ISLAND ROYALE
ISLAND ROYALE: (6 BDR - 6.5 BA, Theater Room, Game Room, Library, Pool/Hot Tub)
Where Luxury and Comfort meets Affordable *
New for 2010, this high-end luxury home will please the most discriminating vacationer - graciously designed, professionally decorated in a tropical motif, unsurpassed amenities**.
The top-level features the Great Room with twelve foot ceilings, windows galore, 42 LCD HDTV, fireplace, 2 Dining Areas (a grand dining table seating 8, and a dinette seating 4); a fabulous, fully equipped Gourmet Kitchen includes island bar w/cooktop, sink, comfy barstools, food pantry, range/oven, cooktop, refrigerator w/icemaker, wine cooler, 2 dishwashers, and microwave; a lavish King Master Suite w/whirlpool spa & glass block walk-in shower; a convenient half-bath; and a large furnished Sun Deck with outstanding views of the Pamlico Sound and its beautiful sunsets.
The mid-level features 2 King Master Suites, 1 Queen Master Suite; the Library Room with 26 LCD HDTV, computer/writing desk with high-speed Internet, WIFI, phone/fax/copier/printer; 2 front porches with lake views; a large furnished covered rear deck including a picnic table, overlooking the outdoor pool area.
The ground-level features a private, state-of-the-art Theater Room with 119 projection screen and 8 reclining theater seats & 2 mini seats, large Game Room with 42plasma HDTV, pool table, Dome Super Stick Hockey Table, card table w/4 chairs, and kitchenette with sink, refrigerator w/icemaker, microwave; laundry closet with stacked washer/dryer; Queen Master Suite, BDR w/Full over Full Bunk & Full Bath.
The private, landscaped outdoor living area contains a large 16 x 32 sculpted Pool (heat available), 6 person Hot Tub, gas grill, pool/lounge furniture, and outdoor shower. Ample paved parking with surround home landscaping, large semi-soundfront corner lot, convenient to everything. Private beach access provided by Koru Village Oceanfront Beach Klub with 2 pools, baths/showers, sun bathing terrace, beach boardwalk, ample parking. The soundfront beach with water launch access is right down the street . . . .
* Affordable:
No Accidental Damage Fee, No Security Deposit, No Credit Card Fees, No Early Check-in Fee, No Reservation Fee, No Cleaning Fee, No Fee for: Beds Made/Premium Linens & Towels
**Additional Amenities:
Sealy Posturepedic Plush Euro Pillow-top mattresses (Reserve Collection). 3K & 2Q
All Bedrooms equipped with 19 LCD/DVD combo TV's.
All digital cable with HBO, Cinamax, Showtime & Movie Channel, Sony HD/DVD player in Theater Room.
Unlimited local and long distance calls.
Koru Village Oceanfront Beach Klub guest membership.
Klub Koru Spa membership with free fitness passes, salon discounts.
Beds Made with premium high-thread count Linens & Baths furnished with plush, oversized bath towel sets.
Welcome Gift.
Complimentary Starter household supplies: liquid hand soap, dishwasher/laundry detergent, trash can liners, paper towels, toilet tissue, gourmet coffee beans/grinder.
Premium White Glove Cleaning Service.
Dedicated guest service representative.
ABOUT THE LOCATION: Island Royale is located in the sound side section of Kinnakeet Shores Resort, in the heart of Avon village, and in the middle of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Hatteras Island. Kinnakeet Shores is a 560 acre planned community in the midst of the National Seashore. It has 70 acres of stocked, spring fed freshwater lakes, a soundside pool and tennis center, wildlife and bird refuge, hiking trails and boardwalks to Pamlico Sound. Shopping, dining, Food Lion grocery store, Avon Pier, and the Koru Village Oceanfront Beach Klub are all close by. The lot is one back from the Pamlico Sound and across the street from the Lake and Soundfront Boardwalk.
ABOUT AVON: Avon is Hatteras Island''s central village, located 30 miles south of Oregon Inlet and 20 miles north of Hatteras Inlet. Avon enjoys world renown as a premier destination for the sport of windsurfing and kiteboarding. The clean, wide, sandy beaches and large vegetated dunes, along with the soundside sunsets are considered the most magnificent anywhere on the Outer Banks.
ABOUT HATTERAS ISLAND: World renowned for 70 miles of undeveloped, pristine beaches. Home to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, residence to more than 400 species of waterfowl, birds and wildlife. Island charm and history where the U.S. Coast Guard began, with many historical sites and museums located throughout the villages. Perfect water and wind conditions for kiteboarding and windsurfing in many ocean and sound locations. World class fishing from the surf, piers, or charter boats offering in-shore and Gulf Stream fishing. The smooth waters of Pamlico Sound provide the best kayaking experiences anywhere, and the surf breaks boasts some of the best surfing on the East Coast.
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My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)