Outer Banks Articles & Shorts

If you’re like a lot of people – like hundreds of thousands of people – you love the Outer Banks of North Carolina. You might consider us presumptuous drawing this conclusion so quickly, and we would agree with you . . . except for the fact that we’re right. You love the Outer Banks beaches, the Outer Banks water sports, the Outer Banks towns, Outer Banks shops, the Outer Banks events and Outer Banks activities . . . everything about this place (you wouldn’t be on this site if you didn’t). We do too. And, lucky for you, we also love writing about the Outer Banks. Locals and visitors alike value our Outer Banks information.

Our local writers tell you how to negotiate dining out if you have a big crowd. We show you, step by step, how to pick a crab. We’ve written articles highlighting Corolla and the Currituck Outer Banks or about charming Manteo on Roanoke Island or telling you the mysteries of Ocracoke Island. We cover the events happening on the Outer Banks – and, boy, are there a lot of them to cover! Outer Banks activities, everything from water sports to walking tours to lighthouse tours to birdwatching trips, are focal points. Businesses, rituals and legends local to the Outer Banks are detailed in our articles. You’ll find out how that restaurant got its name or the modest beginning of that now-booming business. We give you insider Outer Banks information about staying safe in the ocean, how to navigate those pesky turn lanes, which restaurants to check out for the best Southern cuisine in the area and resorts’ present and future aspirations. Our Outer Banks articles are good reading. You’ll feel like a local with all the knowledge you’re sure to collect! And we’re adding to them all the time. Click on in to learn about the Outer Banks from the locals' side!

 

Honestly Wild

By Beth P. Storie
There's poetry in the rhythm of horse hooves - a running hip hop cadence. There's an entire vibrational song in the flutter of wings all around us. There's the droning base line of insects as they add the constancy of a background note. Listen: Here on the Outer Banks, we're surrounded by a virtual symphony of... Read More

All That Jazz

By Lisa Loy
  IT'S THE DUCK JAZZ FESTIVAL!   The Town's 8th Annual Duck Jazz Festival comes to life on Sunday, October 12th at the Duck Town Park, a beautiful 11-acre site on the sound in the heart of town. "The Jazz Festival provides a fantastic opportunity for the entire community to get together, to interact with one... Read More

Come Wander Into Buxton Village Books

By Heather Frese
There's an air of enchantment surrounding the vintage gray cottage with the lace-scalloped porch that houses Buxton Village Books. Maybe it's the bright red geraniums dancing in the breeze, or the teasing glimpse of the Pamlico through grasses and reeds, or the sign on the front door - Welcome, waders, wet suits and... Read More

Understanding the Value of Tradition

By Horace Whitfield
It would have been easier to sell swampland in Florida than a winter rental on the Outer Banks when Joe Lamb Jr. and his wife, Ann, opened their first Nags Head office in 1968. One might wonder what Joe had learned from his association with his father-in-law's family selling real estate in Elizabeth City, Kinston and... Read More

A Destination to Remember

By Amelia Boldaji
It's a beautiful thing when love is in the air, and if you're one of those couples who have recently (or even not so recently!) decided to pronounce your wedding vows, then you probably know how simultaneously exciting and daunting it can feel to plan all the next steps that will lead you down the aisle of your dreams... Read More