Peter Kaplan and Lisa Chase
Three stories:
Lisa and the medium: http://www.elle.com/life-love/news/a30986/losing-my-husband-and-finding-him-through-a-medium/
Popular culture: http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/q-and-a/a33806/everything-is-copy/
A book review of sorts: http://www.elle.com/culture/books/a32705/when-breath-becomes-air/
By Luke Sullivan
I’m riding a horse on the beach. Can you guess where I am? Costa Rica? Morocco? Spain? No. Me and my horse, Alexander, rented from the equestrian center, are in Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
We trot along the three miles of unspoiled beach, and the Atlantic breeze pushes back my hair. You can taste the salty air walking past vacation homes, condos and villas. There are no hotels in Seabrook Island.
We stop off for Great Grouper Sandwiches at Red’s Ice House overlooking Bohicket Marina after the ride is over.
There are three beaches on Seabrook Island. Pelican Beach is the perfect place to watch the sunset, and the Edisto River and Atlantic Ocean merge on the sand. North Beach has more wildlife, and a better vantage point for the sunrise. You can see dolphins meander through the water during feeding time. The Sands beach club has oceanfront pools, a bar and restaurant.
Seabrook Island also offers two championship golf courses. You can enjoy beautiful ocean vistas while teeing off on Crooked Oaks or Ocean Winds. They are the first two courses in South Carolina to be added to the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf.
The island offers many other activities: kayaking, tennis, swimming or snorkeling, Paddle boarding, fishing and even a spa day. The 2,200 acres of land are a sea island playground.
If you haven’t spent much time in Charleston, Seabrook Island is in close proximity. You can spend a day exploring and drink in the rich history.
Consider taking your next vacation to Seabrook Island. You might never leave.
By Taylor Curry
Most beaches these days are crowded, noisy, and the opposite of relaxing. Seabrook Island is the exception. Only an hour from Charleston, South Carolina and with three unique beaches on the Atlantic Ocean, Seabrook is the ultimate peaceful and unique vacation destination.
Not only are there clear blue beaches with soft waves, frequent dolphin sightings, and colorful sunsets, there are also two golf courses incorporated into the island landscape.
But what really makes Seabrook unique is that it is not just a vacation destination or a sunny day at the beach with a pina colada. Seabrook is also a community. There are no hotels on the island so visitors stay in vacation homes or villas. Visitors are not outsiders on this island, but members of this tight-knit beach community. The sense of community makes the island feel like a second home instead of an uncomfortable hotel room.
This is the ultimate personalized vacation. Choose your home, then choose between the three main beaches to experience vibrant pink, orange, and yellow sunrises, dolphins cresting the ocean waves, and peaceful walks along the tree-lined streets of this quiet town. Plus Seabrook is one of the only beaches on the East coast where you can ride a horse right on the beach. So whether you are strolling down the beach or watching others from your lawn chair, this is a place untouched by the outside world, frozen in time in peaceful perfection.
By Grace Young
Occupying 2,220 acres of land with three miles of unspoiled beach, South Carolina’s Seabrook Island is a true Atlantic gem. It also happens to be an active residential community and vacation destination — there are no hotels on the island, only homes, villas and condos for guests to rent.
The island has something for everyone — guests and residents alike — including hands-on activities like horseback-riding, kayaking, golf and tennis, or more relaxed pastimes like taking long strolls under the cool canopy of trees lining the roads or soaking up sun at the beach or one of the pools.
Speaking of beaches, Seabrook Island has three main beaches on which to congregate depending upon each individual’s taste: Pelican Beach is popular for its calm waves, slow current and breathtaking view of the sunset, while North Beach is the place to go for the early birds who wish to watch the birds and the sunrise. The Sands at the Beach Club, is perhaps the liveliest of the three, mainly because it has everything the other two have plus so much more: great views of both the sunrise and sunset, warm, soft sand, oceanfront pools and a full service bar and restaurant, all in one beautiful place.
If the beach isn’t much your style, though, Seabrook Island also has two championship golf courses — Crooked Oaks and Ocean Winds — as well as proximity to Charleston for fun family day trips.
Regardless of what you’re looking for, chances are, Seabrook Island has it.
Four Seasons Hotel George V welcomes Mediterranean newcomer Le George into its Parisian culinary repertoire. Prepare to be wowed by the critically-acclaimed head chef Marco Garfagnini, a Tuscan native whose cooking draws inspiration from unique corners of the world. He aims to offer a simple, harmonious dining experience, what he describes as “cooking from the heart.” In this latest endeavor, Garfagnini airs on the lighter side –opting for a balanced, healthy menu that shimmers with freshness. Choose from one of the 600 French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese wine varieties and relax yourself in this authentic, Paris-style chic environment. You’ll watch as Le George sparkles in marble and glass against the hotel’s Marble Courtyard. As you sip, peer up at the stunning ivory-toned, vaulted ceiling where a Baccarat chandelier bathes in the natural light. One look at the menu opens your eyes to an assortment of elegant fish and beautifully prepared vegetables that exists alongside a vegetarian menu perfect for any health-conscious guest. Sink your teeth into lobster risotto prepared to the minute, or go for the lemon and mint garnished cheese tortellini that is freshly prepared twice daily. But no need to limit yourself to just one of these divine dishes. Le George’s menu is designed to share, encouraging half portions that spark an interactive dining experience. The winning combination of a dynamic menu and Garfagnini’s openness to specific customer requests allows the diner freedom to take individual liberties with the cuisine. Dine at Le George for elegance, flavor and ambiance.
In a city full of baguettes and croissants, a light healthy dinner is difficult to find but Le George is bringing a Mediterranean freshness to Paris’ rich dining scene.
Fresh ingredients are the centerpiece at Le George — pasta is house-made twice a day, risotto is prepared to the minute and fish is freshly purchased at the market. Chef Marco has created light-modern dishes that are inspired by traditional cuisine such as cheese tortelli with lemon and mint, sea bass carpaccio with truffle oil, salt-crusted chicken and veal rib chop Milanese.
Michelin chef, Marco Garfagnini is offering dishes inspired by his native Tuscany and creating a culinary journey into the French Riviera and northern Italy. With an emphasis on a balanced meal, the menu is designed for sharing dishes or half portions among the table, creating a familial interactive dining experience.
Natural light pours into the dining room blending effortlessly with the traditional French-style luxury and highlighting the open ivory-toned vaulted ceilings. The eight-foot chandelier and velvet-damask wing chairs remind you that Versailles is only 30 minutes away.
Opening in mid-October, Le George will join three-Michelin-star Le Cinq as the newest fine dining restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris.
by Ellie King
Butter-battered escargot, foie gras, and wine—it’s hard to find food in Paris that won’t make stepping back on the scale a little scary after your vacation ends.
The Four Seasons Hotel George V is changing the game in Parisian cuisine, however, with its new Mediterranean restaurant Le George that has an eye for balanced and healthy foods. Led by Italian Chef Marco Garagnini, the restaurant opening in mid-October will offer patrons an impressive menu featuring a number of signature specialties along with new creations, such as sea bass Carpaccio with truffle oil, lobster risotto, and veal rib chop Milanese. Dishes will be available in half portions and served meze-style, presenting a unique interactive dining experience to complement such rich foods.
While Garagnini’s menu offers a tasteful and healthy blend of French Riviera and northern Italy flavours, interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon has designed the restaurant in a splendidly chic and elegant Parisian style. Filled with natural light, Le George’s huge, metal framework windows look out over the hotel’s marble courtyard. The grey cashmere curtains and velvet-and-damask-upholstered wing chairs add a light, soft aspect to the room, while a spectacular Baccarat chandelier hanging from the ivory-toned vaulted ceiling offers a feeling of grandeur.
The Four Season’s newest restaurant takes French dining to another level. Vacationers looking for a healthy yet delicious menu in a French-style luxury atmosphere will no doubt find what they are looking for at Le George.
Three miles of beach adjoin Seabrook Island to the Atlantic Ocean and the nearby Edisto River flows gently through a number of marshland vistas characterized by sprouting cord grass and tiny barrier islands. Seabrook is a short, picturesque drive from Charleston down winding Main Road, canopied by ancient live oaks. This premier vacation destination features a variety of amenities, including championship golf, pristine beaches and a numerous pools.
As an entirely residential island, Seabrook provides the conveniences of home while maintaining the peace and quiet visitors come to expect with island living. Seabrook visitors rent homes or villas on-island and receive full access to everything that is available to do.
The island boasts three premier beaches. Pelican Beach and North Beach are quieter, more remote areas where guests can take in the proximity to, and variety of, wildlife and enjoy the calm surf and currents. The Sands at the Beach Club, where guests tend to flock, is also nearby. Views of the sunset and sunrise, a full-service oceanfront bar and restaurant and ocean-edge pools await guests at The Sands.
The island’s two golf courses wind through the area’s natural features and seamlessly integrate themselves into their surroundings. World-renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed Crooked Oaks and southeastern architect Willard Byrd designed Ocean Winds.
Seabrook additionally presents guests with a chance to go horseback riding, biking and play tennis; or just sit and enjoy the sun, the quiet rumbling of the waves and a soft breeze off of the water.
by Haley Haltom
Sick of overcrowded beaches full of spring breakers inhibiting your view of the ocean? About 30 miles south of Charleston lies Seabrook Island, a welcoming, sea-island town with three miles of pristine, unspoiled beach. There are no hotels on the island, only vacation homes, condos and villas for rent – perfect for a quiet, laid-back getaway.
For such a small place, Seabrook Island has a plethora of activities. Golfers will rejoice at the two championship golf courses, Crooked Oaks, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., and Ocean Winds, designed by William Byrd. The courses preserve the natural wildlife of the island, providing a fun way to see the island’s flora and fauna. Non-golfers can ride horses along the beach, soaking in the natural beauty at a comfortable pace.
Head to North Beach for the sunrise and hear the dolphins feed as the sun comes up. Miss the sunrise but still want to catch the sunset? Pelican Beach has the best vantage point to finally see the green flash right when the sun sinks below the horizon. Catch both at the Sands at the Beach Club, crushing the sand between your toes as you lounge in your beach chair. The Beach Club has oceanfront pools, a full service bar and restaurant and great views to fulfill your sun-watching needs.
Lush with natural beauty, Seabrook Island is the hidden gem of the South Carolina coast. Whether you’re looking for an active, upbeat vacation, or a relaxed, low-key beach escape, Seabrook Island is the place for you.
By: Rachael Henry
Picture yourself sitting on your back porch listening to the wave’s crash against the shore as a picture-perfect orange sunrise in front of you appears. This dream is a reality at Seabrook Island, a home away from home for many, situated on 2,200 acres of land and located just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Visitors to the island are given the luxury of renting a vacation home, condo or villa instead of staying in a large hotel.
Truly make your vacation unique by tailoring your trip to what you love to do. The island offers kayaking, golf, tennis and three pristine beaches, Pelican Beach, North Beach and Sands at the Beach Club. For those who love to explore nature, take a relaxing walk under the canopy of trees that line long winding roads.
Golfers will enjoy Seabrook’s two championship golf courses that have preserved the natural beauty of the island, Crooked Oaks designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Ocean Winds, designed by Willard Byrd. Seabrook is also one of the only places on the east coast where you can horseback ride on the beach. Take a sunset ride with your loved ones and then relax with a home cooked meal or try one of their delicious restaurants at the Beach Club.
If you’re looking for a place to relax with a loved one, or a place to create memories for the whole family, Seabrook Island is the place that is sure to surpass your expectations.
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