The Rose Colored Glasses of Meg Rubino
By Amanda McDanel – An artist by trade, Meg Rubino has found her niche in the Outer Banks art community by capturing ordinary everyday moments. Picture pulling into a beach access on a beautiful...
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For the Love of Doves
By Cathy Baldwin – Nestled off Kitty Hawk Road, sits the home of Jeanne and Steve Brook, a beautifully updated 100-year-old white farmhouse with a red barn and a wonderful menagerie of animals. Twenty-one...
A Jewel of an Island
By Kip Tabb – Photos by CHELLEshots, Michelle Conner – From there, the distance to Monkey Island is four miles, and the ride normally took about twenty minutes. We saw large rafts of...
The Art of the Tattoo
By Melissa Cox – The history of tattoos is ancient, dating as far back as the bronze age. The Outer Banks, however, was a little late to the party, with the first professional tattoo...
Legends in the Dark
By Jesse Fernandez – “Legends in the Dark” was a name given to an 8′ 6” mini-noserider that I built in January of this year. I don’t usually give names to boards that I...
The Man Upstairs
By Kip Tabb – I was the man upstairs. When I first came to the Outer Banks I lived above Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery in Nags Head. A one bedroom, two story apartment,...
Southern Shores Flat Tops, A Rare Outer Banks Gem
By Jeff Scott – Photos by Lori Douglas Photography There is a growing interest in the old style flat top beach cottages on the Outer Banks. Just walking into one of these homes and...
Mayor Jamie Daniels, The Voice of Manteo
By Corinne Saunders – Manteo Mayor Jamie Daniels began his political career 12 years ago when he started serving on the town planning board. “I was nosy,” he says. He explains that people came...
Lynette Sumner—Defining Outer Banks Success
By Kip Tabb – Lynette Sumner is bright, well-spoken, creative and driven to succeed—although success for her may not be the classic definition. Her restaurant and spa, Aqua, on the south end of Duck,...
History by the Sea—The Unpainted Aristocracy of Nags Head
Interview by Kip Tabb with Brim Silver – The Nags Head Beach Cottage Historic District is home to some of the most unique beach cottages on the Outer Banks. Classic examples of function over...
