by Laura On our way out of Durham, we couldn’t resist stopping by a food truck meet-up, glamorously headquartered in the parking lot of Sam’s Quik Shop. We’d already tried the best known local lunch-on-the-go after tracking down OnlyBurger on Twitter. But, Food Truckapalooza promised not just burgers, but baked goods from a WaDuke’s pastry [...]
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March 1, 2010
Class with Black
By Harold As one of the most famous residents of Chapel Hill and a UNC alum, Lewis Black comes to campus every year as part of the Carolina Comedy Festival. This year I saw him in three different settings – a question-and-answer session with about 75 people on Friday, a workshop on comedy writing with [...]
February 15, 2010
Starlight, Starbright, First Space Geek That I See Tonight…
by Laura This weekend we had some family visitors, and although we wanted to show them Chapel Hill, it was somewhat freezing out. Boo! However, the Morehead Planetarium provided a decent activity option that kept us warm and indoors, not to mention well-informed about the galaxy. Their newly upgraded digital projection system had its perks [...]
February 12, 2010
The Poor Man’s Netflix
by Laura Tonight we’re giving Redbox a test drive – you may be familiar with their video vending machines, usually found in places like grocery stores. Since one is located in the Harris Teeter across the street, we decided that it was worth the $1 rental fee to check out their selection. From what I [...]
February 5, 2010
Wii’re Kind of Busy
Above, you will note that our poor adorable muffin Noodle waits to no avail, trying to play with Harold. Meanwhile, the Wii dog is getting all of his attention. That dog does flips when you throw it a frisbee, so Noodle has a lot to measure up to. In other news, if we had a [...]
December 19, 2009
Winter in Raleigh
By Harold While we’re enjoying our first North Carolina snow storm (estimated accumulation: less than one inch; number of schools that closed early: every one within 200 miles), what better time to recap our trip earlier this week to Raleigh Winterfest, a skating rink next to the state capital building.
December 16, 2009
Cat’s Cradle
By Harold If you gave a Duke visitor an hour to find Cameron Indoor Stadium, he or she probably wouldn’t find it. On the inside it’s the world’s greatest college basketball arena, but on the outside it looks like any other building on campus. It’s the same thing with Cat’s Cradle. If a band that [...]
December 8, 2009
Called up to The Varsity
By Harold The Varsity Theatre had been operating for 83 years in the middle of downtown Chapel Hill… until it closed this spring. And this summer when I told anyone who had ever set foot in Chapel Hill that The Varsity closed, I would get a look back like I just said someone they knew [...]
December 3, 2009
Cook-Out: A mystery
By Harold Some businesses have caught on to this whole Internet thing, with web sites, store locators, downloadable menus, etc. And then there is Cook-Out, a fast-food chain which took the opposite approach — it is impossible to get the simplest bit of information, like hours of operation, or even how to spell its name [...]
December 1, 2009
Praise for the Gospel Choir
By Harold I’m not really into Christmas, for one obvious reason, but it’s great in this respect — there will be lots of free music Friday night. For starters, check out the UNC Gospel Choir at University Baptist Church in the middle of downtown Chapel Hill. I went to see the GAA Holiday Show at UNC [...]
November 19, 2009
The Price is Right
By Harold In this economy, who’s passing up free entertainment? I’m certainly not. Here are three options I’ve come across recently. Free music: This will work for anyone who lives near a campus, and it’s especially true for people in the Triangle: Students are putting on concerts practically every day. Is it as good as [...]
November 11, 2009
Evacuate the Dance Floor
by Laura With all of the rain we’ve been having, Harold’s desire to get out of the house has increased to the point where “International Folk Dance Lessons” somehow appeared on our iCal for Thursday. (And he went to see former American Idol contestant “Anoop-Dawg” Desai perform a few days earlier. Sorry, hubby, but that’s too [...]
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