Outer Banks News And Views
Welcome to the Carolina Designs blog. Here you’ll find information about the Outer Banks, what’s going on, and what we hope are some entertaining posts, quizzes and articles.
More Than Pizza – Outer Banks Italian Restaurants
February 25, 2020
Italian
restaurants have become so associated with pizza that sometimes it seems that’s
the only t...
The Wreck of the Irma…As Told through the Eyes of a Budding Young Author
February 21, 2020
When the three-masted schooner Irma ran aground in Kill Devil Hills in 1925, she became one of a pop...
Laura A. Barnes Shipwreck
February 7, 2020
The
listing in the July 1921 issue of Marine Review about the Laura A. Barnes is a
single line readi...
Jug Handle Bridge Construction
January 28, 2020
Sometime
in 2021, probably in the winter or early spring, the Jug Handle Bridge will
open. The bridg...
The Wooden Road to Hatteras
January 25, 2020
The ride to Hatteras Island as it passes through Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge has a beauty th...
How the Cookie Crumbles—Crumbl Raises Bar for Cookie Lovers
January 22, 2020
Walking through the doors of Crumbl in Southern Shores is like taking a trip home to a time when coo...
More Than a Shipwreck-What the Catherine M Monahan Tells Us About Our History
December 19, 2019
The
sinking of the Catherine M Monahan doesn’t carry with it the excitement of a
daring rescue dur...
Reginald Fessenden and the Founding Days of Radio
December 17, 2019
Reginald
Fessenden is a largely forgotten figure in the history of radio. Not
necessarily on the Out...
Outer Banks Firsts
December 12, 2019
Over
the years—the many years— that Outer Banks has been a place of numerous firsts.
We thought ...
NC Coast Grill & Bar
December 10, 2019
For artists, their creative side comes out in a number of different ways. Some paint. Some make pott...
Traditional Songs of the Outer Banks
November 27, 2019
We
don’t think of the Outer Banks as a remote place. Admittedly part of its charm
is that there ar...
Open Mic Outer Banks
November 25, 2019
It’s hard to get up in front of a group of complete strangers, tune your guitar and break into son...