71. See every mural on the NC Musicians Mural Project. Libba Cotten, 111 N Merritt Mill Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. Art by Scott Nurkin.
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hot dogs everywhere: the dog house
Where: The Dog House, High Point, NC What: Chili cheese dog (me), dogs with relish and onions (Trav) With whom: Trav Why: We were in High Point for some photo taking, and this was recommended! Grade: Solid B. Chili was quite good and the dogs are nicely grilled, but a slice of American cheese doesn’t really do it for me….
life list: edition outer banks stuff
101. Visit every US National Seashore. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore) 26. Take a photo of sunrise at every individually-named beach in North Carolina. (Frisco, NC) 58. Visit the top ten natural wonders in North Carolina. (Cape Hatteras) Three for the list! We had glorious sunrises every morning. The clouds made them unreal. I don’t post…
100 foods in 100 counties: scotland county
Scotland County – Laurel Hill: Mamie’s Drive Inn: Burger and Fries Stop at Mamie’s Drive Inn for the atmosphere and the chili! This is a fantastic little road side dive – in the best way – on US 15 near the SC border.
explore your state: asheville in december
Because of how the holidays fell this year, Trav and I were unable to spend the actual week of Christmas with either of our families; instead, we’re seeing my folks in a few weeks here in Chapel Hill, and this past weekend, we met his parents in Asheville, for a long weekend centered around Christmas…
explore your state: daniel stowe botanical garden
Trav and I drove out to Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden on Sunday morning, and it was such a lovely day. Right now the garden features an installation from Seattle glass artist Jason Gamrath, lovely Chihuly-esque oversized flowers set into the Stowe’s living gardens. The exhibit will be installed through the end of September, so if…
100 foods in 100 counties: davidson & cabarrus counties
13. Cabarrus County – Concord – Cabarrus Creamery: Moon Pie Ice Cream 29. Davidson County – Lexington – Barbeque Center: Banana Split and Q Soup Checked two places off the 100 foods list this weekend. The Q Soup at the Barbeque Center is a fabulous hearty vegetable soup with a solid portion of their excellent…
carrboro farmer’s market
My buddy Jesse and his wife Hannah own a small no-till organic farm in Central Kentucky – Rough Draft Farmstead, check ’em out if you’re in their CSA area! – and last week or the week before, he mentioned that they’d recently traded produce for farm and family photos. While I’ve traded photos for a…
100 foods in 100 counties: orange county
Orange County – Carrboro – Neal’s Deli: House-Cured Pastrami I live in Orange County. It has taken me 9 years to cross this off the list. I am ashamed to know myself, but I am not ashamed to know Neal’s house-cured pastrami, which I ate with pimento cheese on a biscuit, and it was damn…
eats: neopoliltan pizza at italian pizza iii
IP3 is such a Chapel Hill institution to me that it didn’t occur to me until last week that I hadn’t actually ever taken Trav there. We’ve eaten IP3, but it’s been me picking it up and bringing it home, mostly. Last week we were on a quest for a dinner out and ended up…
brand new kind of photography 