NEW Culinary Events Calendar

NEW "Culinary Events Calendar"! & NEW "OBX Gift Certificates"!
Check out the NEW Culinary Events Calendar! Now you can find out where the good stuff is and when it will be served! Looking for a cooking class, but don't know where to turn? The NEW Culinary Event Calendar is your place to find out who is having a "culinary event", may it be a themed wine dinner, a classic OBX cooking class, or some smooth jazz with dinner. You are sure to fine it! AND...while you're on the site...go ahead a purchase some OBX Gift Certificates! Buy as many as you want! They make GREAT gifts anytime of the year for that OBX Foodie in your life! For more information visit obxtasteofthebeach.com/calendar/month.php

2010 is right around the corner...

2nd Annual Biggest Loser Contest Begins!
This exciting weight loss challenge is open to anyone who feels like they want to lose some weight and win an exciting new lifestyle! The competition consists of weekly weigh-ins, monthly body fat testing, as well as meetings with a nutritionist and personal trainer. February 1, 2010 will mark the end of this competition with a winning team for overall weight loss, individual weight loss and individual body fat loss percentage. Inquiring participants can call Spa Koru at 252.995.3125 to sign up! Sign up as an individual or group! Party and awards to be given Wednesday February 3 for all competitors! spakoru.com

Chistmastime Hours

Ocean Atlantic Rentals will be Open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am -5pm. We will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We will Re-open on Sunday at 10am. Have a Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas Time

Check out Trio la Mer Film Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Dec 20th at 4 p.m. The Trio La Mer is chamber group of local musicians featuring John Buford- piano, Leslie Erickson- violin, and Sue Waters- viola. They perform music from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods, including some original arrangements. Admission is included in the general admission ticket to the Park. (252) 475-1500 or roanokeisland.com

Way to go Wright Bro's!

Check out the 106th Annual Celebration of the Wright Brothers First FlightWright Brothers National Memorial. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Gather at the exact site at the exact time as the historic flight to remember, reflect and celebrate this milestone. The daylong anniversary tribute will be held at the site of Wright’s first flight. Visitors to the site experience a replica of the Wright Brothers’ 1903 encampment and majestic, 60-foot tall granite monument perched atop a 90-foot hill that serves a striking and lasting reminder of the important historical achievement that happened on this site a century ago. outerbanks.org

Whats for Dinner?

Hatteras Connection Seafood Fundraiser
Hatteras Village Civic Center. 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. The dinner will include baked or grilled fish, seafood chowder, roasted potatoes, cole slaw, corn bread, iced tea and dessert. Tickets cost $10 and the donation of one non-perishable food item. Island commercial fishermen and charter-boat captains and mates are donating the fish, and a great team of local folks, known for their skills in the kitchen, will be the chefs. For more information or to make reservations, call or email Susan West at (252) 995-4131 or ridgeroad@earthlink.net

What to do today?

Check out the Betty Tyler Show!
The Art Gallery, Roanoke Island Festival Park. An eclectic artist who paints abstracts, still life and portraits using oils, watercolors or acrylics. (252) 475-1500 or www.roanokeisland.com

Outer Banks Festival of Trees

All 2009 Festival of Trees events will be held in The Pearl Restaurant, located inside the Sea Ranch Hotel in Kill Devil Hills.

Donations of canned goods, household supplies and pet food for area food pantries and shelters will be accepted all day Thursday and Friday and until 2 p.m. on Saturday.

December 5
Free Admission with donation (see info at top)
Open Noon to 2 p.m.
Open to view
Champagne Raffle
Holiday Bazaar concludes
Holiday Social, 6:30 p.m.
Benefit Auction, 8 p.m.
(ticket required - $35)

Time

There is no turning back the clock on the waves. Just as the roads are doomed to being ever more congested, the edge of the sea is predestined to become an area bristling with boards and their riders...

Happy Holidays...

Decorating for Christmas

Ho...Ho...Ho Ti's the Season to untangle lights, ornaments and bows...We decorated the Kill Devil Hills shop for Christmas today. Come by and check it out....