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HILTON HEAD ISLAND CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE & MOTORING FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE ARTS. Story by Lisa Allen + Photography by Arno Dimmling Hilton Head lives and breathes beauty. Beauty in the oceanside sunrises and in the sway of Spanish moss amid enormous live oaks, beauty in a soaring golf tee shot and beauty…
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HILTON HEAD ISLAND CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE & MOTORING FESTIVAL Given that cars and their owners come from all over the country, if not the world, to participate in Hilton Head’s Concours, it’s very impressive (and a compliment to the show) that nearly half of the Best of Show winners have agreed to send…
Each year the Concours spotlights a collector who has gathered a set of cars that has swept up wins from judges known for letting no imperfection go unnoticed (and subtracted from the overall score.) This year’s Pinnacle Collector is Anne Brockinton Lee of Reno, Nevada. But don’t let that Western residence fool you. Brockinton Lee…
While the Hilton Head Concours doesn’t have an official artist in residence, one can easily make the case that it’s Amiri Farris. The Bluffton resident and professor at Savannah College of Art and Design has created the poster depicting the Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala since that event’s inception in 2016. This year he’s also…
Story + Photography by Michele Roldán-Shaw The New is a well-kept secret in Bluffton. You’ve likely driven over it countless times — on the back road to Savannah, after the New Riverside Circle but before John’s Junkyard — perhaps without noticing you’d crossed a river at all. The bridge is not impressive enough to convey…
Story + Photography by Michele Roldán-Shaw The great wilderness of the ACE Basin guarantees solitude for those bold enough to penetrate its depths. One of the most pristine estuaries on the Eastern Seaboard, it comprises 350,000 acres of woods, wetlands and waterways, notably the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Rivers that give the region its acronym….
Story + artwork by Michele Roldán-Shaw When you find a Native American pottery shard, it’s quite astounding to contemplate that it might be hundreds or even thousands of years old. Light, fragile and crumbly, its earthen hue could range from weathered gray to sandy yellow, ruddy clay to mud brown. It may be marked with…
Story + Photography by Michele Roldán-Shaw Sometimes you have to find your own secret spot within a bustling and decidedly un-secret location. This could mean going to a certain area, at a certain hour or season, perhaps even by a certain mode of transport. On Jekyll Island — once the cloistered resort of the fabulously…
Sea Pines Country Club’s Jessica Albright offers tips for beating the heat on the golf course this summer. Story by Shane Sharp With highs in the upper 80s and 90s and “lows” in the 70s, Lowcountry summers tend to sizzle. But playing golf during the proverbial dog days can be both safe and enjoyable if…
Story + Photography by Michele Roldán-Shaw The Midlands are a bit further afield than I normally venture in this series, the spirit of which is backyard adventures that make for an easy day- or half-day trip from home. But in keeping with this month’s road-trip theme, “Secrets Spots” is going weekend warrior for a visit…
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