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Motorcycles, Monologues & Views
Last Fall, when I first took on the Outer Banks This Week blog, I'd assumed there'd be times when I'd struggle to puff up more than a couple of bland paragraphs. Now, 28 installments later, I realize that my concern was completely unfounded and the struggle, instead, is to do justice to all the great events and... Read More
Get Schooled at Wine Camp
How many times have you gone out to dinner at an upscale restaurant, been seated at a great table and then, horror of horrors, been charged with the responsibility of choosing a wine for the table? Putting on your best poker face, you scan the wine list, brow furrowed thoughtfully, your eyes glazing over as the panic... Read More
Follow the Leader Comes To Brewing Station
As the old proverb goes, "All's well that ends well." And so it is with South Arts' enlightening Southern Circuit Film Tour, which has graced Outer Banks movie screens over the past several months thanks to the Dare County Arts Council. The last film in the excellent 2012-2013 series promises to uphold the high... Read More
Easing into the Season
Winter ended with a burst of activity here on the Outer Banks as we rolled from the success of the epicurean festival known as Taste of the Beach into full-on preparations for the opening of the 2013 visitor season before diving headlong into the Easter holiday and Spring Break. If these events are any indication, we... Read More
A Wealth of Young Talent & Eggs Galore
A couple of months ago I found myself standing in Glenn Eure's Ghost Fleet Gallery in Nags Head admiring the art and feeling, well, a little humbled. But this was not a typical exhibition of the works of trained and experienced adult artists. This was the annual Dare County Schools Art Exhibition, a show comprised... Read More