My husband and I were married during prom season (a mere coincidence, I assure you), so when we go out for our anniversary dinner, inevitably we find ourselves seated next to a glamorous party of six. Corsaged and boutonniered, they float in a plume of of Axe body spray while the server places a half-dozen […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
Posted inFood & Drink
Yes, we have no limes
The days of eight-limes-for-a-dollar are finished. If you thought the 1976 Energy Crisis was bad, then you haven’t endured the Great Lime Shortage of 2014: People are lined up for blocks hoping to buy just one; Corona fans feel confused about how to drink their favorite beer; angry mobs are banging on store windows, where […]
Posted inSoapboxer
An evil stepmother and a sad princess: Just another Saturday morning in Durham
“I went to the Durham Farmers Market this morning,” I once commented to my husband after a particularly colorful trip. “It was very Portlandia.” “Really?” he replied. “Was anyone nursing a python?” Even though I occasionally poke fun at the Saturday Durham Farmers Market for bordering on hipster preciousness, it’s one of my favorite rituals […]
Posted inElections
Our endorsements for the May election
By the numbers Registration statistics in N.C. Republicans 1,996,798 Democrats 2,756,504 Libertarian 23,559 Unaffiliated 1,742,636 Ninety-three candidates in 35 contested races on the ballots in the Triangle. In the May 2014 primary, voters will winnow the field to the candidates who will face off in November. Over the next 13 pages, the INDY issues its […]
Posted inFood & Drink
A lot to love about Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits
Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits 106 W. Parrish St., Durham 919-667-0877 intrepidlifecsbar.com Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–2 a.m. Saturday 9 a.m.–2 a.m. Sunday 10 a.m.–2 a.m. If you thought downtown Durham could not sustain another coffee shop, you’re either not a java drinker or you’ve not been to Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits. (That said, Starbucks, don’t […]
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Durham City Council approves incentives for new skyscraper, renovation of Jack Tar motel, buildings downtown
For about an hour Monday night, the Durham City Council had been discussing whether to grant $3.9 million in economic incentives for an ambitious, even transformative construction project dubbed the City Center—a new 26-story skyscraper at Main and Corcoran streets, plus renovating the former Jack Tar motel and five buildings on Parrish and Main streets. […]
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From the inside: McPherson Hospital
Last week I attended a talk at the Center for Documentary Studies by writer Rachel Andrews and photographer Dara McGrath, who documented the demolition of Ireland’s Maze Prison complex. During the presentation, McGrath noted that he didn’t like photographing people, yet he noted his photos of abandoned spaces are full of people, in that they […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Cider, Mayo and more
From 1902–1932, the Lakewood Amusement Park was a destination for Durhamites. You could take the streetcar to the southwest side and ride the merry-go-round, ride a roller coaster, swim in the lake or dance to Joe King’s Orchestra. Now the forlorn Lakewood Shopping Center at 2000 Chapel Hill Road, it is home to a Food […]
Posted inNews
Condo-mania in Durham Central Park
The condo mania that has gripped downtown Durhamhundreds of new units are under construction at West Village, 605 W. Chapel Hill St. and at Willard and Jackson streetsis spreading to the Central Park neighborhood. The area that Fullsteam brewery, Geer Street Garden, Cocoa Cinnamon, Motorco and the Surf Club made hip and desirable (and who […]
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Frazier Glenn Miller, charged in Kansas killings at Jewish Center, participated in deadly Greensboro confrontation
Frazier Glenn Miller was 39 years old and a leader in the North Carolina white supremacist movement in 1979 when he participated in a deadly confrontation in Greensboro between the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis on one side and on the other, black and white members of the Communist Party, who were holding an […]
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