Archive for February 2012
February 29, 2012 | 
Author Travel recommendation site 10Best.com today announced winners of its inaugural 10Besties Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Voting in the 10Besties began in late January with 20 nominees in each of 10 categories ranging from Best Beaches and Best Foodie Destinations, to Best Ski Resorts and Best Museums. 10Best’s readers were asked to vote for their favorite locations in each category.
In keeping with the site’s focus, 10Best.com has announced the 10 winners in each of its travel award categories as determined by its more than one million readers. #1 pick for Best Beaches — Outer Banks, NC!
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Businessweek.com posted an article 2/21/12, The Priciest Small Town in America, considering the Town of Duck, NC voted one of “America’s Best Little Beach Towns” by Travel + Leisure. Four-bedroom homes in Duck are listed for about $449,900, according to Zillow’s real estate website. Then, head 530 miles north to Sagaponack, N.Y., one of the country’s most exclusive beach towns, and the median list price for a four-bedroom home jumps nearly tenfold to about $4.25 million.
The Outer Banks Wedding Show presented by obxbrides.com will be held on March 24, 2012 from 11:00 – 4:00 p.m. at The Sanderling Resort & Spa in Duck, North Carolina.
Bridal parties can explore vendor exhibits offering the latest in wedding advice, trends and resources including musicians and DJs, photographers, officiants, florists, videographers, caters and event planners. There will be a variety of 30 minute workshops such as Do-It-Yourself Flower Arrangements, How to Personalize your Ceremony, Timing your Big Day to have the Best Light and Photos, and Defining your Signature Cocktail. Sessions are designed to offer participants the inside scoop on eight must-know wedding planning topics.
A complete line-up of Wedding Show workshops can be found online at http://obxbrides.com/outer-banks-wedding-show/seminars-workshops-schedule/.
You are cordially invited to attend an OPEN HOUSE March 24th 11-4pm at #899 GRANDE RITZ PALM UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS ESTATE HOMES ON THE EASTERN COAST. This home is located at 1340 Duck Road, Duck, NC 27949.
Save hundreds of dollars by reserving one of our vacation rental homes offering pool heat for just a penny!
Please call our office to have pool heat added to your lease. Promotion valid for 2012 rentals that are booked between 2/14 – 10/23/2012.
Carolina Designs Realty is a proud sponsor of The Lost Colony as they celebrate its 75th Diamond Anniversary this year. In show of their appreciation, our guests will receive $2.00 off the price of an adult admission to the show for an unlimited number of tickets per household.
An Outer Banks original, millions have seen the compelling story celebrating the 117 English men, women, and children whose dream still lives on in this American original. First staged in 1937, The Lost Colony is the nation’s premier and longest-running symphonic drama. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony’s 75th anniversary season opens June 1 and plays through Aug. 23, 2012 at Manteo’s Waterside Theatre, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The Lost Colony is the “grandfather” of all outdoor dramas and is produced by the Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA), a non-profit whose mission is to celebrate the history of the first English colonies on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and to honor the founders of The Lost Colony symphonic drama through drama, education, and literature.
Tickets may be purchased from their website, www.thelostcolony.org, by phone, 252-473-4222, or at the Box Office. Monday nights this season, kids under 12 get in free.
Carolina Designs Realty is sponsoring a “horse” in the 3rd Annual Night at the Races benefit for the Corolla Wild Horses Foundation Saturday, march 17th from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. For your ticket price you will receive $30.00 in play money to bet on six races, heavy hors d’oeuvres, participation in lady’s and gentlemen’s hat contest, and winners and losers prizes. There will be a cash bar, silent auction, etched wine glass sales, and raffles!
All proceeds go directly to benefit the Colonial Spanish Mustangs and help “Keep Them Wild and Free”! Visit www.corollawildhorses.org or call 252-453-8002 for more information.
Legislation to protect the wild mustangs on the Outer Banks won support for a new public-private management plan needed to keep the herd from becoming extinct from the U.S. House of Representatives recently. The Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act passed the House with unanimous support and now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
The proposed management plan would raise the maximum herd size from 60 horses to up to 130. Equine genetic scientists have found that at least 110 horses are needed to prevent the herd’s genetic collapse. In addition, the plan would expand the herd’s genetic pool by introducing mares from the wild mustang herd at Shackleford Banks in Cape Lookout National Seashore.
The Duck & Wine Festival will be held at the Duck Waterfront Shops in Duck, NC, April 28, 2012 from 12:00 ~ 3:00 PM
and will feature a duck and wine cook-off by area chefs/restaurants. Each chef creates a dish using duck provided by Maple Leaf Farms paired with a selected wine chosen by Coastal Cantina.
A panel of judges determines the winners in the “Best Dish” category and participants vote for the People’s Choice awards. Ticket holders receive a signature wine glass and wine tote bag in appreciation for their support.
Carolina Designs Realty is a proud sponsor of this worthy event. Charitable beneficiaries are Currituck-Dare Community Foundation, Currituck Kids, Kids First, Inc. and Children At Play.
Tickets are now on sale; visit Duckandwine.com or Coastalprovisionsmarket.com.
The Town of Duck cordially invites our community to attend the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the new Duck Town Hall 1200 Duck Road located across from Carolina Designs Realty on Rt. 12 in the heart of Duck, North Carolina Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.