“I actually live on my great-great-grandparents’ old tobacco farm on the outskirts of town. My parents are my next- door neighbors. I have two sets of aunts and uncles across the road. We live not far from the plantation my family was on. I’ve had friends say, ‘Oh my God. I can’t believe you live […]
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110 E. Main St., Carrboro; 919-929-2263; acmecarrboro.com It was odd for me to be at Acme in the daylight. Usually I sit packed in at the cozy bar and start off a late dinner with the daily cornbread or order dessert as a nightcap. But sipping coffee in a window seat during brunch, I decided the malted ricotta
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With four kids and a baby, Jay Radford is quite the doting dad. And his baby just happens to be the Not So Normal Run, the philanthropy-focused race he started in September 2014. The stay-at-home father, who also runs the Mom in Chapel Hill blog for parents, was feeling a little stir crazy when he devoted himself to organizing a
If you’ve noticed the glittering lights that spell out “ARCADE” on the rooftop of The Baxter, you’re not alone. Since its opening on Graham Street in October, the bar and arcade has drawn a quarter-toting crowd split between folks hungry to reach their decades-old high score on Donkey Kong and others more familiar with Call
Snow is on its way to Chapel Hill, but inside the Green Beagle Lodge, the stone fireplace keeps everyone warm during a Valentine’s-themed event. The crowd mingles as they sample chocolates and sip wine. But others, lacking a refined palate (and patience), gobble down their treats. “The dogs don’t care. They just want to eat,” says
Talk to any Louisiana transplant about po’boys, and they’ll tell you within 30 seconds that “it’s gotta have the right bread.” In an age when restaurants boast about local ingredients, I’m glad LaPlace ships in Leidenheimer Baking Company bread from the Crescent City. It’s a testament to the authenticity of this Cajun/Creole eatery named for
For generations, locals have picked out paint, selected crown molding and grabbed another box of nails at Fitch Lumber. It’s probably the only place in town to shop for a Carolina blue toilet seat while you wait for a key to be cut. The store carries “everything you need to build a house from bottom
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If you’re looking for Sally Stollmack and she’s not at home, she’s likely at Midtown Market, the shopping center bookended by Lucha Tigre and The Root Cellar. Sally lives less than a mile away from where she occasionally hostesses at Kitchen and once sold books at Flyleaf Books. “In a joking fashion, the people who own the
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Somewhere between strolling Copenhagen’s streets and dinner parties with Danish friends, Ivy Simon dreamed up a big idea. During a year working abroad, the Chapel Hill native and her husband John were exposed to great design in a country where Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen are household names. “The elegant simplicity of it [all] is
Not all kids grow up using power tools, but Amy Caylor and her three siblings did. “Now when I think about it, I can’t believe we have all our fingers,” Amy says. With (supervised) encouragement from their contractor dad and furniture-refinishing mom, Amy and her siblings were given room to be creative. She received her
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