Greetings from Carrboro, Is nothing sacred? Not only does climate change wreak havoc on coastlines, it now has gone so far as to threaten a tried and true cliché. The ever-so-popular “April showers bring May flowers” is nearly obsolete. And adding a conditional “might” opens up a whole messy can of worms. Because April showers might bring […]
Knock On Wood
Greetings from Carrboro, Looking back, it’s a little surreal. Acme has been featured in magazines and newspapers. I’ve been on television and interviewed on the radio. And sitting at the bar, making lists for the day, a very sincere part of me always wonders when all of these critics and writers are going to come […]
Easter Sunday brunch: a religious experience
Greetings from Carrboro, Quality chocolate was never a thing. Chocolate was chocolate. Looking back, I’m pretty sure that the foil-wrapped bunny was easily 60% wax. As were the equally impossible to unwrap chocolate eggs. Add two handfuls of those large jellybeans, a heaping helping of that plastic green grass, and – voilà – you basically […]
That horseshoe must have been a sign
Greetings from Carrboro, I knew it had been a parking lot. For 70 years, trucks had backed in, delivered, and left. Regardless, I didn’t expect my first exuberant swing of the pick-ax to bounce. Or, for that matter, the 53rd. But if there was ever going to be a garden much less a place to sit outside […]
I’m 52% Irish
Greetings from Carrboro, It was just too tempting; I had to find out. So, following the instructions exactly, I sent my unadulterated spit off in a little, plastic vial. God knows where it went. Regardless, the results are in. Drumrollllll, please. It seems that I’m 52% Irish, 28% Western European, 15% Scandanavian(!), and 5% other. […]
Mardi Gras – tonight thru Tuesday
Greetings from Carrboro, We worry about certain traditions. As our world hurtles forward, there’s an inevitable amount of hand-wringing over cultural upheaval. We’ve all seen those stories on TV; “once a crucial part of life here, this woman may be the last person on earth who still remembers how to make fishing nets out […]
Italian Wine Dinner 2/27
Greetings from Carrboro, Charlotte only had one Italian restaurant. OK, there was a pizza place on South Boulevard but that was primarily for kid birthdays and end-of-season sports parties. But the Italian restaurant was fancy. It was next to Ovens Auditorium and all the waiters wore red vests and black bow ties. And whatever you ordered […]
WATER = OPEN!
Greetings from Carrboro, Hallelujah! The gods of water have opened their generous taps for the myriad faithful of Carrboro. And, believe it or not, that includes all of us at Acme. Accordingly, we will be open tonight starting at 5:30. Needless to say, we are thrilled to have the chance to do what we love. Again. So, join […]
Alternative Valentine’s Day
Greetings from Carrboro, So what if it’s on my iPhone. Completely could be hacked. You must admit that under some honest scrutiny, this “idea” that Valentine’s Day is truly on the 14th starts to fall apart like a bad perm on a rainy day. For one, it’s not called “February 14th day.” And wouldn’t you call it that if […]
Game of Thrones Dinner 2/1
Greetings from Carrboro, Good thing the Starks didn’t choose to make Orange County home. Somehow Carrboro’s a town more suited to an optimistic familial mantra of ‘coexist’ than to something quite as bleak as ‘winter is coming.’ And then there’s the eternal problem of where exactly do you put a bloody broadsword in a Prius? […]
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