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Jill McCorkle's Life After Life Review

Book Response: Life After Life

I saw Jill McCorkle give a reading a couple of years ago and have been wanting to read her most recent novel, Life After Life, ever since. She is a dynamic speaker full of energy and verve for southern stories especially. She is originally from North Carolina, and has taught for many years in the […]

My Favorite City in the World [Competition]

Accor Hotels is having a contest called Tale of 3 Cities I was browsing Packing My Suitcase yesterday when I came across this contest. You can win a 9-day all-expenses paid (except the flight to the starting city, London) trip from London to Paris to Amsterdam. And, most importantly, a GoPro. All you have to […]

Singin’ the Blues

I went to the Rusty Nail for the First time Ever on Tuesday It just so happens that every Tuesday, and every 1st Saturday at 8pm,  The Rusty Nail hosts a Blues Jam. Having never been to a blues jam before (or the Rusty Nail for that matter), I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. […]

Paco Strickland: a Wilmington Legend

lately I’ve been listening to the radio a lot For such a small town, Wilmington has a number of great radio stations. So many that I can’t fit all of them onto the 6 program slots available on my car stereo. There’s the Oldies station (Jammin 99.9), the Classic Rock station (93.7 The Bone), the […]

Costume Trailer Film On Set Location

End of a Show, Beginning of an Era (?)

The strangest, most difficult part about film (in my humble opinion) is knowing that most of the people you’ve worked with and become close to over the past couple weeks or months will head back to their respective homes and you’ll never see them again.

Meanwhile, in Wilmington

So I’ve been working. A lot. Which is good and bad. Good because I’m getting tons of experience in costuming & making pretty good money without the time to spend any of it. Bad because I have zero time to spend on anything else (ie blogging, writing, drawing, guitar, crafting and all the other creative […]

Hometown Tour Pt II: Wilmington’s Arboretum

The other day, I was driving past Wilmington’s Arboretum for about the 12th time after a meeting that ended sooner than expected, so I decided to stop and enjoy the free (!) garden. As I mozied through the unattended gates, I noticed an art class painting the scenery directly to my right. Nice to see […]

Flogging Molly in Charlotte

So last week I went to a Flogging Molly concert. A few months previously a friend of mine told me she liked Mumford & Sons. It’s hard for me to hate on them because I’ve never really listened to their music, but she played me a few of their songs and explained that she loved […]