Pick up a book by North Carolina author, Diane Chamberlain. She will be honored at a reception on Saturday, May 16, 2009, in Surf City, NC. Her latest novel, “Secrets She Left Behind”, is the sequel to “Before the Storm”, and both are set on Topsail Island.

Learning to live with CHANGE is the key to adjusting to island life. Every day brings new scenery, a different sky or sunset; I seem to avoid the sunrises. The early settlers here even built their small cottages and put them on logs or timbers making them fairly mobile.

Topsail Island, NC home prices are the most reasonable they have been in years. Now is the perfect time to realize your dream of owning a beach place.

Serve up some local Stump Sound oysters that are usually pretty plentiful around Topsail Island. Steam them and serve with your spicy cocktail sauce or a few drops of Tabasco.

Bryson & Associates - Topsail Island has become a perfect location for Camp Lejeune marines to visit their families prior to or following deployment. What a pleasant way to relax and re-adjust after spending time in Iraq, Afghanistan or some other remote location.