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Great Gift Ideas For Valentine's Day ... Or Night. La Bella Forma Fine Lingerie is a specialty boutique located at The Forum that offers fine lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear. They specialize in bra-fitting with styles ranging from high-end fashion to everyday basics and also offer an extensive selection of intimate apparel.

Diamonds, emeralds, saphires and rubies are always in style!  Check out these special finds from Albert F. Rhodes, Spectrum Art & Jewelry and Cape Fear Jewelry.  Bling in the New Year!

It was real-life political drama made for the big screen. In 2003, CIA spy Valerie Plame's classified identity as a covert agent was revealed in the Washington press, an incident that launched a media explosion and full-scale fire fight between Plame, along with her husband, former U.S. Ambassador Joe Wilson, and key players in the Bush Administration.

Your name is chanted as the crowd around you applauds your arrival. The paparazzi swarm around as you step out of your prisstine limo and flaunt your long, egret-like legs, peaking out of your slinky, slit-up-to-your-thigh dress. You approach the red carpet with bodyguards flanking your sides, stop, and smile for the camera. You've finally arrived. Everyone wants to be you...

Toes are tapping. Fingers are snapping. Wilmington is about to get a little jazzier once again! This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of a beloved musical event held each year in the Port City celebrating our national musical treasure-jazz. The North Carolina Jazz Festival, scheduled for February 4, 5 and 6 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside, brings world-class musicians and jazz-lovers to historic Wilmington. Each year, over one thousand attendees from all over the United States, Canada and beyond, converge to enjoy the music, the company and our fair city.

Nestled in the heart of downtown Wilmington is a gem. Among the hustle and bustle of Wilmingtonians rushing to and from work and engaging in life's daily activities, is a charming old lady who sits on the banks of the Cape Fear River. This enchanting beauty has played sentry to the transformations around her brought by both the lunar tides and the dawning of each new decade.

Before the Super Bowl game airs, it seems that a winged little boy carrying a ow and a quiver of arrows dangles in the air, and the smell of those little pastel sugar hearts with quirky sayings dominates the candy aisle.

Valentine's Day changes when you have children. Let's face it. What babysitter wants to come and sit with your child while you go out for a nice dinner where you don't have to cut up somebody's chicken and conjure up a magic potion to keep your little one quiet in his seat? After all, your babysitter would rather go to dinner with their special someone, too.

When Steve Kohlstedt decided to change the name of his iconic restaurant at 2 Market Street back to the name it held in the 1930s, he couldn't have known the cause of it closing nearly a century ago was a fire. Best known for its romantic balconies overlooking the Cape Fear River, could the original Union Cafe been the victim of Confederate arson?

Set the mood for a Valentine's Day bash or a tete-a-tete with your sweetie.