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PUBLISHER’S LETTER underway (page 56). New schools, new healthcare facilities, expanded community centers, and better infrastructure are all in the works. Topping the list of ones to watch is Wake Competition Center, a multi-sport complex that’s expected to open in Morrisville come fall.

Meanwhile, Cary’s got another grand mixed-use project about to break ground, and you can read more about it on page 64.

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ill this be the year of the puppy?

Could be. I find myself reacting quite differently to that idea now than I did three years ago when we said goodbye to our beloved Sheltie of 15 years. It may be time—and the beginning of a new year is always a good opportunity to move forward, to begin fresh, and to explore the exciting things going on around us.

There are a number of newbies in this issue that you’ll want to look into, like the fresh take on that old idea about working smarter but not harder.

Sounds like The Exercise Coach is making precisely that happen in its approach to fitness (page 34). On the other end of the spectrum—when all you want to do is Netflix binge with a bag of Doritos (but your pantry is bare)—there’s a new easy-living app that’s redefining convenience deliveries.

Check out the story on page 30.

It’s also good to know what’s in store for the year ahead, so we spent some time talking with leaders in the communities throughout western Wake; we give you a snapshot of things on the drawing board and projects

So many fun options, but for some of us there’s also that pressure to make a resolution. To do something, or change something, or somehow get around to that one thing that’s needed doing for ages.

Before you sign up for another diet or commit to a habit you’ll abhor, take a few minutes to read “The Accidental Environmentalist” (page 70). Arrin Widmayer, a young mother of two, spins a delightful tale that—even if it doesn’t convince you to start composting—is both entertaining and educational.

For inspiration on an even deeper level, I urge you to read the interview with Apex gallery owner and artist Cathy Martin (page 22). How she is waging a fight against the opioid crisis after experiencing an unimaginable tragic loss is a compelling and intimate story—and a testament to the fact that pain can be channeled into a passionate calling.

Whether your passion for 2019 is a new puppy, a new exercise routine, or a personal calling, here’s to a Happy New Year!

Connie Gentry Editor / Publisher

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Publisher/Editor Connie Gentr y Graphic Design Jennifer Heinser Fran Sherman Social Media & Community Engagement Brittany Murdock Account Executives Maddi Blanchard Charis Painter Meredith Parsons Amy Tucker Copy Editor Cindy Huntley Editorial Contributors Kurt Dusterberg, Cindy Huntley, Beth Peterson, Br yan Reed, Lipsa Shah, Valerie Troupe, Cher yl Capaldo Traylor, Arrin Widmayer, Carol Wills, Ruhama Wolle Contributing Photographers Blaine Butler, Rivers & Roads Photography Josh Manning / Jericho 7 Films, Warren McCormack, FoodieTeee Distribution Manager Joe Lizana

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From Fuquay-Varina to Zambia, Love Abounds is changing lives.

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Visions for West Wake 2019 promises to be another year of progress.

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The Accidental Environmentalist One woman’s resolution to live greener.

The new Fenton development, located along Cary Town Boulevard at I-40.

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David and Bethany Morgan, Love Abounds cofounders, are cultivating communities.

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departments

Cary Living and Midtown

join Women Build.

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Fount Coffee + Kitchen

Social Scene

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Local Business A Lasting Puppy Love.

Music Scene

Multi-instrumentalist Matt

Douglas owns the stage.

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Candid Conversation

Fighting the opioid crisis

with art.

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Community Showtime for The Cary.

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Style Up-cycled, eco-conscious jewelry.

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Smart Fitness

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Out & About

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Wares & Wearables

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Events

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Special Report: Wellness Q&A

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Dining Guide

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Financial Focus

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Giving Back

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Sightings

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Raise the Bar

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New Around Town

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Savvy Spending

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Kaleidoscope Living

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Family Care

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Healthy You

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SOCIAL SCENE

Let’s Connect! // BY BRITTANY MURDOCK

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Photos of Fount Coffee + Kitchen by Jennifer Heinser

Our Midtown and Cary Living team—along with our partners from the Frankie Lemmon School, Midtown Raleigh Alliance, and Tabletop Media Group—participated in a Women Build project for Habitat for Humanity.

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LOCAL BUSINESS

A Lasting Puppy Love Pet owners and pet sitters remain loyal to this thriving 10-year-old business.

BY BETH PETERSON

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Sometimes in life it’s more polite to greet a dog first, then its human.

Lead dog walker and pet sitter for Peak City Puppy, Karen Parrish freely admits she’s often quicker to recognize a dog out for a walk in her east Apex community than the person holding the leash. And the dogs’ owners don’t mind the unintentional snub; after all, Karen and Fido go way back.

Karen has been with Peak City Puppy, an in-home petcare company, since 2014, making friends with and caring for dogs all over east Apex. “It’s nice to be a part of the community that way. I love being counted on and trusted to take care of [clients’] precious furbabies,” Karen says.

Denise S. has been a Peak City Puppy dog walker and pet sitter in the Holly Springs area since 2016. She echoes Karen’s sentiment. “Nothing is more rewarding than running into a client unexpectedly, and it’s the best feeling when that puppy recognizes you,” Denise says.

Owner Lesley White with Paw Prints adoptable puppy, Brewster (who got adopted from the event!)

Lesley White, cofounder of Peak City Puppy, left behind a successful career in biotechnology in order to be more available to her growing family. When considering career paths that would be more family friendly, this dog lover kept thinking how nice it would be to “just be around dogs all day.” But she didn’t stop there—Lesley has put a lot of thought into what good, reliable pet care should look like.

And it’s paid off: Since the business launched in 2008, local pet owners have trusted Peak City Puppy with more than 25,000 walks and 8,000 pet sitting visits each year, and the business has employed more than 100 local residents.

To achieve the level of care she would want for her own pets, Lesley knew she had to start by providing care for the team she was building. And as much as Peak City Puppy team members Karen and Denise enjoy caring for local pups (and, by extension, their humans), both women express feeling valued as employees. Denise’s priority, for example, is to be at home with her daughter. Cofounder Lesley has always honored that desire, ensuring that Denise’s work schedule matches her daughter’s school schedule. As for Karen, she came onto the Peak City Puppy team thinking it would be temporary. Five years later, she’s still part of the team. “Lesley takes employees, looks at their financial goals, and works with them to reach that goal,” Karen says.

Lesley’s commitment to her team has resulted in committed team members. “We don’t even remember what

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Apex Team Member Karen Parrish (left) and Cary Team Member Carol Davilla (right).

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we did for our dogs before [Peak City Puppy],” client Andi H. muses. She and her husband, Paul, have been faithful clients of Peak City Puppy since 2010, and it’s easy to see why, with dog walkers and sitters like Karen and Denise providing such excellent care to their pooch.

Cliff, dog-dad to two bulldogs, counts on Peak City Puppy when he’s out of town. As a transplant without family nearby, he’s grateful for the extra help. Between bringing in his mail, walking the dogs, and keeping a journal of his dogs’ activities, the team at Peak City Puppy ensures that Cliff doesn’t worry about his dogs when he’s away.

Peak City Puppy’s business model makes dog owners feel that their dogs are the priority. And you might think the reason is simply that Lesley loves dogs—which she does. (As if you needed more proof of that, Lesley donates 1 percent of her profits to local rescue organizations.) But, Lesley says, “I’m not selling as much as aiming to create a relationship with people.” By prioritizing her employees, Lesley has created relationships all over the community. That mentality, by design, has trickled down, enabling Peak City Puppy to build relationships with happy dogs and their happy owners.

Editor’s note: Last names have been omitted from pet sitters and clients at their request.

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MUSIC SCENE

Living His Best Life A slow, steady path to success has made Raleigh’s Matt Douglas an acclaimed soloist in addition to a successful session musician.

BY BRYAN C. REED One supposes that Matt Douglas doesn’t often have the free time to reflect on his life and career. The multi-instrumentalist is prolific as a soloist and sideman, and has enlivened shows and recordings from the likes of Sylvan Esso, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Josh Ritter, touring and recording as a full-time member of The Mountain Goats. Oh, and he’s also a father of three who operates a recording studio in his backyard. To say Douglas keeps busy is an understatement.

Given a brief break from home duties for an interview, Douglas offers this: “It’s pretty much the best life ever.”

It is not, however, a story of overnight success. “It’s just been a slow progress over the years,” Douglas says. “It’s one of those things, when something would stop working or would just sort of end, I would just ease into something else.”

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initially bunked on his sister and brother-in-law’s couch while submitting graduate school applications.

“I had a more romantic idea of what I thought my life was gonna be like,” Douglas says of his early academic ambitions.

“I mean, my life has turned out to be a pretty romantic version of what I thought it was going to be anyway. But at the time, I wasn’t sure. So I ended up deferring and then didn’t come back to it. I just got more and more entrenched into the music scene in North Carolina, which I didn’t really think was going to happen. I just started playing more and writing.”

That led to his first major local outfit, The Proclivities—a jazzy indie-pop outfit Douglas formed with guitarist Chris Boerner and drummer Matt McCaughan. From there, Douglas formed The Small Ponds, a duo with alt-country icon Caitlin Cary of Whiskeytown and Tres Chicas. He also joined the jazz-fusion trio The Hot At Nights, with Boerner and drummer Nick Baglio.

Finally, after working with the band as a session player and touring member, Douglas joined The Mountain Goats full-time in 2016.

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In the midst of all that, Douglas also became an in-demand session player and arranger, working with acts ranging from alt-country (American Aquarium, Six String Drag) to pure pop (Sylvan Esso, Brett Harris). He became a regular feature in Hiss Golden Messenger, performed with singer/songwriter Josh Ritter, and collaborated with Mount Moriah, The Rosebuds, Erin McKeown, and Nicolay. He also got married and started a family, with a 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old twin boys now competing for time and attention, as well.

And still, in early 2017, Douglas found time to release his first proper solo album, Affirmation (with Discomfort)—a collection of layered instrumentals, recorded entirely with woodwind instruments, that ties together ambient composition and melodic jazz.

“When I’m making my own music, I don’t think too much about editing or censoring my aesthetic view of what I’m trying to do or the way I’m trying to do it,” he says. “But when I work with other people, I’m not trying to bulldoze it with Matt Douglas. I’m trying to find a way to serve the music and serve the song, and do it in a way that is not sacrificing any of my own creative integrity.”

It’s the variety of opportunities Douglas is afforded that fuels the creativity, which in turn builds the aesthetics he brings both to session work and his own projects. Lately, he’s been collaborating

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with his former bandmate McCaughan on layered and manipulated recordings—beds of found sound and ambient passages—on which Douglas will soon start adding saxophone melodies.

“I think this one rides the line a little bit more,” he says.

“It’s still going to be tonal. There will still be melodies. But there’s going to be some interesting, uncomfortable stuff mixed in there with it. So it’s been fun to see how far you want to push that.”

Working without a deadline and at the whims of his own creative impulses gives Douglas a freedom he doesn’t often get in his sideman roles. But, at the same time, he’s not aiming to define his solo work in a realm of avant-garde experimentation or let his session work remain wholly separate and disparate. “I don’t want it to be a total black-and-white, yin and yang thing,” he says. “I feel like I’m starting to blur the lines a little bit on both ends of it.”

Indeed, balance is a vital component of what Douglas aims to achieve, within and without the music itself. Juggling his roles as composer, performer, husband, father, and so on presents its own demand for creative problem solving.

“It’s been a pretty wild last few years, trying to manage all that stuff,” he says. “Sometimes it feels like I’m not doing a great job and sometimes it feels like we’re just making it work, just getting by. But overall, it’s been killer.”

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CANDID CONVERSATION

Painting Past the Pain One artist’s tragic loss leads her to fight the opioid crisis with personal portraits.

BY KURT DUSTERBERG PHOTOGRAPHY BY RIVERS & ROADS PHOTOGRAPHY

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How would you describe your style?

I’m an expressionist painter; I really put myself into it. You look at these paintings and you see my personality. When I paint, I honestly feel like that brush takes off and moves. It’s pure joy. I’m a process painter. But I’m painting pretty much what I feel.

Cathy Martin has spent most of her life with a paintbrush in her hand.

She has taken classes, taught in schools, and painted the traditional scenes that sharpened her artistic focus. That all changed in 2004 when she and her husband, Dan, learned that their son Alex had been killed in a car accident. Their son’s life had been troubled, a reality that eventually blended with Cathy’s growing need to address a nationwide health crisis— the opioid epidemic. Eventually, she found her voice through her paintbrush. Most days, you can find her at The Red Canvas, her gallery in downtown Apex, where she works to brighten lives that have been touched by darkness.

In the past couple of years, you’ve gained a lot of attention for painting the portraits of people who have died from opioid overdoses. How did the opioid portraits start?

Our son Alex died in an automobile accident when he was 25, but drugs were a huge part of his life. I thought: How can I give back somehow in his name?

It took years to get to that point. Now I feel like I’m really doing it. I kept seeing these obituaries for kids [that] mentioned opioid addiction. So I started painting them from pictures in the obituary. I did 20 or 30 of them.

How did you get started painting?

I grew up in Wilmington, close to the beach. I was 11 years old, and these two women who had studied in Europe had a little art school in town. It was so wonderful. They didn’t have children’s classes. You got your easel, you got your materials, and you sat down and did a lot of still life work. My father would say, “You’ve painted that damn still life for two years now.

You need to change.” It was a classical experience.

Did you tr y to make artwork as a profession?

After I graduated from college, I taught art off and on for about 13 years. I started out teaching high school art when I was 21. Then we moved here and I taught for six years at Wendell Elementary and Reedy Creek Elementary. That was not fun. It’s really like trying to do crowd control with paint. It was horrible. So I went through a lot of changes.

You have a studio in Apex, and you’ve been at your current location for 12 years. What do you like to paint?

I did a lot of architectural landscapes, urban houses, farms. I did not have any interest in painting people— none. I went to a lot of workshops with different painters in France and Italy. I don’t know why, but one day I painted a portrait and I thought, man, this is it.

I just want to do figurative work. I’d do an occasional landscape if I needed money, because they sell.

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But these stories and photos are coming from all over the countr y now. How do you find out about them?

A woman named April Rovero got in touch with me. She started the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse in California. She started sending me pictures of people who had died. Her organization gave me $3,000.

Before that, I was shipping them out to the families using my own money.

How many have you done?

I’ve done 120 so far. I do one almost every day. If it’s a good photograph, I can do one in a couple of hours.

If it’s a bad photograph, it can take forever because you’re working with darks and lights. You want a nice, recognizable portrait of someone’s loved one. A lot of it is in the eyes.

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It seems like this could be pretty melancholy.

You’re painting someone who has died under tragic circumstances.

I have to see them as children who were loved and cared for, [but] who came to a tragic end. I also want to destigmatize this whole opioid crisis. A lot of people want to blame the parents. When our son died, I truly felt like most people thought we were bad parents. And you know, that’s just not the case all the time. People love their children and want what is best for them.

How much of this is cathartic, thinking back to losing your son?

It’s crazy cathartic. I got a note from a mother that said, “I got your [portrait] in the mail today. I got to hold my son one more time.” I sit and talk to these portraits like, what happened? Do you know what kind of life you could have had? And while I’m talking to them, I’m talking to my son too: Do you know what kind of life you could have had? I did a 70-year-old woman the other day and mailed it off to her daughter. She had been given opioids and overdosed.

The youngest two I’ve done were 13, and they had gotten something illegal from China. They were two friends who died within a week of each other.

Part of your message in painting them, I suppose, is that these victims can be anyone, right?

I had a portrait of a beautiful little blonde girl around 20, fair skin, blue eyes. And people would walk in and go, “Well that’s not one of them, is it?” That’s why I’m doing it! Yes, she’s one of them. It can be anyone’s child. People think it can’t be that nice little girl from the well-off family.

Do you think awareness of the issue is growing?

It only gets press when it moves into the white middle class. This started in Appalachia, a lot in towns where industries left, a lot of people with disabilities getting opioids for pain. Then it comes from kids getting pills out of their parents’ medicine cabinets. Now it’s just crazy.

Two hundred people a day die.

You’re calling attention to a societal issue, but it sounds like this work has changed your life.

Painting pretty much saved my life. I totally lose myself in it. If I had paint and canvas, I could live in a room and just paint. I do think I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life painting. I love to paint these kids.

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COMMUNITY

Showtime for Downtown Cary Dating to 1946, the revitalized theater “The Cary” will celebrate its 5th anniversary in February.

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Remember when the cost of a movie ticket was just 10 cents and a quarter would buy both a drink and popcorn at the concession stand? Not many of us do, but this peek into the past offers a look back to the beginning of The Cary Theater.

The art house theater, commonly called The Cary, is one of many attractions downtown—but at one time, it was the spot for family entertainment. After 70 years and several incarnations, it is once again a thriving destination bringing people together to enjoy a full cinematic experience.

Cary residents once gathered downtown on Friday nights to watch movies projected onto the side of buildings, while some rode the train to Raleigh’s Ambassador Theater. That changed in 1946 when Paul Chandler opened Cary’s first indoor theater on East Chatham Street.

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The venue hosted live performances as well as Westerns.

Folks would pack the theater to watch Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and William Boyd ride across the screen. Serial films were also popular, enticing moviegoers to come back every Saturday for the next installment. Western film star Lash LaRue and music legend Patsy Cline performed live, and rumor has it country music pioneer Ernest Tubb also played there.

Stories abound from the theater’s early years including tales of romance blossoming in the back row, Saturday night talent shows, and the patron who regularly shelled peas and butterbeans in the front row. With the advent of television, attendance dwindled and the theater closed in 1960. Over the years a clothing store, recording studio, and auto parts store occupied the building.

Photo courtesy of the Town of Cary

The Marquee Comes Full Circle In 2011, the Town of Cary purchased the property as part of the downtown revitalization plan. A facade added to hide the fact that it was a theater was removed, revealing the bones of the original theater. An annex was added to modernize the building and also allow space for tenants, further encouraging downtown business renewal.

The renovated theater opened in February 2014, and immediately became a lively place bringing people together downtown. Last year, the theater welcomed more than 36,000 visitors.

Joy Ennis, operations and program supervisor with the Town of Cary Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources explains the importance of preserving the building’s history. “It’s really important to remember where your roots are and remember the history of where you came from,” Ennis says. Much like family history, citizens should know the history of places, too.

In 2018, the theater debuted an event called BEYOND: The Film Festival. Throughout the year, various themed series are screened including Environmentally Speaking: Green Movie genres; Cary Youth Video Project; and Zombiepalooza, which features local filmmakers’ zombie-laden films.

However, The Cary is providing more than entertainment. It is creating community by bringing people together for shared experiences and stimulating discussions after select films. The conversations after the films, conducted in a Q&A format, are, Ennis says, “a key part of the art of film,” as well as a distinguishing aspect of this theater experience.

The theater also gives back to the community with programs like The Cary Gives Back. Each quarter, The Cary partners with a local nonprofit and donates a portion of a film’s proceeds to the charity. The theater also supports local filmmakers with special screenings and Rough Cuts Review, a time for filmakers to get feedback on their works-in-progress. And in 2018, the theater hosted The New York Dog and Cat Film Festivals, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting local animal rescues.

“We want visitors to feel like this is a place where they can come, take off their shoes, sit back, and have a good time,” Ennis says. With a variety of independent, classic, and documentary films, in addition to live comedy and live music, there’s something for everyone.

The Cary aspires to be a place where folks can learn, interact with friends and strangers, be entertained, relax, and take part in building community. That’s a big goal for a small venue, but Ennis assures, “We’re tiny, but we’re mighty.”

February 22nd will mark the fifth anniversary of The Cary Theater. Visit the website at TheCaryTheater.com for celebration events.

Photo by Scott Misner

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STYLE

Up-Cycled

Eco- Conscious Jewelry From Glenwood to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Zass Design is making its mark.

BY RUHAMA WOLLE

Photo: Amber Robinson

In our disposable culture, fast-changing trends and cheap manufacturing means we throw things away without a second thought. The result is a waste crisis as plastics clog the ocean and landfill sites expand. Yet an inventive mother-daughter team from North Carolina is changing the rules for style by designing jewelry with a focus on sustainability. Zulay and Stephanie Smith, the founders of Raleigh-based Zass Design, are creating positive stories of transformation and making a real impact.

Both graphic designers by trade, Zulay began making earrings from a collection of printed magazine materials while daughter Steph used football tickets from her alma mater, East Carolina University, as the basis for her first originals. In 2009, with the support of family and friends, the two jumped into the idea with intense optimism—and they haven’t paused since.

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“It’s very different now than when we started in that sustainability and [living] eco-friendly were not at the forefront in 2008 and 2009.”

Zass Design has continually evolved by using different materials to create its beautiful bold, geometric-style jewelry. A range of materials—from aluminum cans to Formica samples, vinyl records, laminate countertops, and acrylic—have become the foundation for unique jewelry collections.

Meanwhile, mother and daughter are linking up with industrial companies, such as architecture and interior design firms, to purchase their obsolete scraps and sample booklets.

“Now, we are trying to build a bigger momentum,” says Steph. “Our dream is to one day set up a recycling center—the first place people would think of to throw away their cans, paper, and plastics. In the meantime, we are currently in discussions with the Guggenheim, which is one of our new accounts.” (Yes, that Guggenheim— the esteemed Manhattan art museum.)

When asked what her favorite part of this journey has been, Steph had many answers, but says, “Being able to work with my mom has been the best part; it’s fun and it doesn’t feel like work— and it still doesn’t after 10 years. When you land an account like the Guggenheim and they recognize your work as art and want it in their museum stores— that’s the climax of any artist’s career. I want people to feel like they are wearing a unique piece while simultaneously helping the environment.”

The future of fashion is unpredictable, but the industry’s traditionally unsustainable practices have had an extremely negative effect on our earth’s resources, a dark side that’s now impossible to ignore. Steph says she knows one thing is for sure: “Fashion has a new wave of heightened selfawareness—pops of individualism as people are more open to being bold and to being the only one who is being bold.”

Everyone plays a part in keeping the momentum going, and the Zass Design collection reminds us that we can change the world together, starting with ourselves. “It’s great to be in a hub like Raleigh, with a sea of entrepreneurs doing the same thing,” Steph says. “Even brewery and wineries are blowing up their cans with cool designs that we can work with.”

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EASY LIVING

Convenience Redefined

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This app could be the genie in the bottle for delivering all your late-night cravings.

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Winter, the season of Netflix and Hulu binging, is the time we often find ourselves curled up on the couch, decked out in pajamas, only to realize that our favorite snack is not to be found. No worries: goPuff, the delivery startup that recently introduced itself to Raleigh, promises to bring snacks and other convenience products to your doorstep within an hour.

The goPuff service was founded by

Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, two former students of Drexel University, during their junior year. Gola was the only one among his group with a car and, after countless latenight drives to convenience stores to pick up necessities for his friends, he decided to take matters into his own hands. The startup began in 2013 when Gola and Ilishayev would personally deliver products throughout West Philadelphia to the Drexel community. Now

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EASY LIVING headquartered in Philadelphia, goPuff is on track to serve 60 markets by the beginning of 2019, including Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Denver; Pittsburgh; and now, Raleigh.

The best part is that goPuff owns the entire customer experience, with a warehouse in each market where they house all of the toiletries, snacks, and miscellaneous items—think some 3,000 necessities and craveables at your beck and call.

The goPuff business model totally eliminates the middleman that you would find with Uber Eats or Postmates, enabling the transaction to occur between your order and the

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deliverer. Also, goPuff does not surprise you with unexpected delivery fees that you would often find on competing services.

(Many of us, myself included, would decide against an order if the delivery fee was more than the items purchased.) With goPuff, there is a flat $1.95 delivery fee for every order, regardless of how much you purchase. The delivery service runs seven days a week from noon to 4:30AM.

Some of the most popular products throughout the country, including in the Raleigh market, have included Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Takis, Nerds Rope, Laffy Taffy (my favorite being the yellow one), and, of course, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Can you guess the most popular time your community is requesting delivery? If you guessed between 9:00PM and midnight, you are correct. This timeframe is universally popular across the board, and particularly on Sundays, which makes sense—the “Sunday scaries” have taken a real hold of us, and the last thing we could muster any energy for would be going outside in the cold for a bag of Doritos. While they do not currently deliver alcohol in Raleigh, it is definitely something goPuff would like to offer soon.

If you haven’t downloaded the app, get with it. This convenience app was made by millennials, for millennials—and goPuff has truly restructured the meaning of convenience.

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Barbara Blair and her brother John.

Smart Fitness The Exercise Coach brings technology to workouts in Cary.

BY LIPSA SHAH A 20-minute workout that promises results? It sounds too good to be true, but that’s exactly what The Exercise Gym in Cary is offering. After many years of training in different gyms and participating in various workouts, I was a true skeptic when trying to imagine an effective workout in such a limited amount of time.

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Barbara Blair, one of the owners of the Cary location, moved into the ownership side after having been a client herself. Barbara hated working out at a gym and could not find anything that was working for her until she stumbled upon The Exercise Coach in Atlanta. She enjoyed the idea of being in and out quickly and believed that there were many other people who only had a limited amount of time to spare, but also wanted to take better care of themselves.

Barbara and her brother, John, who was also looking for a new business opportunity, opened The Exercise Coach in October. Although Barbara continues to live in Atlanta, her brother John has transitioned into becoming the face for Cary’s Exercise Coach, working alongside their personal trainers at the facility.

The Exercise Coach began in Chicago 17 years ago with husband-and-wife founders Brian and Gerianne Cygan. The gym’s approach to fitness stands out for its use of advanced technology—a proprietary approach that is all computerized and not available at other commercial or private gyms. The Exercise Coach does not necessarily focus on weight loss (although that may be part of your goal, and gaining muscle can actually cause weight gain (the desired type of weight gain!). The purpose of The Exercise Coach is to create a personalized system to help you lose fat, become stronger, and see progress in real time.

Co-owner John, client, trainer Adrien, and Barbara.

Here’s the skinny on how it works: When you go in for the first of two 40-minute consultations, you will enter all your information and create a PIN that you use each time you come to work out.

All of your information is stored in your profile to track your progress, and a green line will be visible to represent your exertion from your last workout. The green line works as a target, and your workout can be viewed as a game; you are constantly trying to beat the green line and go above it each time.

For example, let’s say I was on the leg press machine at 40 pounds on a Monday. When I come back on Wednesday, I attempt to go past that line. The best thing about these machines is that they are personalized to your strengths and weaknesses. Bad knee? The machines also have a setting that allows you to take it easy. All of them are equipped with different settings such as “Dig” and “Focus” to target different areas and yield results, and the various machines include at least 70 different workouts. These settings and programs allow you to constantly change your workout to keep boredom at bay, and help you stay motivated as you track your progress.

The gym offers various packages ranging from 20 to 80 sessions, as well as month-tomonth contracts. When you purchase a 20, 40, or 80–session pack, The Exercise Coach will also include Gerianne Cygan’s nutrition book, The Metabolic Comeback, which offers menus and guides to clean eating. Do you ever feel like you are eating all these vegetables but never fully grasp the benefits of them? Does anyone know the benefit of an acorn squash? Are cucumbers just water, or are they actually benefiting me in some way? The book will tell you what to eat, and specifically why you are eating it.

Begin 2019 with a new workout regimen that will constantly challenge you and remind you that fitness is a lifetime journey, not just a temporary commitment.

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GIVING BACK

Sweet Success

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Gerry and Julia Cobley.

A Scottish tradition helps local fundraising soar.

BY CAROL WILLS

How Julia Cobley used her authentic family recipe for Scottish shortbread—a recipe that has been passed down through many generations—to start a fabulously successful fundraiser for the Cary Page Rotary Club is a story worth telling. Cobley, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, now lives in Cary with her husband, Gerry.

She hasn’t lost her charming Scottish accent, or her fondness for shortbread.

Shortbread, says Cobley, is the traditional cookie eaten as an essential part of the Scottish New Year, and shortbread cookies— called “Petticoat Tails”—were known to be a favorite dessert of Mary, Queen of Scots. The classic cookie is also the treat of choice for the birthday celebration of Scotland’s famous poet, Robert Burns. And this year you can sample and celebrate as well: The Cary Page Rotary is hosting a traditional Burns supper on January 25th at MacGregor Downs Country Club. Shortbread and Haggis will be served.

Since 2014, Cobley has put her recipe to good use to help her Rotary group raise ever-increasing amounts of money to

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support a number of nonprofits in Cary and Raleigh. As Cobley tells it, in that first year the club members baked about 75 pounds of shortbread and sold it mostly to each other for use as holiday gifts for their families and friends. The following year they baked 85 pounds, and in 2016—thanks to help from Gigi’s Playhouse, one of their funding recipients—the enthusiastic Cary Page Rotary members managed to produce 190 pounds of this delicious holiday treat.

A turning point came in 2017 when Carroll’s Kitchen in downtown Raleigh—another recipient of Rotary funding—lent their kitchen to enable the club to bake 350 pounds of shortbread.

The final tally for last year was not available at press time, but they are certainly on a roll!

Cobley says that the 50 members of the Cary Page Rotary “work hard, but have a lot of fun.” Their work in and around Cary has heartwarming effects—and the sale of shortbread continues to ripple across the Triangle.

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Make a note to yourself to participate in this fundraiser during the 2019 holiday season.

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PARENTING

Childcare Connections For parents and college-age sitters, Juggle is a game-changer.

BY BETH PETERSON If you’re a mom or dad whose kids are finally old enough to be home alone or babysit their siblings, congratulations. You have arrived. Now, do yourself a favor: Turn the page and move along to the next article. This next bit is going to make you pea-green with envy for Raleigh-area moms currently raising younger kids.

Readers with small children, this is for you: The mad scramble for safe, reliable, friend-recommended babysitting could be over for good. New to the Raleigh area, Juggle is one of those rare, new parenting “things” that makes a seasoned mama shake her head and think, “If only that had been around when my kids were small.” Except Juggle is less of a “thing,” and more of an idea. In fact, it is the brilliant idea of four Columbus, Ohio, moms who put their heads together to come up with a better way to handle childcare needs.

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babysitters in your area. And like those other websites, you can either post jobs or browse available sitters for the childcare help you need.

But Juggle doesn’t simply connect busy moms to available sitters. The app begins with a core team of sitters who have been recruited on local college campuses—a network of backgroundchecked (primarily college-age, female) babysitters is created in each area. After a comprehensive vetting process, the sitters are hand-selected to become part of the Juggle team, and each must attend a webinar-style training. Once this core team is established, the Juggle network expands by word-of-mouth, so the pool of sitters is always growing. Parents can view sitters’ profiles, read reviews, and see whether any of their friends have employed any given sitter. Furthermore, Juggle employs a local “Mom Boss” to manage relationships between sitters and families. The sitters and the families who hire them are cross-reviewed, meaning families can leave reviews for sitters, and sitters can also review families.

“I was introduced [to Juggle] a year ago,” says Raleigharea mom, Julie. “It’s been a saving grace. I have a son and a golden retriever, so I needed someone comfortable with children and dogs.” Another busy mom, Allison, says she was a little nervous the first time she used the app, but her fears were relieved upon seeing which sitters were recommended by her own friends. In Allison’s experience, the Juggle sitter she hired not only watched her two active boys, but also taught them to play lacrosse. Both Julie and Allison found sitters through Juggle who became regular, beloved fixtures in the lives of their children.

Both moms have the option, when using Juggle, to specify exactly what other type of help they might need—anything from household chores and errands to gift wrapping and assistance with parties.

Ella, a Juggle sitter in her junior year at N.C. State University, was recruited by her freshman-year roommate.

Through Juggle, Ella is able to babysit as much or as little as her school schedule allows, and she says, “I have one family that I just love.” On top of the regular hours this family books with her each week, Ella has become a recruiter herself, helping to facilitate Juggle’s expansion into the Winston-Salem area.

When asked what it is about Juggle that sets it apart from other care websites, cofounder Emily Coleman raves about the sitters themselves. The decision to focus recruiting efforts on primarily female college students has resulted in consistently reliable, energetic, and engaged caregivers. Emily also cites the safety for users on both ends of the app—moms and sitters. The fact that families must have a referral code in order to use the app safeguards against false family profiles, thus protecting the sitters, and moms can see which sitters have been hired by people they know and trust.

Emily laughs about the improbability of herself and three other “moms with no tech experience making an app.”

But it’s really no surprise to learn that a parenting app as helpful as Juggle was created by moms, for moms.

Editor’s note: Last names have been omitted from sitters and families at their request.

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WARES & WEARABLES

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A Time for Home We spend the most time inside during the winter.

Our homes are a place of refuge from the cold—a place to warm ourselves by the fire and fill our bellies with comfort food. A place to reconnect during the long winter nights, spending quality time with friends and family.

Make sure your home is warm and welcoming.

Use cozy throws on the couch for curling up after a long day. Have plenty of bowls and mugs at the ready for hearty soups and hot cocoa.

Organize scarves, hats, and gloves by the door so you will always be ready to brave the cold. Make your home a great place to ride out the cold winter by making warm memories.

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In addition to our non-surgical and interventional pain treatments, we are now offering anti-aging therapy, using cutting-edge technology that includes platelet rich plasma (PRP), stem cell therapy, Botox injections, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

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Migraines are debilitating. Those who suffer feel excruciating pain, light or sound sensitivity, and nausea, vomiting, or dizziness. Most retire to bed for the day, unable to work or enjoy life.

If you suffer from chronic migraines, ask your doctor about Botox. While you may think of it as “just for wrinkles,” Botox is the go-to solution for migraines because it has proven effective when administered every 12 weeks —with potentially fewer side effects than other prevention options.

If you’re not sure about Botox, there are a growing number of other treatments, including many over-the-counter drugs as well as prescription medicine treatments and new injectables. You can also reduce the impact or frequency of migraines by adjusting your diet, getting plenty of rest, trying acupuncture or massages, and performing muscle relaxation exercises.

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BUILDING COMMUNITY

Africa Connections From Fuquay-Varina to Zambia, Love Abounds is changing lives.

David and Bethany Morgan believe in the importance of cultivating community.

In fact, building strong communities with acts of love is a touchstone of everything they do.

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David, an attorney by trade and selfdescribed entrepreneur by heart, is a partner at Morgan & Perry Law in FuquayVarina, his hometown. The Morgans are also cofounders and executive directors of Love Abounds, a nonprofit that is working to change lives in Zambia.

To hear them tell it, the law practice and nonprofit share the same founding principles and community-based vision.

“We want to have a good relationship with the community,” David says. That holds true regardless of whether it’s a community in North Carolina or a remote Zambian village.

In late 2013, the newly married couple listened in church as the pastor mentioned a project to build wells and provide clean drinking water in rural Zambia. When the pastor asked if anyone was interested the Morgans remember looking at each other and saying, “Let’s go for it!” After successfully raising money for three wells, they traveled to the village of Kunchubwi, eager to see the results. They met the people and saw a crucial need, and they immediately began plans to provide more aid.

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The children love to play outside all afternoon.

Life Okendewa’s private tutor, Ida, teaches the children three afternoons a week.

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Longtime supporter, Carson Matthews, and Kunchubwi friend, Andrew, get ready for a braai (cookout).

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They spent the summer of 2015 in Zambia, while David was still in law school. “It made absolutely no sense to do this,” Bethany says. “But it taught us a lot about pursuing your dream despite all the risks.”

Today, with help from Tony and Carol Curl, the incountry directors who manage the day-to-day activities in Kunchubwi, Love Abounds is growing. “Love Abounds is the culmination of a desire that we had in our hearts for years,” David says.

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Culturally Aware Not wanting to assume they had the best ideas for a country and culture they had never lived in, the Morgans were sensitive in their approach. They met with the village headman—similar to a mayor—and asked his thoughts on a successful project to help the women become more financially stable. Like many remote villages in Zambia, the men often travel to find work and the women bear the sole responsibility for the upbringing of children. Bethany explains the women are more likely to spend money for the benefit of the children and community.

Together, the headman and the Morgans decided that chicken farming would be a profitable enterprise. A program they named Chicks Empowered was launched, which enabled the women to generate income year-round and more than quadrupled their monthly income. David says the ability to provide for their families creates a sense of pride in the women that ripples out to the community.

The Morgans are also committed to respecting cultural differences in their future endeavor of partnering with Zambian coffee farmers to help them increase their profits.

On a recent trip to the village, the Morgans brought a coffeegrowing expert with them to meet with farmers and discuss plans for a venture that would enable local farmers to grow a high-yield bean and increase the selling price, essentially creating a more sustainable system and connecting them directly with the Fuquay-Varina community.

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Bethany holding baby Stephen, grandson of Headman Stephen and Chicks Empowered manager, Jennifer.

Fuquay-Varina, complete with roaster, and serving single-origin Zambian coffee. Love Abounds will be part of that coffee from the time it’s grown in Zambia until it’s poured in a customer’s cup. The profit from coffee sales will provide ongoing revenue to fund more Love Abounds projects.

The coffee project directly connects the two communities that are so close to the Morgans’ hearts, and their vision to serve Kunchubwi villagers comes home to benefit the local community as well: Reciprocity in action.

Running a nonprofit in an impoverished Zambian village comes with challenges, especially building trust in relationships and navigating the government red tape that an outsider may not anticipate. For a small organization, Love Abounds has been able to accomplish so much. The majority of funding comes from the Morgans’ church, friends, family, and social media connections.

“It’s pretty much all bootstrap financing,” Bethany explains, and they believe their success comes from staying true to their original vision of focusing on one community and changing it from the inside out. Amid the daily hardships in Kunchubwi, love and happiness thrive. Because, more than a charity, Love Abounds is a labor of love. To learn more about Love Abounds and all of its projects, visit AboundInLove.org.

Village children wait for an afterschool program at the Love Abounds community playground and picnic shelter.

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The view of the sunset from Kunchubwi Village.

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2019 OUTLOOK

PLANS and ProgresS for Better Living

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A LOOK AT WHAT’S COMING TO EACH COMMUNITY IN WESTERN WAKE THIS YEAR.

BY CINDY HUNTLEY

IN ANY DIRECTION YOU TURN, YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE SOMETHING NEW SPROUTING UP IN WESTERN WAKE— SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, SHOPPING CENTERS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND ROAD EXTENSIONS, TO NAME A FEW. AND WITH NEW BUILDINGS AND DEVELOPMENTS COME NEW PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGIES. WE TALKED WITH LEADERS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TO FIND OUT THE BEST OF WHAT’S ON THE RADAR FOR 2019.

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MoRRiSviLLE With tech-savvy Research Triangle Park right down the road, it’s hard to believe that Morrisville has never had a library to call its own. That will change this fall, when the doors of the brand-new Morrisville Community Library swing open. Located adjacent to Town Hall Drive, the library will house approximately 50,000 books, including children’s titles.

Another big addition to Morrisville will occur when Relias Learning, an online educational platform for the healthcare industry, permanently relocates its headquarters to Perimeter Park. The Carybased company currently has more than 400 employees in its offices near Crossroads Shopping Center, and has plans to add another 450 jobs once it has settled into its new space.

What will happen with the traffic these extra jobs create? Morrisville has a plan for that, too. Morrisville Chamber of Commerce president Sarah Gaskill says the town’s transportation plan should begin implementing changes later this year, including an extension to McCrimmon Parkway, which will stretch the road from Airport Boulevard through to Aviation Parkway. The road should be completed in November, with vegetation coming the following spring. The widening of Morrisville Carpenter Road is also underway,

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and should be completed in 2020.

The most exciting change coming to Morrisville this year, though, is all fun and games. Wake Competition Center is a multisport center and academy that will include a twin-rink ice facility, gymnastics gym, turf soccer fields, and an eight-court volleyball facility. With completion scheduled for fall, WCC is expected to draw world-class competitions in a variety of sports with its stateof-the-art facilities. In addition, the Carolina Hurricanes will use the ice rinks for practice, and the NC Football Club will host youth soccer workshops at the facility. This marks the second multi-sport facility in our area from local developer Jeff Ammons: The Factory, located in Wake Forest, opened in 2004.

And speaking of sports, the Morrisville Aquatics Center will get a new look this year. The center closed in November, and should reopen in late 2019 with the addition of a year-round natatorium, which will have a retractable roof to allow for open-air use in the summer. A new locker room facility will connect the natatorium to the existing building, and the original pools will be demolished and reconstructed into a six-lane lap pool and a play pool with beach-style entry. The renovation also includes updates to the tennis courts, including the addition of two new courts.

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The new Fuquay-Varina Arts Center will have a 300-seat theatre.

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Fuquay-Varina will see the renovation of an existing high school, as well as the construction of a new high school and an elementary school.

Western Wake’s southernmost community has lots of exciting things happening as well. “There is a tremendous amount of positive energy in Fuquay-Varina,” mayor pro temp Blake Massengill says. “Many projects that have been years in the making will come full-circle in 2019.”

For starters, Fuquay-Varina’s town hall will move to its new home, the previous headquarters of the Bob Barker Company, in late summer. The police department will then take over the old town hall location in the fall. The town will also see some shuffling happening with its schools: Construction on the new Willow Springs High School off Old Honeycutt Road will be completed, and Fuquay-Varina High School students

will relocate there in August while their school undergoes a two-year renovation and expansion. South Lakes Elementary School, also located off Old Honeycutt Road, is slated to open in 2019 as well.

The Fuquay-Varina branch of Wake Public Libraries is also getting a new home this year, and will see its collection size double with the move. The new location, located off Judd Parkway, will be larger than most of Wake County’s community libraries, as it is designed to transform into a regional library in the coming years.

And look for an artistic upgrade when the new Fuquay-Varina Arts Center opens in just a few months. The facility will include classrooms, paint and dance studios, an art gallery, and more—in

addition to its 300-seat theatre. The center will become a creative force in the community, offering a wide range of classes, camps, and workshops appealing to all segments of the Fuquay-Varina population. Chamber president Linda Frenette also says to be on the lookout for public art popping up, as the town continues to elevate its cultural amenities.

And for those of you who want to experience Fuquay’s fresh air, look for Fleming Loop Park’s reopening.

Improvements will include soccer fields, a playground and shelter, trails, lighting, restrooms, and 314 additional parking spaces. Construction will also begin on Willow Lakes Town Park, near the new South Lakes Elementary School.

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UNC Rex Healthcare will begin construction early this year on a facility that is projected to serve patients as early as 2021.

Photo courtesy of Flytrex We promised you new things in every direction, and Holly Springs is where you’ll have to look up to see what’s happening. Flytrex, a drone delivery system, will begin food deliveries from Holly Springs Towne Center to Ting Park in 2019. The Israeli company already has successful operations in Iceland, and recently began deliveries at a golf course in North Dakota. The Holly Springs program, in cooperation with the N.C. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, will be part of a three-year national program to safely test the use of drone technology.

Also in an upward direction—seven stories, to be exact—Holly Springs will be getting its very own hospital. UNC Rex Healthcare will begin construction on a 236,130 square foot building at the intersection of South Main Street and the N.C. Highway 55 bypass early this year, and patients could be served as early as 2021.

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And later this year, a new four-story Duke Health facility should open at the intersection of the N.C. Highway 55 bypass and New Hill Road.

In downtown Holly Springs, look for development to be booming this year. “The downtown development projects currently underway are bringing a new level of excitement, community experiences, and energy to our downtown village area,” says town manager Randy Harrington. Among the projects are Town Hall Commons, with an anticipated opening in the next few months, and Block on Main, which will begin construction this year. Together, these two buildings

Holly Spring residents will have the convenience of food deliveries via drone by Flytrex.

have the potential to bring 35 businesses and 500 new jobs to the town.

Last but not least (because we all hate traffic!), Holly Springs will see some easing of congestion along the N.C. Highway 55 bypass with the new Sportsmanship Way connection to Ting Park. In addition to improving access to the park, the highway will provide an additional east-west connection with the bypass. The Holly Springs transportation department will also be hard at work implementing the transportation bond projects that were approved by voters last year, including bike lanes, sidewalks, and road widenings.

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Over 145 miles of additional greenway are proposed and should be open early in 2020.

The new Fenton development.

CaRy Cary is where the western Wake boom started, decades ago, and yet there’s still always something new to look for.

Evan Stone, vice president of economic development at the Town of Cary, says the biggest thing breaking ground this year is without a doubt the new Fenton development. Located along Cary Town Boulevard at I-40, Fenton will bring over 2.5 million square feet of mixeduse space, including retail, restaurants, office space, two boutique hotels, and more than 800 multi-family housing units. The 92-acre walkable district also includes six community gathering areas,

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designed to connect the residential and business aspects in this urbaninspired experience.

But for more immediate gratification, look towards downtown, where Phase II of Downtown Park has already broken ground. OJB Landscape Architecture out of Boston is heading up the design, and they gave town residents a look at what to expect at the town hall meeting in November.

Design director Simon Beer says it will be “a highly programmed and flexible space.” The design incorporates typical park features in imaginative and unconventional ways, with something for everyone. There will be play areas, food and beverage offerings, a dog park, artwork, a stormwater pond that integrates as a water feature, and an urban plaza with movable seating and

shade. The plaza will be a dynamic space for events and activities, including popup markets, concerts, and library events like story times. “We think that passive and relaxing parks have their place, but downtown Cary will be an active gathering place, and it’s going to have something for everyone,” Beer says.

“But the best part is, it’s in the heart of downtown Cary.”

And while we, as residents, may already know our beloved town is a stellar place, this was confirmed by Expedia last year when they named Cary “the best hidden gem in America.” The award was given to Cary because of its friendliness to cyclists, and little did they know it’s only getting better here: Town officials say more than 145 miles of proposed greenways are in the works, many of which will open early in 2020.

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The Apex Community Center will be expanded, complete with a dedicated senior center.

Where better to start in The Peak of Good Living than outside? The town’s greenway system will see two new extensions beginning construction in 2019: Middle Creek and Beaver Creek. Sidewalks will be added to East Williams Street this year, as well. And although it will be quite a while before the gates open, the town says construction will begin on the new Pleasant Park, a much-needed venue for sports and recreational activities. The park will encompass 92 acres off Old US 1 and will boast four multipurpose fields in addition to tennis courts, a splash park, playgrounds, and a shelter area.

Apex Chamber of Commerce president Shannon Flaherty says the sports fields will pave the way for the community to host tournaments,

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which will in turn bring revenue to the town and its businesses.

Another big project that will break ground this year is the expansion of the Apex Community Center, which will include the addition of a dedicated senior center. With new spaces like exercise rooms, an auditorium, kitchen, and an arts and crafts room complete with kiln, the center hopes to better define areas for each of the age groups it serves: seniors, adults, youth, and preschoolers. Construction will begin in June and should wrap up next year.

And of course, we’ve all been following the progress of the new Apex High School as we drive past on U.S. Highway 64. The building will be completed in time for Apex High students to

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move back in for the 2019–2020 school year, allowing Green Level High School to open its doors to a new group of students for its first “official” year.

Switching gears to programs in the Peak City, are you a budding entrepreneur hoping to start a new business? Launch Apex, a new program that pairs mentors (local business owners) with those just starting their own businesses, wants to help you succeed. The program is a partnership between the town, Wake Technical Community

Apex has a new curbside textile recycling program.

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College, the Apex Chamber of Commerce, and Apex’s two Rotary clubs. Flaherty says Launch Apex is geared towards people who have their own business but don’t know much about finance—but ultimately, the mentors are finding that they gain as much from the experience as those they are mentoring. A new cohort is set to start up in February.

And lastly, let’s give kudos to the town of Apex for its new curbside textile recycling program, which aims to redirect otherwise unusable textiles away from the landfill (where 85% of unwanted textiles currently end up). The town has partnered with Simple Recycling, a company that will collect the bags from your curb and take them to their facility for processing; all you have to do is fill the bag and set it outside with your other recyclables.

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hen my husband found me picking wet paper towels out of the trash and tossing them into our new countertop compost bin, I’m almost sure he thought I was taking this New Year’s resolution thing too far.

That was last year. Now as we head into 2019, I’ve been mulling over resolutions, trying to stay within the realm of reality this time.

I’m great at setting high-minded resolutions—I’ll cook seven wellbalanced dinners for my family each week! I’ll respond to every email with a thoughtful reply within 12 hours!— and falling short by February.

My past resolutions often failed because I overestimated my motivation to truly make a change.

My resolutions only really affected me, making it easy to justify quitting, while pledging to do better next year. I needed to link my actions to a larger outcome that would hold my interest and keep me motivated to stick with it—and, at the start of 2018, I did just this!

I hit upon an issue that I think any household with kids can identify with: the amount of food we waste. I was shocked to learn how much food Americans throw away: 40 percent of food in the U.S. is never eaten. Each year, we literally toss $165 million in food waste into landfills, where it creates tons of methane. Methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, has devastating effects on our environment.

Though I’m ashamed to admit it, I’ve had my share of ground beef that turned grayish in the fridge before I had the chance to make burgers, and bananas that turned mushy before anyone ate them. Add the leftover food from each meal that goes into the trash, and perhaps I shouldn’t have been shocked by the statistics after all.

My resolution was staring me in the face: composting our food waste.

I don’t mean creating a compost pile in my backyard and learning the ins and outs of oxygenating soil. That sounds great for some, but I was determined to be realistic in this

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Winter greens sprout at the Interfaith Food Shuttle community garden, helped along by fresh compost.

Kat Nigro, head of marketing and engagement at CompostNow, leads a group of UNC–Chapel Hill students on a tour of the Interfaith Food Shuttle garden, where compost is created and used onsite.

process and I’m not that person.

Thankfully, I don’t have to be.

Kat Nigro is the head of marketing and engagement at CompostNow, the only composting service in the Triangle. CompostNow is a Raleigh collection service that helps community residents and local businesses divert their compostables from the landfill, instead using those nutrients to build healthy soil in local gardens.

“Composting is the single most important thing you can do to fight climate change and ensure your children have healthy food in the future,” Nigro tells me. “It makes a bigger impact on a local level than just about any other environmental conservation measure out there.”

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It takes people and resources to make composting work. With the service’s 4,000 local members providing the raw material, Nigro says the company has diverted almost 8 million pounds of compostables from the landfill since 2011, and created 3.1 million pounds of nutrient-rich compost for local use.

And I’m happy to be a resource in this process.

CompostNow gave me two large sealed buckets and a surprisingly long list of items that can be composted. They accept all food scraps (including meat), paper towels, paper plates, pet food, and a ton of other things I would never have considered. My family fills those buckets up, and each week the service takes them and leaves two empties.

The first few weeks we spent a lot of time holding things up and asking each other if they were compostable. Wine corks? Yes. Dental floss? Definitely not.

It was fascinating to watch my family take on this project.

My husband, who has sincere intentions but not a lot of time, took awhile to come around. It’s easier to toss everything in the garbage than take time to separate out the compostable items. In the end, what brought him around is the thought that our children, as adults, won’t be able to enjoy the outdoors if we don’t make changes now.

The kids surprised me. They’re much smarter than I was at their age, and they’ve already been exposed to big, important ideas and global issues. They took to composting like ducks to water. I knew we were onto something when I overheard my son say to a friend, “Dude. My mom will be so mad if you put that in the trash. It’s compostable.”

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Composting is easy and simple.

Raleigh’s Interfaith Food Shuttle and Raleigh City Farm.

These partners use the compost in their efforts to provide community members with education and tools necessary to improve health and nutrition. We also have the option of having our compost delivered back to us—but, as we’ve already established, I’m not that kind of girl.

Composting sounds hard and more than a little gross, what with the old bones and leftover veggies, but it turned out to be surprisingly easy and sanitary. It takes minimal effort to separate food waste from garbage, and now it’s second nature. I was stunned to see how much we reduced our trash output: Now my family of four needs two weeks to fill a City of Raleigh garbage can.

This resolution was different because it wasn’t about me. It’s about a global issue that I see play out every day in my own home. Nigro at CompostNow would call me a “soil ambassador.” I can make that title stick this year and beyond.

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Familiarity bias means sticking with what you know—but there may be a lot that you don’t.

Are you a creature of habit? When you visit the grocery store, do you fill your cart with the products and brands you’ve bought for years? The same cheese, the same wine, the same soap. Is that because they’re the best of the options … or because they’re the ones you know best?

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When familiarity factors into your financial plan: • You might be overweighted in domestic securities, well-known companies, or companies you’ve worked for.

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• Meet with a financial advisor to receive the objective insight you need to make important decisions surrounding your wealth.

Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to help avoid the potentially negative effects of familiarity in your financial plan: • First and foremost, don’t confuse awareness with understanding or expertise. Rely on objective research.

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Why? Well, if the fact that your children don’t want to hear you fighting isn’t enough, how about, judges really like it? When you have children, you need to be careful to consider them and their needs in everything you do.

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Over the last 20 years, clinical research has established the connection between certain increasingly common childhood health issues and a single root cause: sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Much of this increase is attributed to a decrease in breastfeeding and an increase in bottle use in babies. Diet also plays a large factor, as well as the overuse of pacifiers and sippy cups in toddlers and young children.

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WINTER FUN Mutts & Marshmallows January 12, 9am 201 Soccer Park Drive, Cary Greet the new year with a fun run with friends and a big mug of hot chocolate. Everyone who finishes the race gets a great mug with all the hot chocolate they can drink, and all dog entries go to support the SPCA of Wake County.

RunSignup.com/Race/NC/Cary/ MuttsandMarshmallows

Dreamfest January 18–20 Each year, the Town of Cary recognizes and celebrates the life, works, and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Several events including documentaries, an evening of music and song, a day of service, and much more will take place over the weekend in January.

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Triangle Restaurant Week January 21–27 Throughout the Triangle Triangle Restaurant Week is a week-long celebration of culinary excellence. Participating restaurants offer special three-course menu options and fixed pricing.

It’s a great opportunity for residents and visitors alike to indulge in the area’s finest cuisine!

TriRestaurantWeek.com

Shades of Bublé: A Three Man Tribute to Michael Bublé February 23, 7:30pm 300 West Ballentine Street, Holly Springs

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This tribute brings the swinging standards and pop hits of Michael Bublé to the stage in an unforgettable high-energy concert event.

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Triangle Russian Festival February 9, 11am–7pm 237 N. Salem Street, Apex Come experience authentic Russian food, dance, culture, and folk games. There will be plenty of vendors selling Russian arts and crafts, teas, and pastries. Don’t forget to take a look at the artwork!

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WESTERN WAKE DINING GUIDE African CARY AWAZÉ CUISINE 904 NE Maynard Rd (919) 377-2599

TRIPLE BARREL TAVERN 2221 N Grassland Dr (919) 762-0940

YBA LITTLE TOKYO 1401 SE Maynard Rd (919) 467-5011

ZENFISH POKÉ BAR 9924 Chapel Hill Road (919) 234-0914 | zenfishpokebar.com

HOLLY SPRINGS

YOHO ASIAN BISTRO 8204 Tryon Woods Dr (919) 859-8081 | yohoasiancary.com

Bakery/Cafes/sweets

YURI JAPANESE RESTAURANT 1361 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 481-0068 | yurijapaneserestaurant.com

CARY

BASS LAKE DRAFT HOUSE 124 Bass Lake Rd (919) 567-3251 | basslakedrafthouse.com

American

MY WAY TAVERN 301 W Center St (919) 285-2412 | mywaytavern.com

APEX

CARY

THE MASON JAR TAVERN 114 Grand Hill Pl (919) 964-5060 | themasonjartavern.com

BAAN THAI 758 W Williams St (919) 629-6399 | baanthaiapex.com

ABBEY ROAD TAVERN & GRILL 1195 W Chatham St (919) 481-4434 | abbeyroadnc.com

MORRISVILLE

FUJI EXPRESS 2143 Ten Ten Rd (919) 367-8686 | fujiexpressapex.com

ACADEMY STREET BISTRO 200 S Academy St (919) 377-0509 BRIGS AT THE VILLAGE 1040 Tryon Village Dr (919) 859-2151 | brigs.com

B.GOOD 1000 Market Center Dr (919) 916-5410 | bgood.com TWO GUYS GRILLE 4149 Davis Dr (919) 462-9336 | twoguysgrill.com

DAME’S CHICKEN & WAFFLES 1823 N Harrison Ave (919) 234-0824

Asian

DICED GOURMET SALADS & WRAPS 1377 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 377-8572 | dicedsalads.com

CARY

HERONS 100 Woodland Pond Dr (919) 447-4200 | theumstead.com LUCKY 32 7307 Tryon Rd (919) 233-1632 | lucky32.com WOODY’S SPORTS TAVERN & GRILL 8322 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 380-7737 | woodyssportstavern.com

APEX ABBEY ROAD TAVERN & GRILL 1700 Center St (919) 372-5383 | abbeyroadnc.com APEX WINGS RESTAURANT & PUB 518 E Williams St (919) 387-0082 | apexwings.com PEAK CITY GRILL & BAR 126 N Salem St (919) 303-8001 | thepeakcitygrill.com RUDY’S PUB & GRILL 780 W Williams St (919) 303-5061 | rudysofapex.com SALEM STREET PUB 113 N Salem St (919) 387-9992 salemstreetpub.wixsite.com/salemstreetpub THE PROVINCIAL 119 N Salem St (919) 372-5921 | theprovincialapex.com

FUQUAY-VARINA

ASIAN GARDEN 242 Grande Heights Dr (919) 462-8598 | asiangardencarync.com BANANA LEAF 1026 Ryan Rd (919) 468-9958 | bananaleafcary.com EIGHTY8 ASIAN BISTRO 1077 Darrington Dr (919) 377-0152 | eighty8bistro.com GENKI RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR 3420 Ten Ten Rd (919) 363-6636 | genkirestaurantsushi.com

YAMATO STEAK, SEAFOOD & SUSHI BAR 700 E Williams St (919) 303-8088 | yamatoofapex.com

ANNELORE’S GERMAN BAKERY 308 W Chatham St (919) 267-6846 anneloresbakery.com BIG DOM’S BAGEL SHOP 203 E Chatham St bigdomsbagelshop.com CARIBOU COFFEE 109 SW Maynard Rd (919) 319-6265 | cariboucoffee.com CHANTICLEER CAFE & BAKERY 6490 Tryon Rd (919) 781-4810 | chanticleercafe.com

FUQUAY-VARINA HIBACHI & COMPANY 708 Judd Pkwy | (919) 552-8899 KUMO SUSHI 2916 N Main St (919) 986-0983 | kumosushifv.com

CHOCOLATE SMILES 312 W Chatham St, Ste 101 (919) 469-5282 | chocolatesmiles.com

MEI WEI ASIAN DINER 1424 N Main St (919) 762-7128 | meiweinc.com

COFFEE & CREPES 315 Crossroads Blvd (919) 233-0288 | coffeeandcrepes.com

NEW RAINBOW 3427 N Main St (919) 567-8272 | newrainbowchinese.com

CREMA COFFEE ROASTER & BAKERY 1983 High House Rd (919) 380-1840 | cremacoffeebakery.com

HOLLY SPRINGS

DUCK DONUTS 100 Wrenn Drive (919) 468-8722 | duckdonuts.com

GINGER ASIAN CUISINE 2048 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 859-8998 | gingerasiancuisine.com

CHINA UNO 308 Village Walk Dr (919) 557-9888 | china-uno.com

GOJI BISTRO 100 Maynard Crossing Ct (919) 466-8888 | gojibistro.us

KOBE HIBACHI & SUSHI 515 N Main St (919) 557-1437 | kobehollyspringsnc.com

KABUKI JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE 220 Nottingham Dr (919) 380-8081 | kabukicary.com

THAI THAI CUISINE 108 Osterville Dr (919) 303-5700 | thaithaicuisinenc.com

KASHIN JAPANESE RESTAURANT 309 Crossroads Blvd (919) 851-7101 | kashin.com

MORRISVILLE

1146 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 467-2386 | goodberrys.com

C&T WOK 130 Morrisville Square Way (919) 467-8860 | ctwokrestaurant.com

HAPPYCAKES CUPCAKERY 9958 Chapel Hill Rd thehappycupcakery.com

DIM SUM HOUSE 100 Jerusalem Dr (919) 380-3087 | dimsumhousemorrisville.com

JAVA JIVE 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 816-8888 | javajivecary.com

HIBACHI BLUE 1500 Village Market Pl (919) 462-9899

JUICEVIBES 1369 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 377-8923 | juicevibes.com

PHO 919 3504 Davis Dr (919) 377-0318 | pho919.com

KALE ME CRAZY 302 Colonades Way #209 (984) 200-2960 | kalemecrazy.net

TAIPEI CAFE 9825-G Chapel Hill Rd (919) 380-8568 | taipeicafemorrisville.com

LA FARM BAKERY 4248 NW Cary Pkwy (919) 657-0657 | lafarmbakery.com

TASTE VIETNAMESE CUISINE 152 Morrisville Square Way (919) 234-6385

MILK LAB CAFE 6418 Tryon Rd (919) 200-0016 | milklabcafe.com

LUCKY 7 906 NE Maynard Rd (919) 380-7550 | lucky7nc.com RED BOWL ASIAN BISTRO 2020 Boulderstone Way (919) 388-9977 | redbowlcary.com SUSHI-THAI CARY 106 Kilmayne Dr (919) 467-5747 | sushithaicary.com

ABBEY ROAD TAVERN & GRILL 711 N Main St | abbeyroadnc.com

TASU ASIAN BISTRO 525 New Waverly Pl (919) 977-4037 | tasuwaverly.com

AVIATOR SMOKEHOUSE 525 E Broad St (919) 557-7675 | aviatorbrew.com

THAI LOTUS 3450 Kildaire Farm Rd (984) 229-7333

AVIATOR TAP HOUSE 600 E Broad St (919) 557-8826 | aviatorbrew.com

THAI SPICES & SUSHI 986 High House Rd (919) 319-1818 | thaispicessushi.com

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SUSHI IWA 2026 Creekside Landing Dr (919) 387-7022 | sushiiwa.org

ANDIA’S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM 10120 Green Level Church Rd (919) 822-1866 | andiasicecream.com

TERIYAKIN’ 10970 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 443-2279

FRESCA CAFÉ & GELATO 302 Colonades Way (919) 851-8171 | frescacafe.com FRESH. LOCAL ICE CREAM 138 E Chatham St freshlocalicecream.com GOODBERRY’S FROZEN CUSTARD 2325 Davis Dr (919) 469-3350 | goodberrys.com

PHOTOS BY FOODIETEEE, FOLLOW HER ON INSTAGRAM. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON BAKERY & CAFE 115 W Chatham St (919) 319-6554 | bluemoonbakery.com SUGAR BUZZ BAKERY 1231 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 238-7224 | sugarbuzzbakery.com

Breakfast/Specialty

TASTE DESSERTS Available for local pickup, delivery, and shipping (919) 349-9212 | tastedesserts.com

CARY

APEX BUTTERCREAM’S BAKE SHOP 101 N Salem St (919) 362-8408 | buttercreamsbakeshop.com SWEET CHEEKS BAKERY 803 E Williams St (919) 303-9305 | sweetcheeksbakerync.com SWEET CHERRY BAKERY (919) 524-9132 | sweetcherrybakerync.com

FUQUAY-VARINA CULTIVATE COFFEE ROASTERS 128 S Fuquay Ave (919) 285-4067 | cultivate.coffee NIL’S CAFE 513 Broad St (919) 567-0887 | nilscafe.weebly.com PINTS ICE CREAM & BEER 512 Broad St | (919) 285-2952 STICK BOY BREAD CO. 127 S Main St (919) 557-2237 | stickboyfuquay.com

MORRISVILLE ANDIA’S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

DADDY D’S BBQ 1526 Broad St (919) 552-6464 | daddydsbbqnc.com

FAMOUS TOASTERY 316 Colonades Way (919) 655-1971 | famoustoastery.com

VIDA DULCE 836 E Chatham St | (919) 378-9722

SUSHI IWA, APEX

FUQUAY-VARINA

BRIGS AT THE CROSSING 1225 NW Maynard Rd (919) 481-9300 | brigs.com

APEX DALLAS FAMOUS CHICKEN N’ BISCUITS 1101 E Williams St | (919) 362-0051

FUQUAY-VARINA BAGELS PLUS 100 Dickens Rd (919) 285-4980 | bagelsplusfuquay.com EGGS UP GRILL 1436 N Main St (919) 285-4463 | eggsupgrill.com JUS’ ENUFF HOME COOKIN’ 736 N Main St (919) 567-0587 | jusenuffhomecookin.com

HOLLY SPRINGS FAMOUS TOASTERY 304 Grand Hill Place (919) 552-3102 | famoustoastery.com

Burgers/Hot Dogs CARY

HOT BREADS CAFE 1901 NW Cary Pkwy (919) 677-1331 | hotbreadscafe.com

BARRY’S CAFE 2851 Jones Franklin Rd, Raleigh (919) 859-3555 | barryscafe.com

NOTHING BUNDT CAKES 2008 Market Center Dr (919) 694-5300 | nothingbundtcakes.com

BUILT CUSTOM BURGERS 5033 Arco St (919) 377-2775 | builtcustomburgers.com

RISE BISCUITS & DONUTS 1100 Market Center Dr (919) 377-0385 | risebiscuitsdonuts.com

REMINGTON GRILL 208 Crossroads Blvd (919) 233-1494 | remingtongrill.com

BBQ APEX

APEX HWY 55 BURGERS SHAKES & FRIES 802 Perry Rd (919) 303-3533 | hwy55.com

BREW N QUE 2045 Creekside Landing (919) 338-2591 | brewnquenc.com

Caribbean/Cuban

CARY

MORRISVILLE

BREW N QUE 1222 NW Maynard Rd (919) 601-2430 | brewnquenc.com

CARMEN’S CUBAN CAFE & LOUNGE 108 Factory Shops Rd (919) 467-8080 | carmenscubancafe.com

CITY BARBEQUE 1305 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 439-5191 | citybbq.com

Catering & food service

DANNY’S BAR-B-QUE 311 Ashville Ave G (919) 851-5541 | dannysbarbque.com

APEX

RALLYPOINT SPORT GRILL 1837 N Harrison Ave (919) 678-1088 | rallypointsportgrill.com

DONOVAN’S DISH 800 W Williams St, Ste 112 (919) 651-8309 | donovansdish.com

MORRISVILLE

RALEIGH

SMOKEY’S BBQ SHACK 10800 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 469-1724 | smokeysshack.com

CATERING WORKS 2319 Laurelbrook St (919) 828-5932 | cateringworks.com JAN/FEB 2019

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ROCKY TOP CATERING 1705 E Millbrook Rd (919) 850-2340 | rockytopcatering.com

Eclectic CARY CHEF’S PALETTE 3460 Ten Ten Rd (919) 267-6011 | chefspalette.net MAXIMILLIANS GRILL & WINE BAR 8314 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 465-2455 | maximilliansgrill.com POSTMASTER 160 East Cedar St (919) 378-9493 | postmastercary.com TANGERINE CAFE 2422 SW Cary Pkwy (919) 468-8688 | tangerinecafecary.com TERRA BONUM SALAD CAFE 821 Bass Pro Lane (919) 234-6007 | terrabonumsaladcafe.com

French CARY REY’S 1130 Buck Jones Rd | (919) 380-0122

CARY BIRYANI MAXX INDIAN CUISINE 590 E Chatham St (919) 377-0346 | biryanimaxxindiancuisine.com

CARY BABA GHANNOUJ MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO 2468 Walnut St (919) 233-0907 | babaghannouj1.com JASMIN MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO 1109 Ledsome Ln (919) 469-1112 | jasminbistro.com LA SHISH MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 908 NE Maynard Rd (919) 388-8330 | lashish.net SASSOOL 1347 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 300-5586 | sassool.com THE URBAN TURBAN 2757 NC-55 (919) 367-0888 | urbanturbanbistro.com

EL DORADO III 112 E Vance St (919) 557-0287 | eldoradomexicanrestaurant.com

BIRYANI XPRX (EXPRESS) 748-A E Chatham St (919) 377-1801 | biryanixprx.com

ROMA’S ITALIAN 203 N Harrison Ave (919) 468-1111 | romasitalian.net

EL LOBO MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1311 E Broad St (919) 557-9540

CILANTRO INDIAN CAFÉ 107 Edinburgh S Dr (919) 234-1264 | cilantroindia.com

RUCKUS PIZZA, PASTA, & SPIRITS 8111 Tryon Woods Dr (919) 851-3999 | ruckuspizza.com

LA TAQUERIA MEXICAN GRILL 973 E Broad St (919) 552-5532

HIMALAYAN NEPALI CUISINE 746 E Chatham St (919) 466-0550 | himalayannepalicuisine.com

2025 Renaissance Park Pl (919) 677-3999 | ruckuspizza.com

LOS TRES MAGUEYES 401 Wake Chapel Rd (919) 762-6955 | lostresmagueyes.com

KABABISH CAFÉ 201 W Chatham St (919) 377-8794 | kababishcafe.com NAZARA INDIAN BISTRO 1945 High House Rd (919) 694-5353 | nazaranc.com TOWER INDIAN RESTAURANT 144 Morrisville Square Way (919) 465-2326 | towernc.com UDUPI CAFE 590 E Chatham St (919) 465-0898

FUQUAY-VARINA ZEERA INDIAN RESTAURANT 1311 E Broad St (919) 762-6215

HYDERABADHOUSE | BIRYANI PLACE 3735 Davis Dr (919) 924-0503 | hyderabadhouse.net

MORRISVILLE BABYMOON CAFE 100 Jerusalem Dr (919) 465-9006 | babymooncafe.com RUCKUS PIZZA, PASTA, & SPIRITS 101 Market Center Dr (919) 388-3500 | ruckuspizza.com

FUQUAY-VARINA

GARIBALDI TRATTORIA 900 N Main St (919) 552-8868 | garibalditrattoria.com

LOS TRES MAGUEYES 120 Bass Lake Rd (919) 552-6272 | lostresmagueyes.com

MORRISVILLE MI CANCUN 1106 Grace Park Dr (919) 650-1718 | micancunmx.com LOS TRES MEXICAN RESTAURANT 995 Airport Blvd (919) 465-0217 | lostres-nc.com/morrisville.html VIVA MEXICAN KITCHEN 4075 Davis Dr (919) 467-2627 | vivamexicankitchen.com

BRAVO’S MEXICAN GRILL 208 Grande Heights Dr (919) 481-3811 | bravosmexicangrill.net

BOSPHORUS RESTAURANT 329 N Harrison Ave (919) 460-1300 | bosphorus-nc.com

MORRISVILLE

FIESTA MEXICANA CARY 2839 Jones Franklin Rd, Raleigh (919) 859-1303 | fiestamexicananc-cary.com

SAI KRISHNA BHAVAN 10970 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 481-0910 | saikrishnabhavan.com

TRALI IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT 3107 Grace Park Dr (919) 651-9083 | traliirishpub.com

FIESTA MEXICANA NW CARY 990 High House Rd (919) 378-9895 | fiestamexicananc-nwcary.com

Peruvian

Italian

LOS TRES MEXICAN RESTAURANT 10120 Green Level Church Rd (919) 267-5444 | lostres-nc.com

CARY

DOHERTY’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT 5490 Apex Peakway (919) 387-4100 | dohertysirishpubnc.com

MAMMA MIA ITALIAN BISTRO 708 Laura Duncan Rd (919) 363-2228 | mammamianc.com OSTERIA G 5160 Sunset Lake Rd (984) 229-7480 | osteriag.com

RANCHO GRANDE 1401 SE Maynard Rd (919) 469-4245

MARCO POLLO 1871 Lake Pine Dr (919) 694-5524 | marcopollocary.com

TOTOPOS STREET FOOD & TEQUILA 1388 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 678-3449 | totoposfoodandtequila.com

MORRISVILLE

APEX ARANDAS MEXICAN CUISINE 5460 Apex Peakway (919) 362-7363 | arandasmexcuisine.com

Indian

CARY

APEX

BELLINI FINE ITALIAN CUISINE 107 Edinburgh S Dr (919) 552-0303 | bellinifineitaliancuisinecary.com

LA RANCHERITA GRILL & TEQUILA BAR 102 N Salem St (919) 303-2448 | rancheritamex.com

BOCCI TRATTORIA & PIZZERIA 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 803-5358 | bocciitalian.com ENRIGO ITALIAN BISTRO 575 New Waverly Pl (919) 854-7731 | dineenrigo.com

LUCKY CHICKEN 1851 N Harrison Avenue (919) 678-3153

TORERO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1207 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 468-8711 | torerosmexicanrestaurants.com

RUCKUS PIZZA, PASTA, & SPIRITS 1055 Pine Plaza Dr (919) 446-6333 | ruckuspizza.com

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FIESTA MEXICANA 428 Village Walk Dr (919) 346-1330 | fiestamexicananc-hollysprings.com

CARY

DANIEL’S RESTAURANT & CATERING 1430 W Williams St (919) 303-1006 | danielsapex.com

BAWARCHI GRILL & SPIRITS 800 W Williams St (919) 363-9000 | bawarchiapex.com

HOLLY SPRINGS

CARY

APEX

HOLLY SPRINGS

NEOMONDE 10235 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 466-8100 | neomonde.com

TRAVINIA ITALIAN KITCHEN & WINE BAR 1301 Market Center Dr (919) 467-1718 | traviniaitaliankitchen.com

TACOS MEXICO RESTAURANT 1430 N Main St (919) 557-1777 | tacosmexiconc.com

Middle Eastern

APEX

MORRISVILLE

STELLINO’S ITALIANO 1150 Parkside Main St (919) 694-5761 | stellinositaliano.com

Mexican

Irish

TURKUAZ MARKET 203 N Harrison Ave #110 (919) 455-1890

MEDITERRA GRILL 108 Grand Hill Pl (919) 762-7851 | mediterranc.com

FUQUAY-VARINA

PRO’S EPICUREAN MARKET & CAFE 211 E Chatham St | (919) 377-1788

MORRISVILLE

Greek/Mediterranean

LUGANO RISTORANTE 1060 Darrington Dr (919) 468-7229

LOS TRES MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1301 E Williams St (919) 367-6797 | lostres-nc.com/apex.html TACOS MEXICO 209 E Williams St (919) 362-8074

ALPACA PERUVIAN CHARCOAL CHICKEN 9575 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 378-9259

Pizzeria CARY BROTHERS OF NEW YORK PIZZA 3450 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 629-6000 | brothersofny.com MOD PIZZA 316 Colonades Way (919) 241-7200 | modpizza.com PIZZA LA STELLA 1389 Kildaire Farm Rd (984)333-6773pizzalastella.com

PIZZERIA FAULISI 215 E Chatham St, Ste 101 | pizzeriafaulisi.com RICCI’S TRATTORIA 10110 Green Level Rd (919) 380-8410 | riccistrattoria.com SALVIO’S PIZZERIA 2428 SW Cary Parkway (919) 467-4600 | salviospizza.com

RANDY’S PIZZA 4129 Davis Dr (919) 468-3737 | randys-pizza.com

J & S NEW YORK PIZZA 500 Broad St (919) 557-6921 | jandsnypizza.com MILANO PIZZA 7509 Purfoy Rd (919) 557-6093 | sites.google.com/site/milanopizzafv

HOLLY SPRINGS

APEX ANNA’S PIZZERIA 100 N Salem St (919) 267-6237 | annaspizzeria.com J & S NEW YORK PIZZA 804 Perry Rd (919) 363-0071 | jandsnypizza.com JOHNNY’S PIZZA 96 Cornerstone Dr (919) 659-8700

NAMOLI’S NY PIZZERIA 5444 Apex Peakway (919) 303-4888 | namolisnypizza.com THE PIZZA DUDE 1763 W Williams St (919) 303-6686 | ncpizzadude.com

FUQUAY-VARINA ANNA’S PIZZERIA 138 S Main St (919) 285-2497 | annaspizzeria.com ASSAGGIO’S 941 E Broad St (919) 557-9505 | assaggios-fuquay.com

1010 Tryon Village Dr #705 (984) 232-8463 | theshuckinshack.com

ROSATI’S PIZZA 3605 Davis Dr | (919) 380-7000 rosatispizza.com/locations/morrisville

TONY’S OYSTER BAR 107 Edinburgh Dr (919) 462-6226 | tonysoysterbar.com

Sandwich/Deli

ACME PIZZA 204 Village Walk Dr (919) 552-8800 | acmepizzaco.com

APEX

CARY

BLAZE PIZZA Holly Springs Towne Center 316 Grand Hill Pl (919) 557-4990 | blazepizza.com

SKIPPER’S FISH FRY 1001 E Williams St (919) 303-2400 | skippersfish.com

HOT POINT DELI 1718 Walnut St (919) 460-6299 | hotpointcary.com

MORRISVILLE

NEW YORK BAGEL & DELI 2050 Kildaire Farm Rd (919) 851-9050 | newyorkbagelsanddeli.com

HOMEGROWN PIZZA 4928 Linksland Dr (919) 577-5575 | homegrownpizza.com

SERENDIPITY GOURMET DELI 118 S Academy St (919) 469-1655 | serendipitygourmetdelinc.com

MICHELANGELO’S PIZZA 7280 GB Alford Hwy (919) 303-7277 | michelangelospizza.com

MICHELANGELO’S PIZZA Lake Pine Plaza, 928 US HWY 64 (919) 462-8880 | apexpizza.com

SHUCKIN’ SHACK OYSTER BAR 4214 NW Cary Pkwy (919) 377-2283 | theshuckinshack.com

MORRISVILLE

THE ORIGINAL NY PIZZA 634 Holly Springs Rd (919) 567-0505 | theoriginalnypizza.com

PEPPERS MARKET & SANDWICH SHOP 2107 Grace Park Dr (919) 380-7002 | peppersmrkt.com

PAPA’S SUBS & PIZZA 511 N Main St | (919) 557-1919

MORRISVILLE

THE BRUNCH BOX 10970 Chapel Hill Rd (919) 380-7276 | thebrunchbox.net

BLAZE PIZZA 1024 Market Center Dr (919) 465-9590 | blazepizza.com

Seafood

GEORGINA’S PIZZERIA 3536 Davis Dr (919) 388-3820 | georginaspizzeriaandrestaurant.com

THE FULL MOON OYSTER BAR 1600 Village Market Pl (919) 378-9524 | fullmoonoysterbar.com

Steakhouse CARY JIMMY V’S STEAK HOUSE & TAVERN 107 Edinburgh S Dr (919) 380-8210 | jimmyvssteakhouse.com

MORRISVILLE CAPITAL CITY CHOP HOUSE 151 Airgate Dr (919) 484-7721 | chophousesofnc.com

CARY DEAN’S KITCHEN + BAR 1080 Darrington Dr (919) 459-5875 | deanskitchenandbar.com

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900 N. Main Street | Fuquay-Varina Authentic Pizzeria Where Freshness and Quality Define the Menu • Excellent Selection of Wines and Espresso Drinks • Personal Recommendations from the Chef • Patio Seating and Live Entertainment • Private Dining Room and Catering •

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Best Ceviche in Town!

919.338.4325 | 919.678.3153 /LuckyChickenCary Peruvian Cuisine 1851 N Harrison Avenue, Cary JAN/FEB 2019

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Portraits, Wedding, Commercial & Lifestyle

PHOTOGRAPHY 919.389.5757 | f8photostudios.com

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market analysis of your home.

Valerie Troupe

REALTOR | RCA | SPS 919.607.6118 | vtroupe@fmrealty.com

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SIGHTINGS

jennifer@caryliving.com

GROUSE RIDGE TREES

PHOTOS BY JOSH MANNING / JERICHO 7 FILMS

Josh Manning and his fmaily have provided fresh-cut North Carolina Fraser Fir Christmas Trees since 1976, and were the source of the 1997 White House Christmas Tree. They offer pumpkins in full swing throughout October, then trees from Thanksgiving to a week or so before Christmas.

WARREN McCORMACK PHOTOGRAPHY GRAND OPENING

Warren McCormack celebrated the grand opening of his new photography studio in Cary on Wednesday, November 14th.

Visitors in attendance scoped out the modern space and perused Warren’s massive print portfolio while listening to beats by DJ Matt Butterworth of Ultra Mix Events. Warren McCormack Photography is located at 312 W. Chatham Street #204, Cary.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARREN McCORMACK

FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

The team from Richardson Private Wealth Advisors participated in a volunteer event for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, where they provided 7,796 meals by packaging about 9,355 pounds of potatoes. Their efforts touched many lives and helped fill an immediate need.

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NEW AROUND TOWN

CoreLife Eatery, an active lifestyle restaurant offering a variety of greens, grains, and broth-based dishes, is continuing its aggressive North Carolina expansion by opening a new location in Cary!

The new eatery will open its doors at 11AM on Friday, November 30th at 200 Crossroads Boulevard. This restaurant is the second in a franchising agreement that will bring up to 14 CoreLife Eatery stores to the Wilmington and Raleigh markets.

200 Crossroads Boulevard, Cary CoreLifeEatery.com

nail bar

849 Perry Road, Apex 919.446.6058 | BlissfulNailBar.com

20/30 FAST TRACK CARY

10954 Chapel Hill Road, Morrisville 984.888.5454 | FountCoffee.com

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20/30 Fast Track Cary helps you feel good about yourself, and improve your health by balancing seven hormones that, when out of balance, can affect your weight and health. The 20/30 Fast Track Cary plan will balance your hormones with grocery store foods while providing you with a structured eating plan, support, nutritional education, and personal coaching.

1283 NW Maynard Road, Cary 919.691.8686 | 2030CaryWeightLoss.com

Peak City Veterinary Hospital treats all their patients and clients like family and perform the best standards of medicine. Our hospital mission statement is “Care, Compassion, Community,” and we work by those words every day!

1480 Chapel Ridge Road, Suite 130, Apex 919.446.4460 | PeakCityVet.com

Drybar is excited to announce the grand opening of Drybar Cary at Waverly Place. At the core of the experience is Drybar’s dedication to over-the-top customer service and obsessive attention to every last detail, and the Cary at Waverly Place shop is no exception.

302 Colonades Way, Suite 206 877.379.2279 | TheDryBar.com

Romeo’s Pizza has award-winning pizza coming down from Ohio. Check them out online or call to place your delivery or carryout order. They not only have fantastic pizza, they also carry wings, subs, stromboli, calzone, salads, breadsticks and much more. Pizza is always the answer!

800 W. Williams Street, Suite 160, Apex 919.355.2920 | RomeosPizza.com JAN/FEB 2019

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KALEIDOSCOPE LIVING

MY SUNSHINE Artist: Dare Coulter

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 24" X 12"

“I began creating positive imagery of people of color at a time when I felt we needed it most. I was tired of depictions of us being in pain, and needed to visualize our joy. I illustrated “You Are My Sunshine” so that black and brown children could see themselves in the spaces of positivity that they do exist in. This objective includes paintings, murals, and will eventually include monumental sculptures.”

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Dare Coulter is an award-winning artist, muralist, and sculptor. She is the artist of three children’s books, the muralist of ACLU of NC’s #DareToDissent mural in downtown Raleigh, and she just completed painting the #CaptainOfYourFAYte mural, Fayetteville’s largest mural at 143 feet long. Dare wants to paint a mural on every continent, and is pushing for her first monumental sculpture in 2019. Follow her on Instagram at @DareCoulter and on the Dare Coulter page on Facebook, or visit DareCoulter.com.