Greetings from Carrboro. It wasn’t pretty. We had to use a sledgehammer to get it out. The keg box had been behind the bar since day one. And it was easily 15 years old when I bought it. The plan had been for it to last – fingers crossed – six months and that by […]
Acme’s Turning 25!
Greetings from Carrboro, A good friend ran a marathon. No easy task; he wasn’t terribly athletic and spent well over a year training. On race day, family and friends made signs and cheered him on at various points along the 26.2 mile route. The final quarter mile was a straight shot to a giant “FINISH” […]
Bring on the Big Easy
Greetings from Carrboro, Fine. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Though honestly, it feels more like it’s your kid’s college fund that stays behind in Sin City. But, whatever. Now, New Orleans is a different story. Entirely. What happens in the Big Easy is more akin to a subtle infection that you can’t shake. […]
Valentine’s Shouldn’t be a Chore.
I’m an aisle guy. But, to be honest, I was a window guy for most of my life; so I completely understand making that call. And you gotta agree, right, that there really can’t be anyone who’s a middle seat guy without having a rather long list of other issues. So, that’s not really a […]
26 Days and Counting!
Greetings from Carrboro, There was a period in my life when I was terrified of quicksand. Not that suburban Charlotte was rife with these terrestrial traps. Hardly. It was much more the Saturday morning Tarzan movies and the always potent quicksand subplot that got to me. Whenever some poor soul found themselves slowly sinking into […]
Return of the Wine Dinner
Greetings from Carrboro, Swallows come back to Capistrano. Penguins come back to Antartica. And, well, Tom Brady just continues to come back. Again and again. So I thought, why not add a little something to the list? You know, without requiring that I travel ridiculous distances or freeze or, god forbid, risk getting walloped by […]
Kicking off Acme’s 25th Year!
Greetings from Carrboro, My third grade class wrote letters, sealed each one in separate envelopes, and handed them reverently to Ms. Steele. Somehow our class was chosen to pen missives written to our future flying-car-driving selves to be sequestered in a time capsule side by side with a Pet Rock, Stretch Armstrong, and an Elton […]
Acme’s New Year’s Feast
Greetings from Carrboro, As a trifecta of hopes for the coming new year, health, wealth, and luck certainly do cover all the bases. But as my father would say, “hope and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee.” (Somehow my saying “hope and $4.87 will get you a latte” doesn’t quite have the […]
Time to Celebrate!
Greetings from Carrboro, Tick, tock. And I’m not referring to the video entertainment app you secretly watch when no one is looking. Rather, it’s time. Or, more precisely, the ever shrinking window of time between now and whenever you wholeheartedly submit to stepping off the holiday treadmill and enjoying the season. The sooner, the better […]
Christmas To-Go!
Greetings from Carrboro, Every hero needs a sidekick. No question. We all know that Batman would be toast without the Boy Wonder. Frodo certainly doesn’t get to Mount Doom if Samwise stays in the Shire. And Leia without R2-D2 would be a princess of a decidedly more tragic tale. It’s the nature of the beast. […]
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