b� Sarah King
It’s 9 o’clock in Fayetteville’s Mill District, and if you listen closely you can almost hear the ocean.
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Bright morning light beams across white brick walls papered with pages from surfing magazines, a casual collage of tropical waves. Four wooden rope swings hang outside on the patio. A mosaic of shells, sand dollars, and sea glass surround a mirror that reflects a woman pouring a cup of coconut coffee. A couple of sorority sisters huddle over bowls topped with strawberries, coconut, and granola, while a guy with a beard orders his usual Pipeline smoothie. “We love California. It’s our happy place,” said KK Hudson, the founder of Mamaka Bowls. “There’s a simple joy on the beach, and we wanted to bring that to Fayetteville.” Mamaka is the brainchild of KK and her parents. When KK was in high school, the family discovered smoothie bowls while on vacation in Laguna Beach, California. The bowls are part of the surf culture there. KK loved them so much that her mom, Carrie, created her own recipe,
