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It’s sort of the opposite of lines in the sand. It’s more of a cross-at-your-own-risk kinda thing. It’s been known to erupt into outright family feuds when a sibling – naively – marries into a warring clan. White bread or fancy bread. Duke’s or Hellmann’s. Peeled or unpeeled. To-may-to, to-mah-to. But while there is serious […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I try not to read too much into it. But sometimes my daily feed of online advertising hits a little too close to home. Generally, I’m fine with temporal ads like Father’s Day gift ideas because, well, Father’s Day actually is next weekend. And I’m slightly flattered when I’m reading the paper […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I don’t know if you should buy one of those stylish water bottle belts. Or go up to your attic and dig out that P90X DVD set that you never actually opened. Regardless, you’re going to need something. And fast. Because getting into Holiday shape this year is going to be hard. Escaping an overabundance […]

Greetings from Carrboro, Mick ‘n’ Keef and the lads played in Charlotte last night. And, personally, I’d like to know 1) how is Keith Richards still alive? and 2) how in the world do they reach a consensus about what songs to play? Some google-a-fied rock-n-roll algorithm? Darts and a blindfold? Editing down the nearly […]

Greetings from Carrboro, There’s a rich, though often lamentable, history of culinary telephone that exists. You know, that classic 2nd grade pastime when, say, “antelope” is whispered into a child’s ear at the front of a line and magically morphs into “bath soap” by the end. But, rather than taking a minute or less, the […]

Greetings from Carrboro, It was so damn frustrating. I’d sit on the roof of my mom’s white Dodge station wagon, impatiently watching the boats move slowly along the Intracoastal Waterway. We were in a line of parked cars waiting for the bridge to open across to Ocean Isle, our shimmering island destination on the other […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I tried to do the math. And failed. But I feel pretty confident that something like 600 people have worked at Acme over the years. Some for 20 days. And others for 20 years. A fair number came straight out of central casting for restaurants. In a band? Check. Tattoos? Check. Prefers […]

Greetings from Carrboro, There’s an age-old saying: Good food takes time. Braising short ribs for eight hours. Smoking pork overnight, low and slow. Some meals take even longer. This one has been six years in the making. Cross my heart. We set up in the yard in front of his brewery. It had been a […]

Seeking: Mysterious with a Manhattan You: professional and smart. A laugh that charmed the room. Even from across the restaurant, I knew that you were the one. But so did everyone else. You were my perfect cocktail – straight up but never shaken. Obviously, we both love the finer things in life. The hum of a […]