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My husband and I fell in love in South Carolina.

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Inside Linnette’s, the main restaurant at The Dunlin.

Not with each other, but with a river man named Albo.

On another kind of trip, this would have been a quaint diversion before dinner.

But within minutes the water became deep enough for us to spot pods of dolphins poking through the surface.

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Kiawah River

(There are a lot here.)

A low country glossbygone and laid-backhas been applied to all the classic amenities.

I was struck by how at ease we felt.

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The Cove at The Dunlin

This sense of hominess is intentional.

Everything was excellent; not just hotel-good, but genuinely ambitious and special.

We clinked our glasses and made a new joke about moving here.

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Inside the Seabrook Suite

Usually when you go somewhere very different from home, it takes a moment to feel truly at rest.

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The Willet Room Bar