Paper Flowers and Custom Invitations
By Kip Tabb – Sometimes it’s difficult to keep what is special in our lives, but somehow Heather Rollins has managed it in hers. Heather is HLR Designs. She specializes in creating personalized...
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The Dog Days of Summer
By Cathy Baldwin – Photos K. Wilkins Photography – Finding Fun for your Furry Four-Legged Friend Just about everyone on the North Beach Sun staff has a dog. There’s Ollie, Captain, Jackson, Thunder, Khloe,...
Painting Her World
By Lindsey Beasley Dianna – Liz Corsa is an optimist. She believes that dreams really do come true, knows there can be more than just one dream, and even more ways that we can...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
By Cathy Baldwin Photography by K. Wilkins Photography – Sand, sand spurs, salt, northeast winds, brazen deer, hot summers, hurricanes… it takes more than a green thumb to overcome—or work with—the natural obstacles of...
Homegrown Outer Banks
Stories By Kip Tabb, K. Wilkins Photography – The Local Farm, the Local Fork The drive to the Outer Banks passes through some of the most fertile farmland in North Carolina—land that has been...
The Sweet Life-Melinda Gregory of Just Desserts
By Cathy Baldwin, Photos by K. Wilkins Photography – Bruce Springsteen once ate three pieces of Melinda Gregory’s “Coral Lace” cake at his nephew’s wedding in Duck. “I really wanted a picture of him...
Outer Banks Cajons
By Kip Tabb – First there’s the sound, a resonant, rich tone speaking of primitive forests and endless plains. There’s a little bit of the rustle of a snare, giving it a slightly Caribbean...
Catching A Manx Outer Banks Style
By Kip Tabb, Photos by K. Wilkins Photography – A grin seems mandatory when driving a chopped down VW with a fiberglass body and stubby rear end like a Manx cat. I had just finished...
Shuckin’ Good-Oyster Bars Make a Comeback on the Outer Banks
By Kip Tabb – Photos by Kati Wilkins – Oysters… those wonderful, succulent, salty treats are taking center stage in Outer Banks dining, especially as summer 2013 rolls to a close. Awful Arthur’s on...
The Corner of Cool-Bad Bean & Mom’s Sweet Shop
By Cathy Baldwin – Surviving the first winter as a new restaurant can be downright brutal. Just ask Rob Robinson of Bad Bean Baja Grill. “We opened in 2008—just when the bottom fell...
