Greetings from Carrboro, Certain things are just true. Tomato sandwiches are best leaning over the kitchen sink. Spaghetti sauce is better the second day. A glass of rosé is most delicious when the sun is shining – preferably in spring. And the only thing better than wine with good food is laughter. But on those […]
Say Hello to Al Fresco Dining
Greetings from Carrboro, They were free. If memory serves, the only caveat was that we had to sell Perrier. That was a small price to pay for five, quite large table umbrellas; the Perrier logos adorning each didn’t bother me in the least. It was certainly better than Mountain Dew. I’m not completely sure where the money […]
The Glory of Spring Gastronomy
Greetings from Carrboro, There are signs. No question. And as we careen into April, the obvious signs of spring abound. But similar to the viral debate some years back about the colors of an infamous striped dress, people can’t help but see those signs very differently. Where some people see daffodils and bunnies, others see […]
March Madness and Easter Brunch
Greetings from Carrboro, She drove a Plymouth. This was the 70’s, so not a small car; you could easily park a Prius in the back seat. It was brown, smelled of breath mints and had a sun-faded box of Kleenex on the package shelf beneath the rear window. All that is obviously rather unremarkable. The intriguing part […]
Easter at Acme
I don’t ever remember an Easter egg hunt. Or, thankfully, any kind of egg and spoon race in the front yard. I did, however, suffer through myriad incarnations of weaving around school desks doing the inescapable “Bunny Hop.” And having to wear an annoying clip-on tie to church on the big day along with maybe […]
Carrboro’s favorite Irishman, Patty O’Dining!
Generally, I’m a wee suspicious of pithy sayings. As a veteran of the restaurant world, I have ample proof that the customer is not always right and that, in fact, a watched pot will boil. Every single time. So, when anyone rhetorically conjures the legendary epithet “luck of the Irish” I have similar doubts. Maybe it’s me, but history […]
St Patrick’s Day, Incoming!
Greetings from Carrboro, I have to admit that I was underwhelmed. To be honest, I was probably hoping for a bit too much. Because after reading in Mad Magazine that my Irish heritage pegged me as most likely to marry a relative without teeth, the big reveal of the family crest was ripe for disappointment. […]
Extending our Sunday Brunch Extravaganza
Clearly, there are two trains of thought. Either the calendar gods felt sorry for poor, short-changed February and gave it the extra quadrennial day or – my guess – they were decidedly misanthropic and felt that adding an April 31st or June 31st would just provide too much of a good thing to all of […]
Cheers to Margaritas!
Greetings from Carrboro, The general rule is one size fits most. Occasionally a restaurant will offer two different pour sizes for a glass of the same wine. Or a bar will offer what’s called a “short” beer. But by and large people don’t drink various sized cocktails. At least in a public setting. There have […]
Happy Birthday to Acme
Greetings from Carrboro, I’ve been known to rant. Thankfully, this is mostly when I’m alone in my car. If it shows up at work there’s usually someone to remind me that I should tuck the crazy part back in. And my daughters have a specific glare that wordlessly does the same thing. Drivers can be […]
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