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T ruthfully, there is no formula,
People are always asking
how we come up with ideas for the exceptional stories
we run year after year so successfully.
just pure divine inspiration.
We take all the little bits
of information, sights and
sounds we receive every day and they gel
together into inspired ideas. From ideas,
stories are born. In a weird way, these
stories are our babies, each uniquely differ-ent,
each very special to us. And some of
these babies take longer than others to be
born. A few are birthed with special needs
and we weep over those; others come
together in a burst of genius, stunning
even us with how they turn out.
This issue is a perfect example. In it
you’ll find a wonderful story Marimar
McNaughton and I have wanted to see
come to print for some time on the local
back-to-basic provisions movement;
those keeping chickens, goats and bees
in an effort to have control over their
food sources. As a result, you’ll find The
Promised Land of Milk and Honey, and
Eggs.
You’ll also see a terrific idea that came
from Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue
director Dave Baker, a hero in real life
and in our hearts. Not that long ago Baker
said to me, have you ever thought about
doing something about where these guys
and gals end up? And he talked about
some of the squad members who have
gone on to impressive careers. It’s a pretty
heady roster. Some jobs are classified and
we can’t tell you about them, but using
supplied photos of the exemplary careers
of just three out of the many talented
young men and women who have served
on the town’s beaches, you’ll see their
stories in what we appropriately titled,
Training Ground.
And then there are bathing suits;
Marjory Way and Elaine Henson sug-gested
we do something on Elaine’s
vintage collection of bathing suits. We
met, re-met and met again with Elaine,
going around and around about how to
introducing...
INDOOR OUTDOOR
FABRIC
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WBM august 2012
present this to the reader. The result is a
sampling of Elaine’s remarkable collection
of vintage suits, paired with her archive of
vintage print ads from each period. And
in a companion piece, another sampling
of her collection of vintage bathing beauty
postcards.
It all comes together in a blockbuster
issue featuring not one but two off-the-chart
homes. One is the new house facing
Seapath on Harbor Island with its stun-ning
lanai and pool area. The other, an
unforgettably landscaped second home,
this month’s Outdoor Spaces, was found
by garden writer Jeff Minnich on Figure
Eight Island.
Rounding out the issue is our Movable
Feast that came together so brilliantly
in an extremely short amount of time,
despite the rain in July.
Enjoy these hot August nights!
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Pat Bradford and photographer Allison
Potter on the beach for this month’s cover
shoot with a crew from Bangz, cover model
Erin Duea, Meredith Kelly, who did Erin’s
period makeup and Eileen Veihmeyer,
photography intern. Not seen, Nikki McCall,
WBM administrative support, and Frank
Potter, who created Erin’s fabulous 40s do.
NIKKI McCALL