 | Folly Beach, South Carolina
FOLLY BEACH WAS NOT ALWAYS the laid-back beach town it is today. In the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, carnival rides and big band leaders such as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey attracted crowds to the island now known as “The Edge of America” from up and down the East Coast. By day, visitors would lie in the sun and play in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. By night they would dance to some of the biggest names in music at the...
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 | Back Bay: Folly Beach, South Carolina
As a child growing up in Columbia, the smell of chicken frying late on a Saturday night heralded a trip to Folly Beach. We’d pack up the cooler, floats and other accessories early the next morning and head to the beach. As we neared Folly on a two-lane road with oak limbs hanging overhead and produce stands on either side my mother would always ask...
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 | Seabrook Island, South Carolina
Today, Seabrook Island is known for its beautiful beaches, tidal marshes, creeks and wooded trails and for its efforts to make sure these natural resources are maintained for generations to come. Seabrook is home to two magnificent golf courses, Crooked Oaks and Ocean Winds, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Willard Byrd, respectively. In addition to world-class golf, residents and visitors can enjoy the...
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 | Bodacious Bohicket Marina
Bohicket offers boat rentals, a favorite among families seeking an exciting day of exploration along the area’s creeks, rivers and beaches, proceeding at their own pace and taking the time to observe dolphins and bald eagles, catch...
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 | Kiawah Island, South Carolina
IT HASN’T BEEN LONG SINCE Kiawah Island was an overgrown hunting reserve accessible only by boat. Today, the exclusive island retreat, located 30 miles from historic downtown Charleston, is home to some of the most valuable real estate in the...
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| The Annual Senior PGA Championship
A field of 156 players, including golf legends Tom Watson, Greg Norman, Gary Player, Hale Irwin, Fuzzy Zoeller, Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen and Raymond Floyd, as well as relative newcomers...
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 | Sullivans Island, South Carolina
Today, Sullivan’s Island epitomizes the unhurried, casual lifestyle of a beach community. Residents get around on foot, on bikes or in golf carts. When they need to leave the island, they travel across an old-fashioned drawbridge. There are no hotels of any sort and rental properties are frowned upon in this...
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 | Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Located north of Charleston Harbor, the upscale barrier island exudes a feeling of community that most resort islands simply cannot offer. IOP is known for its cool breezes, mild winters and pleasant summers, the perfect setting for people in search of a year-round, warm-weather...
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 | Short-Term Rentals Drawing A Line In The Sand
Drawn By Beautiful weather, ubiquitous water and still reasonably affordable property, people are flocking to the Carolina coast, looking for the perfect place to vacation, retire, invest or sink permanent roots into the...
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 | Wild Dunes: Isle Of Palms, South Carolina
ASK ANY SERIOUS GOLFER ABOUT Tom Fazio, and the response will include a laundry list of awards won by the much-honored designer of such legendary golf courses as Pinehurst #8, Pelican Hill and the PGA National Golf Club...
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 | Living with Nature : Dewees Island
Porretto fell in love with Dewees Island the moment he saw it, calling it “a special island paradise, unsullied by common progress, exquisitely subtle in its development — a place where life is slower paced and naturally rather than...
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 | The Aggie Gray
“I enjoy the people,” Zobel says, when I ask what he likes most. “Everyone is friendly. It’s busy in the summer, so I meet a lot of people...
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