Outer Banks This WeekArticles & Shorts

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!

 

One Foot in the Past, One Foot in the Future

Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates
By Dave Holton
Remember the old days when you had to pick up a phone to find a vacation rental? Joe Lamb, Jr. & Associates remembers. “How incredibly rare it is for a company to be in business 50 years,” says Jodie Herman, marketing manager. During Jodie’s 12-year tenure, she’s watched their properties double to nearly 600... Read More

Here's to the Dreamers

Jewelry By Gail
By Dave Holton
Gail Kowalski, owner of Jewelry by Gail, Inc., has spent her life entwined in an uncertain dance with her dreams, an existence personified in the movie La La Land by Emma Stone’s character Mia, an actress struggling to get her break. When Mia finally lands an audition that could change her life forever, she captivates... Read More

The Folks Behind the Fishing

OBX Marina
By Dave Holton
A fishing marina relies on people – people to manage the dry dock, people to drive the boats and people to clean the fish. But when you ask those people what really makes a marina special, they’ll tell you something else. They’ll tell you that it’s you, the people who visit them every year to go out fishing.  Todd... Read More

From the Ashes, A New Beginning

Brindley Beach
By Heather Frese
We all know the mythology of the phoenix, that combustible bird known for bursting into flame and subsequently regenerating in a glorious, full-feathered return. It’s rare when Greek mythology can be applied to everyday life along the Outer Banks, but for Doug Brindley of Brindley Beach Vacations and Sales, ancient... Read More

The Cotton Gin: Nothing Else Like It

Cotton Gin
By Jennifer Armstrong
To become acquainted with The Cotton Gin, one must begin with the cotton gin itself, the preserved metal machine with scales that still resides in the front building of the Wright family’s modern-day general store. As Tommy Wright, one of the owners of the business, eloquently puts it, “The cotton gin is the story.”... Read More