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Manly Men, Comedy and Motorcycles Frame the Week

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, April 22, 2015
SkygazingOne of the many benefits of living on the Outer Banks is the nearly wide open 360 degree horizon view that can be achieved from any relatively modest elevation. It’s not necessary to climb a lighthouse to get a spectacular view (although I highly recommend that too). Many a deck or sand dune will do, and it... Read More

Write, Share And Sing — A Songwriting Workshop Comes To Manteo

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Dare County Arts Council’s “Song to Stage” Songwriting Workshop weekend kicks off Friday night at 8 p.m. at Sugar Creek Restaurant in Nags Head with a concert featuring multi-award winning songwriter and instructor Louisa Branscomb and bluegrass music’s fastest rising new act Nu-Blu. Admission is $10/person with... Read More

Color Rises, Divers Descend And Veggies Go Small

By Michael Lay | Thursday, April 9, 2015
After months of dully schlepping our way through the gray doldrums of Winter, possibly the best thing about the advent of Spring, even better than the warming temperatures, is the sudden explosion of big, bold, saturated colors emerging from the dark brown earth and the branches of otherwise bare trees. Abruptly, our... Read More

Easter Arrives With Spring In Tow

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Could it be…finally? Spring? Is that you, Spring?We can only hope. But if there is one place on the Outer Banks that is Spring Central it would have to be The Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island. And they are certainly starting April off with a bang! Cast off the winter grays with a dose of vibrant Spring color at... Read More

Meet The Outer Banks' Own Celebrity Chef

By Michael Lay | Thursday, March 26, 2015
It was in late 1993 that meat-and-potatoes America was introduced to a new concept in television — the Food Network. This strange hybrid of cooking how-to and entertainment immediately struck a chord with the nation’s fledgling culinary culture that was waiting to be plucked. The network’s stable of highly regarded... Read More