Culture
I have said it before but it bears repeating: Habitat for Humanity of Orange County’s High Heels and Hard Hats Fashion Show is one of the top five events of the year. And it’s coming up on Friday, April 21. In other words: What are you waiting for? Get your […]
In a beautiful state like ours, you don’t have to travel far to escape the everyday. Here are some of our favorite places to go when we want to get away from it all (without having to drive too far). mountains [quote_box_center]“We’ve been up to Boone several times and loved […]
UNC grad Lori Burgwyn and Ivan Hernandez first met through an online dating website. Ivan, who is currently active duty military in the Army, had sent Lori, owner of Franklin Street Yoga Center, a message that yoga had helped him to deal with his PTSD after his four deployments to […]
Joe and Terry Graedon can often be found at Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings, under the radar. But occasionally, someone will overhear them chatting and recognize their familiar voices. “They’ll come up to us and say, ‘I know who you are,’” Terry laughs, almost surprised at her celebrity status […]
My kids are big fans of the animated film “Madagascar,” and of course, the main character, King Julien, the hyperactive, booty-shaking lemur with a penchant for belly laughs and dance parties. Not surprisingly, when I offered to take them to see a real-life lemur up close, they jumped at the […]
As part of our series The Creatives, we talk to Lane Wurster, partner and creative director at The Splinter Group. Growing up, were you particularly artistic? No, I was more of a jock. I ran track and cross-country, which is what brought me here from Pennsylvania. I ran at Wake […]
Dr. Amanda E. Nelson gets up early each third Saturday for her own good and others’. The assistant professor of medicine and researcher at the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center leads a group walk, rain or shine, at UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont. As the Medical Advisor to the Osteoarthritis […]
A Brooklyn native, Kelly has lived in the area for two decades, spending the last 12 on faculty at UNC. She and husband Brian Hogan, a professor in the department of chemistry, have two kids: Jake and Lexi. When she’s not on the UNC campus, you might find Kelly running a […]
“Doug and I both knew that we wanted cupcakes right away – we didn’t even have to talk about it! We both prefer the frosting-to-cake ratio of cupcakes, and it offered guests more options for flavors. [Our selection included] spice with vanilla buttercream, chocolate with chocolate buttercream and almond with […]
