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.