I moved to North Carolina in September 2005 and have fallen in love with the Tarheel State! My antiques business takes me all over the state and I have just been astounded at the beauty, creativity, cuisine, and people! I have created this site as a BLOG AND REVIEW of various things to do, see, experience in North Carolina, because who knows better what is best about North Carolina than the Carolinians who live here! But even if you do not live here, you may find the sections on antiques (especially spotting fakes), pottery, music, gardening, wildlife, renewable resources and politics (NC Votes) of general interest.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER OR LOG IN TO USE THIS SITE! Just scroll down the SECTION MENU on the right. The sections are a reflection of my interests -- antiques, history, pottery, music, nature, baseball -- but I am always happy to add new sections, so don't hesitate to suggest one! Each section contains various types of pages that you can click into. There are journals, galleries, links, bookstores, and blogs.

Your PARTICIPATION is very much welcome and appreciated!

• Advertise your event (FOR FREE) in the Events Blog
• Blog on one of the several BLOG pages about politics, pottery, antiques, cuisine. My rules for blog entries are very simple - comments should be PERTINENT to the category, PITHY, and POSITIVE. I am a member of TECHNORATI, so your blog will get the attention it deserves.
• Contribute an article you have written for one of the sections
• Suggest a link appropriate to one of the sections
• Contribute an appropriate and original photo or other graphic, such as the beautiful painting by Sara Mae Hess that tops this page or the fantastic shroom photo in the foraging section. All such contributions will be appropriately acknowledged.
• Blog about the The Phillips Guide on other blog sites! If it positive, I am always happy to provide a linkback.
• Tell a friend about The Phillips Guide!
• Provide feedback about The Phillips Guide via email
• And last, but just as important, support The Phillips Guide To North Carolina with a donation of any size through our secure Paypal platform! If you would like to be listed under PhillipsGuide Supporters, just let us know!

If you are interested in establishing an AFFILIATE RELATIONSHIP or in ADVERTISING on this site, please email me. You can also SUPPORT PHILLIPSGUIDE.COM by SHOPPING ON PHILLIPSGUIDE'S AMAZON STORE. We have specially selected BOOKS, RECORDS, GOURMET FOODS, APPAREL AND OTHER SPECIAL ITEMS made in or related to the Tarheel State and of course you can buy anything on Amazon through PHILLIPSGUIDE!

At the very bottom of the categories there are also SEARCH WINDOWS, where you can search this site, my antiques store CHERRYGAL.COM, the world wide web, Google, and also a link to the TOP NORTH CAROLINA BLOG SITES. Clicking on this link will register a vote for PhillipsGuide.com, and help spread the word about The Phillips Guide.

Thank you for visiting THE PHILLIPS GUIDE! Don't forget to BOOKMARK the site and help make The Phillips Guide a community! -- Deborah Phillips