What Winter Brings
Richard Buggeln darts down the concrete path at the New Hanover County Arboretum in Wilmington then stamps across the grass. He bypasses the garden’s excellent dogwoods and elms. He ignores an elegant...
View ArticleClams from the Cape Fear
The clam chowder began as a pastime. Growing up, Louise Graham lived in Wilmington. But she spent her summers in Wrightsville Beach, where her family owned a home. That’s where she first went clamming....
View ArticleMusical Missionary
One night in 1994 while taking a bow after a concert in Yugoslavia, Barbara McKenzie found her world upside down. A classically trained pianist and veteran of international tours, McKenzie was about 40...
View ArticleScenes from 64
Here we are, on the roads of Georgia with J. Chris Wilson, headed to college. The year is 1966, and it’s hot. Or we can interpret it so; this is August in Georgia, after all. Wilson leaves his home in...
View ArticleTales of the Fourth-Grade Field Trip
When you tour North Carolina with a fourth grader, the state looks different. Take the Stagville State Historic Site in Durham, for instance. Sure, you’ll see the plantation house, the Great Barn, and...
View ArticleBig, Bold, and Lifelike
Even a fleeting glance of Sean Ruttkay’s work will settle in your mind. The 32-year-old artist and surfer captures pictures in places humans don’t usually have cameras: in the pipe of a breaking wave,...
View ArticleThe Fudgeboat
There are a lot of places you might expect to find a boat on a visit to the North Carolina shore, but inside a fudge shop probably isn’t one of them. The Fudgeboat is well known on the Carolina Beach...
View ArticleCarolina Beach Boardwalk
Ask a local in Carolina Beach about the boardwalk, and you might hear that it’s bright and colorful and fun. And it is. Between pastel-colored buildings, flashing carnival rides, and local food, it’s...
View ArticleThe History Of Ice In Wilmington
Take a look at the glass of tea you’re drinking. It’s sweet, sure. It may have a wedge of lemon floating around. It may be contained inside a plastic cup or a Mason jar or a proper tea glass. But one...
View ArticleCasey’s Soul Food Restaurant in Wilmington
There’s a picture of a pig on the menu. There’s a pig on the business card. There’s a pig on the sign out front. It’s easy to get the message at this soul food restaurant in Wilmington: If you want to...
View ArticleOceanside Divide
Barbara Dinkins can still taste the clam fritters: slightly salty with a hint of bell pepper and onion mixed in a top-secret, deep-fried batter. She can still see the dancers in the juke joints,...
View ArticleThrough a Child’s Eyes
It was 1975, and I was a wide-eyed 9-year-old, watching fire spewing from the cannons across the Cape Fear River in the night. The nightly show from the deck of the battleship North Carolina was the...
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A Meal for the New Year
To prepare oysters, you can steam them, fry them, serve them raw, simmer them in a stew, bake them, or broil them. If you eat oysters Rockefeller, you’ll feel like a buttoned-up businessperson. If you...
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Wrightsville Beach Oyster Stew
Wrightsville Beach Oyster Stew 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 4 small onions, chopped 1 bunch celery, chopped 8 ounces sliced mushrooms ¼ teaspoon minced fresh garlic 1½ cups all-purpose flour 1 (2-ounce) jar...
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Summer Reading List from Old Books on Front St.
From Gwenyfar Rohle at Old Books on Front St. in Wilmington comes a summer reading list that includes old favorites and must-reads to help you fill the summer. Old Books on Front St. is Wilmington’s...
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Wrightsville Beach
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in July 2012. On a Friday at King Neptune, nobody at the bar minds that the guitar player with the dreadlocked goatee is playing the same Bob Marley...
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North Carolina in Thread
Sometimes it takes a little math to make art. When R. Brooke Priddy, a dressmaker from Asheville, began to think about how many spools of thread she’d need to represent the state’s textile industry in...
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Clams from the Cape Fear
The clam chowder began as a pastime. Growing up, Louise Graham lived in Wilmington. But she spent her summers in Wrightsville Beach, where her family owned a home. That’s where she first went clamming....
View ArticleSummer Reading List from Old Books on Front St.
From Gwenyfar Rohle at Old Books on Front St. in Wilmington comes a summer reading list that includes old favorites and must-reads to help you fill the summer. Old Books on Front St. is Wilmington’s...
View ArticleWrightsville Beach
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in July 2012. On a Friday at King Neptune, nobody at the bar minds that the guitar player with the dreadlocked goatee is playing the same Bob Marley...
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