013 to 159 so far in 2014—a 30 percent decrease. This is a good indication that the Hilton Head area real estate market is stabilizing and will continue be successful for years to come.

A reduced number of distressed sales goes hand-in-hand with an increase in “normal sales,” which have grown 7

percent in the last year. The number of normal sales, as well as the market values for Hilton Head area homes, should continue to increase in the coming years.

Prices on the upswing: What does this mean for buyers?

A decrease in distressed sale inventory will undoubtedly affect those looking to purchase or invest in Hilton Head properties. Distressed sales can act as a powerful drag on market values and result in lower median home prices.

Therefore, experts expect home prices to continue rising in the next few years.

The median price for homes purchased in the first four months of 2014 was up 7 percent from the same period in 2013, from $256,765 to $275,000.

Buyers who want to acquire a home in the area should seriously consider purchasing now in order to take advantage of prices and interest rates that are still historically low. While the median home price is up to $275,000 in the first four months of 2014, prices are still 30.4 percent below the peak of $395,000 set in 2007.

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In addition, interest rates are still at historic lows, 4.5 percent for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, making homes extremely affordable right now. This is really something to take advantage of right away, because even a seemingly minor increase in interest rates can cost you significantly. For instance, when interest rates rise 0.5 percent, home buyers can expect to pay an extra $54,360 on a $500,000 30-year mortgage.

A home that cost $800,000 in 2007 would today sell for $560,000. The interest rate on an 80 percent mortgage back then would have been 6.34 percent, but today is 4.5 percent. The monthly payment on the same home with the same 30-year fixed mortgage would have been $3,978 in 2007, and today is only $2,335. That is a difference of $1,643 per month and a savings of $591,480 over the 30-year life of the loan! Is it any wonder homes are flying off the shelves?

More reasons to buy now Historically low interest rates are not the only reason to purchase a home in the Hilton Head/Bluffton area. We recently released a new eBook that discusses “7 Reasons Why the Timing is Excellent to Buy Real Estate.� This is a guide for smart buyers who are looking to seize the opportunities available in this historic real estate market. So what are those seven reasons to buy now?

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The Hilton Head/ Okatie/ Bluffton area real estate recession is over.

2013 was the best year for the area’s real estate sales ever.

If you’re borrowing, money has never been cheaper. Interest rates are incredibly low and buying now can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The monthly cost of owning is discounted by more than 41 percent. According to Freddie Mac, “We are not likely to see average 30-year fixed mortgage rates return to 2013’s historic lows.”

The stampede of Baby Boomers has arrived. In a recent USA Today survey, 42 percent of this generation reported that the Carolinas are now trumping as the preferred Florida retirement destination.

The low-hanging fruit is getting picked off. The number of distressed sales (foreclosures and short sales) is decreasing fast.

Creativity is allowing homebuyers to save big dollars. We have used leasebacks, long-term rentals, home building, 401k fund transfers, delayed closings, and creative financing to help our clients take advantage of the deals that are currently available.

Life is short. Why wait to move on with life and enjoy our Hilton Head beauty and lifestyle?

To learn more about these seven reasons and to find out what they can mean for you, download the entire book at hiltonheadrealestatesearch. com/7Reasons.php.

The bottom line If you were waiting for just the right time to buy or sell Hilton Head area real estate, now is your moment! Log onto the best real estate search engine in the area, HiltonHeadRealEstateSearch.com, and select some properties of interest. Then contact us at (843) 816-0796 with your questions or to schedule an appointment.

We will look back a year or two from now and realize these first four months of 2014 were an incredible time to buy and sell real estate: low, low interest rates and rising, but still low, prices!

Rick Turner has been one of the top realtors in the Hilton Head IslandBluffton-Beaufort area for more than 30 years. He loves being involved in community activities and spending time with his wife, their children and grandchildren.

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ou know that thing they say about Hilton Head Island people?

Heh, heh. No. Not that. The other thing about how nobody who lives here (Native Islanders excepted) is actually from here? It’s probably not as much the case as it was 10 or 15 years ago, because in the natural order of things—people move here, settle, start making babies, the babies grow up and some of them stay and start making their own babies, the cycle repeats—eventually you’re going to have generations of natural born locals.

Hilton Head Island is naturally heading in that direction, but to some extent it will likely always be a magnet for transplants from the Northeast, Midwest and elsewhere. It’s a good bet that more than a handful of you who read this can tell some version of the story: I came here for vacation, fell in love with the

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place, came again for vacation, then I moved here. Or, since it is July, you might actually be here on vacation and at Step 2, “fell in love with the place” or Step 3, “came again for vacation.” Now you’re trying to figure out if and when Step 3, “then I moved here,” is in the cards.

There’s a lot to think about, not the least of which is having a handle on what’s happening with the local real estate market. Like most other places, the market here hit a few bumps in the road in recent years, but some real estate professionals think the environment is pretty good for buying property now.

Charlie Schroeder of Foundation Realty certainly echoes the sentiments of every realtor in town when he stresses the importance of working with somebody who is an expert on the local real estate market. By the way, Schroeder is one of those actually born and raised here, so

he is a local realtor in the truest sense of the word. “I’m kind of an anomaly in that I’ve grown up here,” he said. “I’ve seen it through the eyes of a child growing up; I’ve seen the changes, and I know the history of our market.” Schroeder notes that potential clients arrive at the table with much more information in their pockets than just a few years ago, thanks to the Internet, which is a good thing, but not necessarily perfect.

“The customers now are very savvy. They’ve done their homework on the Internet, so in a way they’re more prepared,” Schroeder said, “but sometimes they get some misinformation that we have to overcome and give them the right information.” As an example, real estate aggregator web sites can give you inaccurate estimates or comparables (comps), because their calculations may not reflect certain information that is

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specific and unique to the local market. Schroeder admits that some buyers are pretty disappointed when they discover the spread between their Internet-generated estimate and the actual list price; but when you remind them why a similar home on Hilton Head Island might cost a bit more than back home, they catch on pretty quickly. That is, back home probably isn’t a sub-tropical, sun-splashed sea island, which are some very desirable, in-demand qualities for a community.

“You have 12 miles of extraordinary beach with beautiful access points, and we keep it up with the periodic renourishment projects,” Schroeder said. “Sometimes we have to explain that the covenants and codes are part of what makes Hilton Head a beautiful place, and over time we’ll never turn into the sprawling neighborhoods (with their walls of high-rise hotels and condos lining the beach) like down in Florida or up the coast (rhymes with Turtle Beach…wink, wink.). We’re not like that, and that’s why people want to be here.”

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Andy Twisdale of Charter One North Realty agrees. “We’re now in the third generation of people vacationing on Hilton Head, so we have a history of people having a lot of great memories here. They’ve been planning for a long time to come here since discovering that our natural beauty is so much nicer than so many other places. When they think about some of those other places, we’re less crowded, we’re not as big, and we have the natural beauty.

It’s got so many interesting things going on. We’re very fortunate.” And chances are, whether you live in a single family home or a condo, you’re going to look out your window and see something beautiful: a maritime forest, a lagoon or tidal creek teeming with indigenous wildlife, a fairway, a harbor, Spanish moss draped live oaks and palmetto trees, maybe even Calibogue Sound, Port Royal Sound, or the Atlantic Ocean.

Consider other destination resorts, Kiawah, Fripp Island, Tybee Island, for example. You’re at the beach and everything is directed at the tourist.

Here on Hilton Head Island, we have the cultural elements like art, theater, music, festivals, and parades as well as neighborhoods where you have real neighbors. You can also hop across the bridge to stroll around Old Town Bluffton, a quintessential small town downtown. It is a true hometown.

A few years ago, home values were dropping dramatically all over the country. Buyers stayed out of the market. Who’s going to invest in something that’s almost surely going to lose value? “I’m waiting until we hit the bottom,” was a phrase heard ad nauseam. It was true here, but some in the business think that we reached that bottom and values are just beginning to rebound. Average sale prices for Hilton Head Island homes inched up from the year before in 2013 for the first time since 2007, and the median price rose after six consecutive years of decline. Although down from a high point in 2005, the volume of units (homes) sold per month has increased each year since 2008.

It’s good old supply and demand.

“I try to explain to buyers that supply and demand is the biggest issue, because if you look at homes sold per month, that’s really the driving thing,” Twisdale said. “Or I say to somebody, the median price was here and now it’s here. It shows that we’ve bounced off the bottom.”

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amount of property, and as long as that demand is higher than the supply, we’re going to come out of it quicker.”

That’s starting to happen now, and what it all adds up to is the current market presents a good buying opportunity. While home values look to be recovering, they’re still well below the high from about seven years ago. So you can buy fairly low with less concern that the home will decrease in value. “Prices are increasing, but not like we’ve experienced in the past,” said Charter One North’s Brad Wilson. “Because of prices being so good, it is the time to buy right now. Prices are good, we have ample inventory for homes, and interest rates are still very favorable. Those are the three legs of the stool: prices, inventory, interest rates.”

Traditionally Florida has been considered America’s retirement community mecca (Who can forget Morty and Helen Seinfeld’s exploits at Del Boca Vista Phase II?); but the South Carolina Lowcountry makes a pretty good case for itself, and Wilson, for one, doesn’t really see the Sunshine State as that much of a competitor. “I can tell you this, I haven’t lost that many people to Florida. It used to be that people would say, oh, Florida doesn’t have an income tax. Well, that’s true.

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change. That last one is a very good point. While Florida has basically two seasons; hot and hotter, Hilton Head Island and the Lowcountry enjoy a distinct spring, summer, fall, and a mild winter…none of that snow, slush and sleet.

The changes in market dynamics over the years have changed the way people tend to plan their emigration to Hilton Head Island. “People used to come down here and they fell so hard in love with the island that they wanted to grab something while they could,” Wilson said. That something was usually a homesite that would sit for years and years until the owners were ready to build and move down here. “It’s very easy to buy a homesite. People would come back year after year, dreaming of the day when they would build on their lots. Now what I see happening is people are buying closer to retirement than before. They’ll say, I’m retiring in two, three, maybe five years, and I want to get something while the getting’s good.” Again, the current buying opportunity means the getting is good to purchase a home right away rather than buying a lot and building later.

For younger buyers, there is a whole other set of considerations: Can I get a job or start a business? How are the schools? (Some of the best in the state, and we’ve got a really cool rec center to boot.). Will we like it? Will our kids like it? We’re pretty sure that you will like it, so once you’ve got all the other stuff worked out, it’s time to get to work now. Because moving to Hilton Head usually represents a significant lifestyle change, some folks think about getting their feet wet first and renting for a year before buying a home. Schroeder advises against that. Remember, prices are pretty low now, but showing signs of moving up. “If you wait, you’re going to pay more. Buy it now and ride the increase in equity value,” he said.

Another question is, house or condo (“villa” in the local tongue)? If the house you like on the island is out of your range, you might consider something over the bridge in

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Here on Hilton Head Island,we have the cultural elements like art, theater, music, festivals, and parades as well as neighborhoods where you have real neighbors. You can also hop across the bridge to stroll around Old Town Bluffton, a quintessential small town downtown. It is a true hometown.

Bluffton where you can typically get more for your money.

“But if they want the lifestyle of Hilton Head Island, I try to give them some options,” Schroeder said. “If the buyer qualifies for a condo, I’m going to give them that option. My job is to show them that they should be here now and grab a ring on the merry-go-round while it’s going around.”

Twisdale agrees, and adds that the local condo market offers a unique opportunity for the modern homeowner, an “HGTV generation” as he calls it. He is referring to the dozens of home improvement television programs that have turned millions into home improvement do-it-yourselfers. A good portion of Hilton Head Island’s condo inventory occupies relatively older buildings, which keeps them relatively affordable. You can buy low and invest in renovations to help boost the property’s value. “Condos are an easy way to get into the market,” Twisdale said.

So, what are you waiting for? You know you’ve been thinking about it. “Maybe it’s time to stop thinking and start feeling,” Wilson said. “It comes down to, what kind of lifestyle do you want? If the financials work for you, stop thinking and start feeling. Remember this: you’re investing in memories for your family.”

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fter nearly a quarter century at Pineland Station, Heritage Fine Jewelry opened its doors for the first time at the new location at Shelter Cove Towne Centre on June 5 to great success. “It was fabulous,” proprietor Patti Catalano Catalano said. “There were people lined up at the door.”

The first people in the door—a couple—came to Catalano, and the woman said, “You probably don’t remember us, but we came in 20 years ago, and my husband bought me a beautiful piece for our 30th anniversary.” Having heard of the store’s move from

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Pineland Station to Shelter Cove Towne Centre via social media, the couple was back on Hilton Head Island for the first time in years, now celebrating their golden anniversary. “I want to be the first in the door,” said the wife to her husband. And so they became the first customers of the family-ownedand-operated jewelry store’s new era.

It’s a change whose time had come. “We had 24 great years there [Pineland Station],” said Jennifer Lance, a gemologist and Catalano’s daughter. But— borrowing a sports catchphrase—Father Time is undefeated. Things change, communities evolve,

 The storefront of Heritage Fine Jewelry, in their new location at Shelter Cove Towne Centre.

and Shelter Cove Towne Centre is the vision for Hilton Head Island retailing’s future. An opportunity to be there is one the Heritage Fine Jewelry family couldn’t pass up. “We want our customers to know that it’s still going to be that same comfortable atmosphere here as it was there for all those years, just newer, cleaner, fresher and more up-to-date,” Lance added.

Most striking is the size and scope of the new store compared to the old. Larger, brighter, more open and airy, longtime customers are in for an enhanced shopping experience at the new location. “I think the layout is more comfortable, and it’s easier for customers to see the merchandise,” Catalano said. “And we’ve got some nice cushy chairs so the guys can relax when they get bored while their wives look around!” Plus, the Towne Centre site plan affords parking right outside the front door, and an expectation for a boost in walk-in traffic when fully built out and occupied.

Lance notes that high walk-in traffic volumes will be a big change, and a positive one for the business, but she also stresses that the homey, friendly, family environment that regular customers love will always remain. “We’ve always been a destination store,” she said, “and we’ll continue to be that. Now, we’ll be a little of both. We’re in a newer, up-andcoming area, but our prices haven’t changed, the atmosphere hasn’t changed, and as you can see, the dogs are still here!”

Yes, the dogs are still there. Stanley, Harley, and Buddy, Heritage Fine Jewelry’s four-legged “greeters,” easily erase any doubt of a distinctively casual aura about the store.

Customers have been known to drop by just to visit the furry trio, and that’s quite all right with everyone. “We want you to feel that it’s okay to come in off the beach or the golf course,” Lance said.

Before you get the idea that bigger isn’t necessarily better, consider that, in this case, it means an expanded inventory and more choices. “Our old safe was about this big,” Lance said, gesturing with her hands to illustrate something significantly smaller than the new store’s walk-in vault. “Now it’s a big walk-in. And we just got back from a jewelry show in May, so we’ll be adding even more. It’ll be certainly more stuff than we’ve ever had before.”

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diamonds, designer sterling silver jewelry, handcrafted nautical-themed pieces, and a variety of engravable gift items.

Engraving and jewelry repair services are all done on the premises.” We don’t send anything out,” Lance said. “We like to keep a level of control.” Heritage is also an exclusive Movado watch dealer.

Lance describes Heritage as a place where you can go to find a piece that is priced well, but still maintains the look, feel, and quality of higher-end designer names that typically come with a higher price tag. It’s an option certain to grow in popularity in light of what’s happening with gold and silver prices lately. “There are so many cool manufacturers that we have dealt with for a lot of years that

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supply really high-end product as far as materials, quality, and workmanship go.

It enables you to have a piece that looks like it’s a designer piece without paying so much extra for it,” she said.

That is by no means an exhaustive description of Heritage Fine Jewelers’ product and service offerings, and you’re not going to get that here because Patti, Jennifer and her two brothers, Patrick and Doug (Stanley, Harley, and Buddy as well), want you to drop by for a visit and to check out the new digs.

Yes, it’s a family affair in every sense of the term, going all the way back to 1975 when Catalano opened her first jewelry store in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

The three children grew up around the

business, pitching in over the summers and after school. “I can remember Jen doing inventory at 10 years old,” said Catalano, who didn’t always expect to have all three of her children committed to the business for the long haul. All three did start down other paths at one time or another—Doug in construction, Patrick in sports apparel, and Jennifer to study international business—but all found their way back. Today, Patrick lends his artistic skills to jewelry design, manufacturing and repairs, Doug is a skilled engraving technician, Jennifer provides gemology expertise, and all three join Mom on the shop floor with customers.

There are many theories about the wisdom of working with family, but making it work for nearly 40 years pretty much speaks for itself. Catalano reflected on her good fortune like a proud mother, “Did I expect all three? No. Do I feel blessed? Absolutely.”

Heritage Fine Jewelry is located at Shelter Cove Towne Centre, 28 Shelter Cove Lane, Suite 114, Hilton Head Island. For more information, call (843) 689-2900 or visit online at HeritageJewelersHHI.com.

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The Sanctuary Spa puts on a fresh face

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lose your eyes, take a deep breath and whisper, “renew, refresh, revitalize,” the mantra of the modern day spa, and of The Sanctuary on Hilton Head Island.

Evolving from the centuries-old belief that bathing in special waters provide purification of both the body and the spirit, today’s varied interpretations of spa around the world have one common thread: to improve both physical health and mental well-being. Lisa Gomez, owner of The Sanctuary - A European Day Spa, believes in ever-evolving to bring an outstanding spa experience to her clientele, and she recently debuted a complete renovation and renewal of her facilities on the island’s south end.

Since opening in 1997, spiffing up The Sanctuary annually or bi-annually has always been on the agenda; however, starting in January of this year, Gomez, her husband, and her staff embarked on a four-month journey to complete renovation. Just inside the front

door, a stunning modern wavy wall anchors the reception space, where luxurious spa and cosmetic products flow to the manicure and make-up areas, furnished in crisp whites, sparkling accents, and exactly the right lighting, providing a clean, refreshing environment.

Casting a lovely glow from above, hanging light fixtures lead the way to the lounge area, decorated in a palette of earth tones and whites, underscored by nature-inspired art, reflective surfaces, glass brick, mercury-glass candle holders flickering and lightlyscenting the spa, and flowers spilling from their containers.

Transitioning to the cocoon-like feel of The Sanctuary from the outside world is easily imagined here and certainly desired.

The spa offers five treatment rooms, one Vichy shower, two manicure stations, three pedicure chairs, and one environmental capsule; every square inch has undergone renewal.

Calming colors, botanical artwork, inspirational

quotes, and luxurious treatment chairs and tables define each of the rooms, expertly designed to meet the requirements for any of the treatments on The Sanctuary’s extensive menu of options. And the options are endless.

This is where Gomez’s experience and expertise are radiantly evident. Starting her spa career in England in an extensive two-year aesthetician program, Gomez has worked in spas around the world, and on

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the seas with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Understanding both the physical and mental benefits of each treatment she offers, and combining them with the best products from around the world, gives The Sanctuary a special spa niche here on Hilton Head Island.

Much like the ancient spas in Egypt, Rome, and Persia, where plants and elements of the earth were used to treat nobility and privileged classes, skin care at The Sanctuary is designed to achieve lovely results by using the best ingredients available, combining nature and science. From facials created to reduce to the signs of aging, to ones that lift, lighten, revitalize, and repair, the science and application of the client’s skin care goals are in expert hands with Gomez and her staff, allowing the customer to de-stress and de-compress.

Visiting The Sanctuary’s website or giving them a call will aid in selecting just the right treatments to meet your needs and goals, and it is more

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than a little likely that you will discover something delightfully new. The spa offers professional waxing, electrolysis, and various eye care services, including eyebrow shaping, waxing, tweezing, along with eyelash treatments, nail care, scrubs, showers, and body wraps.

The renewed massage rooms are perfectly appointed havens to enjoy The Sanctuary’s massage options, including, Swedish, deep tissue, sports, hot stone, aromatherapy, reflexology, ionithermie (European cellulite treatment), couples, pre- and post-natal, and Shirodhara (rain drop therapy). The renovated locker room includes two showers, sleek lockers facing a black granite sink, surrounded by sparkling chrome fixtures and reflective tile. Adjacent to the locker room is the spa’s Hollywood tanning area, where clients get the most even coverage and long-lasting results with their exceptional hand-spray technique.

The spa’s Alpha Environmental Capsule is considered to be the ultimate dry heat therapy. Sitting in its private room like a portal to heaven, the capsule addresses several treatment possibilities, including relaxation, energy, detoxification, weight loss, pain relief, and sleep. Combining other spa treatments with time spent in the capsule brings about striking results. Gomez saw the benefits of the capsule during her time working on cruise ships and has found that her Hilton Head clientele appreciate its benefits.

Spas have been a part of everyday life in many societies for centuries, utilizing the healing powers of hot springs and cold springs, mud and stone, solitude and peaceful surroundings to improve physical and mental wellbeing, and to aid in recovery from illness or injury. Once thought to be a pampering playground for the wealthy, available only at resorts and luxurious destinations, reasonable pricing and handy locations have made holistically improving one’s health and well-being via spa treatments within easy reach. It’s time to renew, refresh and revitalize.

The Sanctuary - A European Day Spa is located at 217 Park Plaza, Office Park Road, Hilton Head Island, SC. Please call (843) 842-5999 or visit sanctuaryeurospa.com for more information.

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Being Better Teetering and Tottering to Better Citizenship

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imagine I have been a citizen of more cities and towns than most, which has prompted some recent contemplation about my citizenship, geographically, electively, and within my family.

Coming from a lineage who, for the most part stayed within the confines of one state, and immediate relatives who stayed within the same city limits for generations, my nomadic life didn’t exactly come naturally, or quickly. My first 22 years, I had two hometowns: the one where we went to school from September through May, and the other where we relocated for summers to a cottage on a Northern Michigan lake.

After marrying a man with wanderlust running through his veins, the places we have called home are (in order) Atlanta, Chicago, Hilton Head Island, Johannesburg, South Africa, East Lansing, Michigan, Hilton Head Island (again), St. Louis, Missouri, Cave Creek, Arizona, and (again) Hilton Head Island... so far.

Reflecting on these homes and cities and towns, and countries, I feel grateful for all the adventures and opportunities; however, for the most part, I must admit I have taken my citizenship for granted. Upon deeper contemplation (a dangerous practice), my citizenship within my family, and the other communities to which I belong may have been a bit neglected as well. On my Being Better journey, I want to be a better citizen, and to succeed at that, I know a more balanced give and take will be mandatory.

Step one: define my citizenship. To whom do I belong and owe my allegiance? In other words, where do I take up space and draw resources? Responsible citizenship requires a balance of contribution with the use of resources; my citizenship is defined by the places and groups I inhabit and the resources I consume.

Consider the playground see-saw. Anyone who has climbed aboard

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a teetering and tottering long-board understands that each side of this childhood gizmo needs to carry approximately the same amount of weight, or someone is going to be slammed to ground in a rather jarring, and likely injurious manner. Good citizenship is much the same. The giving and taking should be relatively equal, and much like seeing and sawing, if they are not, one side will suffer.

So, to whom do I belong? First, my family. Citizenship in this particular community was divinely determined. I didn’t choose them, and they didn’t choose me. I am fortunate because they are pretty special individuals, and as a unit they are formidable.

Further, they seem to like me, and I have not been criticized too often for my faults or failures (of which I am sure they could name a few). As is a child’s commission, I am certain I drew heavily on the resources of my family. Time, emotions, and financial resources were tapped (and probably sapped) on a frequent basis. The scales rarely balance during the years from crib to career; however, taking that imbalance into adulthood is not the kind of participation required for excellent citizenship status.

As a member of my family, I owe it to them to be present when possible and participate whole-heartedly. When I am with them, whether physically or electronically, my focus will be sharper, and my input relevant. I will make time for them when I am needed, and show my appreciation for all they do.

Outside of family life, living in a neighborhood presents simple opportunities to be better citizens on a daily basis. After the work day, it may be tempting to pull into the garage, slip quietly indoors, and hide away from the world… or the neighbors. Warning: you could really be missing out on the real juice of life: personal connections. In my neighborhood, there are families, children,

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retired folks, and single people, and it seems at any given time of day several someones are walking or talking, chasing children or dogs, kicking soccer balls, or biking. A trip to the mailbox just 40 yards outside my front door has the potential to make me a better citizen. A whole lot of give and take happens during those 10 minute driveway chats or strolls down to the community dock, learning about celebrations and sorrows and changes happening on the block. Sending a card congratulating the state champ soccer goalie, taking dinner to someone recovering from surgery, mowing a neighbor’s lawn just for the heck of it, or collecting newspapers or mail for traveling neighbors will go a long way toward achieving this being better mission.

The citizenship we enjoy on a larger scale involves our towns, states, country, and world. Making an impact as a better citizen within these larger universes may seem daunting. Who is going to notice?

How can I help balance my local life with my wider global existence?

The broad laundry list is familiar: vote, stay informed, work hard, volunteer, reduce your energy footprint, and give more than you take.

Being a better citizen will require making better decisions.

I may have the inclination to change the world; however, I know I do not have the time or energy, so I’m going to change my today. First, I will vote whenever there is an opportunity. Having lived in South Africa in the months following Nelson Mandela’s 1994 presidential election, I developed a clear understanding that we become less than is possible when we neglect this gift. I will pause before tossing anything in the trash. Can it be used again?

Recycled? Our earth may be vast and seem limitless; however, it does have its limits, and I will try to lessen the burden I create. I will seek out opportunities to give my time or service to causes that could use me. I will make my decisions a little more consciously.

Being a better citizen will push me out into my community and into the world, where historically I know my take has been a little more than my give. Going forward, when I climb onto that see-saw, I will work hard to strike a more beneficial balance.

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Our Financial Plan for the Year Ahead

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Hilton Head Island home valued at $350,000 will pay about $300 in town taxes this coming year. By contrast, U.S. families pay an average of $1,668 a year for cell phones. We’d like to think that what you get for your town tax dollars compares quite favorably with the benefits of cell phones. Thanks to the efforts of all town council members, the town manager and his staff, we finalized a fiscal year 2014/2015 budget in June that is geared toward public safety, recreation, and capital project initiatives that benefit residents. We publicly discussed the budget over seven meetings and were happy to hear from residents who spoke at some of these meetings. Their comments were constructive and well-received by council. The budget presents a balanced but optimistic approach as the town’s economy is following or exceeding the national upward trend. The fiscal year 2015 budget ensures our continued longterm financial stability, enabling us to continue to meet customer needs, responsively and responsibly, well into the future.

Our fiscal budget is $70.6 million. The General Fund budget maintains the current level of high quality service. Overall, General Fund expenditures are programmed at $37.6 million for fiscal year 2015 compared to $35.3 million last fiscal year—an increase of $2,275,935 or 6.4 percent. The town’s primary programmatic increases are an increase in funding of $284,968 for the Hilton Head Island Economic Development Corporation under townwide grants; a $1,133,856 increase for Fire and Rescue of which $765,000 is in capital outlay for replacement of self-contained breathing apparatus for Fire Rescue personnel; a $339,536 increase in Public Projects and Facilities primarily related to repair and replacement of facilities (pathway projects, demolition, beach park improvements, etc.); and a $475,450 increase in the Engineering Division, mostly due to road maintenance (Indigo Run Drive and Lemoyne Avenue resurfacing).

I want to stress that actual revenues collected for fiscal year 1994 compared to the fiscal year 2015 budget shows how far we have come in reducing reliance on property taxes to fund our operations—from 67 percent in fiscal year 1994 to 31 percent in fiscal year 2015.

We developed our budget with the view of an improving island economy, which continues to recover from the economic recession. The town is experiencing slightly higher revenues in most revenue sources, and we have a budget that reflects town council’s adopted strategic plan. Over the last several years, we reduced personnel expenditures by eliminating 16 positions and with additional decreased costs related to turnover. Tourism on the island continues its recovery, and the amenities we provide to residents and visitors continue to expand. As a result, our budget addresses the need to maintain our facilities and services reflecting the expectations of residents and visitors. 

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I Want You! This month, CB2 magazine asked that I pose as “Uncle Sam” for the front cover—definitely out of my comfort zone, but a very fun time overall. It also made me think about what to write about this month. “I Want You” is the theme of the front cover, and I will continue it: I want you to recognize the many giving residents in Bluffton. I want you to see how you can help with our charitable foundations or get involved in one of the many other efforts from our citizens. I want you to be proud of where you live and happy for the many people in our town who benefit from these foundations.

Recently two foundations held events to raise money for our needy. Both the Berkeley Hall Charity Cup and the Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes hosted their fourth events and continue to see an increase in donations and funds coming in for their charities. This year, they both saw a record high in dollars donated back to very worthwhile non-profits.

As the founders of the Charity Cup (“The Charity Event with a Heart”) so eloquently put it, “Our little seed has really grown and flourished.” A few of the benefits to the non-profits they support are: a recording studio at the Boys & Girls Club; frozen food in a brand new refrigerator at Bluffton Self Help; a playground ‘floor’ at CODA; funding for sailors to fly home for family emergencies; more people learning to read and become self-sufficient; children learning in after school programs; and much more. Since inception in 2008, they have raised more than $650,000 and are headed to a goal of $1 million. This is money raised from an event that is held every two years.

The second foundation, which holds the annual Wounded Heroes Golf Classic at Hampton Hall, is run by a handful of volunteers with a passion for giving back to our military, especially wounded veterans. Every year, this group has increased awareness and donations that go back to three chosen charities: The Military Warriors Support Foundation, Operation Homefront and The Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Since its inception four years ago, the organization has raised over $300,000 in funds that go directly to our men and women in uniform. As organizers of this event say: “It’s impossible to adequately repay the service of veterans who return from war zones bearing the most profound of injuries.

As a humble token of our gratitude, the annual Wounded Heroes Golf Classic offers these brave men and women a day of fun-filled brotherhood.

I’m frequently asked, “What is the best part of being mayor?” These foundations are two prime examples of how I would answer this question. Let’s all get involved in some way. It only makes our town better, and you will feel even better by paying it forward. 

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One subject. Two opinions.

What the F*#@ is up with all this swearing?

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funny thing happened to my wife and me the other day.

Despite both of us being relatively young and open-minded, we were both afflicted with simultaneous cases of Sudden Onset Old Person disease, thanks to the new Anna Farris TV show Mom. Sudden Onset Old Person disease is a very rare disorder of the fun

gland wherein, without warning, you turn 100 years old, and it’s almost always caused by something you see on TV. I’ve never watched the show Mom before, but I’ve seen enough Anna Farris movies (one) to assume the plot revolves around her acting bubble-headed and me changing

the channel. But God knows why, my wife thinks she’s funny, so we gave it a shot.

We flipped it on at 8:30 p.m. (a time of night which technically counts as “day” this time of year), and we were greeted with the sight of a post-coital Anna Farris, in a bra, hanging out in bed next to a guy who was smoking out of a bong.

For those of you who don’t know, a bong is that thing in your teenager’s closet that he swears is aquarium equipment. It is not.

It’s for smoking pot.

That one moment of salacious television triggered severe S.O.O.P. attacks in both of us. How dare they show this sort of filth at this hour? What if our kids were to walk in and see this? Can you even show this on TV? In the span of that one scene, I went from the guy who can recite from memory the

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’m not going to lie.

Our first plan this month was to discuss the Bluffton High School teacher who was charged with assaulting a student. But having no way to anticipate what could happen in the weeks between submitting our opinions and the actual printing of the issue, we decided to let the dailies deal with this one. (But oh, the opportunity for discussion remains so tempting! Sew a button on my pants?)

Somehow amid our e-mail debate Barry lobbed over the following: “Option B is the sudden proliferation of swearing/assorted hedonism on TV. Do you remember when suddenly you could call someone a “d*ck” in prime time? Turned on CBS last night at 8:30 and it had a lady in a

bra on a bed next to a guy smoking a bong.”

It seems the brabong duo made Barry uncomfortable. He balked for a second pondering that if he was to take a “tone down the language” stance that he didn’t see me arguing the “bring on the F bombs” side of things.

Oh (Barr)ye of little faith. Challenge accepted. I can curse you ten ways ’til Tuesday, my $%^& friend.

So no, cursing doesn’t bother me.

And I am not easily offended. I owe that gift to my eighth grade school bus driver. (And perhaps my New Jersey upbringing, but I don’t want to stereotype.)

Every morning, on the ride to school, Mr. Bus Driver had 92.3 KRock on the radio. And

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better part of Eddie Murphy’s Delirious to the head of the Parents Television Council.

Anyway, I realize that this month’s issue at hand is bad language, but I almost have to start with that Anna Farris moment, because it was something of a watershed moment for me. Up until that moment, I’d shrugged off the so-called “moral decline” in our culture. But something in that moment made me take a good step back and realize that we as a society might need to tone it down a bit. And the language we use, I now realize, is a huge part of that.

For example, you can call people the D word on TV now.

You can even call someone a D-head.

Think about it: the D word.

That’s one of the big ones, isn’t it? Growing up, I could maybe slip a “damn” or a “hell” past my parents without significant repercussions, but a D word would have earned me a quick trip to the soap dish. To me, that’s up there with the S and F words. And you are absolutely free to sling the D word around on network television now (just the word itself, mind you. You are still not allowed to sling around an actual D word on network television. But give it time.)

And it just kind of happened one day. No one seemed to notice.

Here’s an easy way to illustrate how things change.

When you watch The Breakfast Club on TV, you’re watching an edit that was made way back in the ’80s to bring the language in line with the social mores of the time. Which is why Judd Nelson tells Principal Vernon to “eat my socks” instead of the risqué-at-the-time “eat my shorts.” In just a few years, “eat my shorts” would become the slogan for a cartoon 10-year-old.

Oddly enough, in that same Breakfast Club episode, they edit out the part where Judd Nelson calls Principal Vernon “Dick,” even though that is the character’s name.

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You just can’t say the F word, because apparently, that’s where the line is drawn. (You can also show a breast, but only if you blur out a tiny section in the middle. Because that makes sense.)

So our relationships with certain words change, and I’m not necessarily opposed to that. I was a huge fan of The Shield, and that show used the S word so much that the S word nearly took home an Emmy for supporting actor.

But The Shield was not on a network. It was on cable. On cable, you can say whatever the H word you want, up to and including the S word. You just can’t say the F word, because apparently, that’s where the line is drawn.

(You can also show a breast, but only if you blur out a tiny section in the middle.

Because that makes sense.)

And I’m fine with it.

On cable. They do a pretty good job of self-regulating, but more important, they don’t have anything to prove.

The networks sling around profanity like an eight-yearold who just learned his first swear word: they’re trying so hard to impress you by how cool they sound, it comes off as childish.

Just knock it off, network television. You’re not impressing anyone. There are ways to be entertaining, funny and shocking without petitioning the FCC to break down that next swear word barrier. If you could just try and be creative and figure out what they are, you’d not only possibly make better television, you’d help stem the moral decline of our entire country. You’d also stop making me feel old, and possibly save us from any further exposure to Anna Farris.  July 2014

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that meant 25 minutes of Howard Stern radio to start my teen mornings.

I doubt everyone on the bus was listening, I mean with so much other middle school angst to deal with—braces, boys, kissing, kissing boys with braces…

Yet, I tuned in each morning with anticipation. And that one year of bus rides launched a 28-year love affair with Howard Stern.

Now, in 1986 on “terrestrial” radio, Stern couldn’t curse or he’d be fined by the FCC. So he spent the better part of his career dancing around bad words and taboo subjects in a most hilarious way, often times belaboring a point to make sure you fully understood what he was really trying to say.

He taught me to never be afraid to speak your mind. And frankly, he also taught me the art of the interview, and he is the reason I am a writer today.

(Rick Reilly gets some credit too.)

It was also Howard who introduced me to George Carlin (rest his soul) and his monologue “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” First recorded in 1972, the “filthy words” are still not allowed on television. And I am pretty certain I shouldn’t type them here. (But oh, the temptation.)

Those seven words are allowed on satellite radio.

When Howard Stern made the switch to satellite, as a fan, I was wondering if cursing and dirty words would dominate his delivery each day. It hasn’t, but the freedom to accentuate a particularly contentious July 2014

situation with an F bomb— damn it feels good.

A few weeks ago, a colleague e-mailed me with some particularly good news. I responded, “hell yeah.” He (the more reserved, conservative, proper of the two of us) replied, “Hell f ’in yeah.”

I cracked up. Sometimes you need the extra oomph. Go ahead try it for yourself.

Courtney is a good writer.

Eh. Courtney is a good f ’in writer.

Right?

In the days following the Boston Marathon, Big Papi took to the field and declared to Boston, “This is our f ’in city.” The crowd— and a nation—roared.

Need more examples?

A Christmas Story wouldn’t be A Christmas Story without Ralphie exclaiming …”Oh, Fuuuudge ….” (Except he didn’t say fudge.)

In the days following the Boston Marathon, Big Papi took to the field and declared to Boston, “This is our f ’in city.” The crowd—and a nation— roared.

Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti even cursed at the Kings’ Stanley Cup Parade saying, “This is a f ’in great day.”

I play with words for a living. Bad words are just words that grammarians prefer to call colorful adjectives. I mean, look at what they did for Ron Burgundy’s career.  www.celebratehiltonhead.com 113

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All Month Long summer fun series at the sandbox!

Starts at 10:30AM Through August 7, 2014 thesandbox.org

Sundays JUMPING JACKS KIDS SHOW 6PM & 7PM And Wednedays Salty Dog Cafe saltydog.com

the sandbox: an interactive children’s museum Open Every Sunday from 1:00-5:00PM thesandbox.org.

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Fire juggling Up the Creek Pub & Grill Mon & Wed 8:00 & 9:00PM Free with live music!

Pump boys & Dinettes Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Regular tickets are $44/adults and $31 /children. artshhi.com

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camp providence Providence Presbyterian Church through August 8:00-5:00PM $135/week causegodjoy.com

Mondays Tennis exhibition & Happy Hour 5:30PM Sea Pines Racquet Club Complimentary

21 Jake’s Hula Hoop Contest Monday- Friday Salty Dog Cafe 12:15 PM saltydog.com

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Shelter Cove Farmers Market through Oct. 28 Shelter Cove Community Park 4:00PM-7:00PM

15 PALMETTO BLUFF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WITH THE ACCOMPLICES Village Green Gates Open at 5:00 p.m. Concert begins at 6:30 p.m. $25 per car (800) 501-7405

22 Face Painting fun!

5:30-8:30PM Daily!

Courtyard by Jake’s Cargo saltydog.com

29 PALMETTO BLUFF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WITH Zack Stiltner Band Village Green Gates Open at 5:00 p.m. Concert begins at 6:30 p.m. $25 per car (800) 501-7405

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ALl Month Stand up paddleboard lessons Outside Hilton Head Reservations are required. outsidehiltonhead. com

Wednesdays Poolside movie 8-10PM Harbour Town Pool Reservations Required $15/Adult, $12/child 843.842.1979

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Annual 4th of july parade Harbour Town Starts at 9:30PM 843.842.1979

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EVERY Thursday

Harbour town: 9:00PM Shelter cove harbour: 9:00PM Skull creek marina: 9:00PM

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59th annual beaufort water festival 10 day event which includes music, food, crafts and art & more! bftwater festival.com

bluffton sunset party Shrimp fest Bluffton Oyster Factory 5-9PM; $5.00 Party w/ your pooch!

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10 12 Painting Classes Revival Design & Decor See website for details. revivaldesignshhi. com

Farmers market in old town bluffton Every Thursday 2:00-7:00PM Calhoun Street

Painting Classes Revival Design & Decor See website for details. revivaldesignshhi. com

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Hilton head firecrakcer 5000 Jarvis Creek Park 8AM-10:30PM bearfootsports. com

saturdays the music lady’s kids show 6:30 & 7:30PM Wreck of the Salty Dog Every Saturday! saltydog.com

MON.-FRI. Tie-dyeing fun!

11:00AM-4:00PM Behind the Wreck of the Salty Dog Make your own Tie-Dye Salty Dog T-shirt! saltydog.com

Save the date!

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fred astaire dance stuio summer dance camp August 4-8, 2014 Seaquins Ballroom in Bluffton Dance Champions will teach American Style, International Style, Ballroom & Latin Dance.

(843) 837-6161

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