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Greetings from Carrboro, Here we go. Again. The 24th Acme Tomato Festival cometh. July 10th-13th. Hallelujah and pass the Duke’s. Honestly, I’m not sure what July in Carrboro would be like without our annual belly-flop into our southern summer’s most delicious bounty. It’s a smorgasbord celebrating the fabulous farmers that grow the tomatoes and, yes, […]

Greetings from Carrboro, The Himalayas soared around us, the morning sun just lighting the snowy peaks. In the middle of the village, women were cooking bread – roti – in a communal wood-fired oven and selling it slathered in hot butter and salt. We waited in line for ours like everyone else with cups of […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I really don’t miss them. At all. And Fridays were by far the worst. Sometime around 9am the calls would start. And wouldn’t stop. It was beaten into us that every call was a customer so there were clips on the phone that allowed me to attach the phone to my apron […]

Greetings from Carrboro, Is it a rite or right of spring? Depending on how you look at it, I’d say both. Because we have celebrated spring annually for quite a while now with our Rosé Soirée. And I’m not sure that summer can ever happen if there’s not a party to christen the new season […]

Greetings from Carrboro, It’s about time. I heard an artist once respond to a simple question about when she’d started painting with an answer I didn’t expect – when did the questioner stop painting? And I’ve thought about that a lot since we penciled into the calendar our first wine dinner in five years. Because I clearly […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I don’t know what you call it. Maybe bling? But all the signature holidays have it. Thanksgiving has turkey dinner. Halloween has pumpkins. July 4th has fireworks. Valentine’s has Cupid and Easter has Bunny. And, of course, Christmas, the alpha holiday, keeps adding more, having recently imported penguins into the menagerie to dance […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I know it’s kinda obvious. But I still feel obligated to say it. This is patio season. Like, right now. This weekend. And in case dining al fresco has never been a part of your life, welcome to a serious upgrade. Admittedly I’m biased. Working in a hot kitchen constantly inundated with […]

Greetings from Carrboro, My mother never once wore a bonnet. To my memory, at least. And our family did not hunt for Easter eggs. Though, as the youngest, the pre-dawn parental energy required to hide the eggs could’ve run its course by the time I was old enough to tromp around with a basket. But we always […]

Greetings from Carrboro, There are signs. And then there are signs. It’s certainly true that when your car takes on a certain yellowish hue or when droves of people suddenly appear on neighborhood streets imbued with newfound fantasies of fitness, it’s a pretty clear sign of spring – or, at least, some sign of winter’s retreat. […]

Greetings from Carrboro, Maybe it’s a spring thing? Who knows. But for whatever reason, the holidays that mark this time of year have a definite brunch vibe. Easter, Mother’s Day, and even Father’s Day almost require some kind of celebratory daytime meal. Winter’s romantic red wine and candlelight dinners seem completely out of place. Sunshine […]