Patrick Gahagan's (hightide) Blog

Get out your calendars and mark off April 19th this year for the Pleasure Island Chowder Cook-off!!It'll be a great day at the beach of live music, fun children's activities and most importantly... the best chowder ever.  Many of the area's best chef's will be making excellent chowder that you ca...

This store would be great to have in Wilmington!!  I've been hearing more and more about how much a difference it can make if a home has energy saving appliances.   Sustain Ability has recently opened in Laconia and is exactly what we have been needing for so long! It carries hundreds of energy s...

I'm always looking for new ways to advertise online,  follow the link below to an article of 8 ways to advertise free online (although I only think about 5 or 6 of them are valid)  but some do help, so check it out!http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/82435/8_ways_to_advertise_your_online_bus...

The Day at the Docks is coming up soon - It is always the last weekend of April in Holden Beach, so mark your planners for April 26th and 27th!It will be a great weekend of fun! - Arts and crafts, live music and of course delicious food (mmmm funnel cakes)  They will also be holding the world's o...

I just posted about the 61st Annual NC Azalea Festival but forgot to include the information about tickets.This event attracts over 300,000 people to Wilmington, so be sure to get your tickets... and find somewhere to park as well!! Hope to see you all there, and be sure to stop by and say hello ...

Spring is here and so are the azaleas!!  Wilmington is host to one of the best festivals North Carolina has to offer.  April 9th through 13th will be the 61st Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival.  The official Azalea Festival website describes the event as "a celebration of Wilmington's excepti...

Couldn't get wing fling tickets... or would you rather have a calmer, relaxed Saturday downtown?The first annual St. Patrick's day parade and celebration is a great alternative.  On Sat. there will be a parade downtown and then an afternoon filled with fun, live music and great food and drinks.  ...

Check out the link below for more info on Wilmington's St. Patty's day festivities!! Hope to see you all there!and of course.... be sure to stop by and get a funnel cake!http://www.dbawilmington.com/news/And if you'd like more information about other events or local resources in Wilmington, pleas...

There are a couple new records out today for gas, oil, gold and our dollar value as well.According to CNNmoney.com the national average for unleaded gas is currently $3.267 per gallon.  Yesterday it was $3.246.  One month ago we were still below the 3 dollar mark at $2.953 and back in the good ol...

According to an article by Wayne Faulkner published today (Feb 26,2008) from http://www.starnewsonline.com/, the Wilmington area housing market is doing good.  In January 2008 three and a half times more homes went under contract than had in January 2007.There were also 214 pending contracts on h...