obx is OPEN (even in winter!)

The dining room at Ocean Boulevard in Kitty Hawk. Great food, live music on Friday nights.

It’s winter on the Outer Banks and for most of us who live here, it’s a great time of year. The pace of life slows down, we catch up with friends, the kids are in school—in many ways, OBX life goes back to its roots, returns to a time when the pace was more small town… Continue reading obx is OPEN (even in winter!)

the OBX is OPEN – even in winter!

Dennis Day, bartender at Ocean Boulevard. Photo North Beach Sun, Kati Wilkins.

Every year I hear reports that winter is here and the Outer Banks are dead. As a long time resident and still living example of local life, I think it’s safe to say the rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated. Don’t expect a wide open, every day of the week schedule like we have in… Continue reading the OBX is OPEN – even in winter!

womanless beauty pageant = red hot success

The Outer Banks’ Womanless Beauty Pageant is an amazing night of fun, laughter and giving. This article from the North Beach Sun seems to capture some of what it’s like to be at the social event of the spring on the Outer Banks. “If there is such a thing as a springtime social on the… Continue reading womanless beauty pageant = red hot success

the good humor band returns to kelly’s!

Get ready for a blast from the past! The Good Humor Band returns to Kelly’s Outer Banks Tavern as part of a brief reunion tour on Friday, November 1st. Michael McAdam says about the band’s reunion,”With everybody spread all over the place it gets harder to pull off every year. One of these days its… Continue reading the good humor band returns to kelly’s!