Want to start a little library in your neighborhood? littlefreelibrary.org provides information on how to start one. The site also lists resources, locations (although some are outdated), stewards’ names and contact info of current free libraries. Urban Archaeology is a biweekly column that documents found objects, photos, overheard dialogue, poignant scenes; the small, everyday true […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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More places to satisfy your chocolate fix
For vegans who have tolerated the subpar taste of carob as a substitute for chocolate, Micah Intrator of Chocolate Therapie in Chapel Hill has done the unimaginable: Made an organic, raw, vegan and gluten-free chocolate that is delicious. Take the ingredients of the Superfood Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk, a crowd favorite: cacao paste and nibs; […]
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ELF migrations, fast food strikes, funeral fees and junkyard thieves
Organic Transit to conquer Portland: The Bull City’s hipster reputation has prompted “some people” (likely residents of Raleigh and Chapel Hill) to kvetch about the Portlandization of Durham, but we’d prefer to think of it as the Durhamization of Portland. Case in point, ELF, the solar-and-pedal-powered vehicle made by Durham-based Organic Transit, is opening a […]
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The INDY moves downtown near a tech hub
There were no mouse droppings. No broken sink. No windowless rooms where, if you worked too long, your eyesight regressed to that of a mole. Seven years ago, when the INDY ‘s Durham office moved from what looked and smelled like a frat house on West Hillsborough Street to the Venable Center, I marveled at […]
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Candy crush: Celebrating the Triangle’s sweet tooth
There are a few indulgences worth splurging on, and to accept a lesser substitute is to rob yourself of hard-earned pleasures: coffee, beer, Scotch and chocolate. In this edition of DISH, our special food issue, we visit with Triangle candy makers whose wares, in moderation, could actually be considered healthy. (The Daily Beast reported that […]
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Paint it yellow: a facelift on Durham’s Main Street
The building at 433 W. Main St., at the corner of Great Jones Street in Durham, was named the “Professional Center”—as opposed to the Amateur Center?—and sits on the lot where, until circa 1972, a Phillips 66 gas station used to be. (Endangered Durham has an excellent architectural discussion and visual history of this corner.) […]
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Weathering heights
Last week I saw Everybody Street, a wonderful film about New York street photographers, at the Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. One of my favorite photogs, Joel Meyerowitz, is featured in the movie; he co-wrote Bystander: A History of Street Photography, a must-read for those of you interested in the art form. […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Coming into The Station and Straw Valley
Straw Valley Cafe, an oasis of sandwiches, desserts, coffee and wine off the bustling Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, is undergoing a makeover, with new owners Chef Adam Rose from Il Palio at the Siena and sommelier and master juiceman Fred Dexheimer. The historic property at 5420 Durham-Chapel Blvd. (near the New Hope Commons shopping center at […]
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Wanted: wreath hangers. Must love heights.
Last week I saw Everybody Street, a wonderful film about New York street photographers, at the Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. One of my favorite photogs, Joel Meyerowitz, is featured in the movie; he co-wrote Bystander: A History of Street Photography, a must-read for those of you interested in the art form. […]
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Inside Liberty Warehouse, a hidden history
For several years, the INDY stored copies of the newspaper at the historic Liberty Warehouse on Rigsbee Street in Durham. Early on Wednesday mornings, the trucks from Fayetteville, where the INDY is printed, would unload the papers; and our delivery drivers would then distribute them Triangle-wide. We now use a warehouse in Raleigh and a […]
