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Stroll or Storm the Beach . . . It’s Up To You
This week, schools are letting out and families are flocking to the Outer Banks for well-deserved vacations that unofficially mark the start of summer. As we sink into our beach chairs or seek out that 100-year old (or week-old) piece of amber sea glass, it’s entirely acceptable to lose track of time staring into the... Read More
Music in the Air and Kites Overhead
When I think of the Outer Banks, I think of the wind. Sometimes only a draft in the morning, it tends to rise as the day goes on, tossing up small waves and rolling in with the storm clouds on humid summer afternoons. It is the wind that drives this place, filling our sails, cooling us at the beach and causing sudden... Read More
Brews Abound! Plus, The Lost Colony 2015 and Golf for a Cause
There is comfort to be found in tradition. And on the Outer Banks the annual opening of The Lost Colony is one of those experiences. Entering its 78th season with its opening at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island this Friday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m., the play tells the story of America’s first English colonists and their... Read More
Memorial Day Brings Mix of Beach Music, Dance and 5Ks
Although the Outer Banks summer doesn’t really kick into high gear until mid-June when the majority of East Coast schools let out, Memorial Day Weekend has become the unofficially official marker of the beginning of The Season. With each passing day the weather and water slowly warms, and beginning this weekend a... Read More
Clouds To Dirt: This Week On The Outer Banks
The Outer Banks has been a hotbed of aerial pursuits since the Wright Brothers began visiting in the early days of the 20th century. Although the Wrights were tracking the secrets of powered flight, many of the aerodynamic principles undergirding their ultimate accomplishment were worked out through the use of kites... Read More