Author: north beach sun

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...

Sophie Bell samples a Doggie Daiquiri.

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,...

Sea Dragon with Sandcastle by Liz Corsa.

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...

Flowers at Jo Ann Lassiter and Dave Rohde's garden.

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...

Tar Heel 2 at Seagate North in Kill Devil Hills. Thirty years of working with local farmers.

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...

Melinda Gregory's sea urchin cakes.

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...

Richard Schreiber and Chris Whitehurst with a stack of cajons.

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...