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Chuckin’ the Farm Life
Every year Frank and Mary Matthews would travel from their farm in Johnston County to Sneads Ferry for a family vacation. And every year before they went home they would drive down Big Hammock Road to Pelican Point enchanted by the waterfront peninsula. “We came down here vacationing and we found this street umpteen years…
Read MoreThe Greatest Catharsis
Frequenting art and history museums as a child had a profound impact not only on Zak Duff’s interests but on his perspective on the world. The son of two teachers Duff spent his early years just outside Washington D.C. The family took full advantage of the area’s museums and galleries cultivating a sense of curiosity…
Read MoreShrimp Tales
Sneads Ferry is no longer a little fishing village
but for the handful of men there who still
make their living off the water shrimping remains
in the DNA.
Elixir of the South
“Iced tea is too pure and natural a creation not to have been invented as soon as tea ice and hot weather crossed paths.” — John Egerton Nashville journalist and social historian It’s sipped from Mason jars at church suppers and shows up in heirloom crystal pitchers at family gatherings. It cuts the richness of…
Read MoreFrozen Frenzy
It’s National Ice Cream Month and our love affair with the delicious creamy treat burns hotter than ever. Last year Americans spent a collective $6.6 billion on frozen desserts including gelato sherbet sorbet and frozen yogurt. We have ice cream in our freezer 87 percent of the time and consume 48 pints a year icecream.com…
Read MoreTreasure Ship
A crew based out of Wrightsville Beach is recovering silver gold and artifacts from the fabled steamer Pulaski lying 40-something miles off the North Carolina coast.
Read MoreFavorites: Kit Taylor
Claim to Fame Longtime Wrightsville charter boat captain Favorite Thing Custom made Eddy Haneman fishing rod On any given day Kit Taylor’s attire can tell of a life spent on the water: his camo visor stitched with an outline of a fish or his gray cargo pants paint-splattered from applying a fresh coat to the…
Read MoreOld Made New
The location was ideal: On the water surrounded by trees in a quiet neighborhood. It was everything Jason Ruegg was looking for. There was just one problem. The house was a little dated. A fixer-upper to say the least. Interior designer Nicole Massimino of Designs by Nicole calls it “the Blair Witch project.” That might…
Read MoreLet Freedom Ring
Members of the Society of the Cincinnati are all direct descendants of officers who fought for America’s freedom. Nearly two and a half centuries after its founding the Society continues to promote the ideals of independence.
Read MoreA Little Bit Brighter
Shade Maret has always seen the world a little bit brighter than it is. This rosy perspective is on full display in her paintings which depict people and scenes from daily life. Combining bright color palettes with familiar but slightly abstracted settings Maret creates images that show life through a beautiful captivating lens and remind…
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