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Time for Yuletide: Christmas Comes to the Outer Banks
Strings of colorful lights adorn streets and shops, carols fill the radio stations, and I’ve already made the first batch of Christmas cookies I have planned for the season. The Outer Banks towns also have many home-grown, time-honored traditions that they use to welcome the holiday season. This weekend brings parades... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving From Your Local Businesses
Happy Thanksgiving! I love this holiday – once the traveling is complete and the food is prepared, the day’s a cozy occasion when you can eat your bodyweight in sweet potatoes and reflect on what you’re thankful for. We have a good place for doing that on the Outer Banks. Between the miles of gorgeous beaches, the... Read More
Free Thanksgivings for the Outer Banks Community
Thanksgiving is a time of community and kinship. It’s meant to gather us around a common table to share a meal and reflect on the people, places and things we’re thankful for. To make such camaraderie as widespread as possible, several organizations and restaurants around the Outer Banks host Thanksgiving celebrations... Read More
Bringing Home the Holidays on Ocracoke
Hurricane Dorian barreled over the North Carolina coast about a dozen weeks ago and is now a blip in many people's memories. For the folks on south Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, however, the storm’s effects remain immediate and – especially after this past weekend’s nor’easter – ongoing. Islanders are still working... Read More
Gobble Up! Thanksgiving Destinations on the Outer Banks
With Halloween behind us, it feels like I’m already seeing displays of Christmas decorations and holiday specials in stores and around my neighborhood. Putting up lights, starting my gift shopping – it’s all tempting, but I refuse to fall into the trap (yet). I’m saving my festive energy for my favorite foodie event... Read More