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Dare Day to Ocrafolk and Beyond
Sometimes when I look out there into that Wall O Traffic that is the bypass on a weekend (when I've got some time to kill because I'm trying to turn left or get across the street on my bike), I ponder the Outer Banks visitors - the fams in the minivans, the gents-in-the-front-ladies-in-the-back-ensembles in the sedans... Read More
Summer Season Kickoffs: Blues Festivals to Beach Nourishment
Here it is. Another Memorial Day weekend. The unofficial start of summer. What did I do for all of May? Last year I had a vacation in France to show for the merry old month. This year, it whizzed by before my eyes - a smoke-filled haze of deadlines, soccer games, birthday parties, dance recitals, field trips and end-... Read More
Hopefully
Spring is the hopeful season - school kids are hopeful about the time off from school; businesses and workers are hopeful about the money they'll make; gardeners are hopeful about their summer tomatoes; tourists are hopeful about the perfect summer vacation...Numerous new businesses are setting up shop on the Outer... Read More
May Days
Isn't May awesome? The greens are greener than I ever remember them being, the soft-shell crabs and fresh little fish are so yummy, the strawberries are redder and plumper than last year (it seems) and everyone is in such a dandy mood. * Speaking of good moods, I had an awesome Mother's Day with my family. My son... Read More
The Comfortable and the New
I like change, I like new and different, but isn't it comforting to know that some things stay the same year after year? * For instance, we all know that John's Drive In is closed on Wednesday. We've come to accept that. We know that The Lost Colony starts the last week in May and ends around August 20. We know that... Read More