Since moving to Cary - which is 2 hours from the beach and the mountains - we hadn't taken a weekend trip to either. So we finally decided to visit Wilmington - just off the coast of NC. We stayed at the lovely Port City Guest House owned and operated by the incomparable Sophie. The B&B is kind enough to allow dogs who are all happily greeted by Jake, Sophie's dog, with wagging tail. While it would be less than truthful to call Jake and Nori fast friends, they did sort of tolerate each other by the end of our stay. Jake certainly tried to win Nori over, but Nori played a mean game of hard to get.