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!

 

Kinder Than Necessary

By Beth P. Storie
There are plenty of good companies here on the Outer Banks - scores of them, in fact. Their service is great, their employees are friendly, their products are good. We appreciate them, yet we sort of take it for granted that these local businesses are there for us when we need or want them. That relationship is one of... Read More

Believing in Beautiful

By Beth P. Storie
Alicia Arranz moved from New York City for a new way of life and has ended up transforming more than only hers. The petite and smiling young woman might not seem like your typical Transformer, but she is, and the power tools she uses to create such change include scissors, combs, dryers and dyes. But her real secret... Read More

Marriage & Music Open Doors At Festival Park

By Lauren Whitfield
You are stretched out in your lawn chair, friends beside you and a cool breeze is coming off the water. Children run through the plush grass, excited voices grow louder behind you as the crowd fills in. Or perhaps you are the young girl who once performed on the Pavilion stage as a teenager and dreamed of one day... Read More

Coastal Style With Global Flair

By Michael Lay
The Eastern Seaboard is home to a diverse mixture of metropolises, sleepy bedroom communities, resort destinations, maritime towns and small cities. But, if you had the opportunity to step inside many of the homes, condos, villas and cottages that comprise the residential portions of these coastal communities, what... Read More

Moongate

By Beth P. Storie
It wasn't that long ago, in the great scheme of Outer Banks things, that a drive along the beach road in Nags Head was punctuated by long dashes of relatively empty land and smaller dots of houses, shops and restaurants. It was a Morse Code all its own that spelled out potential, and that signal was picked up by far-... Read More