Category: Explore

Best Foot Forward: New Year’s Day Hikes

New Year’s Day hikes by Catherine Currin Interested in hitting the trails before chowing down on black-eyed peas and collard greens this Jan. 1? You can kick off your resolutions with an organized first day hike at one of the…

Gretchen Quinn

by Iza Wojciechowska
photographs by Juli Leonard

November Holiday Fun

MERRY + BRIGHT Mixed and a-mingled holiday fun by Katherine Poole Jill Knight/News and Observer Yes, it’s November, but make no mistake about it, the countdown to Christmas has begun. So with apologies to the humbuggers and a full acknowledgement…

Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs

Dog Gone Good Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Wake Forest Historical Museum Walking into Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs in downtown Wake Forest is like stepping back in time, and that’s why people love it. The no-frills…

Ruggero Piano

“I’m tuning the pianos for grandkids of some of my first customers. You do become part of their families, which is a privilege.” -Richard Ruggero by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline Gray Home is at the heart of 60-year-old Ruggero…

Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve

“Bill used to say it was our castle and there was a moat that went all the way around us.” –Merrie Hedrick, The Dr. Bill and Merrie Hedrick Homestead at Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline…

Local Labyrinths

Paths to enlightenment: Local labyrinths show the way  by Liza Roberts photographs by Tim Lytvinenko A labyrinth is not a maze. With a single, meandering path to a center destination, a labyrinth guides a walker along a prescribed route; it does not…

Supper Meals delivery service

“Customers have described us as a personal chef but at Panera prices.” –Roxanne Bras, co-founder, Supper Meals meal delivery service by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline Gray It began as wishful thinking among young professionals in 2012: A group of…

Flowers and Flour

by Jessie Ammons
photograph by Madeline Gray

Family Fun on the Farm

Out Standing In the Field Farm fun for the whole fam by Katherine Poole photograph by Corey Lowenstein Pumpkins, corn cribs, mazes, hayrides, and farm animals … It’s fall, y’all, and local farms have carved out a cornucopia of fun…

Piedmont Wholesale Flowers

Flower Power A flower farmers’ market thrives in Durham by Jessie Ammons photograph by Casey Toth A crop of local farmers is looking for new ways to grow, and believes that farming flowers is the way to do it. “We…

Wallscapes

Through the Lens: Wallscapes by Jessie Ammons photographs by Geoff Wood and Gibson Wood “Buildings come in a few colors: brown, blue, and clear. Adding another layer of color is what, I think, art does,” says Jedidiah Gant of the…

Take a Child Outside Week

Get Out Take a Child Outside Week by Jessie Ammons Heading outside for a breath of fresh air is rarely a bad idea. Taking a young person along with you: even better. This month, you can join the national movement…

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