Outer Banks This Week Blog

Outer Banks information comes in many forms, but there’s no better way to learn it than through conversations with a local. The OuterBanksThisWeek.com blog is that local friend … even if you already live here! Every week, Molly Harrison gives the run down on Outer Banks activities, Outer Banks events, Outer Banks shopping – all the Outer Banks information needed to ensure that you have the best possible experience. And she does it in a conversational way that’s easy to read and entertaining. Outer Banks activities are numerous, and this blog gives you an insider’s scoop to help you plan your day. She leads you to all the Outer Banks events you won’t want to miss – sports, annual functions and holiday festivities. She gives you her input on the most exciting Outer Banks activities – the ones she loves, the ones she thinks you should love. If anything exciting or out-of-the-ordinary is happening during your visit – and there definitely will be something – this blog is your trusty guide to figuring out the whats, whens and wheres.

Nightlife, for example, is detailed here – what band is playing where, which scene is wild, which is chill. Festivals are also described – the ones that are old and loved and the ones that are new and anticipated. The amount of Outer Banks information offered here will keep you busy and in the know. You can find out what would be fun for you, your family or even your pets.

A fun touch of this blog is its conversational element. Hannah Lee always wants to hear from you! In fact, reader input can influence the basis of her next blog’s focus. So if there’s a topic or question you’re craving an answer for, let her know. Sit a spell and read through present and past OuterBanksThisWeek.com blogs. With all the Outer Banks information detailed for you, you’ll be the trusted source to all your friends!

Check out the free Duck Jazz Festival this weekend.

The Jazzy, the Southern and the Ghoulish

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, October 9, 2013
October shows no signs of slowing down. Hot on the heels of the Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival come two, couldn't-be-more-different music festivals back-to-back in Corolla and Duck, a combination pig-picking and oyster roast, a production of Steel Magnolias and a bevy of ghost tours. Coastal CastlesFrom Thursday,... Read More
"PsychoPath" runs Friday and Saturday nights in October.

Fright Time, Bluegrass and Fishing for the Future

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The Outer Banks is no stranger to mysterious events, disappearances and spooky stories. In fact, one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries took place along these very shores more than 425 years ago when 117 men, women and children vanished forever from Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke Island colony. Couple that... Read More
Kite acrobatics entertain at the weekend's stunt kite event.

Stunt Kites, Wine and Motorcycles

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, September 24, 2013
One of my favorite childhood memories is of going to the athletic fields of the local high school with my mom and dad and flying kites on those rare weekends when the central Virginia breezes cooperated. Of course, the fickle winds of Hopewell, VA, didn't hold a candle to our routine Outer Banks gusts, and the kite-... Read More
Lee Robinson General Store hosts Tastes of NC event.

Hatteras Events Highlight the Week

By Michael Lay | Thursday, September 19, 2013
For me, not many things surpass the simple pleasure of cruising south down Highway 12 through the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, my spirit soothed by the salt air billowing through the open car windows from the Atlantic Ocean surging ashore only a few yards away. There's just something about the expansiveness of... Read More
Jockey's Ridge is famous for spectacular sunsets.

Sunsets From the Edge

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, September 10, 2013
When I arrived on the Outer Banks in 1993, one of the first things I did was to climb to the top of Jockey's Ridge to see if it was still as magnificent as I remembered from those family vacations of my youth. It was. I spent nearly two breezy, chilly hours up there on the dune, gazing from ocean to sound, watching... Read More