up front
Each month we relish the challenge of what image
should grace our cover. Some months we
have more than one option.
T
his month, for example, we
have in our pages one of the
most beautiful homes we have
ever featured. Architect Chuck Dietsche has
nailed the uncluttered, breezy lifestyle that
personifies this area and the results are simply
unparalleled. Make no mistake; you’re
going to love the peak inside this fabulous
home. It’s the stuff of dreams.
Our 9/11 tribute to the town’s first
responders includes Allison Potter’s stunning
portrait of Fire Chief Frank Smith (a
front cover contender). Capturing the elusive
spirit of a firehouse and the men and
women who work it day in and day out is
no easy feat, but veteran WBM writer Skip
Maloney has distilled the camaraderiè of
the WBFD.
When the cover choice came down
to the wire, we could not ignore the significance
of the YMCA triathlon and the
other races like it that underscore the affinity
for fitness shared by so many of our
town residents and the others who visit
Wrightsville Beach.
Athletes continue to move and vacation
here precisely because of the amenities
the area has to offer. More and more
cyclists, runners, swimmers (and surfers)
are embracing what makes it so wonderful
to live and work on this stretch of the
Carolina shore.
Again, Allison Potter has captured for
us a cover that says it all, as she photographed
tri-athlete Alicia Uhl exiting
Motts Channel on a perfect late summer
morning.
Along with the area’s whole-hearted
dive into fitness, there’s a push to cultivate
healthier food choices. It’s on everyone’s
lips: farm to table, locally grown, no preservatives,
no white foods, and eating raw.
We bring you a taste of the raw diet route
WBM september 2011
Our fitness challenge has propelled
editor /publisher Pat Bradford out onto
the water in a top-of-the-line kayak
supplied by Hook, Line and Paddle.
to good health, with you-can-do-this-athome
recipes and methods of preparation
provided by Pat Delair.
Jamie Walker takes us back to the garden,
this time with kids in tow. Relive the
wonderment of planting and harvesting
living things from the eyes of children.
And there’s more, much, much more.
A trio of local artists to tickle your fancy
and our fitness challenge update that we
hope will inspire you to fly through the
trees and paddle around the sounds with
abandon.
Enjoy this wonderful time at the coast,
the perfected end-of-summer days, cooler
nights, birds overhead and miles of sparking
waiting water. There’s no excuse, be a
tourist in your own hometown this very
week.
And enjoy this spectacular issue.
Editor/Publisher
Correction
By mistake we credited Ed George with a 100k long-distance run in the August issue of
WBM. The run was actually 100 miles, a significant difference of approximately 38 miles.
We immediately corrected the error in our online edition. Ed, please accept our apology.