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HELLO, GOVERNOR! Why does Bev Perdue, our state’s first female governor, call our town home?

“The fact that you can be whoever you want to be [here] is pretty cool,” she says. “There’s no dress code.

There’s just this code of friendliness and small-town living embedded with this tremendous resource – this academic mecca.”

Read Andrea Griffith Cash’s Q&A with her on page 62.

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SOMETIMES, THINGS COME TOGETHER in such a way that they can’t be ignored.

As our team worked on this Women’s Issue (our second annual!) as well as one for Durham Magazine, several things happened to me over the course of one week with a theme running through them that was so strong, it was almost as if the universe was hitting me over the head.

I met with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County about their Women Build (kicking off May 2), which encourages groups of women to head to the job site and not feel embarrassed if they lack construction skills. The message is, essentially: Pick up a hammer and feel empowered. (Attorney Kendall Page, featured on page 56, did just that with her employees several years ago: They survived the economic downturn by flipping houses.)

Along with my colleague Rory Kelly Gillis, I spoke on a panel to a group of young women who are Duke undergraduates about how to dive into the workplace and learn to trust your intuition.

As a devoted member of PopUp Chorus, I attended an R.E.M.themed fundraiser at Cat’s Cradle for Public Justice, a public-interest nonprofit. Vivian Connell, who was featured in Chapel Hill Magazine’s

Building A Wardrobe The aforementioned Habitat Women Build is hosting a Hard Hats & High Heels Fashion Show this year, and I am the emcee!

Sip on wine and nibble on good food while watching well-known Chapel Hillians walk the runway in attire from Fine Feathers. This takes place at Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at University Mall. More information at orangehabitat.org.

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2014 Women’s Issue along with PopUp Chorus founder Lauren Bromley Hodge, was the driving force behind it. She’s someone I greatly admire. Even as she is facing ALS, her focus is on improving the lives of others. (“Gratitude is a lot more productive than self-pity,” she recently told The Indy.)

Lastly, three women I know spoke to me about the frustrations they were feeling at work – all of them are nearing retirement age, all are in communications, all have accomplished so much over the years, and all are being made to feel less than in their professional lives. Colleagues are hovering, questioning every move they make. My response to all three? I empathized and then helped them brainstorm. How can they best utilize their many talents? What job would make them feel fulfilled? If money were no object, how, exactly, would they spend their time?

That got me thinking about how I’m spending my free time and talents.

By the time you read this, I’ll be a Dress for Success of the Triangle volunteer. I’d been considering it for a while, and then – more serendipity – we decided to partner with that wonderful organization and some very thoughtful sponsors to give a very deserving Chapel Hill woman a makeover. (More on that on page 65.) CHM

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50 Karen Shelton UNC Field Hockey Coach

34 Dana McMahan UNC Professor and Chief Marketing Officer, TOPO Organic Spirits

52 Kelly Owensby Program Director, Transplanting Traditions

38 Dina Mills Rousset Program Manager, Launch Chapel Hill

54 Kathy Buck, Sarah Buck Casey & Emily Buck Walters Owners, Purple Puddle & Puddle Baby

42 Leslie Nelson Senior Executive Director, N.C. Children’s Promise 44 Dr. Laura Klinger Executive Director of TEACCH Autism Program 46 Mary Beck Recently Retired Senior Vice President for Systems Affiliations at UNC Hospitals 48 Linda Bourne and Karin Mills Owners, The Spotted Dog

56 Kendall Page Attorney 59 Spreading the Love The women featured in this issue shine the spotlight on a few of their peers 60 Sara Stephens CEO, Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce 62 Bev Perdue First Female Governor of North Carolina

FEATURES 24 Worth the Drive: Pittsboro A toast to two of its new endeavors

84 Top Dentists As voted by their peers

65 Special Advertising Section: Our Mother’s Day Makeover

PEOPLE & PLACES

70 How They Live: A Downtown Retreat Steve and Jan Capps’ condo at McCorkle Place is their take on a vacation home

10 Ackland ARTINI 11 Community Egg Hunt 11 Through Women’s Eyes,

By Women’s Hands 14 Cupcakes & Cocktails 16 St. Thomas More Catholic School’s Annual Auction

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4 Letters to the Editor 6 Letter from Our VP of Content 18 5 Events Not to Miss 20 Our Latest Obsessions 68 Adopt-A-Pet 101 Taste 114 Engagement 115 Weddings

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Age really is about attitude?

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There are a lot of ways you can spend your golden years. You could sit around and wait for the grandkids to visit. Decorate with doilies. Play Bingo. Or you could live it up at The Cedars of Chapel Hill. Our thriving, age-diverse Meadowmont community is designed for your active lifestyle. You can practice Tai Chi. Learn French. Have a comprehensive health care plan so you can Zumba with reckless abandon. Travel the world and then come home to your own home. This is your time. You can spend it playing games or you can spend it working on your bucket list.

Call 919-259-7927 today to learn more about life at The Cedars. www.cedarsofchapelhill.com

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Inspired by the art museum’s show of 18th-century drawings – Genius and Grace – the second annual Ackland ARTINI! fundraiser was a modern French masquerade, complete with bistro-style French music by Tea Cup Gin, a chalk mural created during the event by Michael Brown, a mask-making station and period card games (including Tarot). CHM

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The Compass Center for Women and Families hosted their 31st annual art and exhibition sale, Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands featuring women artists from around North Carolina. The event was held at the Top of the Hill’s Great Room where guests enjoyed a silent auction, live entertainment, cocktails and a delectable assortment of foods and desserts. CHM

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Families gathered for the annual Community Egg Hunt at River Park in Hillsborough for an Easter celebration filled with festivities including crafts, inflatables, live entertainment and a visit from the Easter Bunny himself. The hunt included more than 25,000 colorful eggs filled with an assortment of candy and prizes. CHM

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Guests sampled cupcakes and sipped a signature cupcake martini at the annual Cupcakes & Cocktails held at City Kitchen, a benefit for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. More than 20 bakers entered the baking contest, and judges included The Root Cellar’s Sera Cuni, Crook’s Corner’s Bill Smith and last year’s Best Cupcake winner Yelena Etten. Shannon Reisdorf took home the prize for best cupcake with her margarita cupcake while Melanie Wilson’s chocolatecovered strawberry creation got the most votes from attendees. CHM

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Attendees at St. Thomas More Catholic School’s annual auction came decked out in their Old Hollywoodinspired attire for the largest fundraiser of the year. After arriving on the red carpet, guests bid during a silent auction and a live auction with UNC Athletics’ Rick Steinbacher and ate food from Savory Fare Catering.

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EVENTS

NOT TO MISS

Live to 100 5K MAY 16, 8:30am uncwellness.com

It was the last wish of late Chapel Hillian and avid runner Janet Gadient that her friends and fellow joggers continue to use her “route.” With refreshments for all and awards for racers, runners and walkers, the race will directly benefit the LiveFit Program at the UNC Wellness Center that provides scholarships to cancer patients looking to regain an active lifestyle. $25.

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Mac McCaughan at Cat’s Cradle MAY 23, 8pm catscradle.com

Former Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan has been stirring up the local music scene for years and on May 5, he releases his first LP under his own name (on Merge Records, of course). Mac will perform tracks from Non-Believers after Carrboro-based band Flesh Wounds opens. $12.

Carolina Cornucopia: A Conference on Foodways of the Tar Heel State MAY 29-30 ncfoodways.web.unc.edu

Hosted by the North Carolina Collection, this new event will feature panels of food experts and historians, a wine reception and a dinner showcasing our state’s foods. Speakers include Kelly Alexander, Sheri Castle, Nancie McDermott, Debbie Moose and Andrea

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No stranger to the local music scene, Mac McCaughan will play Cat’s Cradle on May 23.

Weigl. Tickets are $40 for all events, including dinner, or free for panels only.

Movies Under the Stars JUNE 18-AUGUST 27, 6-9pm townofchapelhill.org

Grab a lawn chair or a blanket and head to the Wallace Plaza rooftop to catch a sci-fi flick. The out-of-this-world lineup includes Wall-E, Apollo 13, Muppets in Space and E.T. Families can play games and enjoy free popcorn. Free.

Hog Day JUNE 19-20 hogday.org

Rain or shine, Orange County plans to “bring home the bacon” at the 33rd annual Hog Day, the county’s largest and longest running festival to date. Peruse handcrafted gifts, custom-made folk art and jewelry, and enjoy live music by local performers.

Of course, there will be barbecue — and lots of it. CHM

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Being a fashion designer who is also a photographer means Lia gets behind the camera to shoot her newest products. Here, Water Lilies Flowy Off the Shoulder with Long Sleeves, $42, and above right, Eagle Rays Crew Tee, $35.

THE LIFE AQUATIC Captivated by the underwater activity she saw while snorkeling at age 10 in Hawaii, Lia Barrett was disappointed she couldn’t bring any fish home to Chapel Hill. After her family trip, she got her hands on a Jacques Cousteau book and spent her teenage years covering her bedroom walls with vivid paintings of fish inspired by his work. “I think it’s looking at all those underwater photos that made me 20

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want to be an underwater photographer,” Lia says. At 16, she got scuba certified and after college, off Lia went to Thailand, Indonesia and the Maldives, “chasing creatures” with her camera for diving companies and publications.

But even while working on a submarine a world away, Lia never forgot that she and her best friend Claudia Wilcher had a starry-eyed dream of having a clothing line someday.

It was here that she gazed out a porthole and noticed that

the contrast between the pitch-black depths of the ocean and vibrant coral had a graphic element to it. Back on land, the two got serious designing, combining silhouettes of animals from Lia’s photographs with bubbles and waves, and found a screen printer in Carrboro.

Today, their company Prawno releases a variety of apparel from tees to hoodies and pullovers to appease both the paddle boarder in the States and the nature lover in Australia experiencing different seasons. Look closely, and you’ll see tiny numbers and notations on each piece. “Everything has depths and locations built in, so [you know that] the Eagle Rays were photographed at 79 feet,” Lia says. As an advocate of the ocean, Prawno contributes a portion of proceeds to marine conservation efforts. (Even the company name – prawn plus an “o” for ocean – is aimed to bring public attention to the damage of commercial trawling for shrimp.) Hundreds of miles from the Atlantic, landlocked Chapel Hillians can shop local for shark- and whalecovered shirts at Townsend Bertram & Co. in Carr Mill Mall.

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May 8 – Mick Mixon & The Franklin Street Band May 15 – Big Fat Gap May 22 – Acoustic Manner May 29 – The Holland Brothers June 5 – Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojo June 12 – Big Fat Gap June 19 – Mick Mixon & The Franklin Street Band June 26 – The Morning After July 3 – Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojo

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Donate blood and help save lives!

Join us at the 27th Annual

Carolina Blood Drive Tuesday, June 2 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dean E. Smith Center The community is welcome!

Schedule your appointment today at redcrossblood.org, sponsor code: UNC or call 1-800-RED CROSS. All presenting donors will receive a special edition T-shirt* and great food with free parking at the Smith Center.

For UNC-Chapel Hill employees, time spent donating is considered work-time, with permission from a supervisor.

Walk-ins will be accepted the day of the drive, but appointments are strongly encouraged. *Offers and items are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash.

With four kids, Jay Radford is quite the doting dad. And he recently added a “baby,” which just happens to be the Not So Normal Run, the philanthropy-focused race he started in September 2014. The stay-athome father, who also runs the Mom in Chapel Hill blog for parents, was feeling a little stir crazy when he devoted himself to organizing a race that’s all about giving back. Last year, the event raised more than $15,000 and served 27 different nonprofits. This year, he moved it to May, introduced 10K and half-marathon options, and added events such as a series of TED-inspired talks to the four-day weekend. Like a proud parent, he’s put all of his time and resources into making the Not So Normal Run even more successful. “The things that I could do with this are really limitless,” he says. Even as he is wrapping up the details for this year’s race (with plans already in the works for 2016), Jay got the idea to collect funds to provide shoes and running apparel to remove the financial costs of running. It’s his boundless determination that’s helping to make an impact on the community and set his event apart. “A lot of races are great, but it’s one morning, it’s one race, it’s one nonprofit – it’s an hour of your life, and then you forget about it,” Jay says. “This is four days, and you shouldn’t forget about it.”

Whether you race or not, you can still take part in the weekend festivities or donate. The lineup:

Thursday, May 14 Fleet Feet Carrboro Get pumped up for the weekend with a pep rally and a scavenger hunt around Carrboro.

Friday, May 15 Hampton Inn & Suites Check out the latest styles from Fleet Feet and Townsend Bertram & Company and jewelry from Cameron’s with hair and makeup from Ceremony Salon (owned by Jay’s wife, Rachel Radford). Stick around after for inspiring TED-type talks on running, community and giving from four local speakers (including our own VP of content, Andrea Griffith Cash).

Saturday, May 16 Parking lot at 300 East Main Participants can pick up their race packets and spin a wheel to win swag while live bands play. Fuel up for the big day with dinner at a participating Chapel Hill and Carrboro restaurant. Each eatery will donate a portion of proceeds to a different nonprofit.

Sunday, May 17 Races starts and ends at 300 East Main Whether runners complete the 5K, 10K or half marathon, everyone will enjoy the after-race party featuring beer and coffee, prizes, an obstacle course and more.

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What is a fortified wine, exactly? A wine with a spirit added to raise the alcohol content.

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Beverages, thankfully, are going the way of food in our area.

Now that we have amazing ingredients, restaurants and artisan food products, our options are growing by the day when it comes to craft beers, sodas, ciders, meads, spirits and even bitters.

Pittsboro is reaping the benefits of this – a pretty fast progression considering voters passed liquor by the drink in Chatham County in May 2009. Here, a pair of new businesses worth raising a glass to.

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Company – our state’s 13th distillery – takes drinking local very seriously.

Fair Game’s first four fortified wines were released in June 2014. An unfortified wine was released in January, and, in late March, you may have noticed the appearance of the company’s apple brandy and No’Lasses sorghum spirit in ABC stores. (Made from a combination of both molasses-style sorghum syrup and fresh-pressed sorghum juice created from Carolina- and Tennessee-grown sorghum, the latter is aged for six months in a combination of new toasted and used bourbon American oak barrels. Only about 12 distilleries in the country are making sorghum cane liquor.)

Both spirits sell for $32.95 for a 750-milliliter bottle. Fair Game will produce less than 500 cases this year.

“I’m trying to build up inventory,” says Chris Jude, head distiller. “Everything we release is aged.”

Fair Game fans can expect the release of a sugar cane rum in late summer.

They’re also planning a malt whiskey, a collaboration with Fullsteam, and a giniver-style gin, which would be the first of its kind in North Carolina.

At about 17% alcohol, the fortified

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“The town has changed so much,” says Fair Game’s Chris Jude. “It’s great to see the new businesses and creative folks – good bakeries, coffee shops. And now we have liquor.”

wines – including the Tipper Apple Wine, the Two Step White and the Tipper Scuppernong – comprise about two-thirds of Fair Game’s sales. “It’s both easier and more direct to sell them in North Carolina,” Chris says.

You can find them at Carrboro Beverage Company, Glasshalfull, Bull Craft Bottle Shop, Sam’s Bottle Shop, Sam’s Quik Shop, Hope Valley Bottle Shop, all three Triangle Wine Company locations and all five Total Wine shops.

Fair Game is housed in an “eco-industrial park” off U.S. 64 Business East. Other endeavors on the 15-acre property, which feels very rural despite its close proximity to Pittsboro’s regal courthouse, include Piedmont Biofuels, nonprofit The Abundance Foundation, Piedmont Biofarm and a solar farm.

Lyle Estill owns the property and is a Fair Game partner. He coordinates a group of investors, all interested in local food, agriculture and business. Among them? Andy Zeman, who owns Benjamin Vineyards in Saxapahaw, a provider of Fair Game grapes.

Chris has been working at Fair Game for two years. He studied renewable energy and biofuels at Appalachian State, so he had a familiarity with liquids and pumping. He was a longtime home brewer and had been growing sweet sorghum and making syrup (similar to molasses) when Lyle asked him to come on board.

Chris wants consumers to enjoy the spirits exactly as they wish. Making a mixed drink is one option, but he thinks they go down smoothly when sipped.

“We’ve been getting some pretty great feedback,” says Chris.

One week after the release date, the Pittsboro ABC store reported that most of 12 delivered cases of Fair Game’s spirits had been sold. Pretty great feedback, indeed. u

Fair Game (220 Lorax Ln. in Pittsboro) offers tours Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. The tasting room is open Wednesdays through Fridays from 5-8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Tastings are $5. fairgamebeverage.com

SPIRITED DEBATE Fair Game is lobbying for the passage of North Carolina Senate Bill 24 and House Bill 107. If passed, the legislation would allow distilleries to sell their product directly to visitors for consumption off premises. Plus, spirit makers could provide samples of their products at trade shows and other festivals in the state.

As of now, visitors can come to Fair Game and other distilleries to taste and tour, but if they want to make a purchase, they must go to an ABC store.

“How often do you go to the ABC store? I’m a liquor drinker, and I might go twice a month at most,” Chris says. “We really feel like being able to sell one bottle on site is capturing sales that we would likely lose after a tour.”

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CACKALACKY WHERE HOUSE One of my friends has dubbed Page Skelton’s latest endeavor “Fullsteam South.” A pretty concise summation. And, boy, is Pittsboro lucky to have it.

About a year ago, Page, his wife, Caroline, and their young son moved to Pittsboro from Chapel Hill, where Page created his famous spice sauce in 2000. Caroline insisted: Their new home would not serve as Cackalacky world headquarters.

So Page found a space at Chatham Mills, the property just north of downtown that also houses Chatham Marketplace, Oakleaf and Starrlight Mead.

At first, the idea was that he would have an office there, store some inventory, do some shipping. Then he took it to the next step. What if he had a tasting room, where people could sample Cackalacky’s sauces and buy some of his products (the list has grown

One of Page Skelton’s favorite parts of his job? “When somebody pops in, and they go, ‘What is this place?’” Below, Caleb Smith of Pittsboro and Jonathan Buss of Durham play foosball.

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Marc Augustine helped Page design the Cackalacky space of his dreams. Page would come up with cool ideas, but would always run them by Marc tentatively, until finally, Marc said, “Man, when will you realize? There’s nothing we can’t do!”

So Page pitched the creation of an overhead railroad track with a model train. Serendipity. Marc, who has sadly since passed away, was a member of the N.C. Garden Railroad Society. Friends and fellow Garden Railroad Society members Frank Simmons and Jay Root pitched in.

Today, the Cackalacky Railroad has 12 cars – including a Fullsteam beer can car – and 183 feet of track. Any customer can experience the joy of pushing the button to make the train start. “Watching the adults and that look on their face like, ‘Do I really get to press the button?’ – it’s so cool,” says Page.

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to include a Cheerwine sweet sauce, spiced nuts, and T-shirts, hats and aprons)? He wanted people to be able to enjoy a pint of Fullsteam Cackalacky IPA. So why not feature a rotating tap of North Carolina beers?

The result, the Cackalacky Where House, has quickly become Pittsboro’s new gathering spot since it opened in August. Page always has something cooked up, usually in a slow cooker, that features Cackalacky sauce – venison sloppy joes, applewood smoked pork, baked beans, chicken wings. Have all you’d like (while supplies last) for free. He’s acquired a 1967 Spin Wheel pinball machine and a Tecmo Bowl arcade game from 1987. There’s foosball and board games like Sorry and Clue. Catch live music and food trucks on certain nights.

“It’s a destination for our fans and friends from afar,” Page says, “and then locally, it’s a public gathering space. I just feel very fortunate – the way everybody has responded to it. It’s just a space full of wonder and happiness.” CHM

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WANT TO GO? Cackalacky (480 Hillsboro St., Suite 140) is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 4-9 p.m.; Saturdays from noon-10 p.m.; and Sundays from 2-8 p.m. cackalacky.com

SMALL WONDERS For parents, taking a kid to an art museum can be about as carefree as walking a proverbial bull through a china shop, but Lisa Piper and Dave Clark hope their Small Museum of Folk Art in Pittsboro, featuring 400 pieces, will inspire everyone – children above all.

The collection – accumulated over the years by Jim Massey, a former curator of the UNC Herbarium, and gifted to Lisa and Dave for public display – is comprised entirely of folk and outsider art. The couple loves to see other people, in this case artists, pursue their passion without concern for what others may think. “That’s just something not enough people get exposed to,” Lisa says. “We think it will be a lot of fun to show that to more people and more kids so that they get excited themselves, to play and express themselves and not feel shame. It’s a playful collection that expresses a lot of joy.”

The couple plans to display the pieces next door to their Small B&B Cafe near Pittsboro’s downtown traffic circle, in a museum that will

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be as unique as the paintings themselves.

“The building will have elements of an old tobacco farm, but modernized,” Lisa says. “We’ll be using a lot of reclaimed and salvaged materials. It will be a very progressive, beautiful design.

“I think it’s so fascinating and so fun when somebody has a passion for something and

feels driven, and they go ahead and do it, and the rest of us reap the benefits,” Lisa continues, speaking of Jim, his collection and the artists who created it. Soon, she may find that sentiment come back around – to her – as visitors stand in the wonder of the Small Museum of Folk Art. – Virginia Robinson

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Lynden Harris, 54 Founder and Director of Hidden Voices

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inding a time to sit down with Lynden is an extraordinary exercise in schedule coordination – she’s got a Skype

meeting with folks in India one afternoon, a workshop in Durham another, a vision planning session in Hillsborough another.

She’s pedal-to-the-metal, and it sometimes catches up to her: She inexplicably lost her voice on the day we’d initially planned to meet.

“The irony is not lost on me,” says the woman behind a nonprofit called Hidden Voices.

“We work in marginalized communities to help them share their stories in public forums to create change,” Lynden says. So her voiceless state was fine for a few days because much of her role is about empowering others to do the talking. “We do performance. We do digital media. We do interactive touring exhibits. Because it’s such a collaborative process, depending on the difficult issues they want to share and what their capacity is, it’s always different what we end up doing.”

It all began more than a decade ago, when Lynden was the artistic director of The ArtsCenter. A meeting to discuss outreach left her wondering what it would mean to go out into communities and simply ask people what they would like to share and see. The effect was immediate. “We found that communities were excited and thrilled and that nobody had ever asked them that before,” Lynden says. She began the Hidden Voices project while still working at The ArtsCenter, and, in 2003, the project became an organization worthy of official incorporation. A few years later, it became her full-time job.

What makes Hidden Voices’ projects stand out are their calculated, results-driven approach. “We do something we call radical story sharing,” Lynden says. “It’s a way of sharing people’s stories in a very targeted way to help create the changes they want to see. There’s a policy angle to this so that the story sharing is

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Lynden and her husband, Rick Lonon, live on a farm in Cedar Grove with a few goats, chickens, dogs and cats. Their two grown children both live in southern California.

intentional and crafted when it goes out.” That can mean meeting with men in high-security prisons, listening to their stories and then writing monologues to be shared in a college classroom discussing legal justice. It can mean one-time artistic installations. It can mean traveling multimedia exhibits.

The cause closest to Lynden’s heart is always the one she’s currently working on. With a background in creative writing and theater, though, she admits to a penchant for a certain spoken medium.

“There’s nothing as powerful as having a person share their story in front of you,” she says. And often, she’s the first listener. “A lot of times people are sharing stories with us that they’ve never shared with anyone before,” she says.

It’s a responsibility she takes seriously, but that she’s learned to balance. “If you let yourself go there, and we all have to, [some of these stories are] profoundly, inconceivably sad and heartbreaking,” she says.

“And then we have to let that go. If you hold on to that, you won’t be able to go be back there with these people, for these people. … One little thing means the world to another human being. That’s where we have to keep our focus. You’ve made a huge difference in that one person’s life.” – Jessie Ammons

The Women’s Issue That’s Really A Men’s Issue

“We’ve been working on this sexual assault project [of monologue-based workshops for survivors of sexual violence at Duke and soon at UNC], and so many of the students who take the course are women. … People think, you’re dealing with sexual violence, it’s a women’s issue. But it isn’t. It’s a men’s issue. It’s men who need to dismantle the cultural foundations for sexual violence. Men need to hold each other accountable for not being violent. Ninetyeight-point-something [percent of] assaults are perpetrated by men. That’s not really a women’s issue.”

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was really one of those high school kids who knew what I wanted to do,” Dana says. “And I’ve done what I thought I was going to do. The plan paid off.” The foundation of the creative career Dana wanted was laid early on in her life.

Growing up in small-town Virginia, she was close with her entire family and heavily influenced by her grandmothers. Her hardworking maternal grandmother was also a fashion plate, spending extra money from her job on shoes and clothes (“Man, that woman was dressed to the nines!”) and inspiring Dana to always be independent. And it was her paternal grandmother who recognized her talent for drawing and fostered her skills by teaching her to garden at the same time. “She taught me color blocking and spacing as an ad hoc garden designer,” Dana recalls. “Between the two of them, I had the basis for what I ended up doing for the rest of my life – although I had no idea [at the time].”

She did know that she wanted to work in advertising, so off she went to James Madison University where she learned on some of the first Macintosh computers. “The intersection of design, technology, advertising and pop culture has always been a part of my life,” Dana says. “I got lucky that the program there was thinking ahead.” But even the most premeditated paths have detours. “I was going to go straight to

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Born and raised in Forest, Virginia, Dana stayed in-state to attend college at James Madison University. There she met Esteban McMahan, and they’ve been married 26 years. They live on the back side of University Lake. Her daughter, Joelle, 24, lives in Charlotte, where she is pursuing a singing career as the lead vocalist in One Paper Crane as well as running her own baking and custom cake business, Bakery Belle. Her son, David, 18, is a freshman at Durham Tech.

New York, but then I met this cute boy the second half of my sophomore year,” Dana says. She married Esteban at the end of her junior year, and the two set off for the West Coast after graduation. After working in the advertising department of a newspaper, Dana finally got to put roots down in New York. With some nudging from her mother, an avid reader of Country Living, Dana sent her portfolio to the magazine. Sure enough, she was offered a job on their design staff, thanks to her experience in desktop publishing.

When she found an opportunity at McCann Erickson, she jumped at the chance to work at an ad agency. “The drinking half a fifth of Scotch in the office in the middle of the day had moved on a bit by the time I got into advertising,” Dana says. Instead, her industry was on the cusp of the digital age; she remembers the memo that invited everyone in the office to see the World Wide Web. As an art director, she handled the conceptual part of advertisements for accounts like L’Oréal and Tiffany.

As she gained more experience, she was bumped up to creative director and assembled teams consisting of top-level talent from models to photographers, creating ads in every medium. “It’s just the way my mind works. I think in pictures, and I think in puzzles and assemblies. It’s how I can contribute,” Dana says. “I love being part of a group where

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we all have different skill sets.”

At the end of the ‘90s with their daughter nearing school age, the McMahans moved to Chapel Hill for a slower pace of life (though at first Dana commuted back to New York for her job).

Then she opened a Franklin Street shop, The Laughing Turtle, that sold clothes, home wares and gifts. “I’ve been selling, marketing and designing retail products for all of my career so surely I could figure out how to do retail,” Dana recalls thinking. The Laughing Turtle morphed into four stores in two states and expanded into interior design and wholesale. “Along the way, I got involved with tremendous people doing nonprofit work and making our community richer every day by their giving back,” Dana says of her work with the SECU Family House.

In 2007, UNC asked her to pull from her advertising experience to teach an adjunct class, Copywriting and Communication, in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication for one semester.

Though she says being a professor was never on her radar, she sees her current position as a natural evolution. “My work life is really like going across a pond on stepping stones,” Dana says. “Things just kind of float along, and you step on this log and this sounds great, and you step on something else.”

A long friendship with Top of the Hill owner Scott Maitland led to another log for Dana and Esteban. They’re behind TOPO Organic Spirits, putting Dana back in a position to create eyecatching ads for the locally distilled gin, vodka and whiskey. “I end up being the one to figure out where to put their stories and how we tell the story in different spaces,” Dana says. Though she never knows what’s coming next, she’s content at the moment in Chapel Hill with teaching and TOPO Organic Spirits. “There hasn’t been one day – one hour – that I’ve been in this town that someone hasn’t made me feel welcome.” – Jessica Stringer

Dana’s Advice to New Grads

“I always begin with ‘Don’t worry.’ I think students really worry that they are not going to be able to do what they want to do or that it’s not out there or that they don’t have a definition for it. I think that most of my advice is about just opening the first door because that’s all you need at this moment in time. Even if you walk through it and it’s not the room you’re supposed to be standing in, there are all kinds of things in that room that will lead you to the next one.”

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Dina with (left to right) Joe Rice, Zach Hunter, Robert Kenny, Chuck Solomon and Nina Merklina.

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hen a startup business can succeed outside of its shared workspace at Launch Chapel Hill, Dina feels like dancing in her office.

After all, she’s done it before. The Launch program manager partied in the Rosemary Street building in 1992, back when the now-thriving business incubator was a nightclub, and she was a freshly minted MBA graduate. She and colleagues from the nation’s top business schools trained in the space by day to prepare for overseas assignments – she was on her way to Poland – and returned at night to drink and dance.

“It was my first time in Chapel Hill,” says Dina, a New Orleans native whose eyes survey the sunny, brightly colored office that bears no trace of its seedy past. “There was something about this place, about Chapel Hill itself. I always hoped to return.”

She came back to Chapel Hill in 2001, considering it the ideal place to raise her young family. In 2008, she and a partner started LunaPops, a line of frozen treats. Now separated from that venture, she convinced UNC in March 2013 that she was the right person to run its new community-based business incubator.

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Dina lives in a historic Chapel Hill home with her 13-year-old triplets – Emily, Rebecca and Nathaniel – and 12-year-old son Noah. They share their home with Luna, their dog, and Mr. Fishy, a fish. Dina’s first entrepreneurial experience came in operating a snowball frozen treat stand. After earning her MBA from the University of Chicago, she joined a group of all-stars from the nation’s top business schools to work overseas. Upon returning from Poland, she chose to settle in family-friendly Chapel Hill. She recently joined the board of Carol Woods Retirement Community and is a self-described “enthusiastic” member of Tar Heel Tempo, the official fan club of the UNC Women’s Basketball team.

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A few years ago, when Launch Chapel Hill still seemed like an unattainable dream, the town’s economic development officer met a woman whose entrepreneurial drive impressed him.

“Dina was working … on LunaPops at the time,” Dwight Bassett recalls. “You could see she was a driving force. I had no doubt that other good things would follow.”

In March 2013, Dwight was part of a team that chose Dina to open and direct Launch. “I think part of what makes Dina so good is she’s been a entrepreneur herself several times,” he says. “She understands the difficulties and knows how to listen to creative ideas that other people might write off as crazy. Having that experience under your belt makes you more sensitive to the needs of participants.”

Launch opened its doors long after similar models were booming in Durham and Raleigh. However, the structured program already has sent several successful startups out into the real world – notably, Keona Health, which is expanding at the Europa Center.

Launch itself already has outgrown its 3,500 square feet of mostly communal workspace. Just in time to welcome a new group in July (applications will be accepted through June 1), it will break through a wall to add another 1,500 square feet.

“Companies here couldn’t afford to pay rent on a space like this on their own,” says Dina, who in October became associate director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “By bringing them together at Launch, it works.”

She also leads UNC’s 1789 Venture Lab, a “hackery” that helps students develop initial business plans, and the Adams Apprenticeship, a mentorship network that pairs top students with some of the university’s most successful alumni.

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impact. “I never want to leave because of the energy. The relationships we build form an extraordinary resource.”

While most projects are supported by Launch for six months, Jim has stayed on as a co-working tenant to help mentor new businesses. On a recent Friday, he was brainstorming with NonScents Flowers, which creates fragrance-free arrangements containing uplifting messages, and Perserver8, which provides job and life-skills training to persons with high-functioning autism.

The leadership training is invaluable, says Perserver8’s Linda Varblow, who also appreciates the work of UNC student interns.

“Without them, we wouldn’t have any social media presence, which is very important to our growth.”

Including its current roster, 34 companies have come through the program, creating 44 jobs and raising more than $3.6 million in 2014 alone. Not all have succeeded in the marketplace, and some partners discovered they could not work together, but Dina says that failure in a controlled environment like Launch exacts a lesser emotional and financial burden.

“We’ve already seen students take what they learned here, pivot and move on to the next project,” she says. “One is with a really cool startup in California doing the same kind of work. It’s the right option for him right now, but I believe he’ll have his own business in the long run.” – Jill Warren Lucas

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Leslie Nelson, 41

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A native of Baton Rouge, Leslie holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Clemson University. Her husband, Mark, is director of marketing and communications at Carolina Performing Arts.

Sons Carter, 8, is a healthy second-grader at North Chatham Elementary, and Hunter, 5, is a preschooler at their church, University United Methodist.

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n amazing convergence. That’s how Leslie describes her work leading development and communications activities for N.C. Children’s Hospital and the UNC Department of Pediatrics. “This job is the perfect opportunity to marry my skills and expertise in nonprofit fundraising with something we care very deeply about,” says Leslie, whose older son was born three months early and spent six weeks in N.C. Children’s Hospital’s Newborn Critical Care Center in 2006. “My job is to listen more than I talk, but, when appropriate, I tell my story because my family is a direct beneficiary of

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the excellent patient- and family-centered care and next-generation research that goes on in Chapel Hill.” But it wasn’t just the now-thriving Carter’s early birth that fueled Nelson’s passion for helping children. “[My parents] taught us that we should always try and help those who can’t help themselves,” Leslie says. “For me, this always seemed to translate into helping children.” In high school, she volunteered at a therapeutic group home for children who had been severely traumatized through abuse and neglect. After a decade in corporate sales and event management in the hotel industry, Leslie paid closer attention to the inner voice guiding her to philanthropy and service to others. She birthed her successful fundraising career at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture. A 2005 relocation to Chapel Hill found her joining UNC

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Her Advice to Young Women

“Life’s journey has many twists and turns, and, for a young woman graduating from college, it’s hard to imagine the road ahead. Always let being true to yourself be your guide. Sometimes that’s hard to do with competing pressures of work and family responsibilities. But when you honor that truth, everything clicks into place. Find your passion, and let your light shine.”

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, where she raised almost $3

million over five years. Simultaneously, she served on UNC’s NICU Family Advisory Board, including two stints as chair. She organized fundraising events to benefit the NICU, which included Bluegrass for Babies and the Teddy Bear Tea. Beginning in 2011, Leslie led major gift fundraising for the UNC Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery through the Medical Foundation of N.C., raising more than

$5 million over three years. She brought her leadership, expertise and passion to N.C. Children’s Promise in January.

“My work never grows old, and I learn something new every day,” she says. “I’m living my passion, and I’m doing what I love.” – Elizabeth Swaringen

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believe so wholeheartedly in this program and in our mission. I wasn’t looking for a job; but this one came open. It was my dream job, and here I am.

My day-to-day is juggling a lot of different things. A little bit of clinical work, a little bit of research, and a little bit of hiring and administrative work. I juggle all of those responsibilities. My favorite part about my job is that I’m a clinician and a researcher and an administrator. We have such a great team so I can do that. We run seven outpatient clinics [across the state, which offer parent support and clinical services for children with autism]; a residential program in Pittsboro for adults with autism; two supported employment programs where we support adults with autism in employment settings – one in the Triad and one here in the Triangle – and our research program and our accounting program.

Back in the early days, I would say I worked with kids who have autism, and people would Executive Director of TEACCH Autism Program say, ‘Who have artism? They’re artistic?’ People wouldn’t even understand the concept of Dr. Klinger lives off of Culbreth Road with her husband and TEACCH’s autism. Now everybody has some connection director of research, Mark, and their son, Ben. Daughter Kate is a to autism. The public awareness of the freshman in N.C. State’s College of Design. disorder is huge now. I think that’s important.

I love living in Chapel Hill. Of all the have been interested in autism since I was 18 years old. I took places I’ve lived, it’s my favorite. ... We like to go hear music. We love to hang out at Weaver Street. For work, I drive all over the state, but a class my freshman year of college at Stanford University in personally, I hardly ever leave Carrboro. My little world has shrunk.

California … that had a service-learning component. I ended And I like it a lot.” – as told to Jessie Ammons up volunteering in a classroom of high school students with autism and

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loved it. … I left there and worked at Brown University in an autism inpatient hospitalization program, and then I went all the way over to Seattle for graduate school to specialize in autism. I met my husband in graduate school, and we have been collaborating in our research and in our marriage and children ever since.

I’m a clinical psychologist. I came here in 1992 to do my psychology internship at TEACCH. There have only been two previous directors, and they were both here in the early ’90s, so I trained with both of them. … Then, I went to the University of Alabama as a faculty member in the psychology department for 18 years. This job, for me, was one of those piein-the-sky, not-even-in-my-wildest-dreams-did-I-think-I-would-have-this jobs. I 44

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On Women and Autism

“We know very little about women with autism. There are four men with autism for every one woman with autism. We don’t know how [women] are different and what their needs are. I think we need to know that. Because of that ratio, most of our research involves only men. Or, if it involves women, it doesn’t involve enough women for us to really understand the needs of women with autism. From a woman’s perspective on the disorder, it’s really a call to action. Because we’re this regional center system across the state, we do see a lot of women in TEACCH. What are we going to do to understand them? We need to take that on as a [research] topic in the next year or so.”

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‘I Am Very Grateful’ The same year she began working at the hospital, Mary was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, which she beat with a treatment from a clinical trial. “I am very grateful to the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for the work the researchers do,” she

says. Years later, when she was tasked with planning the new hospitals, she drew from her first-hand experience to design spaces that reflect the “wonderful care given to all patients.”

Mary Beck, 67

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he daughter of a physician, Mary’s interest in health care started young: Growing up in Ohio, she often worked in her father’s office. She found her passion, though, on the administrative side, ultimately as the senior vice president for systems affiliations at UNC Hospitals. Her role was to coordinate planning strategies, programming and facility management at the hospital, and also to network with other hospitals and programs across the state – it sounds like a bit of a doozy. For Mary, though, her job was simply to ensure “a hospital’s full range of services are available to more people.” Since 1986, among other projects, she coordinated the planning and design of the N.C. Neurosciences Hospital, the N.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospitals and the N.C. Cancer Hospitals. She retired at the beginning of this year and shared a few reflections from her 20-plus years at UNC. 46

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At the Forefront One thing that stands out during her time working at UNC? The evident commitment to improvement. “There was a constant effort to make positive progress in everything done at UNC Hospitals,” she says. “It is a high-quality, well-run and forward-looking organization. I’m proud to have worked there.”

Honorary Chief “I have worked with Chief Dan Jones and the Chapel Hill Fire Department for many years,” Mary says. The fire department helped her with many building projects, and in return, she’s a dedicated advocate of their public safety and outreach programs. Her commitment did not go unnoticed. “At my retirement party, Chief Jones gave me a real fire helmet and made me an honorary chief of the Chapel Hill Fire Department.”

Bucket List Given that she spent decades overseeing planning strategies, it’s perhaps no surprise that Mary has entered retirement in an organized fashion. “I made a list of things I want to try,” she says of her current life plan. On the list? Spend time with her grandchildren and her mother, improve her golf game, read more, learn French and play the cello. “I’m learning new things and picking up some things I haven’t enjoyed since I was younger,” she says. “I’m having a wonderful time.”

– Jessie Ammons

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Linda Bourne, 51, and Karin Mills, 49 Owners, The Spotted Dog

Chapel Hill native Linda (right) attended UNC for undergrad and grad school while Karin grew up in nearby Carpenter and went to UNC. They’ve been together for 17 years and got married 12/13/14 at Binkley Baptist Church. They share their Carrboro home with Kodi and TJ, Maltese brothers; Tanner, a MalteseShih Tzu blend and one spotted dog, Lexie, a Dalmatian mix.

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f Karin’s dad had his way, Carrboro might have a restaurant called The Bumpy Chicken with a big yellow chicken posted on the roof. But she had alternate names in mind, settling on The Spotted Dog for the restaurant she and Linda opened in 1998. The name was inspired by their two Dalmatians.

Both women spent many years in food service, paying for college by waiting tables and slinging cocktails. With Karin working at Darryl’s and Linda at Tripps across the street,

they met in 1987, and their paths crossed many times over the next decade. They started working together in 1997 at West 94th St. Pub in Durham and realized they were both compatible as personal partners and – thanks to a similar work ethic – as business partners.

(As Karin says, “You can’t go into business with someone who is not going to work as hard or harder than you.”) They were itching to open their own place, and, when a contact from the pub inquired about their interest in a space in Carrboro, they thought hard about it. They were taken with the flat-iron building. “It was the biggest thing we’d ever done,” Linda recalls.

“We’d never bought a house or a new car.”

They spent every waking hour making it their own by refurbishing tables from fast-food restaurants and lowering some of the seating.

After one of their dogs stepped in a paint tray during a sitcom-like moment, they knew they had to paint paw prints on the wall. Once the renovations were over, despite their years in the restaurant industry, they still faced challenges.

“The day we opened, we didn’t have enough money to practice [making the menu items],” Linda says. Adopting a “fake-it-till-you-make-it” strategy, the wait staff did their best with menu recommendations (despite never having tried anything) while Karin made the dishes for the first time. They got through that first weekend with a little pluck; one customer even asked if they were a chain. They took this as a compliment as “chains generally are a little more organized.”

Years later, The Spotted Dog is running smoothly. They’ve refined their heavily vegetarian menu with local favorites like veggie barbecue and Karin’s desserts. “I’m very critical of what she does, and I can tell you without a doubt, she has the world’s best bread pudding,” Linda says.

Over the years, they hungered for more, so they bought a bakery and three other restaurants in Chapel Hill and Durham. But they soon realized that expansion often meant Karin would be in the kitchen at one eatery, and Linda

would be in the front of house across town at another. “Our vision changed, and we realized we wanted to have more time for each other and our family,” Linda says of their decision to sell all the other businesses. “[The Spotted Dog] was the first, and it will be the last.”

They’ve tried to give back to the community that has supported them for nearly 20 years by donating what they can to organizations like Paws4ever, IFC and Girls Rock.

Throughout the years, their partnership has remained solid. “We agree to disagree, and we always come to a compromise,” Linda says. “She has her strengths, and I have mine.

We put those two together, and that works really well.” When gay marriage became legal in October, they decided to make their personal relationship permanent. Always the ones to want to take care of every last detail, Karin and Linda nearly endeavored to make all the reception food themselves before Karin brought that discussion to a halt. They decided to enjoy the day instead, and Linda’s glad they did. “She’s my gauge, my checkpoint, my litmus test,” Linda says.

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Karin “Even when we first opened, people always thought there was a ‘he’ [in charge].”

Linda “They’d come in looking for a boss man. And I said, ‘I’m right here.’”

Karin “And we still get that.”

Linda “It happened last week.”

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Karen Shelton, 57 UNC Field Hockey Coach

An avid gardener and golfer who plows through books on her trusty Kindle, Karen has been married for 30 years to Willie Scroggs, who brought UNC three championships as the men’s lacrosse coach and recently retired from the university after 41 years of service. Son William played lacrosse for the Tar Heels and graduated from UNC in 2013.

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hen Karen came to Chapel Hill in Hill, East Chapel Hill and Carrboro High 1981, barely older than the seniors all have competitive teams, and Karen’s A Woman Who Inspires Karen … she’d be coaching, she brought camps draw hundreds each summer.)

“I think Yvonne Knutson is with her a list of goals and objectives that she And with 587 career wins, she now ranks amazing – and she also gets in and her father had typed out. Sitting at their second in NCAA history in total victories, a this magazine more than anyone I know! I admire her so much. kitchen table in Ocean View, New Jersey, show of both resilience and versatility.

She’s suffered adversity and is Karen, the middle kid of seven siblings, and An Army brat who grew up mostly in so strong. She’s proof that so Jim Shelton, a lifelong Army man who retired Pennsylvania, Karen led West Chester much of life is your attitude and what you make of it – she has as a lieutenant colonel, envisioned what the College to national championships in both a great outlook and that makes fledgling UNC field hockey program could field hockey and lacrosse and remains the her inspirational and also a lot of fun to be around. She has so become. only three-time National Player of the Year many good friends, and I consider More than 34 years later, Karen is still the in field hockey. A member of the 1980 and myself lucky to be among them.” head field hockey coach, and she still has that ’84 U.S. Olympic Team, she started on list, even more precious in its tattered state. defense for the squad that won a bronze “When you’re 23, you don’t think about medal in what’s still the best U.S. Olympic the future very much, but he helped me think about the steps I finish in the sport. needed to take to be a success,” she says. “We’ve come very close to “The player in me helped mold the coach in me,” says Karen, achieving all of those goals.” whose career as a tenacious defender carried over to her coaching National Championship? Check. (Actually, six checks, in 1989, style. “I had a great mentor in Vonnie Gros, my coach at West 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007 and 2009.)

Chester. Following the example she set, I’ve always emphasized my One of the country’s dominant programs? Check. (The Tar Heels players succeeding in all areas.” have been to the past six Final Fours, and 19 overall.)

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than twice as many as any other team), her players have heavily populated U.S. National Team rosters, and she remains a strong supporter of the program, encouraging her players to seize every opportunity to represent the USA, even if it means missing a UNC game here and there. Every U.S. National Team since 1989 has included at least one Tar Heel, and the current squad includes seven.

Her players’ off-field success is an even bigger source of pride. “They’re going to have stumbles, whether it’s in field hockey in the form of an injury or another setback, or academically, when they hit a class that’s really hard,” Karen says. “Or in life, when bad things happen to them, like they do to all of us. I want to help give them the tools to handle those kinds of things and still thrive.

“I get to do what I love to do, every day,” she says. “I feel like I’ve been totally blessed.” – Dana Gelin May/June 2015 chapelhillmagazine.com

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Her Advice to Young Women

“You can do anything.

If you can drive a car, you can drive a tractor.”

Kelly Owensby, 33

Project Director, Transplanting Traditions

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She credits her parents for supporting her unconventional choices. “My parents really value happiness and have always really encouraged me to think about what I loved and was passionate about,” she says. “They told me I could make it work if I really tried. ... I think otherwise I might have chosen a path I didn’t really love.”

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Kelly was born in Chapel Hill and moved to Asheville when she was just a baby, but she returned in 2000 to attend UNC. In 2009, she founded Transplanting Traditions community farm outside of Carrboro. When she’s not working, you might find her and partner George O’Neal (plus two dogs and a cat) in the home they built themselves.

CSA. The refugees – many are women – arrived

in the U.S. already adept at farming. A great deal of Kelly’s job is to use her “crazy mix” of skills to assist them. “I’m able to combine my anthropology background with always having to build things and fix things, and I’ve learned to do a lot of teaching,” she explains. “I switch from my pant suit to my overalls on a daily basis.”

Kelly knows how valuable the crops are. “About 44% of our families are below the poverty line,” she explains, “so a big part of what we do is provide economic opportunity through marketing. But food insecurity is also a struggle, so they are able to grow a lot of food, which leads to lower grocery costs.”

The project – a collaboration between Orange County Partnership for Young Children and Triangle Land Conservancy – also provides space for people to socialize. As Kelly says, “The farm gives people a place to shine.” – Virginia Robinson

‘It Makes Me Happy’

“I first heard about Transplanting Traditions farm from my interpreter, Mr. Friday.

I’ve been farming here for five years; it makes me happy. My favorite part is planting the vegetables I want to eat, all my traditional vegetables, but I grow them alongside American vegetables. This has helped my family; we get all kinds of fresh vegetables and save money during planting seasons. I grow things here not only for my time, my generation; I am also looking forward to my children’s generation, so that they remember our traditional foods.”

– Zar Ree Wei, a farmer at Transplanting Traditions

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Kathy Buck, 66 Sarah Buck Casey, 45 & Emily Buck Walters, 33 Owners, Purple Puddle & Puddle Baby

How did your gift, flower and stationery store Purple Puddle come to be? What about your adjoining children’s store Puddle Baby?

Kathy I was the ultimate shopper, and for seven years [I was involved with] the country store for the Chapel Hill Service League. When the term was up, I wasn’t ready to quit buying. I convinced my husband to invest in me instead of the stock market. The rest is history. We started out with just a concept of cards and stationery, and we had a children’s corner, flowers and gourmet food. We thought we’d just run with whatever seems to work for us. I’ve always been in the same spot.

I had a garden center [Plum Garden] for five years, but it didn’t change my bottom line, and it was a lot of work. In 2008, I changed my focus because stationery bottomed out. A couple years after the recession, my husband said, “You either get rid of that side or reinvent yourself.” That was good timing for Sarah … [who] developed the logo and did all the initial buying [for Puddle Baby].

Sarah A year into it, I found out I was moving to Singapore. I opened a business and threw it on her. Mom took over going to market for me and now we’re back doing it again. We’re shopping buddies, [and] we both have a problem.

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Kathy and John Buck moved to town 32 years ago and live in the Steeplechase neighborhood. Oldest daughter Sarah and her husband Paul Casey live in The Oaks with Riley, 6, and twins Reese and Tripp, 3. Youngest daughter Emily and husband Josh Walters reside in the Oakwood neighborhood. (Middle daughter Amy lives in Bali.)

Kathy It’s always in the same breath – Purple Puddle, Puddle Baby – but we’re all just under one umbrella basically. We got rid of the one door so people can just come in and feel like it’s one.

Who does what?

Kathy Sarah did a really good job with branding [Puddle Baby].

Emily We have our different roles. They go to market, [and when] they come back, I do the inventory. [Longtime employee] Barb Spenner puts the tags on. I go and deliver the flowers and come back to do the stationery part. We all wear our different hats, and it works.

Sarah Including Dad. Kathy I asked him yesterday, “Would you come do the trash?” He’ll deliver [orders] while Emily is on her honeymoon.

Emily and Sarah, when did you get involved?

Emily I grew up here. People ask how long we’ve been open. How old am I? Subtract five. We worked as soon as we could count.

Sarah We all worked here, and we were always in and out of here after school delivering.

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Kathy Cards used to fill the whole front of the store.

Emily With stationery, so many people go online these days with Paperless Post and Evite.

Sarah But I also feel like it’s coming full circle where people are now coming back to the personal note.

Emily I feel like [each custom stationery or invitation job] is mine. I invest so much in it, trying to make sure it’s right for me.

Sarah She’ll make sure it’s perfect, and if it comes back and it’s not right, she’s working all hours of the day.

What’s the best part of Purple Puddle and Puddle Baby?

Sarah That we’re able to work together.

Kathy Seeing everyone on a daily basis. You share in everyone’s excitement. It’s a treat when a big box of vases comes in. There aren’t any worries. The biggest thing is to make sure the front door [of the store] is locked.

What’s something you’ve learned over the years?

Kathy Location is everything in Chapel Hill. I’ve had two or three

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chances to move from here. But we’re very convenient for Durham.

We’re very convenient to get in and out. People say, “Oh, you need to be in a mall to get the walk-in traffic.” But we’re destination oriented, and that’s worked for us. The other thing I’ve stayed away from is a second store. Too many stores like mine do a second store and as soon as the lease is done, they are back to their [original] store. I think the secret is hands on, and you can’t have two stores and manage how you should.

That was a lesson learned without doing it. – Jessica Stringer

In Mom We Trust

“Mom wanted to do her own thing,” Sarah says. “It’s hard when you have the drive and passion to go in working for somebody else. It’s a personality thing. I could not go back and work corporate. Watching Mom and growing up watching her create a very successful business, I always had that drive. … I’ve always wanted to work. I’ve always been driven. I would definitely say that Mom is the inspiration for me for wanting that independence and going out there. She instilled the drive in all of us to be independent and always have our own thing.

Follow your dreams. Follow your passions.”

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Kendall married Mendy Childress, her partner of 25 years, on February 2. She grew up in Chapel Hill admiring her parents: now-retired attorney Robert J. “Bob” and homemaker Lillyan Lee Gordon Hill Page, known to friends as “Luke.” They met at Tri-Delt/Phi-Delt mixer at UNC. “My mother has the gift of hospitality, and my father the ability to take a complicated matter and make it simple – both of which have been assets in my legal career as a real estate and probate attorney,” says Kendall, who earned her law degree from N.C. Central University. She volunteers faithfully each Monday at Paws4ever, a guaranteed adoption facility for dogs and cats in Orange County.

ealtors will tell you that purchasing a home is all about location, location, location. Real estate attorneys agree, but Kendall values an even more important asset: loyalty.

Having inherited a successful law practice from her father, Bob, Kendall was well versed in advising homebuyers on how to keep their heads above water. She counseled them to build equity should they ever need to liquidate funds for an emergency.

Kendall never imagined she’d need to raise capital quickly to save her own business, which had grown to include nine paralegals. But when the economy faltered in 2008, she found herself faced with difficult decisions.

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together for a frank discussion about the firm’s future.

“I asked, ‘Would you be willing to do something different if I can keep you all on?’ And they all said they’d do whatever it would take,” she recalls, still emotional at the memory. “My team was a big part of my success. I had to come up with a plan.”

Kendall was aware of a dilapidated dwelling near the OrangeAlamance line that was in foreclosure. The plan was to quickly improve and “flip” it to generate revenue. A bank loan covered purchase, repair and, importantly, payroll. Taking turns so two employees would always be at the office, she and her crew invested considerable sweat equity in the house, surprising themselves by tackling projects they never would have touched in their own homes.

“Demolition work is so therapeutic,” Kendall says with a laugh. “It’s

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something every woman who’s ever experienced real stress ought to try.”

The suddenly desirable property sold quickly. The recession, however, didn’t budge.

Empowered by their accomplishment, Kendall and her employees did it again, this time with a run-down duplex on Brookfield Drive.

They stripped rooms down to the studs, remediating hazardous mold and hauling out harvest gold appliances. But the project turned out to be more complex than they bargained for. Friends and family were recruited on the last day to complete the interior checklist, as well as spruce up the yard with plants plucked from their own gardens.

Finally ready for the marketplace, it, too, sold quickly.

Kendall’s practice recovered along with the economy. Her staff is smaller now, but still all female, with longtime paralegal Kelly Shambley the only employee remaining from the “work crew” era.

The women who retired or moved on had unintended team-building experience, which proved far more valuable than closing your eyes and trusting a colleague to catch you.

“It changed our lives and made us feel proud,” she says. “We don’t fear doing things by ourselves anymore.” – Jill Warren Lucas

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Jaye Kreller first met Kendall nearly 20 years when both women were members of a professional networking guild in Raleigh. They worked together on a Habitat for Humanity house and shared their plans for career accomplishments.

At the time, Jaye never imagined that Kendall would play an essential role in her everyday business dealings as a Realtor with Tony Hall & Associates.

“She has been my go-to closing attorney since 2002,” Jaye says. “There are few words as comforting to someone under stress than to hear Kendall say, ’I’m on it.’”

Jaye says the word “no” seems to not be part of her colleague’s vocabulary. “I can’t possibly count the times I’ve asked for advice on complicated real estate questions,” she says. “Even if she’s not the closing attorney, she’s always available to share her expertise. It’s just her way.”

Jaye was aware of the rehab projects Kendall and her staff took on, but did not know that their purpose was to keep the firm afloat.

“She’s great at thinking outside of the box, so I’m not surprised,” Jaye says. “She’s always one to look at creative solutions, which I think is a little uncommon for attorneys who rely on formulas. She’s never shy about stepping outside of her comfort zone to help others.”

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Honorees shine the spotlight on a few of their peers “Florence Peacock. Florence has been a leader in a very quiet, traditional way, but she has made great strides and progress in this community and pushed the community as a whole deeply into a respect for the arts and culture that we may not have had.”

– Former Governor Bev Perdue “At TEACCH, our Assistant Director for Business and Operation Rebecca Mabe deserves many kudos for her tireless endeavors to maintain the business aspects of our clinics so that our therapists can spend their time serving families. She manages all of our statewide human resources administration, patient privacy regulations, electronic medical records and billing information and balances our budgets. She works long hours to ensure that each family receives the best quality care, yet families never have the chance to meet her. She’s really the unsung hero behind our clinical programs.”

– Dr. Laura Klinger, Executive Director of TEACCH Autism Program

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“Lois Boynton, who heads the PR Department at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. There are media professionals all over the world now who look back and know that Lois was instrumental in shaping their journey.

She did it with her enthusiasm, her laughter and her constant focus on bringing your best self to the work you do. She’s the only person I know who can keep a whole room laughing at 8 a.m. But it’s her open door that makes all the difference.” – Dana McMahan, UNC professor & Chief Marketing Officer, TOPO Organic Spirits “My mother, Brenda Stephens, is very community-oriented and has served on the Orange County Board of Education for 14 years. She worked as a librarian and was eventually named director of Hyconeechee Regional Library. She was the first black person in the state to hold that position and was given the prestigious Library Director of the Year Award. She led the opening of Orange County’s first branch libraries: McDougle, Cedar Grove and the Carrboro Cybrary.

My mother’s whole career has been spent in the service of others. Even though my brother and I have long since graduated public schools, Mom remains a compassionate child advocate and believes that every child should get the best education possible in the Orange County School system.

She is an ethical, disciplined and hardworking woman who has been an outstanding role model to many. Especially me.”

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Sara Stephens, 33

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actually live on my great-great-grandparents’ old tobacco farm on the outskirts of town. My parents are my nextdoor neighbors. I have two sets of aunts and uncles across the road. We live not far from the plantation my family was on. I’ve had friends say, ‘Oh my God. I can’t believe you live around your family.’ [But] it means a lot to me to be able to live on the family property in the same neighborhood, same little community with my family. It’s so important. I feel like I’m still learning so much from them. Growing up, I spent most of my time at the library just up the street. After school, my best friend and I would walk from the elementary school to the library and hang out until my mom got off work. She was the first black library director of the state of North Carolina. I followed in my mother’s footsteps and got my master’s in library science [at N.C. Central], the same graduate school she did.

I worked in county government [in the Register of Deeds office] here for five years. There are two sections to the office, a place that records deeds, easements and land grants. And then there’s the other side of the office, what they call ‘vital records’ – births, deaths, marriages and things of that nature. There’s a lot of record keeping which goes with, you know, my librarian side. The records in the office go back to 1752; it’s really exciting to see my family’s records in the office. You probably saw that I ran for Register of Deeds [in 2014]. During the election time, kids would be like, ‘Look, Mom, it’s the lady from the sign.’ Even though I did not win, it was a great feeling to have done that. If that helped to inspire someone and get folks more involved in the community, then I am happy.

I was actually doing medical sales for almost two years and I loved

A seventh-generation Orange County native, Sara went to undergraduate at Peace College. Her older brother, Seth, is the chief communications officer for Orange Public Schools. Mom Brenda has been part of the Orange County Board of Education for 14 years while her dad Greg is a member of the American Legion and an active member of their church community.

it. … But it wasn’t a position that was feeding my soul or helping my community. I saw [the CEO of the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce position] was open and thought it was perfect for me. It was a bit of a process trying to find someone essentially to represent Hillsborough/Orange County because the Chamber of Commerce is the first place people come to visit when they come to town or are researching the town. I think they made a pretty good selection, and I hope they think so, too.

The Chamber of Commerce is the voice of the business community. [Owners of] small businesses don’t have time to get out and promote their businesses. We offer that opportunity, networking events and learning opportunities to help grow and market their business. We started a young professionals group because we didn’t have [one] around here … and there was no networking or support for them. I want to be able to support a lot of people in Orange County. Not just the businesses, but also the community because without a community, you are not going to be able to have successful businesses. This is a small town, and we want our young people to stay here and be active in our business community and chamber.

I love Hillsborough, and it’s so diverse. You’ve got these awardwinning authors walking up and down the streets, and then you’ve got the farmers coming down the road. It’s just amazing that [Hillsborough] has come this far. I feel like we’re at a very important time. We’ve got UNC Hospitals opening up here, and we’ve got all these wonderful restaurants and the Riverwalk. There are so many wonderful things going on right now, and it’s so great to be a part of it. I love traveling, but I always want to come back. This is home and it feels right.” – as told to Jessica Stringer Photographed at Ayr Mount

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Bev Perdue, 68

First Female Governor of North Carolina

You’re out of politics? You don’t have your sights set on the U.S. Senate?

Back in the ’90s I was asked, and I knew then that I’d never leave North Carolina. So I have never considered Washington. And I’ve loved my time in North Carolina public policy and government. I’ve loved the people, and I’ll continue to serve the state in many ways, but not in elective office. My family’s over that.

Tell me about your family.

I have two Carolina graduates – Garrett is 37. He’s married. They live here in the Triangle. He runs his own company. I have three little granddaughters through him. And my younger son Emmett lives in Raleigh. He’s an environmental engineer. And he’s married with two children. My husband, Bob, is a Carolina graduate. Everybody around me. So last year I got the honorary degree from Carolina. It was one of the coolest days of my life because I finally became a real legitimate Tar Heel. It was a great day. Bob’s two kids went there, too – this is our second marriage.

And you met Bob here at The Carolina Inn? It’s an interesting story. We were both on the Board of Visitors for UNC. His wife had just died, and my younger son was ready to leave for college. We both had folks telling us that we needed another interest.

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Governor Perdue was born in Grundy, Virginia, a coal-mining town near the Kentucky border. (Author Lee Smith went to high school in Grundy with her older brother.) She launched her political career in the 1980s, serving in the N.C. House of Representatives.

The Democrat served five terms in the N.C. Senate before she was elected as our first female lieutenant governor in 2000. (Hers was the tie-breaking vote that established the N.C. Education Lottery.)

She was elected governor in 2008.

Photographed at The Carolina Inn

Bern. We still have it. He’s in New Bern today. And we have a house here in The Oaks. It was just wonderful. Because I worked in Raleigh, at the General Assembly, before I ran for statewide office, it was perfect because I was in Raleigh three or four days a week. It was great to come home and not have to go to a hotel.

If you were to spend this Saturday in Chapel Hill with your grandchildren, where might you take them?

Always the Planetarium. Bob and I both are great fans of the Botanical Garden. We love the ball games. My granddaughters come to the women’s basketball games. I love Sylvia [Hatchell]. It breaks my heart when they’re doing a playoff, and the gym is two-thirds empty. I find it really unacceptable. The kids all have pictures running on the soccer field and the lacrosse field. There’s always something to do. I love on Saturday morning to bring the dog, Dosie, out and get coffee and a bagel at Panera.

Is there anything you miss about the Governor’s Mansion?

I miss the people, and I miss the day-to-day camaraderie of really bright folks working for 10 million people. I miss the rush of being able to solve a problem and see its impact pretty quickly. But you know, it’s taken me two years – two good years. I was at Harvard for awhile and then Duke. I had the opportunity to take time out and refresh – do a

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little soul searching and writing – and so I’ve had a great two years. I’ll continue to volunteer [as a guest lecturer] in classes all over the Triangle.

But I am really quite energized about this new business I’ve undertaken.

(Editor’s Note: In April, she joined Whiteboard Advisors’ growing team of senior advisors. The consulting firm specializes in education policy, market research and communications.) It’s a whole different scope for me, to be back in the private sector. I’ve come full circle.

Your thoughts about what’s going on in Raleigh?

I promised that I would not speak negatively about what was going on.

The one good thing I can say is the fact that the leaders of the General Assembly and the governor and the lieutenant governor have been very supportive of technology and the work that we’re all doing in educational technology. I am concerned about the future of education in North Carolina – deeply concerned.

And it troubles me to think that this university system that we’ve all worked so hard on – and others long before us laid down the foundation – you see it begin to change. Change may not be a bad thing. I can’t say yet. But it is a time to pause as a people and think about what our values are.

What would you say to a 20-year-old woman who aspires to a career in politics?

It’s a good time. I won’t be so brash as to say it’s a great time. Every season is better. I’m just very honest about this – and I do see it from my perspective and it might be jaded – but I do think it’s harder for a woman to serve. I think the comments about the hair and the outfits and who’s taking care of the children are unfair. And I hope that I can live long enough to see a man and a woman treated equally. You know, I learned early on in politics – because I’m so short, I demanded that in any kind of venue where I was going to be on a stage opposite my opponent, that I be given a box that would put me at equal height.

That’s the physical differences in women and men. I think that’s part of the myth around the questions about whether we can lead. Those are disappearing. I think my tenure and the tenures of other women around the country have made a huge difference. And I think the country now could be very happy to elect a woman president.

Do you think Hillary Clinton has a good chance?

I think she has a terrific chance. It’s going to be a long slog, and she knows that. She’s going to do it vote by vote, person by person.

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What advice would you give to women in business?

I talked to a class at UNC this afternoon, and I told them – the thing you have to do to be successful is build a contact list. That’s the one thing I never spent a lot of energy on in my early years, and I really regret it. … As your career path goes in different areas, you’ll need some of those contacts to help you restart. It’s really important. Your word – people need to know that you’re honest. For women in business, I really suggest to figure out who your audience is. I spent two or three minutes before every meeting trying to figure out who the players were coming into my office, so that I could at least know in my mind where their hidden agendas and biases were. ... And then watch your back because it can be so nasty. There will be people with knives waiting to tear you down. … I remember when I ran for the first time in the ’80s for a House seat. I was the first woman in history to do that where I lived in eastern North Carolina. And my consultant suggested to me that nobody should know I was a woman. We were careful to do the posters that said, “Perdue for the House.” Not “Bev Perdue.” … Women of my generation were less accepting to have women in power. I do believe that’s changed. This generation is less conflicted about who has the gold at the moment. There’s enough gold to share. … The thing that drove me nuts, that I have made every young woman who ever worked for me aware of, is there is no acceptable rationale for crying in the workplace. If you are a woman – young or old – and you’re so distraught or upset, then you need to go to the ladies’ room and shut the door and let your emotions clear themselves. Don’t let the boys see you crying. … It’s really not good for your career pathway. … Be direct about money. [Money’s] hard even for me. I have three new clients, and some days I feel like they think I’m going to do it for free. I had lunch with a friend this week to ask advice about closing the deal. Even at my age, money’s hard. – Andrea Griffith Cash CHM PHOTO BY BRIANA BROUGH

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“I’ve lived in Chapel Hill almost 18 years. We have great friends – both at the university and in the community. The fact that you can be whoever you want to be in Chapel Hill is pretty cool. There’s no dress code. There’s just this code of friendliness and small-town living embedded with this tremendous resource – this academic mecca. … I’ve been part of building a lot of it. Sometimes I feel like I’m at home, and all these parts of UNC are my grandchildren. To see them grow and prosper – I love this community.”

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Hair and Makeup With a new outfit in hand, Debby spent the remainder of the day being pampered at the Aveda Institute Chapel Hill’s new University Mall location where Carson Biggers and Nikole Miranda provided indulgent services with guidance from educator Bridget Jones.

Carson began with a relaxing Elemental facial, one of Aveda’s signature services. After that, Debby met with Nikole for a haircut, color and nail care. Nikole says, “We decided on keeping her all-over hair color darker with little splashes of red balayage and long layers with face framing because she wanted a fun yet sophisticated style for her job search. We finished her off with an express mani-pedi and nail polish to match her cute outfit!”

Debby was thrilled with the fresh look. “Nikole provided the perfect marriage of cut and color to make me look and feel ready for spring,” she says.

For the finishing touch, Carson and Nikole worked together to create the perfect makeup palette for Debby.

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The Transformation “When I saw it all come together, I couldn’t find the words for how I felt,” Debby says.

“It was such an overwhelmingly positive experience.”

Peter, however, wasn’t at a loss for words.

He said, “Mom, you look beautiful.”

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both have decades of corporate America behind them. “I wouldn’t say we’ve retired,” Steve says of the couple today. “I would say we’ve changed direction.” When searching for a space to come home to after days spent on philanthropic and entrepreneurial pursuits, Chapel Hill was a no-brainer.

“We were only looking in Chapel Hill. It’s got so much energy,” Jan says. “It’s got concerts.

It’s got kids. It’s got vibrancy. There’s always something to do. And it’s beautiful!” Plus, the alumni fit in here. “Our business lives were more like, you go to an office or you go on a business trip,” Jan says. “Now, we can work from home and work remotely. In a way, our lives might seem more like a young person’s life, sort of cobbled together from lots of different opportunities.” u

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The couple’s condominium at McCorkle Place, from the outside, is in the middle of all the action on East Franklin Street. But inside, an incredible art collection and sophisticated decor make for a quiet sanctuary.

Some Carolina blue in the bedroom gives a nod to their alma mater and to The Carolina Inn, where they used to stay constantly. “Our niece, when we told her we bought a place [in Chapel Hill], her first question was, ‘Have you called he Carolina Inn?’” Steve says.

“One of the things we really like about this place is the light,” Jan says.

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WHERE THE ART IS In the interest of full disclosure, “we receive our mail at Wrightsville Beach,” Jan says. That’s where she was raised, and where the couple relocated after spending their working lives in Greensboro. But many connections from their college years and careers remained in the Triangle, as well as their two grown children and their grandchildren. Two Thanksgivings ago, Steve and Jan calculated how many trips they had made to this region: more than 50. That was the tipping point. They began searching for a second home around here.

When the couple first toured their unit in the condominiums at McCorkle Place – a discreet brick building tucked between University Presbyterian Church and East Franklin Street’s sorority houses – they were struck by its homey, neighborhood feel. But then “Jan walked in the door, saw that wall, and said, ‘You know that painting would fit here,’” Steve remembers. “And that was it.” u

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LEFT See the ceramic figure in the center of the china cabinet? In the Bosel area of Switzerland, where Jan used to travel for work, there’s a springtime celebration, much like Mardi Gras, called Fasnacht. “I just fell in love with these ugly creatures,” she says. She has a handful on display, but “the biggie” is in the living room. “I was not allowed to buy her,” Jan remembers. “The store owner said he could only sell it to a Swiss citizen, so I went back to the office and asked my Swiss friends if they would buy it for me.” ABOVE The couple got “Nine Phases” by Lew Graham from FRANK’s Off the Wall fundraising gala.

“That painting” is a massive diptych, “Lowcountry,” that spans the entire length of their dining wall. Charlotte artist Andy Braitman painted it, and the couple acquired it years ago. It had never quite fit in their Wrightsville Beach home, but they had been making do. Now, the painting stars on an accent wall along an open room divided into both dining and living areas – it doesn’t just fit, it anchors the space.

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919•360•7735 “Lowcountry” would go, they sought the advice of a decorator for their rest of their art. As it tends to go in Chapel Hill, in Greg Tuchek and Betsy Hayes of Franklin Street Design (within Peacock Alley at University Mall), the couple found more than interior design. “Their ideas were great,” Steve says. “One of the benefits of doing business with Greg and Betsy is that we made two friends. They were a lot of fun.” It’s a sentiment echoed by the design team. “Jan and Steve are a dynamic and delightful couple,” Betsy says.

Betsy and Greg conceptualized the condo as an “ideal setting for an ideal [art] collection,” she says. And, Greg adds, “we created a home away from home.”

“A special treat,” says Betsy, “was an opportunity to explore their fondness for purple.” Indeed, window treatments of lavender Designer’s Guild fabric set the tone, with custom coordinating upholstered chairs in the sitting room and living room pillows to match. It’s just a shade they like. “Every home we’ve had has leaned toward having lavender,” Jan says simply.

Since one uniform color runs throughout, it becomes a neutral backdrop for the art collection. “Most of the art in here predates this place,” Steve says, so the couple’s goal was to showcase what they already had. Among their pieces are a few by local painter and weaver Rose Warner, “Pages 4 and 5” from “Goodnight Carolina” by Elaine O’Neil and a modern piece – “Nine Phases” by Lew Graham – that the couple scored from a FRANK fundraising auction. Most of their art 78

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SETTLING IN Comfort was and is the ultimate goal. “We certainly wanted this to feel homey,” Jan says. “We feel pretty lucky to be able to call two places home. We recognize how lucky we are,” Steve says. “And this is a good living space.”

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It’s nice for us to be here in the summer, during the peaceful time, and then to be at the beach more in the winter, when tourists are gone.” They love to host friends for Carolina games – Steve’s the football fan, Jan is the men’s basketball fan, and women’s basketball has become a newfound joint favorite – concerts at Memorial Hall and jaunts to DPAC and The Carolina Theatre. Plus, “the walking here is terrific. We do a lot of that,” Jan says. “If you’re bored in Chapel Hill, it’s your fault.”

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NTEGRATIVE MEDICINE is an approach to care that puts the patient at the center and addresses the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect a person’s health. Employing a personalized strategy that considers the patient’s unique conditions, needs and circumstances, it uses the most appropriate interventions from an array of scientific disciplines to heal illness and disease and help people regain and maintain optimum health.

At Duke Integrative Medicine, our team of health professionals addresses

all aspects of your health, offering the best conventional and complementary care available. We work with you to develop strategies to stay in shape, prepare and recover – physically and emotionally – from an event such as surgery or cancer, and help you manage life changes caused by aging, menopause, diabetes, heart disease, pain or weight loss.

Here are just a few testimonials from our current patients ►►►

meet the patient

Ted Moore Ted Moore had been plagued for decades by high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels when he chose Duke IM to help tackle the issue in a comprehensive way. He was looking for an approach that didn’t rely so heavily on the use of statins, the side effects of which had become tiresome.

Ted says that what makes Duke IM different is that it’s completely customized to the individual patient.

The doctors and staff are confident, patient and open minded to the potential best long-term health outcomes. They are excellent listeners, seamless with individual patient information, and they are congenial.

He singles out two providers as having an extraordinary positive impact on his overall health: lead massage therapist Kim Turk and integrative physician Dr. Susan Blackford.

“Kim is a rare old soul who is curious about the daily functioning of her patients,” he explains, crediting his positive attitude and long-term well-being to her medical savvy beyond the massage table and role as a trusted confidant.

“And thanks to Dr. Blackford,” he adds, “after six months of treatment that has included exercise, diet changes and a lower dose of medication, my troublingly high LDL numbers have been cut in half!”

At 70 years old, Ted’s simple goal is to maximize his zest for life. With Duke IM as his partner, he is now confidently accomplishing that goal.

I get to come to work every day and participate in the healing of my fellow human beings. Everybody has a story and I’m privileged to be in that space where real change can occur; the story can take a different course. Seeing the smile, relief and joy in someone’s being after our time together really makes my work matter.”

—kim turk

Kim Turk

Lead Massage Therapist Kim uses a wide range of techniques to get to the heart of the matter in bodywork. She is well versed in several modalities: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial, Reflexology and scar tissue management. She specializes in Oncology Massage for those with or in remission from cancer. Medical massage for those recovering from surgery or trauma is a particular passion. She is also a second level Reiki practitioner. Kim is also well versed in Repetitive Use Injury Therapy ® through Muscle Release Technique.

She enjoys co-creating individualized sessions tailored to each client’s specific needs and has also been a lifestyle maintenance coach for Duke’s Diet & Fitness Center.

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Monica Gulisano

Integrative Dietitian /Nutritionist

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Devon Brewer Devon Brewer needed to find a way to alleviate multiple health problems and was struck by the fundamental difference at Duke IM. “Everyone here takes a holistic approach,” she says, “which is important when it comes to medicine. These days, every treatment plan is a quick fix to get the problem to go away, but at Duke IM, the providers look for the root of the problem.”

She was relieved when her health care team assured her that it wasn’t normal to feel fatigue or to have headaches. “They helped me figure out the cause and fix that first,” she says, “and then take a natural approach to my overall well-being.”

Massage therapy was the first thing that Devon felt she needed, having struggled with back pain following the birth of her son. Massage therapist Kim Turk was there to help. “She doesn’t just do the massage; she knows what is going on with your body and helps you understand the heart of the problem,” Devon says.

Devon was also suffering from jaw pain and received acupuncture at Duke IM. “Acupuncture cured me of temporomandibular joint [disorder,]” she says. “My mom and I scheduled what we called

‘acu-dates’ and came to our appointments together! It feels spa-like.”

In addition to pain management, Devon also took advantage of nutritional counseling and was “blown away” by how well integrative nutritionist Monica Gulisano does her job. “Whenever you do a diet, there is always a shock factor,” Devon says. “You can’t have this and you can’t have that.

Monica sat down with me and took so much time to really answer all of my questions.

She asked what I normally ate for breakfast. Then she recommended some foods I hadn’t tried; she even made a grocery list and let me know which grocery stores carried what I needed. She made the process of changing my diet something I could do instead of something that overwhelmed me.”

Grateful to have the support she needed to live a healthier life free from chronic pain, Devon is quick to say that Duke IM is the way that health care should be. “You should be in an environment that makes you feel comforted, not anxious, and be with a team of people that will help you be the healthiest you can be,” she says. “They know the right approach. This is the future of medicine.”

Monica blends her expertise in chronic disease management and weight management with her passion for integrating positive eating attitudes and whole foods to achieve mind and body healing. She can rely on her rich clinical background to assess, counsel and develop personalized nutrition care plans for individuals, educate and empower groups, and solve clinical problems.

I care about connecting with people, listening to their story and supporting them on their journey toward health and vitality. I get to do this every day in a manner that’s highly personalized and that encourages a positive and healthy relationship with eating and food.”

Joanne Gardner

Integrative Dietitian /Nutritionist Joanne guides clients towards a deeper understanding of how food choices, nutrition supplements, eating behaviors and activity can be adjusted to enhance their health. She incorporates strategies that lead to satisfying, nourishing, whole foods-based meals, which support a healthy, active, mindful lifestyle. Each client’s recommendations are personalized and targeted for their goals and concerns.

Food is one of my life passions. It has a very powerful influence on all dimensions of health. I am honored to be in a position where my clients are encouraged to open up and explore their relationship with food and develop a deeper understanding of its impact on their health parameters. Everyone has their unique ‘food print;’ it is my intention to help them find and maintain a healthy, supportive balance.”

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meet the patient

Simone Lemieux When Simone Lemieux arrived at Duke Integrative Medicine in September 2010, she was exhausted, burned out and struggling to lose weight. She knew she needed help, but did not know where to start.

She did not anticipate how life changing her experience would be.

Two of the biggest differences she found at Duke IM were the hour-long appointments and the in-depth history forms she was asked to complete. “When my acupuncturist, Janet, greeted me and escorted me into her treatment room,” Simone notes, “she had read every response and knew my history.” At the appointment, Janet emphasized the importance of acupuncture as part of an overall program that included other health care professionals at Duke IM.

Simone worked with an assortment of providers: an integrative physician with a special interest in pain management, a massage therapist and instructors in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

Among the health care team there was consensus that reducing pain and improving her comfort were key to moving her toward suitable exercise with confidence. As she became stronger, she increased her activity and her fun.

By September 2011, she was energized and ready to work. She had lost 40 pounds and was swimming regularly. Simone was ready with new knowledge about how to take care of herself and her family; she had tools to manage her health well into the future.

I care about people feeling as comfortable as possible in their bodies and living the life they want to live. I know I have a modality that offers so much; I am passionate about having availability in the marketplace of health. To me, acupuncture is a sensible and pragmatic choice for restoring comfort and vitality.”

—Janet Shaffer

Janet Shaffer

Licensed Acupuncturist Janet has been practicing acupuncture since 1999 and is certified in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology and Oriental Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

She has cared for patients of all ages and levels of health and is dedicated to the implementation of wellness and assisting patients in attaining the healing results they want for themselves.

Duke Center for Living Campus, 3475 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705 866.313.0959 (toll-free) or 919.660.6826 www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org /DukeIntegrativeMedicine @DukeIM

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CHAPEL HILL East Franklin Street Downtown Artisan Pizza Kitchen Sand­wiches, hamburgers, pizza. 153 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-9119 [B]Ski’s Specialty wraps. 147 E. Franklin St.; 919-969-9727

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Bandido’s Mexican Cafe Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 159-1/2 E. Franklin St.; 919-967-5048 BUNS Serves gourmet burgers, fries and shakes made from fresh ingredients; beer and wine only.

107 N. Columbia St.; 919-240-4746; bunsofchapelhill.com Carolina Coffee Shop The mainstay serves casual American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 138 E. Franklin St.; 919-942-6875 Chopsticks & More Chicken wings, hot bowls. 163 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-5277 Cosmic Cantina Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 128 E. Franklin St.; 919-960-3955 Four Corners American fare, nachos, wings, pasta. 175 E. Franklin St.; 919-537-8230 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Light-as-air glazed doughnuts and more. 157 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-3466 Kurama Sushi & Noodle Express Dumplings, salads, noodle dishes. 105 N. Columbia St.; 919-968-4747 Linda’s Bar & Grill Local beer, sweet potato tots, cheese fries, burgers.

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At most bars, tequila is something you slug (and more often than not, there’s some wincing involved). At Calavera, it is savored. With more than 50 types on the menu, patrons are encouraged to order a flight of three. As owner Kenneth Yowell says, “From the vanilla and caramel flavors of a great añejo to the pepper and citrus flavors of a premium blanco, there’s so much to explore and fall in love with.” He’s right. I sipped the Don Julio 1942 and could detect a hint of vanilla. Accompanied by a little glass of sangrita, an acidic, spicy palate cleanser, I was ready for flaky empanadas like the Piggly Wiggly, their ode to Carolina-style pulled pork, and my favorite, the Havana Jerk with mango salsa. Cocktails made with freshly squeezed juice and dessert empanadas make it hard to leave the cozy eatery decked out with candles, glittering strands of lights and glowing stars. As Ken says, “We had a guest from Mexico City the other day pay us the highest compliment by telling us ‘You got it perfect – it’s like a little piece of home.’” Empanadas, $3.50 each. Tequila flight, $15. – Jessica Stringer CHM

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McAlister’s Deli Sandwiches, wraps, baked pota­toes, soups. 205 E. Franklin St.; 919-969-1102 Mei Asian Noodles, soups, fried rice.

143 E. Franklin St.; 919-537-8409 R&R Grill Spicy wings, kabobs, flatbread pizza, New York strip.

137 E. Franklin St.; 919-240-4411

ROOTS BAKERY, BISTRO & BAR Farm-to-table American and Central American fusion; bakery, bistro 161 E. Franklin St.; & bar 919-240-7160; rootschapelhill.com.

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SPANKY’S A Chapel Hill institution since 1977, the American bar and grill serves hamburgers, brown sugar baby back ribs, garden fresh salads and barbecue; all ABC permits. 101 E. Franklin St.; 919-9672678; spankysrestaurant.com BIENVENIDOS.

Sugarland Cupcakes, gelato, pastries.

140 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-2100 Sup Dogs Creative hot dogs and sides like jalapeño popper tots and funnel cake sticks.

107 E. Franklin St.; 919-903-9566 Sutton’s Drug Store Burgers, sandwiches, breakfast, milk shakes. 159 E. Franklin St.; 919-942-5161 SweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt Choose your own yogurt and toppings.

105 E. Franklin St.; 919-537-8616 Time-Out Southern comfort food 24 hours a day. 201 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-2425

West Franklin Street Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries with local ingredients.

516 W. Franklin St.; 919-904-7659 411 WEST The menu – including fresh pasta, seafood and pizzas – is inspired by the flavors of Italy and the Mediterranean, with a healthy California twist; outdoor dining; all ABC permits. 411 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-2782; 411west.com

Tru Deli & Wine Sandwiches and wine.

114 Henderson St.; 919-240-7755 Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe Breakfast waffles, pancakes, eggs. 173 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-9192

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KIPOS Greek cuisine in a relaxed, upscale setting; outdoor dining; all ABC permits. 431 W. Franklin St.; 919-425-0760; kiposgreektaverna.com

Bread and Butter Bread, cinnamon rolls, desserts. 503 W. Rosemary St.; 919-960-5998 BREADMEN’S A variety of sandwiches, burgers, salads and grilled meat, as well as daily soup and casserole specials. Breakfast served all day; vegetarian options; outdoor dining; beer and wine only. 324 W. Rosemary St.; 919-967-7110; breadmens.com Carolina Brewery The fifth-oldest brewery in the state; all ABC permits.

460 W. Franklin St.; 919-942-1800 Carolina Crossroads at The Carolina Inn New American cuisine and seasonal specialties; all ABC permits. 211 Pittsboro St.; 919-918-2777 Chipotle Mexican Grill Burritos, que­sa­dillas, salads. 301 W. Franklin St.; 919-942-2091

For Special Cholanad Contemporary South Occasions...

Indian cuisine, all ABC permits.

308 W. Franklin St.; 800-246-5262 Crook’s Corner Southern classics.

610 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-7643

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ELAINE’S ON FRANKLIN Fine regional American cuisine, made with the freshest local ingredients; all ABC permits.

454 W. Franklin St.; 919-960-2770; elainesonfranklin.com

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TOP OF THE HILL Our only local distillery also offers beers and American food, like burgers, flatbreads and entree specials; all ABC permits; outdoor dining. 100 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-8676; topofthehill.com

KALAMAKI Simple, well-prepared Greek street food dishes and salads; outdoor dining; beer and wine only.

431 W. Franklin St.; 919-240-7354; kalamakichapelhill.com

Silver Medal: Best Restaurants of 2011, News & Observer

Fitzgerald’s Irish Pub Burgers, beer, Irish whiskey. 206 W. Franklin St.; 919-240-4560 Guru India Tandoori, thali, curry.

508-A W. Franklin St.; 919-942-8201 Industry American food such as sandwiches, pizzas and salads. 403 W. Rosemary St.; 919-918-3932

Italian Pizzeria III Pizza, calzones, subs.

508 W. Franklin St.; 919-968-4671 Jasmin Mediterranean Bistro Greek-Lebanese cuisine. 100 W. Franklin St.; 919-903-8868 Lantern Pan-Asian cuisine.

423 W. Franklin St.; 919-969-8846 L A

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Weddings LA RESIDENCE French-inspired cuisine madereceptions from fresh ingredients. ceremonies rehearsaL dinners engagement parties Luncheons 202 W. Rosemary St.; 919-9672506; laresidencedining.com Downtown Chapel Hill 202

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Lime & Basil Vietnamese fare.

200 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-5055 Lime Fresh Mexican Grill Freshly prepared Mexican food. 140 W. Franklin St.; 919-904-7270 Los Potrillos Taquitos, quesadillas, enchiladas.

220 W. Rosemary St.; 919-932-4301 MEDITERRANEAN DELI Offers healthy vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options as well as delicious meats from the grill; beer and wine only; outdoor dining.

410 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-2666; mediterraneandeli.com

MAMA DIP’S KITCHEN Traditional Southern specialties, including a country breakfast and lunch and dinner classics like fried chicken and Brunswick stew; outdoor dining; beer and wine only. 408 W. Rosemary St.; 919-942-5837; mamadips.com

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID, “WHISKEY IS LIQUID SUNSHINE.” SO, PUT YOUR SUNGLASSES ON ‘CAUSE TOPO EIGHT OAK IS HERE.

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Mellow Mushroom Classic Southern pizza.

310 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-1941 Merritt’s Store & Grill Sandwiches, breakfast biscuits, burgers. 1009 S. Columbia St.; 919-942-4897 Mina’s Grill Homemade Italian deli and entrée options. 401 W. Franklin St.; 919-903-9619 Mint North Indian subz korma and chicken jalfrezi. 504 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-6188 Noodles & Company Asian, Mediterranean, American noodles.

214 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-7320 Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom Deep-dish pizza, calzones, salads and beer.

140 W. Franklin St.; 919-903-9150 Panera Bread Sandwiches, soups, salads, breads, pastries. 213 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-9189 Sandwhich Hot and cold specialty sandwiches and burgers. 407 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-2114 SPICY 9 SUSHI BAR & ASIAN RESTAURANT Sushi, Thai curries, bibimbap and other Asian entrees. 140 W. Franklin St.; 919-903-9335; spicy9chapelhill.com Talulla’s Authentic Turkish cuisine, including Mercimek soup, grilled whole fish and eggplant musakka. 456 W. Franklin St.; 919-933-1177 Vespa Italian and Mediterranean fare.

306 W. Franklin St.; 919-969-6600 Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe Traditional Indian tandoori and thali.

431 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-3833 West End Wine Bar Pastries, light tapas, 100 wines. 450 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-7599 Windows Restaurant at the Franklin Hotel New American cuisine. 311 W. Franklin St.; 919-442-9000 YOGURT PUMP Since 1982, YoPo has served up frozen yogurt treats and shakes with unique flavors like mocha java and red velvet.

Non-fat, low-fat and no sugar added available. 106 W. Franklin St.; 919-942-7867; yogurtpump.com

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Village Plaza/East Franklin Street/ Shops at Eastgate 35 Cafe Buffet for lunch and dinner.

1704 E. Franklin St.; 919-968-3488 Bailey’s Pub & Grille Sports bar with pub food. 1722 N. Fordham Blvd. (Rams Plaza); 919-918-1005 Caffe Driade Carrboro Coffee, bowl-sized lattes, local baked goods, beer and wine.

1215-A E. Franklin St.; 919-942-2333 Carolina 1663 Contemporary Southern cuisine at the Sheraton. 1 Europa Dr.; 919-969-2157 EVOS Health-conscious fast food.

Shops at Eastgate; 919-929-5867 Il Palio Ristorante at The Siena Hotel N.C.’s only AAA Four Diamond Italian restaurant.

1505 E. Franklin St.; 919-918-2545 La Hacienda Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 1813 N. Fordham Blvd.; 919-967-0207 The Loop Pizza Grill Pizzas, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers. Shops at Eastgate; 919-969-7112 Market Street CoffeeHouse Locally sourced coffee, pastries and more.

227 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-968-8993 Min Ga Korean cuisine featuring grilled fish, pan fries, hot pot and noodles.

116 Old Durham Rd.; 919-933-1773 MIXED CASUAL KOREAN BISTRO Specializes in bibimbap, customizable bowls of rice, meat, vegetables and sauce; 1404 E. Franklin St.; 919-9290047; mixedkoreanbistro.com Monterrey Traditional Mexican cuisine.

237 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-969-8750 Olio & Aceto Breakfast and lunch options inspired by Blue Sky Oil and Vinegar products.

400 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-903-8958 Penguin’s Cafe Salad bar, hot bar, sandwiches. Whole Foods Market, 81 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-968-1983 SQUID’S The menu of fresh seafood options includes wood-grilled fillets, live Maine lobster, fried seafood and oysters; outdoor dining; all ABC permits.

1201 N. Fordham Blvd. (15-501); 919-942-8757; squidsrestaurant.com

Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen Drive-through biscuits, sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs.

1305 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-1324 Tandoor Traditional Indian cuisine, vegan options. 1301 E. Franklin St.; 919-967-6622 TCBY Frozen yogurt. Shops at Eastgate; 919-967-0629 Twisted Noodles Thai noodle soups, pan-fried noodles. Shops at Eastgate; 919-933-9933 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Airport Road) Hunam Chinese Cantonese cuisine.

790 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-6133 KITCHEN Bistro-style dining with a seasonal menu that always includes mussels; outdoor dining; beer and wine only.

764 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-537-8167; kitchenchapelhill.com Lucha Tigre Latin-Asian cuisine and sake tequila bar. 746 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-904-7326 Market Street Coffee & Ice Cream Local coffee, ice cream, pastries and sandwiches. 2805 Homestead Rd.; 919-960-6247 Pop’s Pizzeria Pizzas, calzones, stromboli, pasta. 1822 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-932-1040 THE ROOT CELLAR (FORMERLY FOSTER’S MARKET) Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more; beer and wine only; outdoor dining.

750 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-3663; rootcellarchapelhill.com Sal’s Ristorante 2 Pizza, calzones, pasta, sandwiches. 2811 Homestead Rd.; 919-932-5125 Meadowmont Village Area Brixx Pizza Specialty pizzas such as pimento cheese and Mexican. 501 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-929-1942 Cafe Carolina & Bakery Salads, sandwiches, breakfast. 601 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-945-8811 Firehouse Subs Hot and cold subs.

603 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-969-4212

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CH DE LA ROULERIE ROSE LES CAMELIAS 2014

HUGUES BEAUVIGNAC PICPOUL 2013

FLICHMAN MALBEC MISTERIO RESERVA 2013

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Chateau de la Roulerie Rose Les Camelias 2014

Hugues Beauvignac Picpoul 2013

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Chante Cigale Cotes du Rhone VV 2012

An intense, full-bodied Cabernet with aromas of candied cherries and dark chocolate along with flavors of mocha and blackberry pie. This wine was crafted with extra care. A portion of the proceeds supports the purchase of art supplies for elementary and middle schools.

Easy drinking, very fresh and clean—totally different than a traditional Rose from Loire, which is sometimes quite dry.

Wooden, strawberry and fresh fruit notes.

A great everyday wine, this dry selection offers relatively low alcohol content and ripe citrus flavors. This is one of our best sellers, with many customers choosing it as their “house white.” Try it with seafood and salads.

Supremely fresh plum, berry and cherry aromas announce an equally pure palate with ripe, tasty blackberry and cherry flavors that veer into chocolate, toast and coffee on the finish. This offers an ideal mix of clarity, big flavors and value.

Team favorite Alexandre Favier has struck gold again with this amazing Cotes du Rhone. Made from declassified Chateauneuf grapes, this intence, spicy red is filled with traditional notes of garrigue and dark berry.

Ideal with grilled meats.

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Get Crafty Craft cocktails first came to my attention in a Charleston restaurant a few years ago.

Arriving early for our dinner reservation, friends and I were asked to wait in the bar, where we immediately succumbed to its unusual and tantalizing cocktails. My choice was called Hot Basil, a vodka gimlet enhanced with fresh basil and jalapeños.

Shockingly delicious!

Until that moment, I’d been satisfied to drink wine, avoiding the trendy faux martinis of the ‘80s and ‘90s – sickly sweet mixtures designed to seduce innocent young things who really would prefer to be drinking Pepsi.

When Bin 54 opened in 2007, its bar menu reintroduced the cocktails of our parents’ generation: Rob Roys, Old Fashioneds, Manhattans and French 75s. The classics were back! How could we have lived so long without them?

Around the same time, Jujube and Lantern served (as they do now) intriguing concoctions. Bangkok Fever, Hot Date and The Milk of Human Kindness showcased unexpected ingredients such as lemongrass, ginger, saffron and orange flower

water. We didn’t know it then, but these were craft cocktails.

So what exactly elevates a mixed drink to a craft cocktail? According to star mixologist and author Brian Van Flandern: “Craft cocktails are handcrafted, foodfriendly recipes that use fresh ingredients and quality spirits and are pleasing to the eye and palate.”

Does this mean a classic martini becomes a craft cocktail if you use Hendrick’s Gin and substitute a lemon twist for the olive? I think so! Throw in a cucumber slice, and it’s even craftier. Mint juleps, of course, have always been craft cocktails. We just didn’t realize it.

These days, you can find good craft cocktails in bars all over town. The Crunkleton offers some of the most creative, but owner Gary Crunkleton also respects timeless classics. (Try his Sazerac, the best this side of The Big Easy.) A born entertainer, Gary shares his secrets every few months at Southern Season’s cooking school.

Of course, you don’t need to have lessons or go to a bar to enjoy craft

cocktails. Anyone able to shake or stir can make them at home. Brian Van Flandern says, “If you use fresh ingredients and balance the sugars, acids and alcohol, you can’t go wrong. Think of it this way: If you put enough sugar and lime juice in anything, eventually it’s going to taste good.”

Here are a couple of very simple craft cocktails to make for sipping on the patio. Besides shaking and stirring skills, you will need a cocktail shaker and a muddler.

part sugar and 1 part water until sugar dissolves. Muddle basil leaves in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients and

shake hard. Serve straight up or on the rocks. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

Makes one cocktail. CHM

Orange Thing Lots of ice cubes ¼ cup vodka 2 Tbsp. orange liqueur (Grand Marnier or Cointreau) ¼ cup fresh orange juice

Sour Basil 1 Tbsp. simple syrup Lots of ice cubes 6-8 large basil leaves, torn into small pieces ¼ cup gin, preferably Hendrick’s 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice Make simple syrup by boiling together 1

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Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker for at least a minute. Strain into a coupe or cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of orange. Makes one cocktail.

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Five Guys Hand-formed burgers and fresh-cut fries. 407 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-942-1515 Market Street Coffee & Ice Cream Locally sourced coffee, ice cream, pastries and hot dogs. 503 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-929-1667 [ONE] Fine dining with a focus on local, seasonal ingredients. 100 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-537-8207 Southern Village La Vita Dolce Pastries, sorbet, gelato.

610 Market St.; 919-968-1635 Merlion Singapore cuisine, roti prata, chicken curry, nasi lemak. 410 Market St., Ste. 320; 919-933-1188 Pazzo! Italian cuisine, take-out pizza.

700 Market St.; 919-929-9984 Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696 Tutti Frutti Frozen yogurt with topping bar.

700 Market St.; 919-929-6333 Weaver Street Market Hot bar and salad bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

716 Market St.; 919-929-2009

University Mall Alfredo’s Pizzas, calzones, salads, subs, pasta, desserts; outdoor dining; beer and wine only. 919-968-3424 Red Bowl Sushi, bento boxes. 919-918-7888 Weathervane Shrimp and grits, sweet potato fries and other gourmet takes on classic flavors; 919-929-9466 CITY KITCHEN Wholesome American fare with a sophisticated twist; outdoor dining; all ABC permits. 201 S. Estes Dr., University Mall; 919-928-8200; citykitchenchapelhill.com

VILLAGE BURGERS Gourmet burgers, including options from lentils to chicken, with sides like sweet potato fries and tater tots. 201 S. Estes Dr., University Mall; 919-2404008; villageburgerchapelhill.com Timberlyne Area Allen & Son Barbecue N.C. barbecue.

6203 Millhouse Rd. (N.C. 86 N.); 919-942-7576

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The Farm House Steaks, salads, potatoes.

6004 Millhouse Rd. (N.C. 86 N.); 919-929-5727 Joe Van Gogh Coffee and pastries.

1129 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-967-2002 Margaret’s Cantina Creative Mexican appetizers and entrees, sandwiches, burgers and vegetarian options. 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-942-4745 Oishii Sushi Bar Specialty rolls, teriyaki, stir-fry, sushi. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-932-7002 The Bagel Bar More than 20 homemade bagel varieties. 630 Weaver Dairy Rd., Ste. 109; 919-929-7700 The Pig Barbecue, fried tofu, collards.

630 Weaver Dairy Rd., Ste. 101; 919-942-1133 Queen of Sheba Ethiopian cuisine. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-932-4986 Sage Cafe Vegetarian fare. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-968-9266 Yopop Frozen Yogurt Frozen yogurt and toppings. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-537-8229

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N.C. 54 East/Raleigh Road Amante Gourmet Pizza Specialty pizzas and create-your-own pizzas are available.

6209-B Falconbridge Rd.; 919-493-0904 BIN 54 Steaks, seafood and other fine American food.

Everything - including breads and desserts - is made entirely in-house; all ABC permits.

Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-969-1155; bin54chapelhill.com elements Cuisine that combines classical as well as modern Asian and European cooking techniques. 2110 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8780 jujube Eclectic, modern cuisine inspired by the classic flavors of China and Vietnam; outdoor dining. Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-960-0555 Nantucket Grill & Bar Clam chowder, lobster rolls. 5925 Farrington Rd.; 919-402-0077

919.929.2263 www.acmecarrboro.com

Raaga Authentic Indian delicacies; all ABC permits. 3140 Environ Way, East 54; 919-240-7490 Thai Palace Soup, curries, pad thai.

Glenwood Square Shopping Center; 919-967-5805 The Egg & I French toast and pancakes, specialty omelets1101 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8488

CARRBORO Downtown ACME FOOD & BEVERAGE CO. Soups, salads, seafood and entrees with a Southern touch; outdoor dining; all ABC permits.

110 E. Main St.; 919-929-2263; acmecarrboro.com

Tobacco Road Sports Cafe Burgers, salads and sandwiches in a sports-friendly atmosphere. 1118 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8404

Akai Hana Japanese cuisine including sushi, tempura and teriyaki. 206 W. Main St.; 919-942-6848

Governors Club

Armadillo Grill Tex-Mex burritos, en­chiladas, tacos, nachos. 120 E. Main St.; 919-929-4669

Bean & Barrel Coffee shop, bar, grill.

50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990 Ciao Bella Pizzeria Pizzas, pastas, sandwiches. 1718 Farrington Point Rd.; 919-932-4440 Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr. (Governors Village); 919-942-4240

Carrburritos Burritos, tacos, nachos and margaritas made from fresh ingredients.

711 W. Rosemary St.; 919-933-8226 Country Junction Restaurant Simple southern classics. 404 W. Weaver St.; 919-929-2462

ROOTS Sushi Bar Asian Restaurant

bakery, bistro & bar beautifully bringing together Central American and Southern Cuisines

because our roots run deep open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily

161 east franklin st. chapel hill (next to sutton’s) BIENVENIDOS. www.rootschapelhill.com

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NEWS BITES HOW DO YOU SAY “CHICKEN”?

Jay’s Chicken Shack has opened on North Churton Street in Hillsborough, cooking up not only fried chicken and buffalo wings, but breakfast sandwiches, burgers and fish. Just for fun, try ordering in another language; it may work – the owner can speak six!

FEELING FINE UNC alumna Elizabeth Gardner is opening a new bar, Krave, in Carrboro, but with a difference: The West Main Street establishment caters to the 18 and older crowd and will craft drinks made with yerba mate, ketum and kava, which may energize or relax patrons without the side effects of alcohol. So order what you like; it’s all good!

GLASSHALFULL Mediterraneaninspired food and wine; outdoor dining; all ABC permits.

106 S. Greensboro St.; 919-967-9784; glasshalfullcarrboro.com Gourmet Kingdom Sichuan cuisine.

301 E. Main St.; 919-932-7222

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Provence Southern French cuisine.

203 W. Weaver St.; 919-967-5008 Spotted Dog Appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, desserts. 111 E. Main St.; 919-933-1117 Southern Rail Bar foods and more upscale nightly specials. 201-C E. Main St.; 919-967-1967

Jade Palace Sichuan and Chinese.

103 E. Main St.; 919-942-0006

Steel String Brewery Craft beer and bluegrass music. 106-A S. Greensboro St.; 919-240-7215

Jessee’s Coffee & Bar Lunch and breakfast served all day, house-roasted espresso and coffees.

401 E. Main St.; 919-929-0445

Tyler’s Restaurant and Taproom Specialty import beers on tap and traditional pub fare. 102 E. Main St.; 919-929-6881

Market Street Coffee & Ice Cream Locally sourced coffee, ice cream and pastries; outdoor dining.

100 E. Weaver St.; 919-960-6776 Milltown Pub fare. 307 E. Main St.; 919-968-2460 Neal’s Deli Traditional deli fare.

100-C E. Main St.; 919-967-2185 Open Eye Cafe Locally roasted Carrboro Coffee and espresso, tea, beer and wine; 101 S. Greensboro St.; 919-968-9410

Wings Over 18 flavors of wings.

313 E. Main St.; 919-537-8271 300 East Main Amante Gourmet Pizza Create-yourown pizzas with options. 300 E. Main St.; 919-929-3330 Bella’s International Cuisine A variety of homemade dishes.

360 E. Main St.; 919-903-9963

Do you

Bibimbap?

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Enjoy our famous Korean Bibimbap, a customized rice-based dish with meat, veggies and sauce. It’s a good mix!

Online ordering for delivery and pick-up available

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Calavera Empanada & Tequila Bar 13 varieties of savory and sweet empanadas and more than 50 kinds of tequila.

370 E. Main St.; 919-617-1674 Hickory Tavern An extensive menu of burgers, sandwiches and build-your-own salads. 370-110 E. Main St.; 919-942-7417 Carr Mill Mall

N.C. 54 West/Carrboro Plaza Anna Maria’s Pizzeria Italian cuisine.

Carrboro Plaza; 919-929-1877 Fiesta Grill Burritos, chimichangas, fajitas, tacos. 3307 N.C. 54 W.; 919-928-9002 Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant Classic Chinese dishes. 602 Jones Ferry Rd.; 919-942-0850

B-Side Lounge Small plates like flatbread, bacon-wrapped dates and fondue. Plus inspired cocktails. 919-904-7160; b-sidelounge.com

Wingman Wings and hot dogs.

104 N.C. 54 W.; 919-928-9200

Carrboro Pizza Oven Pizza, calzones.

919-904-7336

Cole Park Plaza/U.S. 15-501/ Fearrington Village

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Elmo’s Diner Diner breakfast, lunch, dinner. 919-929-2909

Allen & Son Barbecue N.C. barbecue.

5650 U.S 15-501; 919-542-2294

Oasis Organic coffee, tea, beer and wine.

919-904-7343

Carolina Brewery The fifth-oldest brewery in the state. 120 Lowes Dr.; 919-545-2330

Venable Rotisserie Bistro Upscale comfort food with a heavy emphasis on locally sourced and seasonal ingredients.

919-904-7160

The Fearrington Granary Small plates, burgers, grill options. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121

Weaver Street Market Hot bar and salad bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

919-929-0010

The Fearrington House Fine-dining French cuisine. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121

Fig & Honey Southern and Mediterranean fare, from biscuits to kebabs. 141 Chatham Downs Dr., Ste. 201; 919-914-9760 The Goat Panini, meats, cheeses, pastries.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-545-5717 Downtown Chatham Marketplace Sandwiches, pastries, baked goods. 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-2643 The City Tap Classic bar food.

89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562 Elizabeth’s Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, pasta. 160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292 Modern Life Deli & Drinks New York bagels, sandwiches, coffee. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883 OAKLEAF Farm-to-table menu specializing Sophisticated farm to table dining Pittsboro’s renovated, in inFrench andhistoric Italian cuisine; kids menu; Chatham Mills. all ABC permits. 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-533-6303; oakleafnc.com The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch and seasonal baked goods and specialty cakes Lunch • Dinner 84 Hillsboro St.;• Bar 919-542-4452 Saturday Brunch 2012 Best Restaurant in the Triangle - Greg Cox, N&O

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Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store Hearty American entrees, burgers and salads; 39 West St.; 919-542-2432 S&T Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007 Small B&B Cafe Pancakes, quiche, sandwiches and soups. 219 East St.; 919-537-1909 Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey. 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-533-6314 Virlie’s Grill Soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376

HILLSBOROUGH Downtown

Antonia’s Italian cuisine. 101 N. Churton St.; 919-643-7722; Hot Tin Roof Games and specialty cocktails; 115 W. Margaret Ln.; 919-296-9113 LaPlace Cajun cuisine. 111 N. Churton St.; 919-245-0041 Maple View Farm Country Store Homemade ice cream and milk.

6900 Rocky Ridge Rd.; 919-960-5535

Panciuto Southern Italian cuisine.

110 S. Churton St.; 919-732-6261 Radius Pizzeria & Pub Daily-changing entrees, pizzas, salads and sandwiches.

112 N. Churton St.; 919-245-0601 Russell’s Steakhouse Steaks, chicken, burgers. 378 S. Churton St.; 919-241-4902 Saratoga Grill New England-style cuisine, including clam chowder, honey almond salmon and homemade scones; 108 S. Churton St.; 919-732-2214 Village Diner Southern diner, buffet.

600 W. King St.; 919-732-7032 Vintage Revival Tea Room & Treasures Tea and scones. 125 E. King St.; 919-644-8000

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NEWS BITES SAVE THE DATE TerraVita, founded by Colleen Minton, has become one of the country’s leading festivals for sustainable food and beverages.

It returns to Chapel Hill October 8 to 10 with three days of events, including the sit-down Carolina Table: East Meets West dinner and the Grand Tasting on the Green.

Tickets for this event go on sale May 15 at terravitaevent.com.

Weaver Street Market Hot bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

228 S. Churton St.; 919-245-5050 Wooden Nickel Pub Pub fare.

105 N. Churton St.; 919-643-2223 YUM Made-from-scratch gelatos, crepes, baked goods and sorbets.

112 N. Churton St.; 919-316-9013

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Basan A wide variety of fresh, specialty sushi rolls, modern Japanese appetizers and entrees, and an extensive sake selection.

359 Blackwell St., Ste. 220; 919-797-9728; basanrestaurant.com

Full Lotus Wellness Offers a customized blueprint to fitness, nutrition and healthy living with clean eating programs.

3319 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-9986621; fulllotuswellness.com

Parizade Sophisticated Mediterranean food like monkfish tangine, pepper-crusted beef tenderloin and a vegetable caponata with quinoa. Full bar. 2200 W. Main St.; 919286-9712; parizadedurham.com

Bleu Olive High-quality comfort food incorporating local ingredients and Mediterranean flair. 1821 Hillandale Rd.; 919-383-8502; bleuolivebistro.com

Hummingbird Bakery Signature Southern desserts, breakfast fare, lunch and coffee. 721 Broad St.; 919-908-6942; hummingbird-durham.com

Primal Food & Spirits Wood-fired local meat dishes with seasonal sides and craft cocktails. 202 W. N.C. 54; 919-248-3000; primalfoodandspirits.com

blu seafood and bar Upscale seafood restaurant featuring innovative regional classics. 2002 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-286-9777; bluseafoodandbar.com

Local 22 Kitchen & Bar Upscale Southerninspired cuisine, with emphasis on food sourced within a 30-mile radius and local brews. 2200 W. Main St.; 919-286-9755; local22kitchenandbar.com

Revolution Contemporary global cuisine featuring local ingredients. Extensive wine list. Now serving lunch. 107 W. Main St.; 919-956-9999; revolutionrestaurant.com

Denny’s Diner fare serving breakfast anytime, lunch and dinner. 7021 N.C. 751, Ste. 901; 919-908-1006; dennys.com Fairview Dining Room Seasonally inspired contemporary cuisine inside the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. 3001 Cameron Blvd.; 919-493-6699; washingtondukeinn.com

Mez Contemporary Mexican Creative Mexican dishes, based on traditional recipes with a fresh, healthy twist. 5410 Page Rd.; 919-941-1630; mezdurham.com Page Road Grill Traditional American dishes, from house-made soup and bread to burgers to vegetarian options. 5416 Page Rd.; 919-908-8902; pageroadgrill.com

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408 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill 942-5837 www.mamadips.com M-Sat 8am-9:30pm • Sun 8am-9pm Breakfast served daily M-F till 11am, Sun till 1pm Open New Years Day

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Sake Bomb Asian Bistro Classic Asian entrees, like hibachi dinners and curry dishes, an extensive sushi bar and specialty cocktails. 4215 University Dr.; 919-4014488; sakebombdurham.com

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Saladelia Café Espresso and organic smoothie bar, scratch-made pastries, gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Dine in or carry-out. 2424 Erwin Rd., 406 Blackwell St. and 4201 University Dr.; saladelia.com

The Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop Scratch-made pastries, organic salads, sandwiches and wraps, with breakfast all day and delicious brunch every weekend. Awardwinning cakes. 1802 W. Main St.; 919-2861987; madhatterbakeshop.com

Saltbox Seafood Joint Local seafood that is delivered fresh from the Carolina coast and served griddled or fried in a simple manner. 608 N. Mangum St.; 919-908-8970; saltboxseafoodjoint.com

The Original Q Shack “BBQ tender as a mother’s love,” including signature chile-rubbed beef brisket and Carolina pork shoulder. 2510 University Dr.; 919-402-4227; theqshackoriginal.com

Spartacus Restaurant Contemporary Greek/ Mediterranean cuisine in a casual yet elegant atmosphere. Private rooms available. 4139 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-489-2848; spartacusrestaurant.com

Vin Rouge Bistro-style dinner and Sunday brunch. 2010 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-416-0466; vinrougerestaurant.com

The Boot A neighborhood Italian-American Restaurant serving soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas, traditional entrees, plus a full bar. 2501 University Dr.; 919-294-8383; thebootdurham.com

Watts Grocery Seasonal contemporary American cooking using local ingredients.

1116 Broad St.; 919-416-5040; wattsgrocery.com

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Sophisticated farm to table dining in Pittsboro’s renovated, historic Chatham Mills.

Lunch • Dinner Saturday Brunch • Bar

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Chatham Mills 480 Hillsboro St. | Pittsboro, NC

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Wilmington’s 2012 Azalea Festival marked the beginning of more than just spring for Carrboro native Maddie Stanford and Nathan Miles.

Maddie, a student at UNC-Wilmington, and Nathan, enjoying a break from Air Force duties in Goldsboro, were separately enjoying a sunny April weekend when they happened to end up in the same place at the same time. The connection was instant, and the pair began to date.

Nathan was eventually restationed in Alaska, 4,385 miles away from the beach town where they met. For two years, they saw each other a

few times a year, communicating via Skype.

On a rare seven-day break, Nathan’s family took the couple on a tropical cruise. He proposed with an atrium full of passengers looking on, and her “yes” launched a loud round of applause.

The couple is still braving the distance, with Maddie graduating in May and Nathan still stationed in Alaska. But they’re looking forward to being together in Fairbanks after marrying in St. Thomas More Catholic Church this

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for a cupcake tier from Gigi’s Cupcakes, a huge hit among the guests.

Jessica’s parents, Jim Hayes and Patty Skiff of Franklinton, and Luke’s parents, Robert and Diane Blitchington of Chapel Hill, were in attendance. Local members of the wedding party included Jamie Harper, Kasey Blitchington, Sara Washam, Rosanna Rivera, Gabrielle McCalister, Alex McDermott, Chris Michell, Tom Michell, Josh Blitchington, Charlie Stanford, Harry Arndt, Nathaniel Washam and Mike Du Toit.

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instantly clicked upon meeting at a Brooks & Dunn concert in June 2010. After a few years of dating, Luke surprised Jessica by proposing on a weekend trip to Asheville.

The couple got married at The Carolina Inn. There was not a dry eye at the ceremony, and there was not a time during the reception that the dance floor was empty. Jessica credits their great local vendors for their wedding day going so smoothly: Chapel Hill Florist brought in beautiful flowers, and Kailey Branham from A Southern Soiree made sure everything was planned down to the last detail. Instead of going the traditional route with a wedding cake, Jessica and Luke opted

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Chapel Hill native Leigh Tyndall met Samuel Snow in Atlanta. Leigh, a UNC grad, was working toward her master’s degree in public health at Emory University while Samuel was pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Georgia Tech. The pair shared an interest in water quality and health, which led them to take the same environmental microbiology class.

On a class field trip to a wastewater treatment plant, the couple began chatting and proved that “love can blossom anywhere.” For the rest of the semester, the couple’s schedule allowed time for brunch between classes, which then grew into a year of attending church together, bonding over a mud run and writing their theses together during late nights.

In February 2014, exactly one year after they began dating, Samuel took Leigh to Atlanta Botanical Gardens, the site of their first date, and surprised her with a beautiful cross-stitch of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and a diamond ring.

The couple was married outdoors at Fearrington Village. With family — including the bride’s parents, Chapel Hill natives Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Tyndall — and a few friends in attendance, the couple said their “I dos” that morning in a place where Leigh had spent many childhood days.

Leigh and Samuel now live in Lansing, Michigan, where they both work for the state of Michigan. CHM

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