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 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Cosmic Cantina’
January 12, 2010
5 Things We’re Happy to Return to This Week
by Laura Yes, we’re back from vacation, sporting obnoxious tans and looking irritatingly well-rested. Not going to lie – our vacation was plain old awesome. But, now it’s back to the Triangle, which seems to have betrayed us by becoming SUPERCOLD in our absence. So cold that there were freeze warning signs scattered throughout our [...]
November 6, 2009
Duke vs. Carolina – The Dining Hall Wars
by Laura Last night, I ran into the main dining hall on UNC’s campus hoping to visit the Mediterranean Deli kiosk before our big soccer showdown. (Spoiler alert: We lost, and got scored on by someone with no arms. Granted, you don’t necessarily need arms to play soccer, but this pretty much sums up our [...]
September 8, 2009
The past and the present
by Harold My favorite fast-food restaurant in Bethesda is California Tortilla. When people come to visit, I always take them there, and without fail, they are less enthusiastic about it than I am. So now I’m thinking that’s it’s not necessarily the food, but the fact that I have such fond memories of going there [...]






