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3 weeks ago | 
ourstate.com | Jason Frye |Rebecca Woltz |Tamiya Anderson |Lynn Wells
The bar purrs. Ice rattles against a shaker, keeping rough time with the lo-fi blues spilling from the speakers. Around the room, conversations hum like bumblebees, floating over the clink and chime of glasses and silverware. At Nanas, time hangs suspended between past and present. There’s the decor — a contemporary homage to mid-century glamour and Ralph Lauren’s classic vision of American style. The menu — a mingling of familiar and reinterpreted classics.
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1 month ago | 
atlantamagazine.com | Jason Frye
When Hurricane Helene carved a path across the Southeast last September, it left what may be its deepest marks in western North Carolina. Here, tourism is king, pouring billions into the region’s economy, and Asheville’s unrealized fall season saw an estimated $584 million washed away. But today, six months removed from the devastation, Asheville and western North Carolina are welcoming visitors. “We’re open.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Jason Frye |Katie King |Mark Kemp |Rebecca Woltz
The rivulet, tea-dark and narrow enough to step across, snakes its way through the woods and fields of Onslow County, growing wider, deeper, darker with every raindrop and rill along the way. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the rivulet has traced its 50-mile course through the Coastal Plain until, finally, it has scratched an indelible mark on the landscape and, as the New River, become part of it. When the river’s surface stills, unbothered by wind or wake, it becomes a blackwater mirror.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jason Frye
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thepointsguy.com | Jason Frye
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Jason Frye |Billy Warden |C.A. Carlson |Genie Safriet
Asheville, 1895: Winter in the Northeast is a misery, and the friends and family of George Vanderbilt are keen to trade bitter cold and chilly ocean winds for the temperate mountains of North Carolina. Over the past six years, a grand estate that George calls Biltmore has emerged from the hills and woods near Asheville, and soon this hand-picked group of guests will be the first to celebrate here.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Jason Frye |Lynn Wells |Hannah Lee Leidy |Brad Campbell
The Writer: A man in his mid-40s, on assignment for Our State. Shane Fernando: CEO of Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, impeccably dressed. Thalian Hall: A stately theater and haven for performing arts, almost 166 years old. Setting: Various locations inside Thalian Hall — the balcony, the attic, the stage, floor seats. Time: The present. Scene: We open in WILMINGTON, picturesque port city on the Cape Fear River.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Jason Frye |Jimmy Tomlin |Robin Sutton Anders |Hannah Lee Leidy
Southern Breeze Seafood has the clean, cold smell of an iceberg. Every day, the shop makes tons of the stuff, mounding cubes and chips into banks and ’bergs upon which the freshest of the fresh catch sits to tempt customers. Heaps of shrimp, their eyes black and oil-bright. Flounder in an orderly file. Rows of tuna steaks glowing with garnet light. A vermilion snapper, a school of spot, a rocky reef of oysters.
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May 15, 2024 | 
matadornetwork.com | Jason Frye
Moments of discovery wait around every turn on a 1,175-mile hike across North Carolina. From the sky-scraping peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains to the sand dunes of the Outer Banks, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) provides countless opportunities to fall in love with the best of North Carolina: the food, the culture, the history, the landscapes, and the people. You certainly don’t have to hike the whole thing to uncover the secrets it leads to.
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May 2, 2024 | 
matadornetwork.com | Jason Frye
in paid partnership with Calling a place a “must-visit” is a lofty claim. On North Carolina’s southern coast, Wilmington lives up to the label, with island beaches, land and sea adventures, and an exciting culinary scene that should rocket the city to the top of your list. Situated on the banks of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington is a gateway to the family-friendly shores at Carolina, Kure, and Wrightsville Beaches.
