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If you live in an apartment in Ridgeland, SC March is the start of Spring, but it also means that it is time for the 27th Annual Wine and Food Festival in Hilton Head.

This March celebrate great southern chefs, fine wine and great cuisine on Hilton Head Island. In its 27 years on the Island, the Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival has grown from a small wine tasting to one of the East Coast’s largest tented wine festivals.

Festival Events
March 5 - 10, 2012 - Great Chefs of the South Wine Dinners; Check www.hiltonheadwineandfood.com for details.

Friday, March 9, 2012 - Grand Wine Tasting & Silent Auction; The Sea Pines Resort - Harbour Town Conference Center, $65 per person, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.  Admission includes a Grand Tasting souvenir wine glass and premium wine tastings.

Saturday, March 10, 2012 -  Wine & Food Festival and Auction; Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn, 12 – 3 p.m., $45 per person, advance discount tickets available for $39.99. Admission includes a souvenir wine glass and access to all of the free tastings from the domestic and international wineries, vineyards, wine distributors and more!

See more information on the Hilton Head Island Website.

If you live in an apartment in Ridgeland, SC, this is a big week. Beaufort welcomes movie buffs from around the country at the 6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival.

The Beaufort International Film Festival grew from 500 people the first year, to 5,000 people last year.  The festival has cultivated a following across the country. Attendance has almost doubled every year since the festival began. Contestants this year come from as far away as California, Wisconsin and New York.

More than 30 filmmakers will attend this year's event, which started yesterday and runs through February 19th. Emmy-winning actor Powers Boothe will be honored with the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Acting.
 
All screenings and workshops will be held at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, Center for the Arts. Tickets are now available. Screenings will be Thursday through Saturday afternoon. An awards ceremony will be held Saturday night.
 
The Beaufort Film Society is a nonprofit, member-supported organization, dedicated to providing the highest levels of entertainment and education to you from all areas of the film industry.

The festival turned a (very small) profit for the first time last year. It will cost about $30,000 to stage this year's festival, and festival coordinators hope to break even. Profits would go toward the next year's festival.

Information from ABC and Island Packet

So you have been sitting around your apartment in Ridgeland, SC trying to think of a great Valentines’ Day gift idea? Because nothing says I love you quite like a...

When it comes to Valentine's Day, gifts and surprises should come from the heart, and they should be meant for the person you love...or really like.

A necklace from a local Beaufort artist is a really wonderful idea. It is unique and pretty, just like your significant other.

Remember too, Valentine's Day doesn't have to be about spending a lot of money, or any money for that matter. You can get right to your valentine’s heart with a hand written valentine card or homemade dinner.

Here are some Valentine's Day ideas, some are sentimental and some are more materialistic. Got more ideas, add a comment.

• A handwritten card
• A mix playlist
• Dinner, out or at home
• Of course the traditional flowers or chocolate
• Breakfast, (in bed maybe)
• Take a cooking class together
• A book for private time or game for together time
• A goldfish in a bowl.
• Manicure and/or pedicure, massage gift certificates
• Jewelry, make it unique, but that does not mean expensive
• A coffee mug from a LowCountry potter, and a pound of coffee
• Boxers with hearts on them