Tara Massouleh McCay

5 days ago | southernliving.com | Tara Massouleh McCay

Atlantic Coast beaches have a charm all their own, but they don't often get the same level of gushing admiration that their counterparts on the Gulf Coast are so accustomed to. While Florida beaches get praised for looking like the Caribbean and having out-of-this-world blue waters, beaches in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have to work a little harder to earn their fans.

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Tara Massouleh McCay

Atlantic Coast beaches have a charm all their own, but they don’t often get the same level of gushing admiration that their counterparts on the Gulf Coast are so accustomed to. While Florida beaches get praised for looking like the Caribbean and having out-of-this-world blue waters, beaches in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have to work a little harder to earn their fans.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Tara Massouleh McCay

10 hours agoDelta Breaks Its Silence After Getting ExposedDelta issues a statement on its pricing tactics. Earlier this week, a prominent travel writer exposed Delta, American, and United for an apparent …2 hours agoPriced out of Austin, he bought a one-way ticket out of the US. Now, he lives on a Thai island for a fraction of the cost. Seven years ago, Mike Holp was riding through the streets of Austin as a food delivery worker, earning between $15 and $20 an hour.

6 days ago | southernliving.com | Tara Massouleh McCay

People tend to speak about the Outer Banks, often referred to simply as OBX, as if it's one singular place. In reality, the beloved destination is a string of barrier islands that stretches for more than 175 miles (roughly the distance from Nashville to Louisville) along the coast of North Carolina, encompassing four counties and more than a dozen towns with charmingly odd names like Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Tara Massouleh McCay

Being a Southern surfer requires a bit more patience and ingenuity than is expected of athletes who live in West Coast locales like California and Hawaii. The Atlantic Ocean’s waves aren’t typically as big, or as consistent, but for those who know the right places to look, a rewarding experience awaits. One of the South’s best surfing destinations is the town of New Smyrna Beach, Florida . The community of fewer than 35,000 is located just south of buzzy Daytona Beach.