Food and Drink Festival, Taste of the Beach, March 11-14, 2010

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The Outer Banks Restaurant Association (OBRA) has scheduled the “Taste of The Beach”, Food and Drink Festival on March 11-14, 2010. The OBRA has been hosting the event for over 20 years. In addition to fine food and wine tastings, experience special presentations by celebrity chef’s Ed Brantley and Heba Salama, recently seen on “The [...]

Beach House Rentals: Vacation Houses OBX

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We’ve had several beach house rentals in the OuterBanks over the past several years and only dealt with two companies. Here are the two vacation rental companies that we have no complaints with and then a few more that we’ve heard good things about. If you’ve had experience with any of these, please leave a [...]

Outer Banks History

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The Outer Banks of North Carolina was once the most isolated beach and under-developed.  The banks were known for their sand dunes that were meant to protect the mainland of North Carolina from the ocean.  They are separated from the mainland by the “sounds”, a large body of water.  The size of the Outer Banks [...]

Wild Horse Museum Store

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Wild Horse Museum Store An official store of the nonprofit Wild Horse Fund whose mission it is to protect, preserve, and manage the wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs that roam the Currituck Outer Banks. Mission-related T shirts, jewelry, and gift items are sold with all proceeds supporting the wild horses. Open daily. (252-453-9000). Story hours are [...]

Welcome to Outer Banks Girl

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This is my site, my mom helped me put it together for a school project, since this is my favorite place on earth to go on a family vacation.   I wanted to find out everything I could about the Outer Banks! Here you will find some interesting stories about the OBX, stay tuned!