I was born on Halloween. Let me start with that. As a small child, I can remember people always trying to scare me. I didn't really understand what Halloween was about; I just knew I got to dress up and my Father would put a jack-o-lantern on the top of our chimney, which was cooler than the rest of the neighborhood, who put them on the front porch. I got full size candy bars, while the rest of the kids got the fun size. It was my birthday. I knew it was all make believe. My

:: Vibes :: I’m ready to run away this weekend & go explore some hidden gems in my backyard. Not really MY backyard, but here in North Carolina. I’ve got two haunted homes I’m attempting to go into that are both within about 30 minutes of my house. And then there's the haunted prison distillery I have been wanting to check out. More on that in a minute. Haunted homes are always fun, but scary. But fun. I never know what I am going to find. Homeless people, raccoons.....ghosts

Sometimes you just have to embrace Mother Nature's insanity. I have become quite accustomed to her, living in North Carolina my entire life. It's an on-going joke. You can see 80 degrees and snow in the same month. Heck, you can see that in the same week here. Sunshine and 78 degrees in February - yes, please. I don't think I could have asked for a better weekend. Saturday I got up in the dark & FOG & loaded up the car with my dog Lucky and headed East to Brunswick County. Fi

Ok Charlotte, NC we got it. April showers...enough already. Where is the sun??? #StayTunedQC #weather #NorthCarolina