Culture
Chapel Hill natives Paige Morrow and Kristine Falk grew up less than a mile apart but didn’t meet until attending East Chapel Hill High School, where they were on the soccer team together. After college, they reconnected and started dating soon after that. One Christmas Day, the couple was with Paige’s […]
When Mary Stuart Alfano went to the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club in Virginia on a Tuesday in 2014, she thought she’d be spending her evening getting a bite to eat.
CrossFit is known to be a rigorous workout, and some of the fittest athletes compete in the sport. But teens, like Caitlin McCarthy, 13, are proving that this style of exercise can be for everyone. Walk into CrossFit Local on a Monday evening, and you’ll likely find the Smith Middle […]
by Susan and Tom Hoerger If you come to our Chapel Hill home for Thanksgiving, there are two rules: 1 You must participate in the Cardinal Track Club’s Gallop & Gorge 8K run at 8 a.m. Thanksgiving morning in Carrboro. 2 You must run it wearing a turkey hat. Your […]
When Luca Tomasi, a Chapel Hill native, asked his classmate, Rachel Dunn, out on a date during a school day at Durham Academy their junior year, they might not have guessed their relationship would blossom over ten years together. After spending their college years apart – Luca at Duke and […]
In the spring of 2014, Chapel Hill native Kyle Peterson met Maggie Peterson through mutual friends while living in Nashville after college. When September rolled around, the two started dating. The couple moved to Chapel Hill together in pursuit of Kyle’s MBA at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. To celebrate their […]
We took a weekend trip to explore parts of Cashiers, Sylva and Dillsboro. While it definitely felt like a retreat to the mountains, we couldn’t help but draw comparisons between some of these locales and our town. So, here are some tips for your next trip to this remote, idyllic western […]
North Carolina native Eugene Rossitch and California girl Stephanie Salcedo both attended UNC for grad school, but at different times. They first crossed paths online, and soon after that, had their first date at Tobacco Road, where they realized almost all of their interests overlapped, including reality TV and traveling. […]
This self-proclaimed “token kid in Chapel Hill High productions” moved to Los Angeles after high school where he had a recurring role on “Cheers” among other credits. A career shift led Joshua to work as an EMT and it was between those slow times that he would practice magic, getting […]
The southern tradition of burying a bottle of bourbon a month before a wedding to ensure good weather worked in favor of Sarah Mixter and Brian Gribbon. When tiny flurries came down as the two celebrated on March 24, 2018 with an intimate group of friends and family, Sarah felt […]
