January might seem a funny time to put pleasure on the agenda, because it is usually considered a time for austerity, resolutions, and abstinence.

As we recall fondly the fun of our final First Thursdays Art Market of 2021, and the just-completed Holiday Market editions of our popular Farmers & Makers Market, here among The Shops at Sea Pines Center, we share the news of holiday celebrations nearby.

The special Christmas edition of the First Thursdays Art Market we celebrated last week served as a touching and yet practical reminder of what’s special about the town we are grateful to call home.

As we celebrate a special Christmas edition of the First Thursdays Art Market, we look around and see familiar faces.

Whenever you choose to begin your Christmas shopping, please consider this your personal invitation to make The Shops at Sea Pines Center a part of it.

This week, as we celebrate Thanksgiving, we give a thought to how thankful we are for this place where we live, where people from all over are moved to visit.

Sun lit, or sparkling for the evening, the plaza that’s embraced by The Shops at Sea Pines Center has been a magnet for people in the know about Hilton Head Island for generations.

As Smith Stearns Tennis Academy looks forward to completing its first decade next year, we join in the congratulations, and we reflect on all that it means to excel at that sport, in this place, and to pass it on to future generations.

One of the many attractions we look forward to is how the plaza of The Shops at Sea Pines Center looks in “the golden hour.”

As a place to touch base, a place where people come again and again, over the course of years, to hear what’s happening this week, what’s going on that might be of interest – for this the plaza was already deep in the hearts of the people who know.