Category Archives: Music & Events
About Town, Holiday Style
by Laura It’s December! Only 2 weeks until my work for the semester is complete and I get to rub my glorious winter break in all of your faces. You sure did screw up by going the whole “real job” … Continue reading
Filed under Local Stores, Music & Events
Franklin Street Halloween
by Laura One of the things that Harold most looks forward to each year is checking out the Halloween costumes on Franklin Street. As it turns out, I have married someone who is hugely into parades and festivals and greatly … Continue reading
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Food Truck Mania
by Laura I just love how the food truck craze has exploded in the Triangle! Although Raleigh & Chapel Hill have been hesitant to fully embrace these culinary entrepreneurs on wheels, Durham and Carrboro have welcomed them with open arms … Continue reading
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Just When I Thought…
by Laura …I was over leaving NYC, our 2012 Zagat’s came in the mail. Did you know you can get a free copy for being a reviewer? Just to torture myself, I went through and checked off all the stupendously … Continue reading
Filed under Music & Events, Road Trip!
State Fair Plan
Kick things off with an apple cider “freezie” and a free hushpuppy or two. Admire the work of the local gourd association. Do a couple of laps around the midway in anticipation of eating some more crazy good/crazy bad food. … Continue reading
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About Town (Almost Fall Edition)
Tracked down the Chirba Chirba truck. So happy that people in the South know what soup dumplings are now! This is major progress. Also glad to see them hanging ’round these parts at the Carrboro Music Festival. Got to love … Continue reading
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About Town
by Laura A few random ramblings about Triangle happenings: Cat’s Cradle celebrated their recent renovations with a free concert by The Old Ceremony & the Tomahawks last week. Now, I appreciate that there’s more open space for folks to rock out, but … Continue reading
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Fall Fest
by Laura Many of you know that Harold desperately longs to be in college again. This means that attending Fall Fest is always on our calendar, despite being mostly designed to get (actual) new students to sign up for various … Continue reading
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If the New York Times Says So…
by Laura Although we are happily entrenched in the Triangle, there are certain things we miss that remain unique to NYC. Durham’s gourmet ice cream truck suddenly seems less exciting when your copy of New York magazine (which we still … Continue reading
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Three Days in the Triangle
by Laura We’ve been lucky enough to have a bunch of visitors come down to enjoy the Triangle with us over the past couple of years. When we’ve got just a weekend to take them around, here’s what we hit … Continue reading
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This Summer
by Laura This summer will have a bit of research and transcriptions and data and meetings and teaching and planning and proposals and manuscripts and grad student grunt work. But! But! This summer will also have beaches and hiking…and road … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, Music & Events, Restaurants, The Daily Laura
Spring Days Are For…
…lying down in the grass outside of Wilson Library and pretending that I don’t have anything better to do than bask here in the warm, bright weather. Spring is also for sneezy faces and puffed-up pollen eyes and our blue … Continue reading
Filed under Music & Events, The Daily Laura
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