http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com The Best of Duck, North Carolina and the Outer Banks, from kid stuff and beaches to restaurants to art galleries and shopping Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Only one more year and you'll be legal! Rex and I received an e-mail invitation to join the Blue Point, one of our two favorite restaurants in Duck, North Carolina, for a glass of champagne in celebration of their 20th birthday.  We're spending the rest of the summer between our beach house in ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2009/07/09/restaurants-and-bars/happy-birthday-to-the-blue-point-in-duck-north-carolina/ We're here for our third night in Duck, North Carolina, and have enjoyed all of our three very different dinners. On Thursday night, we went to the Blue Point. Last night, we went a bit more casual with four dozen steamed clams for my Jedi clam-eaters at the Sunset Grille, ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/12/restaurants-and-bars/roxys-birthday-dinner-at-elizabeths-cafe-and-winery-in-duck-north-carolina/ Rex, London, Maddie and I just finished an amazing dinner at the Blue Point in Duck, North Carolina.  I am too exhausted from driving all day to write all about it and to upload my photos of the beautiful food, but trust me that it is terrific and that I ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/09/restaurants-and-bars/dont-miss-the-point-the-blue-point-bar-grill-in-duck-north-carolina-that-is/ Blogging is truly an amazing way to communicate.  Over on my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives blog, I trade comments back and forth with other bloggers from all around the world.  Today, on Roxy's Best Of... Duck, NC, I posted about our upcoming trip to the Outer Banks and wondered aloud whether ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/06/kid-stuff/wild-horses-couldnt-drag-me-away-back-country-wild-horse-safari-in-corolla-north-carolina/ Rex has been good about making all of our dinner reservations according to the recommendations I've posted here, but we've got one more night for dinner in the Outer Banks.  Brent's friend Stacy has offered up the North Banks Restaurant and Raw Bar in Corolla, North Carolina, for fresh local fish, whole Maine lobster, steamed ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/06/restaurants-and-bars/sunday-evening-at-the-north-banks-restaurant-and-raw-bar-in-corolla-north-carolina/ Since the New York Times was only planning on 36 Hours in Duck, NC, and Cindy Price probably pictured us as a hip, childless yuppie couple, her article made no mention of Kitty Hawk, which is only 20 minutes away by car.  One of my fondest memories of a childhood ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/29/kid-stuff/quicker-than-you-can-say-the-wright-brothers-first-in-flight-kitty-hawk-is-only-20-minutes-away-from-duck-north-carolina/ Cindy Price of The New York Times (36 Hours in Duck, NC, July 2005) wants to "get something straight. Barbecue is a noun in North Carolina, not a verb. More important, the sauce base in eastern North Carolina is vinegar, not tomato. Don't use too much, though -- Will Thorp, owner ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/29/restaurants-and-bars/vinegar-vs-tomato-a-lunchtime-treat-at-high-cotton-bbq-in-kitty-hawk-north-carolina/ In her 36 Hours article (New York Times, July 2005), Cindy Price suggests that Rex and I rock the house with Jimmy Buffett Karaoke at the Sunset Grille & Raw Bar in Duck, North Carolina.  While London and Maddie are more likely than their parents to take over the mikes, I've had trouble ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/28/restaurants-and-bars/wastin-away-again-in-margaritaville-jimmy-buffett-karaoke-at-the-sunset-grille-raw-bar-in-duck-north-carolina/ For our second night in town, Cindy Price in the New York Times recommends the Blue Point Bar & Grill:  "Any restaurant that tries to marry progressive philosophy with old-school Southern comfort food is usually worth a gamble. The Blue Point may look like an upscale Johnny Rockets, but the food ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/26/restaurants-and-bars/dinner-reservations-at-the-blue-point-bar-grill-in-duck-north-carolina/ As our trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina gets closer, Rex and I are starting to firm up some of our plans, with a little help from 36 Hours in Duck, NC from The New York Times and our friend and colleague, Brent, who spent a bit of ... http://ducknc.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/26/restaurants-and-bars/reservations-for-dinner-at-elizabeths-cafe-and-winery-in-duck-north-carolina/