Greetings from Carrboro, The Eastern Shore of Virginia isn’t a big place. It’s a stretch of land that descends south out of Maryland and frames the Chesapeake Bay with the mainland. There are farms, a few small towns, and plenty of early American history. Creeks and streams carve the western edge with names clearly given […]
Calabash Night Returns 8/16
Greetings from Carrboro, The Schnoz loved it. Well, the Schnoz and his wife loved it. And the rest is history. It’s one of those stories that proves the adage that you earn your luck. World War 2 had just ended. And radio is king. Among the pantheon of the airwave gods is Jimmy Durante – the ultimate […]
We’re in a pickle…
Greetings from Carrboro, A father of a friend of mine is a small town minister in eastern NC. He also happens to be a really good mechanic. And in the spirit of “good works” he helps the members of his church when a tractor breaks down or a well pump dies. There’s no AAA for […]
Hollywood, here I come!
Greetings from Carrboro, I just hope that I fit in. Because my tan game is sincerely lacking. And I’m sure that I wear the all-too-wrong shoes. God, I sorta feel like a teenager about to start at a shiny-new school. And I’m like 50. But Hollywood, as you know, is not famous for being kind. […]
Tomato & Wine Dinner with The NC Tomatoman 7/17
Greetings from Carrboro, Summertime wine often gets the short end of the stick. They’re sort of the air-headed blond jokes of the oenological world – the insipid sips that chose to take off for the beach and work on their tan rather than diligently attending a prestigious wine school summer enrichment program. I’m sure that you […]
Dragons and bloodletting? Game of Thrones dinner returns!
Greetings from Carrboro, They emailed to see if it was cool. And I completely understood. Because everybody knows that overtly piggybacking on someone else’s success creates bad juju. That’s business 101. But synergy is synergy. So, I acquiesced. Sunday night would be fine. And we even took it a step further and decided to cross-promote with them. […]
16th Annual Acme Tomato Festival 7/14-7/16
Greetings from Carrboro, I always forget how damn delicious they are. It must be some kind of prehistoric survival mind trick. Fall’s slow descent into mediocrity as a masterful sleight of hand, the sensuous memory enough to keep us mesmerized until they are, alas, no more. But here we are in the juicy heart of […]
Daddio’s Day
Greetings from Carrboro, To this day, my oldest daughter calls me “Daddio.” Like me, the girl relishes nicknames. (College sophomore that she is, I still call her “Goose.”) When we lived out in the wilds of Orange County, a young boy came over for a play date. The kids were 5. Maybe 6. It was […]
All hail the red, white, and pink of summer!
Greetings from Carrboro, Some wines are just made for summer. And when I say summer, I’m not talking about some strict calendar-centric time of year. If you’re from the south, summer is a generic word for when it’s really warm outside in the same familiar way that Coke is a catch-all for any type of […]
Things we love: moms, margaritas, and soft shell crabs
Greetings from Carrboro, You know that we wouldn’t let you down. If nothing else, Acme is most assuredly a fan of tradition. Especially our own. The Acme Mother’s Day is back. Wednesday, May 10th. Our all-out embrace of the brilliant and beautiful, hip and hilarious, serious and sexy women who-also-happen-to-be-moms. You know exactly whom we’re […]
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