Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 12/15/2023 Dec 15, 2023
Nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like a giant ball of meat.
Remember when we were kids passing the giant Christmas meatball around the table and taking a big bite out of it? The toothpick, alone, was ginormous!
-Something I hope I don't live long enough to hear.
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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 12/8/2023 bruce springsteen elizabethan gardens first flight basketball hello fresh old christmas soundside event center Dec 08, 2023
Hello Fresh
Several years ago we tried a subscription meal delivery plan to spice up our dinners. With Bonnie and I hustling in the kitchen for an HOUR(!) we made some pretty good food for which the kids quickly dismissed as being "just OK" if not declined entirely. There was no way in heck I was...
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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 12/1/23 airstream ipa cosmo's pizza growlers to go manteo christmas shuck hatteras Dec 01, 2023
Parade Crasher 
Several years ago my daughter was a Brownie in the Girl Scouts. Their leader organized them to march in the Manteo Christmas parade and as a parent I was at the beginning of the parade to help herd the cats. Just as the parade was starting my second child, a two-year old,...
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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 11/24/2023 Nov 25, 2023
Ted Lasso
As the shorter days and Eastern Standard Time have slowed things down in the evening, I’ve been circling back around to watch Ted Lasso for the second time. It has been a reminder that some of the quotes are pure gold.
 
From the Sunflowers episode in Season 3, Higgins takes...
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Travel Accessories, 2023 anker anker car charger anker charging cords anker charging cube anker power bank apple magic keyboard evernote hydro flask ipad stanley travel mug Nov 22, 2023

Must Have Items for Travel 2023

Stay connected.  Stay ready.
 
Charging
I can't say enough good things about Anker products.  Their accessories are going to charge your electronics quickly and these items should last you a long time.
 
If you need a good cube, this particular...
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Best Books for the Outer Banks amy glass angel khoury archaeology between tides brenda joyce holland buffalo city buxton clark twiddy croatoan currituck david mccullough ernie bowden frisco ghost town graveyard of the atlantic hannah bunn-west hatteras island john railey logging camp lu ann jones nags head woods native americans outer banks remarkable women scott dawson shipwrecks the lost colony united states life-saving station visionaries wright brothers Nov 20, 2023

The Updated and Expanded List of Best Books for the Outer Banks

Several of these authors have been featured on the podcast, Treasures of the Outer Banks.  If you want more insights in to their writing, feel free to take a listen.

1 The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough.  Not...

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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 11/17/2023 Nov 17, 2023
Elizabeth City Party Animals
I love how downtown Elizabeth City is going through a little revitalization. It now has craft breweries, great eateries, and new shops. I highly recommend stopping in at Seven Sounds Brewing or Big Boss Burritos (or both!). However, should you be out on the streets...
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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 11/10/2023 currishuck jimmy buffett manteo new year's eve wright brothers national memorial Nov 10, 2023

Jimmy Buffett

When I go on social media I see that people are still mourning the loss of Jimmy Buffett, and I get it.  One song that you never hear and in my opinion deserves to be in his Top Ten is "False Echoes".  If you haven't heard it, don't expect an upbeat tune with funny...
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Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 11/3/2023 click bait mcdonald's merchandise squatters star gazing wings over water Nov 03, 2023
Moment of Silence
McDonald's in Kitty Hawk Has Closed For Good (Riddance)
Having lived for over 20 years within walking distance of this McDonald's I can tell you authoritatively that their service (with very few exceptions when they had a few, good staffers) was historically poor.  At this...
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The Self-Guided Jet-Ski Tour or The Time I Should Have Gotten Out of the Business jet-skis whalehead club Nov 02, 2023

Below is an episode that should have ushered my exit from the industry.  Due to a combination of  stubbornness and naivete I stuck around for another 18 years.

Preface

In 2004 I owned two watersports locations; Kitty Hawk Watersports in Nags Head and one in Duck (by a different name)....
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