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Savor: Exotic Eats
For the culinary adventurists or those who are longing for a taste of home Wilmington’s international grocery stores provide malanga cow tongue balut pickled radish and so much more. Embark on a food tour from Mexico to Japan and places in between through the city’s authentic food markets.
Read MoreDoctor Equality
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton Sr. a prominent Wilmington physician and leader in the civil rights movement tirelessly and patiently used the legal system to desegregate schools hospitals and other public institutions. He later chronicled his struggles and successes in his 1984 biography Every Man Should Try. For more than 40 years two hospitals operated separately…
Read MoreCool Bloomers: Japonica or Sasanqua?
Camellias have become an intricate part of the landscape that cloaks the homes and community grounds of the Cape Fear region and a representation of the strong sense of Southern pride homeowners place in their landscaping. Camellia shrubs had a long hard journey before taking root in the sandy soil of North Carolina s Azalea…
Read MoreThe Whimsical Gardener: Indoor Oasis
Susan Baehmann soaks the moss first and sets it aside. She chooses a vessel: one not too heavy to move or too large or small for the space it intends to occupy yet one big enough to support the number of plants to be assembled — all succulents for example or all ferns — in…
Read MoreA Stitch in Time: Thread Counts
Mary Wirchansky s first portrait quilt And The Lord Gave Yet Another Spring is one she compiled from memory across the passage of time. From numerous annual visits to North Carolina s Duplin County home of her ancestors in the 1950s she completed the quilt in 1996. She was a composite of old ladies I…
Read MoreA Whale’s Journey
Chart a course for Calvin the female North Atlantic right whale turning 23 years old this month. She spends her days pinging Eastern Seaboard destinations from the coasts of Florida to Nova Scotia. Twice Calvin appeared off Wrightsville Beach’s Johnnie Mercer’s Pier with a newborn calf in the winters of 2004 and 2008. Migration has begun anew. Watch for her this winter.
Read MoreCameo: Art with an Agenda
Found object artist Bonnie Monteleone has a message. Discover the world through her eyes in these answers to 20 questions. Blending science and art to create aesthetic awareness she reveals a reverence for the sea a taste for repurposed plastic trash and an eye trained on the horizon line
Read MoreBest of Homes of Distinction
The Azalea Coast is graced by stunning arrays of ocean sound and riverfronts fringed by islands marsh and stands of indigenous maritime forests. Fabulous architecture frames views of these natural resources for homeowners. Whether residence retreat or refuge these are sacred spaces for the human spirit to relax. Enjoy some of our favorites.
Read MoreFourteen under 40
They’re shaking up the front office the classroom the marketplace and the stage. WBM selects hometown hot shots to watch in 2015. You know their names now you see their faces. Read their past present and future hopes and aspirations.
Read MoreBaby Steps
Examine the first year of life from lactation and vaccines to developmental screenings and early detection for autism. Pediatricians say the milestones have remained the same but terms and technology have changed the way we understand infant healthcare.
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