Think of a Broom
by Ruth Moose This simplest of tools perhaps began as twigs twined to a stick by someone in a far away cave in a long lost time who said, “Look, This saves my back, farthers my reach.” I’ve…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Colin Clarke’s world-class soccer
by Lewis Beale photographs by Geoff Wood Colin Clarke is used to thinking big. This is no huge surprise, since the coach of the Carolina RailHawks has played in England’s first division, and for Northern Ireland in the World Cup….
Lakes Alive: A Raleigh native discovers there’s no place like home
by CC Parker illustration by Lane Singletary Summer again. As a mother of young children, for me, summer means three months of vacation spreading out before us: time to kill, and time to fill. A few years ago, I would…
Slow, sweet and spicy: Summer books to savor
by P. Gaye Tapp How I do love a good book, especially at this time of year. With the change in the weather comes a change in my reading habits. Summer reading should be lighter, brighter: not necessarily a “beach…
A tale of two weddings: Two local couples say ‘I Do’ with their own kind of style
by Liza Roberts photography by Jessica Crews When copywriter Tina Haver, 26, and Indy Week music editor Grayson Currin, 30, (left) get married on June 8, they’ll do it in a style all their own. The ceremony, reception – and…
Bespoke and bewitching Booth Jewelers
by Jesma Reynolds photograph by Juli Leonard Tucked among the antique stores in Raleigh’s Five Points, Brian and Lily Booth’s custom jewelry store offers their own designs, like the rings pictured here, as well as heirloom jewelry restoration and estate…