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Greetings from Carrboro, Sometimes I think that restaurants are held together by hope, coffee, and delivery drivers. Take away any of those three and the whole charade falls apart. Especially at Christmas. I often stumble upon stashed ziploc bags of coffee beans that Raul and I have sequestered in case we arrive one morning and the restaurant […]

My kids had it dialed in. They were earnest and sweet and unquestionably manipulative. And for my part, I always fell right into their trap. It was certainly nothing new: poor, helpless children can’t go Christmas shopping for family and friends without a kind-hearted adult who takes them to the mall. Please, please, please they […]

Greetings from Carrboro, We now live in the world of  $1000+ advent calendars. These are mostly jewelry because, of course, that makes sense. But there are also calendars that feature 24 various bottles of wine for all those loved ones who had an unequivocally rough November. And even cheese-centric daily indulgences where the calendar – […]

You’ve been waiting for a good bit. But you’re finally here. And the guy’s already checked nonchalantly to see if your safety bar is secure. This is basically the point where the teenager in the booth is telling you to keep your arms inside at all times. There’s really no going back now. You take […]

Greetings from Carrboro, It’s about time. Literally. Arugula seeds that I bought in March wink at me, perched next to the lamp on my desk. I keep expecting to get an email from them, “How does your November look? Thursdays are good for us. ” Damn, cheerful little bastards. Please. Are we talking November ‘24 […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I went through three different times. The Great Hall at UNC’s student union had morphed into a showroom of sorts. A somewhat new company, Apple, was showing off its latest “home” computer, the MacIntosh, to students like me. And I was a fan. Well, I should be clear; I was mostly a […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I don’t know when it happened. But I kinda understand why. Halloween lurched from a night when kids dressed as pirates and wandered neighborhoods in search of candy to an entire month of adults staging elaborately themed tableaux in their front yards that give Disney theme parks a run for their money. […]

Greetings from Carrboro, This probably comes across as rather traitorous. Especially as I live rather deep inside Tar Heel country both physically and emotionally. But a good chunk of me will always be a diehard fan of Clemson University – and that University part specifically. OK, I get it; orange isn’t my favorite color either. But you’ll […]

Greetings from Carrboro, There are rabbit holes. And then there are rabbit holes. The former leans towards getting sucked into a video vortex at work watching someone jump off of a cliff in a wingsuit. The latter is where you find yourself actually jumping off those same cliffs in that aforementioned wingsuit. One questions your priorities while the other, your […]

Greetings from Carrboro, You can’t have a gravy soirée. OK, let’s just say that you really shouldn’t. Because bowls of gravy don’t elicit any profound, fun-tastic party vibe. Right? Maybe I’m wrong. But I have the distinct feeling that any such festivities would seduce a slice of humanity we don’t necessarily want to encourage cavorting en […]