by Laura The charter school network that I’m working for this summer is located a few blocks from the New York Ave Metro stop, in the heart of what local realtors tell me is called “NoMa“. While that does accurately locate the area North of Massachusetts Avenue, community development efforts still have several years to go before the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Restaurants’
June 20, 2010
Truckin’ Along
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 [...]
May 22, 2010
A Bargain for Your Belly
by Laura Through May 23rd, several local restaurants are participating in Triangle Restaurant Week and featuring 3-course meal bargains. A new event last year, they continued the tradition to generate business during the inevitable slump that occurs post-graduation, when students leave campus and the university scene diminishes. We decided to try out dinner at Watts Grocery, [...]
May 16, 2010
Raleigh Rocks
by Laura Since Raleigh’s about 30 minutes away, we spend less time there than other, closer areas of the Triangle. But, last night we had tickets to see the Pat McGee Band, which (OMG!) is a group that used to play at Duke quite often, and one of the first times Harold and I hung [...]
May 4, 2010
Yee-Haw!
by Laura This weekend we dashed off to Austin to enjoy a truly lovely wedding, with so many details planned to make out-of-town guests feel welcome – and well-fed. Austin is one of our favorite cities, in no small part due to the loads of delicious eats in a laid-back atmosphere. If you’re ever in [...]
April 21, 2010
5 Reasons Why Today Is Pretty, Pretty Good
by Laura Today was just another ordinary Wednesday in the life of a grad student cranking out final papers. This little worker bee seriously needs a new glasses prescription after so many hours at the computer this year. Boo hoo. But…. #1 – Trader Joe’s lunchtime shopping meant that my realization that they’ve discontinued yet [...]
April 19, 2010
Weekend Recap Part 2 – The Slideshow Edition
by Laura It was a perfectly sunny (but not too hot) weekend to wander around downtown Durham and enjoy an Art Walk designed to showcase its revitalization. I was dragged to a few too many craft fairs as a child, and unfortunately I now tend to think that most local arts vendors kind of…aren’t super [...]
April 19, 2010
Durham, Manhattan-style
By Harold A common New York-style weekend would include a park with live classical music and hamburgers from a celebrated semi-structure, Sunday brunch and a walk through the art gallery district. In Manhattan, that meant the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, your choice of hundreds of restaurants [...]
April 17, 2010
Lantern
by Laura Usually my food posts are despondent and whiny and mention how much better NYC restaurants are about two or ten times. Today’s post gives us hope for a brighter day and a more sophisticated Southern palate! Theme = we ate at Lantern. It was awesome. If you are New Yorker, you know that [...]
April 12, 2010
The Countdown Begins!
by Laura Only a few more weeks until my first year as a doctoral student ends and I head to DC and internship-land for the summer. Before I take off, here’s what I’m attempting to squeeze into my calendar: Checking out the newly updated North Carolina Museum of Art, which has a grand reopening on [...]
March 21, 2010
Magnolia Grill
by Laura No one gets through Duke without making their parents take them to Magnolia Grill…except for me & Harold, apparently. My in-laws generously made up for it by treating us to dinner there this weekend. Considering that we had been hearing good things about this Durham foodie mecca since 1998, it was hard not [...]
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