Chapel Hill Magazine April 2021

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AN INSIDE LOOK AT STRIKING MODERNIST HOMES 16TH ANNUAL HOME & GARDEN ISSUE

DOOR PRIZE The Balakrishnan home off Hwy. 54 W. is an award-winning, innovative take on the timeless style.

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DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 Editor’s Letter

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Chapel Hill Champion Novelist, playwright and professor Bland Simpson on growing up in Chapel Hill and his latest projects

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A Sense of Wonder Wonder Connection’s hands-on science and nature programs brighten hospital stays for kids by nurturing curiosity and joy

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Commercial Office Space in the Post-’Demic Some hesitation among tenants but – for the most part – Chapel Hill is still bullish on the office

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About Town Events not to miss

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Noted What we’ve heard around town ...

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What We’re Eating News from our restaurant community, plus a dish we love

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Dining Guide

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Weddings Michael McPeak & Madeline Robinson

Jon Collins & T.J. Scott Kyane Epps & Jack Kleissler

PEOPLE & PLACES 10 Annual Pauli Murray Awards 11

BCBSNC and UNC Partner to Deliver Meals

Along for the Ride For decades, the Carolina Tarwheels bicycle club’s weekly rides have kept bikers connected on local roads

HOME & GARDEN 38 Planting Seeds

A startup is dedicated

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‘The Copperline Chronicles’ A look back at growing up with the Taylors in Morgan Creek

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Living By Consensus The members of Arcadia cohousing community know their neighbors are only a knock away

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Quiet Modernism For 75 years, Chapel Hill architects have practiced restraint in public and private spaces

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FEATURES 20 ‘Living Like LewLew’

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t’s been a year since I signed off my April 2020 editor’s letter with, “At press time, we didn’t know how or when the disruptions to our lives would end.” It was our annual Home & Garden issue, and we moved quickly the day we went to press, adding “canceled” notes at the top of stories like a preview of the Chapel Hill Garden Club’s biennial tour.

Our home and garden coverage looked different throughout 2020 as we made our own editorial pivots. Our pages featured plenty of porches and patios (#backyardgoals!) as many people spent the extra time at home tackling outdoor projects.

In this year’s Home & Garden edition, you’ll find a story about a couple who turned to gardening at the beginning of the pandemic and grew the hobby into a business (page 38).

Writer J. Michael Welton details the rich history of modernist architecture in Chapel Hill (page 58) and highlights two new takes on the style.

As for me, I snagged a pair of black-and-white palm tree pillows for my outdoor chairs and look forward to observing the signs of spring from my comfy perch. The disruptions to our lives haven’t quite ended, but as the number of COVID-19 cases drops and more folks get vaccinated by the day, I can see hope on the horizon.

P.S. Visit chapelhillmagazine.com to sign up for our monthly Home & Garden newsletter featuring inspiring homes in Durham, Orange and Chatham counties, organization tips, virtual events not to miss and more. We send it on the fourth Saturday morning of the month, so read it with your coffee – you may just wind up at a home improvement store later that day, ready to get started on a new project. CHM

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YOU’RE INVITED! HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGE COUNTY is hosting its first ever

Farm to Table Dinner: At Home Edition Saturday, May 1, 2021 Sponsored By

SHANNON KENNEDY Real Estate Broker

Join us to raise funds to make Habitat for Humanity continue to build homes, communities, and hope in Orange County: all from the comfort of your own home! You can support the event by purchasing a grab-and-go meal to be picked up that day from Teer Farm in Chapel Hill; bid on our fabulous online silent auction; or participate in the raffle for a new Peloton Bike!

Visit orangehabitat.org/farmtotable for more information about the event, silent auction, and the Peloton Bike raffle.

The safety of our staff and supporters is of the utmost importance. We will regularly review COVID-19 recommendations from local and state health officials and reserve the right to modify or cancel the event at any time.

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EVENTS NOT TO MISS

Arts Everywhere Day artseverywhere. unc.edu UNC’s fifth APRIL annual campuswide celebration of the arts goes virtual this year. The theme of “Reflections: Within and Beyond” will be woven throughout online performances, conversations, art installation features and other interactive activities.

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At Polk Place, UNC students gather around a piano for a past Arts Everywhere Day.

NC Science Festival April 1-30 ncsciencefestival.org The festival features a monthlong series of in-person and virtual interactive events for all ages, hosted by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, with a theme of “Homegrown Science,” celebrating the scientific endeavors taking place at home throughout the past year.

Touch a Truck April 18, noon-4 p.m. touchatruckchapelhill.com Chapel Hill Boy Scout Troop 39 hosts a drivethru version of its annual event at the Friday Center, saluting essential workers with a variety

of emergency, construction and utility vehicles on display. Participants can make a donation in honor of their favorite essential worker, and an

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auction will be held, benefiting both the troop and UNC Children’s.

Earth Day/Keep Carrboro Beautiful Volunteer Day April 24, 9-11:30 a.m. townofcarrboro.org Join other volunteers at the Carrboro Century Center to help clean up the town and prevent trash from polluting local streams. Clean-up supplies will be provided, but volunteers should bring their own work gloves.

CROP Hunger Walk April 25 crophungerwalk.org The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) and Church World Service partner to

virtually host the 34th annual walk supporting the eradication of world hunger. Twenty-five percent of funds raised will benefit IFC in its efforts to fight local food insecurity.

Farm to Table Dinner Party: At-Home Edition May 1 orangehabitat.org/farmtotable Guests can pick up a meal prepared by chef Paris Mishoe and bid on a variety of items in a virtual silent auction during Habitat for Humanity of Orange County’s inaugural fundraiser. All proceeds will fund the nonprofit in its mission to build and repair homes in Orange County. CHM

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Annual Pauli Murray Awards

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On Feb. 28 in a virtual ceremony, the Orange County Human Relations Commission presented the annual Pauli Murray Awards to an Orange County youth, adult and business that have served the community with distinction in the pursuit of equality, justice and human rights for all residents. This year’s winners were Savannah Clay (youth), Quinton Harper (adult) and Present Day on Main (business). The award commemorates the life of the late Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, who confronted discrimination, racism and sexism in her own life. Guest speakers included poet Nikki Giovanni, poet and Orange County native Alani Rouse and North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green.

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1 Jaki Shelton Green, the ninth poet laureate of North Carolina, was a featured guest.

2 Soteria Shepperson and Sophie Suberman have been co-managers of coffee shop Present Day on Main since 2017 and co-owners since 2019.

3 Quinton Harper is the team leader for Activate! IFC and also chairs the Affordable Housing Advisory Commission and Human Services Advisory Board in Carrboro.

4 Savannah Clay, Orange County High School senior and youth recipient of the award.

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P EO PLE & PLACES

BCBSNC and UNC Partner to Deliver Meals On Feb. 15, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) teamed up with the UNC Athletic Department to distribute meals during PORCH’s monthly fresh produce distribution.

This collaboration is an extension of BCBSNC’s meal delivery efforts to address food security throughout the state. With help from its partners, BCBSNC has delivered more than 16,000 meals to the people who need them the most. “Giving back to the community is something we value at Carolina – and we are so pleased to be able to support [BCBSNC] and PORCH to distribute meals,” said Bubba Cunningham, director of athletics at UNC. “Our long-standing partnership with [BCBSNC] gives us the opportunity to make a difference in our community, truly going above and beyond the playing field.” CHM

Rameses, PORCH founder Debbie Horwitz, Kristi Butler of BCBSNC, UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham, Reagan Greene Pruitt of BCBSNC, UNC Senior Associate Athletic Director Rick Steinbacher, Kyle Droppers and Chuck Schroeder of Tar Heel Sports Properties, Burt Jenkins of BCBSNC and RJ.

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pandemic. Through the efforts of more than 26,000 people, Endurance Magazine raised nearly $500,000 for TABLE, Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, Feeding the Carolinas and Beautiful Together. Mike Darrow, executive director of Feeding the Carolinas, says “donations from these races are critical” as food drives have been limited to promote social distancing.

ARTS & CULTURE Lindsay Metivier opened Peel, a digital photography lab and art gallery, on 708 W. Rosemary St. in March. Peel aims to

support the work of emerging, mid-career and underrepresented artists through diverse, educational programming. It displays a selection of local art, photography, jewelry, books, comics and zines. The space is open to the public (or by appointment) from noon to 5 p.m., Friday to Sunday.

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Orange County and Army veteran, received a new roof for his home in January through a partnership with HRH Roofing and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. Willie built his house in 1974 and continues to love the area because of its proximity to his family.

The renovation was made possible through the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project, a nationwide project to show gratitude and support for veterans.

The Owens Corning Send us your Foundation donated noteworthy the roofing materials, moments! and HRH Roofing From births installed the roof.

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In February, 10 Orange County-based artists were awarded the Artist Support Grant, which was created this year by the North Carolina Arts Council to provide direct support for individual artists mid- and post-pandemic. The recipients were: Eric Serritella, Emilio Jesús Taiveaho Peláez, Anole Halper, Edith Snow, Milbre Burch, Chieko Murasugi, Carlos González García, Maria Britton, Gesche Würfel and Stacy Rexrode. These artists’ disciplines include literature, photography and sculpture/ installation.

William ‘Willie’ Torain, a lifelong resident of

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virtually in 2020 and raised $40,000 for local nonprofits including TABLE, Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill, Pretty In Pink Foundation and Polka Dot Mama Melanoma Foundation. Dr. Sue Ellen Cox delivered the donations to each of the nonprofits and handed them to staff members, including Ashton Tippins, the executive director of TABLE, pictured here.

Chapel Hill Tire hosted a community

challenge called the 12 Days of Kindness in December to encourage random acts of kindness. Participants posted their random acts on social media and invited their friends to vote for their submission. The three individuals with the most votes chose their favorite nonprofit to receive a donation from Chapel Hill Tire. Refugee Support Center received a $3,000 donation; Chapel Hill Service League’s Christmas House received $2,000; and the Compass Center for Women and Families campaign, “Safe Homes, New Lives,” received $1,000.

PORCH Hillsborough Director Nancy Grebenkemper stepped down from her

position and was recognized with gratitude by the Board of County Commissioners in February. Nancy, who helped establish

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the local chapter in 2011, guided it through its early stages and the pandemic. Her team started with three neighborhoods and has since expanded PORCH’s services to 32, plus local schools. Nancy continues to coordinate neighborhood food drives and remains on the board of directors.

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reinforcement behavior and training for shelter cats in order to increase adoption rates.

Cats can become easily stressed in the shelter environment, and these programs can help cats become more relaxed and comfortable.

The program lasts through the spring.

Scott Higgins and Emily Myers bought

Framer’s Market & Gallery changed its name to Higgins & Myers in February after

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation awarded Ephesus Elementary

the business. Scott works on design and installation, while Emily is the curator and art historian. Both are custom framing specialists.

WHAT AN HONOR

Grubb Properties opened The Gwendolyn, the first part in a redevelopment of Glen Lennox, at 101 Glen Lennox Dr. in February.

The four-story building features Class A office space, an 18-hour cafe and a fitness center. Grubb Properties is working with the town and UNC to identify tenants for the space. The building name honors the late Gwendolyn Harrison, the first Black woman to attend UNC.

IN OTHER NEWS Judith Cone, vice chancellor for innovation,

entrepreneurship and economic development at UNC, retires in April. She served for 11 years and sought to strengthen an intentional culture of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and within the community. During her time, she created the universitywide initiative, Innovate Carolina, and founded the business accelerator, Launch Chapel Hill.

Yesterday and Today Frame Shop

temporarily closed during the pandemic but reopened in March at a new location, 302 W. Corbin St. in Hillsborough. As of press time, the shop serves clients by appointment only.

2nd Wind, the Carrboro bar and live music

venue, permanently closed in November.

Kara Metcalf, the assistant manager, released a statement on Facebook and encouraged community members to support other bars in the area. “Though the loss of 2nd Wind, my home, is one that hits hard,” she says, “I know I will never lose my community. As long as we are there for each other, we will not lose.”

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encouraging professional development. “Ms. Sears seeks to establish genuine connections with all of her students and their families,” Ephesus Elementary School Principal Eric Taylor says. “She seeks to ensure her students’ academic and social needs are met whether during virtual or in-person learning.”

Reckford Teaching Prize earlier this year.

The $2,000 prize will be used for travel and study opportunities

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Dr. Chris Adigun, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill, and her

family were featured in Coolibar’s spring catalog. They modeled the brand’s sunprotective clothing, which Chris, her husband and their four children wear year-round.

Chris Atack was named

Carrboro’s police chief in February. Chris has served the Carrboro Police Department for 22 years and will replace Walter Horton, who retired in January. “We have chosen a leader who will continue to make positive progress toward community policing, equal justice and continuous improvement going forward,” Town Manager David Andrews says.

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extension family and consumer sciences agent for Orange County, was chosen to participate in the 2021 Agents for Change Leadership Development Program in February. Ivelisse was chosen for her commitment to helping the community and her interest in developing her leadership capacity to address complex problems. The participants meet online monthly and will apply what they learn to a project within their county.

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TACO THE TOWN Durham-based food truck company Kahlovera opened a storefront in Meadowmont in late January. The restaurant – inspired by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo – offers the same authentic fare as the truck but only serves its famous “quesabirrias,” a taco-quesadilla hybrid, two days a week.

GOOD FOOD, GOOD MOOD Three Orange County-based businesses won a 2021 Good Food Award in January.

Cottage Lane Kitchen won for its Cape Fear spicy pepper relish in the pantry category. In the confections category, Chocolatay Confections won for its coffee caramel bar, and in the charcuterie category, The Accidental Baker won for its tuxedo sesame flatbread crackers.

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hen owner/chef Shawn Stokes conceived the first Luna Rotisserie in downtown Durham, he never envisioned takeout. In fact, he didn’t even have to-go containers on opening day in 2015. “I thought, ‘What do you mean to-go?’” he says. “It had never even crossed my mind to be serving to-go food.” Now six years later, nearly 85% of his weekday sales and 70%-75% weekend sales are from takeout.

Luna’s second location opened in the former Milltown spot in Carrboro only three weeks before pandemic shutdowns last March. So really, all it’s known is takeout. “It wasn’t the best timing for opening a restaurant, but we fared OK,” he says. “It’s hard to express how disappointing it was.” Though the menu was always conducive to takeout, he admits.

The Johnson & Wales University culinary graduate opened the second Luna as a nod to his days living in Carrboro when his wife, Maria Stokes, studied at UNC School of Nursing. He also knew that his passion for sustainable food and commitment to antibiotic-free meat would resonate with the Orange County community – the Patacon Pisao included. The fried sandwich – with beef, chicken, pork and vegan options – features jicama-kale slaw, sweet corn salsa and chili lime remoulade. Instead of bread, Shawn uses two pressed, crispy plantain disks, which are not only delicious but also gluten free. It’s an underrated sandwich, and the living wage-certified restaurant might be just one of a few in the state that offers it. Patacon Pisao with chili-braised beef brisket, $14.50 – By Hannah Lee LUNA ROTISSERIE & TAPROOM 307 E. Main St., Carrboro; 919-537-8958; lunarotisserie.com 18

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The Graduate Hotel opened its inhouse restaurant, The Trophy Room, on Feb. 18. The new dining destination serves American dishes like buffalo fried cauliflower and a fried chicken and Eggo sandwich.

OUT WITH A BANG, IN WITH A BANGBANG Chapel Hill Restaurant Group opened its latest venture, LuLuBangBang, for takeout and indoor dining on Feb. 23.

The restaurant, located in Durham near RTP, offers pan-Asian street food and tiki drinks made by chef/partner William D’Auvray, who previously operated the fried chicken spot Lula’s in downtown Chapel Hill.

SAVOR EACH MOMENT Savor Eatery and Bakery permanently closed in February. The gluten-free, diabetic- and keto-friendly restaurant, which was located on North Columbia Street, cited the pandemic and personal reasons as reasons to shut down. CHM Compiled by Madeline Taylor

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just needed to see a psychologist – it was her brain, not her body. But her mother, Laura Whayne, kept pushing back against that theory and finally nailed the correct diagnosis with the help of Wake Forest Baptist Health’s Dr. John Petty, who oversaw LewLew’s second surgery in February 2019 to cure SMAS for good.

Sure, she could finally eat a banana or hold down a sip of water, but the pain got increasingly worse. Laura and LewLew eventually presumed it was MALS. MALS is more commonly diagnosed than SMAS, as ewLew Whayne is finally free the Whaynes discovered; they have from SMAS and MALS after years of helped some 120 other young women being poked and prodded multiple with the same mystery ailments find times a day by unfamiliar faces. Her a diagnosis faster thanks to their final surgery in March 2020 had the Facebook group and word-of-mouth. junior Erin DeCicco (left) was correctly diagnosed most gruesome recovery – she vomited UNC “The majority of the girls we with MALS in March 2020 with the help of LewLew up to six liters a day – but she can go helped,” Laura says, “[had] MALS. Whayne (right) and her mom, Laura Whayne. Erin had open abdominal surgery with Dr. John Petty in June to sleep now knowing that her body is And MALS is just really painful. It 2020. Erin and LewLew met in person for the first time filled with nutrients. starts to rival pancreatic cancer ... I at The Casual Pint in March 2021.

Back in March 2019, LewLew told believe LewLew had MALS the whole Chapel Hill Magazine that after years of time [she had SMAS].” surgeries and suffering symptoms, she was “ready to recover.” If only By summer 2019, it was like the Whaynes were playing the same things had gone so smoothly. Doctors’ appointments became more game all over again: attempting to convince doctors of LewLew’s regular than her eating schedule. She got a crash course in remote lingering condition; this time, that SMAS can coincide with MALS. school lessons before the pandemic, spending her entire junior year But there was no medical documentation to prove their theory. It took at East Chapel Hill High School learning at home. Doctors told nearly eight months to persuade Dr. Petty to conduct a mesenteric LewLew she had rumination syndrome, an eating disorder, or that she duplex ultrasound on LewLew in February 2020 – a noninvasive In May 2018, LewLew Whayne was diagnosed with the rarest form of superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) – a disorder where the duodenum gets compressed, blocking food from going into the stomach. More than a year and a half later, she was diagnosed with the rarest form of median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS), which shows the same symptoms as SMAS, but the celiac artery is compressed instead.

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imaging procedure that focuses on the arteries that supply oxygenated blood to digestive organs – which medically confirmed LewLew suffered from MALS. “I got so sickly,” LewLew says. “My IVs were all shot. I think one night I was poked 20 times.”

“As soon as the test began that I was begging them to do, it was fast-tracked,” Laura adds. “She was not doing well either. At that stage, she could only have bone broth, and barely. It was awful.”

LewLew went into her third surgery on March 5, 2020. The family considers themselves extremely lucky as it was scheduled just before the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Thankfully, Dr. Petty released her median arcuate ligament so that it would no longer compress her celiac artery and celiac ganglia (nerves located in the upper abdomen closely tied with the gastrointestinal tract), saving LewLew’s life once again.

After a three-week stay in the hospital with her mom, she returned home with a regimented recovery plan: Eat three bites a day. “That recovery was the worst recovery of all my surgeries,” LewLew says. Even a casual walk down the street would have her out of breath.

It’s been more than a year since that third and final surgery, and LewLew has made superhuman progress.

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I know that there are probably some of you [who] are dealing with your own challenges right now, and I just wanted to say that sometimes you need to remember to be your own friend. Healing takes time and patience.”

– LewLew Whayne

She graduated high school in June 2020 and was selected by the principal as one of two students who spoke at graduation. Her parents threw her a small graduation celebration, and teachers, nurses and her principal – who all supported her through the toughest parts of her illnesses – made an appearance.

She’s currently studying neuroscience at UNC, her dream school, living in an off-campus apartment and helping assistant coach Hubert Davis and the rest of the UNC men’s basketball team twice a week. Thanks to LewLew, Dr. Petty has formed the Brenner Thrive Compression Syndrome Clinic in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. And even more excitingly, the selfproclaimed snacker finally got her feeding tube removed in December 2020. She now provides hope for dozens of other girls who’ve been in her shoes through her blog, “Living Like LewLew.” “I know that there are probably some of you [who] are dealing with your own challenges right now,” LewLew says on the blog, where she’s been documenting her progress since January 2019, “and I just wanted to say that sometimes you need to remember to be your own friend. Healing takes time and patience.” CHM

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heir first assignment is to write sketches about the places they call home.

It’s an art their mentor has mastered.

Students in Bland Simpson’s Intro to Fiction Writing read their own short works aloud during their first classes together, learning

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from their professor and peers how to elevate a story’s setting from a flat visual to a full sensory experience.

“Appealing to the senses, that’s Flannery O’Connor’s advice.

It’s not just pictorial; it’s about olfactory and taste and touch and hearing,” says Bland, a Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at UNC. “These are pieces of writing that never existed before. We, the fellow members of the seminar, are discovering something new with the author in the room.”

While admitting that Zoom fatigue is a real thing, he sees videoconferencing as a gift and finds a way to frame it with refreshing optimism. “After we’re not Zoom-fatigued anymore, I think there are going to be some really nice essays written about how this was a real lifeline and the many good things this enabled.”

‘A M AG ICAL PLACE’ Bland will tell you that he’s had two hometowns – his father’s, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where he lived until he was 10 years old, and his mother’s, Chapel Hill, where he’s lived since then, excluding a short season in New York.

“You know, very few 4-year-olds or 5-year-olds know what a university is. It felt like a big park. We had free run of it, or we felt we did. We had Battle Park, too, a 90-acre woods, right in the middle of town. Many of us learned to swim over in the indoor pool. We weren’t supposed to play basketball in Woollen Gym ... but we did. We snuck in.”

Bland’s family, which includes his parents and two younger sisters, were some of the earliest residents at Glen Lennox, Chapel Hill’s first apartments. He attended sixth grade nearby at Glenwood Elementary School, and a year later, the town’s schools were integrated. “There were a lot of adults in town, who said, of course, that the sky would fall,” he says. “The sky didn’t fall.”

‘A H A P PY ACCIDEN T’ Normally, Bland is the author in the music room, teaching from the unused choral room in Hill Hall and classrooms in Kenan Music Building.

His passions for penning stories about North Carolina’s places and people and performing what reviews have described as a revival of Appalachian mountain “porch music” have found the perfect lectern on the northwest corner of campus. Mentoring aspiring storytellers and songwriters from the heart of the University’s music department has felt fitting for this novelist, playwright and pianist of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers string band.

Bland enjoys the trek north along the brick sidewalks from Greenlaw Hall to Hill Hall, a building he remembers from boyhood as “magical.”

“When I was very little, I thought my grandfather owned the University because he had built so many [campus] buildings. He was in charge ‘AN IDIOSYNCRATIC TOUR’ of construction between 1924 and Bland’s stories aren’t confined to the Bland teaches his Zoom classes and does most 1932. We would walk over on campus, of his research from his study. campus and growing up in Chapel and he would check the mortar joints Hill. While much of his published on this building or that building. work portrays the people, culture “I could just stand there. I didn’t see the people, but I could hear and environment of eastern North Carolina, his current project what they were doing. There were songs coming out of those windows encompasses the entire state. onto the beautiful grounds over there, so that was the room I went “That’s my outline right there,” Bland says, pointing to a map of for first.

North Carolina on the wall behind his desk. Pushpins in places from “I found out that the music rooms are underutilized during Elizabeth City to Beaufort to Asheville create a winding, dotted trail teaching hours. I’ve been lucky enough to be able to book my from sea to mountains, each anchoring a yellow sliver of a sticky note classes in those rooms for about 10 years. It was a happy accident,” and scribbled with a memory to resurrect and write.

Bland says. The availability of pianos there allowed him to continue “I just looked at the map for a few days and said, ‘OK, what do developing his newest course about lyric writing for theatrical I want to write about that I know something about or am curious performance. These days, Bland teaches remotely from his upstairs about in this area or that area,’” he says. “It’s a totally idiosyncratic home office in Bingham Township. tour.”

“I would much rather be in a classroom with my students. I think For the past five years, Bland has composed a compilation of stories we all would. Zoom’s a 2D experience,” says Bland, who has taught at about unforgettable people, places and events such as learning to swim his alma mater for nearly four decades. in the Atlantic Ocean with his father at dawn, a deadly 1943 Robeson

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County train wreck and what Bland calls the revival of minds, hearts and architecture of Asheville.

“It’s not a comprehensive portrait of North Carolina, but it is a portrait,” Bland says, promising a richly illustrated book with photography by his wife, Ann Cary Simpson, and colleagues Tom Earnhardt and Scott Taylor. “North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky,” will be published by UNC Press and released in October.

“I knew that I had probably had enough for a book, but I didn’t know I had enough for a second book,” Bland says about the surprise surplus of 50,000 words that will be a sequel. He hints at yet another

book, a “notes-from-the-road” memoir/travelogue of touring with the Red Clay Ramblers across the country and to Canada, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

HOPES FOR CHAPEL HILL Bland’s influence is international, yet his hopes are focused on Chapel Hill. They include the University’s continuation of inclusivity and ethical purpose, the preservation of the beauty of the campus and a commitment from town and gown to provide community support for artists of all kind.

“The community leadership of the early 20th century had a different thing in mind than those who came before them. It was a modern research university, which is what we have now. Those people would only live to see the beginnings of it. But they knew intellectually and innately that it was a good thing and that it should be open to everybody,” he says.

“I hope that uplift keeps growing, along with the purpose and the ethic behind them,” Bland says. “English professor Edward Kidder Graham, our University president from 1914 to 1918 said, ‘It’s hard to build; it’s easier to take something apart than it is to put it together.’

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Siquerra Pender, who goes by Kiki, 12, receives instructions for her birdhouse-painting project from Andrew Torlage of Wonder Connection.

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ucculents, instant snow and bright green slime would usually be out of place in utilitarian hospital rooms. But these are just a few of the items that volunteers and staff of the nonprofit Wonder Connection bring to the bedsides of kids and teens receiving care.

The idea blossomed back when Katie Stoudemire volunteered at children’s hospitals before and after graduating from Davidson College in 2003. She noticed that the kids she visited were often bored, scared and largely cut off from the natural world. Growing up in Atlanta, Katie loved the outdoors and attended nature camps. “I started bringing natural objects with me to the hospital and was amazed at the positive results,” she said in a 2017 interview with Miss CEO. Katie realized that connecting hospitalized kids with the wonders of nature and fostering their curiosity with science-based activities could make a significant impact on their wellbeing. She founded her organization in 2006 with a discretionary grant from the Oak Foundation.

Initially known as Healing and Hope Through Science, the program started as a partnership with the North Carolina Botanical Garden.

“What really began as a thoughtful gesture has developed into a dream of [Katie’s] which is to run her own nonprofit organization where young kids can participate in science and nature programs,” says Kirstin Marshall, Wonder Connection’s philanthropy manager.

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In February 2019, Katie’s dream became reality; As the pandemic Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs now took hold last March, provides Wonder Connection with nonprofit volunteers and staff status, as well as administrative support. paused their visits.

Today, Wonder Connection serves inpatients Prevented from entering at UNC Children’s and psychiatric inpatients at hospitals, they quickly the N.C. Neurosciences Hospital ages 4 to 18. realized their hands-on Programs also serve area pediatric outpatients activities were no longer and their families, including those residing at the possible. “The feeling Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. Katie was very frustrating, and her team of three staff members depend on a because we knew in the slew of community members, from UNC students hospital the kids were to retirees, to reach a larger number of patients each more isolated than ever,” year. “We’re really fortunate to have a strong base of ABOVE Kids get to choose what Andrew says. “There activity they do based on their volunteers who support our organization and help was a need for us before interests. BELOW Rayden Bradley, us grow,” Kirstin says.

– the need was even 6, and his mom, Teresa Bradley, One source of regular volunteers is the Chapel greater [at the onset of prepare to paint a butterfly.

Hill Garden Club, whose members have been the pandemic].” Weekly involved since 2017, says the club’s former president virtual sessions were the Jane Lamm. Jane met Katie after the NCBG only way to connect with hosted a Halloween-themed fundraiser benefiting patients for months.

Wonder Connection. Inspired by Katie’s tenacity, Accustomed to Jane mobilized members to provide flowers for working around strict activities and bouquets and spread the word about regulations in hospital the nonprofit at meetings. “Part of our job is getting units, Katie and her staff the word out,” says Jane, now a member of Wonder came up with solutions Connection’s advisory board. “[Garden club to reach patients safely. volunteers also] go in and help in the office.”

“You’re going to run During visits from a Wonder Connection into some obstacles,” volunteer, kids get to choose activities based on Andrew says. “Katie is their interests. Options vary from dissecting owl the type of person who pellets to playing with plants in the WonderSphere loves the challenge.

– a sealed, domical chamber, sized to fit on a She’s taught me nothing hospital tray and equipped with built-in gloves is impossible.” In that Katie designed. Plants such as Venus’ flytrap, addition to researching, soil, pebbles and other natural objects can safely testing prototypes travel into sterile hospital environments inside and assembling the WonderSphere. Andrew Torlage, Wonder activity kits, staff and Connection’s program manager, describes the origin of a popular volunteers began adding to an extensive library slime-making kit: “I had a kid who wanted to make slime, and I had of educational YouTube videos. Wonder never done it,” he recalls. “She taught me how. It’s now one of our Connection’s website now connects families to most popular activities.” digital lesson plans and activity pages.

When Charlie Harris, a 16-year-old from Greenville, North Carolina, In November 2020, volunteers were allowed was a patient at UNC Children’s a few years ago, he loved building back into hospitals to take requests for and film canister rockets with volunteers. He now serves as a member of the hand-deliver science kits to patients – more than nonprofit’s advisory board alongside his mom, Ramona Harris. “We’re 1,750 have been distributed since then. In-person partnered with a robotics team from FIRST Robotics Competition programs for psychiatric inpatients resumed in who has been making wonder kits that have various different STEM December, and more than 200 patients have experiments,” he says. Charlie helps develop new activities, and Ramona participated in the last few months. In total, works on the fundraising committee. “[Kids] build relationships with the more than 2,500 kids took part in activities in volunteers,” she says. “You get to watch your kid be totally transformed.

2020, about double the number of patients in They’re having a good time, they’re learning and interacting with someone previous years. “There has been a bit of a silver who is not there to take their blood or give them medicine.” Ramona adds, lining,” Andrew says. “We’ve been able to serve a “We want other families to have the experience that we had.” lot more kids.” CHM

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Register for an interactive virtual event led by Andrew, who will guide participants of all ages in a camouflage activity based on one of the kids’ favorite science kits.

“You’ll get a chance to really experience what we do,” Kirstin says.

Registration is required, and all materials will be mailed to participants.

Proceeds will allow the nonprofit to continue to serve hospitalized children and teens, and the staff hopes to host Wonderfest in person in the future.

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COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE IN THE POST-’DEMIC SOME HESITATION AMONG TENANTS BUT – FOR THE MOST PART – CHAPEL HILL IS STILL BULLISH ON THE OFFICE

BY BRANDEE GRUENER

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orkers all over the Triangle remain holed up at home with their laptops. Offices sit empty while managers assess when everyone can return and what that will look like. Should open floor plans be walled off to prevent the spread of germs?

Do workers need to stay home except for meetings and collaboration? Should company owners continue paying rent on such a large space? After a year of working remotely, how much office space does the company really need?

Real estate brokers and property owners are holding their collective breath as they wait for tenants to make decisions, but the sluggish market hasn’t curtailed

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optimism for Chapel Hill’s future. The market might be on pause, but it has held.

No one is certain what will happen to rents, but experts predict the market will pick up where it left off.

Development timelines have lengthened, but interest in investing continues to happen.

Dwight Bassett, economic development officer for the Town of Chapel Hill, said he heard from significantly more

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companies and investors interested in the town in the last quarter of 2020.

“It was one of the most active engagement quarters that we had seen in previous years,” he said. “The fact that interest was expressed is a good sign. It means that people are thinking about office space, thinking about the future and thinking about Chapel Hill.”

Still, many wonder if the work-from-home phenomenon will lead organizations to reduce their footprints.

Bassett said that, while researchers project that 20% to 30% of workers won’t return to the office daily, “there will be an increase in square [footage] demand because of the pandemic, whether that means more private offices or larger

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“The office market will find its way again, and it will pick back up from where it was previously. It will be in a much different format, and offices of the future will look very different than what they looked like two years ago,” Bassett said.

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ark Moshier, principal of Legacy Real Property Group, agreed. His company has slowed down development projects while it rethinks what tenants will seek in the workspaces of the future.

“There may be some fundamental changes to what we build and how we live and how we work,” he said.

Early in the pandemic, his company considered building hard-walled offices and installing advanced HVAC filtration systems to reduce the spread of germs. Now Moshier hears that companies are open to shared workspaces but want more space to spread

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people out. Legacy also began considering plans to incorporate rooftop decks and other outdoor workspaces “in a big way,” with the expectation that they will be in high demand in the future. While employees could stay at home a few days a week for the long term, “people are screaming to be with one another during the day when they’re working,” he said.

Gary Hill, the broker in charge of the Chapel Hill office of commercial real estate service firm Avison Young, said that he only had a couple of tenants ask to reduce their office space.

Most want to reconfigure their existing space for health considerations. A few have asked to install hard-walled offices to make employees more comfortable with returning to work. Hill said that about 85% of his tenants wanted to return to the office when they can.

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This sentiment has driven another trend: the leasing of one- and two-unit offices around Chapel Hill. “Getting away from it all” gained new meaning after a year of working from home during the pandemic. While some office workers could stay at home indefinitely, many are ready to get outside of their own four walls.

John Morris, president of Morris Commercial, has seen strong demand from people who normally would commute to work.

“A lot of them are just tired of staying home and working out of their home, so a lot of them are seeking individual offices,” he said.

Coworking companies, however, took a hit during the pandemic. Morris previously rented to a coworking business that shut down in Carrboro because “they just couldn’t

make it.” Some members who used to spend the day there now rent individual offices. And Bassett, who sits on the board of Launch Chapel Hill, said the accelerator stopped leasing coworking space after realizing that professionals would not want to share desks and offices during a pandemic.

The one-person office trend could continue for some time.

Morris has seen more interest in larger office spaces lately but still considered it a weak market. Many businesses were waiting to see “when COVID-19 begins to ease and when folks feel comfortable in coming back to work,” he said. “It’s still in a bit of a holding pattern. Your guess is as good as mine on when that may [happen].”

But Morris believed that investments by businesses bailing out of more expensive and congested cities, plus the area’s strong population growth, will change the dynamic.

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“Eventually it will come back, and we’ve got such a great market, such a great area that I’m very optimistic,” he said.

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efore COVID-19 hit, Chapel Hill did not have enough office space to go around, according to Bassett. Only two office buildings had been built since 2009. Not only that, but the office space that did exist in Chapel Hill could not serve larger companies.

“We have lost and not been able to compete for companies that were looking for greater than 25,000 square feet previously,” he said.

Chapel Hill got more breathing room this year. The Gwendolyn, a brand-new, four-story, glass-

walled building in Glen Lennox, recently opened, providing 106,000 square feet of Class A office space.

Its developer, Grubb Properties, is also working on a plan to replace the Wallace Plaza parking deck at 150 E. Rosemary St. with a six- to eightstory office building with wet lab space.

If approved, the labs will give Chapel Hill a piece of the booming life sciences market in the Triangle.

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square feet of office space.

The ultramodern former home of BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina includes outdoor patios with powered workspaces for employees.

The town’s Class A office space ended 2020 at a higher vacancy rate of 17% because of new office space that came online during the pandemic, according to a report by Avison Young. Vacancy for Class B

office space was less than 4%.

However, Bassett noted that those numbers excluded about a million square feet of smaller offices in Chapel Hill. Despite the uptick in vacancy, strong demand has caused lease prices to remain flat or even increase slightly in Chapel Hill, Bassett said.

Commercial real estate purchases are another matter.

Moshier said that investors and brokers are seeing record sales prices around the Triangle.

Chapel Hill has “always gotten really top dollar for land and buildings,” and he didn’t see any reason that won’t continue.

“I’m very bullish on it,” he said. “I think the economy is going to bounce back. I think that regionally there [are] a lot of drivers that are going to bring people and companies to this area.” CHM

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very Wednesday morning for the last nine years, Cynthia Shimer gathers her helmet and road bike, hops in her car and drives to Union Grove United Methodist Church in Hillsborough.

There, she joins other cyclists as they arrive – as many as 40 if the weather is pleasant. By 9 a.m., the group sets out on a 40-mile route chosen by Cynthia, breaking into smaller clusters depending on their speed. Some Wednesdays, she is highly visible in a colorful jersey that she helped design, featuring neon green in front, and bright orange across her back with the emblem of the Carolina Tarwheels bicycle club. “I’m a resource if something happens,” she says of her role as a ride leader.

Cynthia and leaders like her also help new cyclists learn the rules of the road. “There are all kinds of protocols for [cycling] with a group of people, but at the same time, you get to talk to those people. If we’re riding side by side … you talk to the person next to you,” she explains.

Cynthia and her husband, Eric Wiebe, were fans of biking in their teen years and returned to the hobby once their kids were adults and they had free time to fill. They joined Tarwheels in 2000. He viewed the club as an opportunity “to meet other like-minded people who love being outdoors and getting some vigorous exercise,” adding the

Cyclists depart from Charles Herman Wilson Park in Carrboro on a chilly Saturday morning in March. Tarwheels member Eric Wiebe says that spending time biking through rural North Carolina is “often the best thing” he does all week.

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ABOVE Tarwheels group rides during the pandemic have been strictly limited to 20 or fewer participants. Members also must RSVP through the website Meetup.

RIGHT Tim Miller and Aaron Cook set off on a 50-mile ride to Mebane, North Carolina.

Tarwheels seemed like a natural match.”

According to current president Mark Olsen, the Tarwheels have been active since 1982 and draw most of its members from Orange and Durham counties. He and his wife, Sabrina Olsen, joined the same week they moved to Durham 10 years ago from Chicago. “Saturday mornings are our busiest time,” Mark says. “We’ll have [as many as] five different rides going out from Wilson Park in Carrboro.” Weekday starting locations vary and include popular jumping-off points like C.M. Herndon Park in Durham and Gold Park in Hillsborough. “We like to mix it up,” Eric says. While the average age of members in 2019 was about 50, Eric says everyone from 20-somethings to folks in their 40s gather to bike together.

Scheduled rides vary in length and speed, so there’s something accessible to everyone. Mike Doub, the Tarwheels’ archivist, manages the club’s page on ridewithgps.com, where more than 1,000 routes are catalogued, ranging from 10 to 100 miles and starting from 22 different locations. “I’ve done probably 50% of the routes, and other people have contributed equally as many. [Once we write the directions], they’re just out there for anybody to use,” Mike explains. This helped the Tarwheels streamline planning for group leaders and increase the number of meetups each week.

Mike is also one of the directors of BikeFest Rural Heritage Tour, the Tarwheels annual early summer fundraiser. Cyclists choose to cover 35, 62 or 100 miles, starting at East Margaret Lane near the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, and there’s also a free, family-friendly seven36

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mile tour of historic sites throughout the town. The event normally draws a crowd of about 850 participants, serviced by 100 volunteers who are stationed at a few points along the way to supply essential fuel – cookies, baked goods and drinks. Tarwheels donates all proceeds, after expenses, to local cycling-related nonprofits, including Triangle Bikeworks and the Durham Bicycle Cooperative.

All three festival courses showcase rural, scenic views and historic vistas on “the wonderful roads of Orange County,” Cynthia says. “We gain new members and new friends. It’s great to see families come out.” BikeFest was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, but Mike and Mark are hopeful that it will be safe to host the festival this fall.

BikeFest is not the only club activity impacted by the pandemic.

Pre-COVID-19, 40 or 50 people might gather in Wilson Park for a Saturday ride, but group rides were halted temporarily last March and are now limited to a maximum of 20. Sequencing also helps to avoid crowding. “We’ve been impacted in ways that are pretty predictable in terms of group events. The membership has stayed almost exactly the same, so that’s actually been very encouraging,” Mark says of the group’s 340 or so riders. “People have been very willing to adapt what they’re doing to the situation as it unfolds.”

But more than anything, Eric and Cynthia say the tightknit friendships they’ve formed over two decades has been the most valuable part. “Many of us have ridden together over tens of thousands of miles over multiple years,” Eric says. They meet up for all kinds of social gatherings, from Duke and UNC basketball games to potlucks and Super Bowl parties. “When you spend that much time suffering with people, it’s inevitable that you’re gonna form pretty close bonds,” he says. While Cynthia has paused leading her Wednesday-morning rides in the past year, the couple has continued biking weekly with their friends from the club – “everyone has formed their own little pods,” Mike says. This has allowed cyclists to prioritize health and safety without sacrificing the benefits of group rides entirely.

Mike describes the sense of teamwork and camaraderie that was evident from his initial experience with Tarwheels. “I wasn’t able to keep up with everybody, but they made sure that someone was with me the whole time. Eventually [I] got stronger and stronger, and now we ride together all the time,” Mike says. “I’ll never forget that. The way they did not let me fall behind.” CHM

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PL AN TING SE E DS A startup is dedicated to teaching people how to grow their own food

By M ar ie M u ir | P h o to g rap hy by John Mi chael Si m pson

ith the entire world on lockdown last spring, Ivana Vazquez and Arden Rosenblatt decided to take on a new challenge as a couple – gardening in their Carrboro backyard. Seeking advice on what to plant, Arden called his mother, a master gardener who lives in New York, but she was not familiar with North Carolina’s native species or planting seasons. As Ivana and Arden continued to do research, they discovered that most local gardening guides were difficult to find and even harder to understand.

The pair turned their experience into a business concept, Wildweed Gardens, that sells gardening starter kits. The recently engaged entrepreneurs hope people will reconnect with the land by growing their own groceries, such as cherry tomatoes and salad greens. In July 2020, they launched with six beginner-friendly home gardening sets ranging in price and purpose – even people without a yard can participate.

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“The Patio Kit is a popular option,” Ivana says. “All you need is a small deck space or enough space to get [your plants] in the sun.”

Each kit contains everything Ivana and Arden needed when they first started gardening – seeds, a measuring tape, bamboo plant stake labels, a miniature journal, stepby-step instructions and information cards that share the history, folklore and uses of each plant.

In October 2020, their wild idea won the NC IDEA Micro Grant for $10,000.

Today, Ivana and Arden are tending to their business and watching it blossom right before their eyes. In the last 10 months, Wildweed Gardens has helped customers plant more than 600 food gardens, mostly in North Carolina, and the founders aim to reach 1 million by 2025. “Now that we’re [successfully selling gardening kits], we want to start adding regions and [more] kits and [keep] building,” Arden says.

Luckily, the company is in good hands since both co-founders have prior startup experience – Arden founded a 3D-printing

Wildweed Gardens co-founders Arden Rosenblatt and Ivana Vazquez and their 1-year-old dog, Walden, in Baldwin Park Community Garden in Carrboro.

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toy company in Pennsylvania and Ivana a floral and event design company in Durham.

While Arden had previous knowledge of foraging, Ivana had almost zero experience with growing food.

“I grew up in the projects of Boston, and my mom always had this avocado seed in a cup of water on the counter. It never sprouted,” Ivana recalls. “It was just part of the family, this non-sprouting avocado seed, for my entire life. My mom said she had a brown thumb and that our family was cursed and no one would ever grow anything.”

As “the green sheep” of the family, Ivana feels even more inspired to help people get into gardening. While Arden manages the business side of Wildweed Gardens, Ivana serves as “the brand, the voice and the vision.”

“Essentially, the theme behind each kit comes out of my own head,” Ivana says. “I’m inspired by what makes me feel happy and what I would want to see.”

This strategy has paid off. She has witnessed hundreds of customers name their plants, track their growth, cook their harvest and return to purchase the next season’s kit. Ivana and Arden invite customers to email them directly with any questions or feedback – a win-win business practice that illuminates ways that they can improve. At press

time, Wildweed Gardens had received a perfect five-star rating from 30 verified reviewers.

“It’s not just about growing vegetables or a produce section in Harris Teeter – it’s about growing a connection with your land that you can watch,” Ivana says.

While eating tacos from Mex etc food truck at Present Day on Main, Arden points out a patch of weeds growing in the corner of the outdoor dining area. “There are weeds in this yard that you can use for a cut like neosporin,” he says. “Not that we recommend it, but people used to use carrot seeds for birth control … [gardening] completely changes your worldview. Maybe that’s why we’re stubborn and want to [focus] more on [educating our customers]. [They] are very hands on and want to learn something and be able to walk away with new skills.”

The entrepreneurs dream to one day have a proving ground – a garden venue, farmers market, cafe, bookstore and more – to serve as a place for people to learn and grow as a community alongside the environment.

Arden says there’s a good quote at the bottom of their website from Ralph Waldo Emerson, which is “‘What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.’ And we feel like that sums up this learning curve.” CHM

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‘TH E C OPPER LINE C H RO NICLES ’

A look back at growing up with the Taylors in Morgan Creek

By D av id Pe r l mu t t | P h o to g rap hy co u r tesy o f the Chapel Hi l l Hi stori cal Soci et y

s a boy, growing up with my two brothers at the end of a long, straight shot of a driveway where Morgan Creek Road stumbles into Coker Drive, summers seemed ghostly empty. That’s because our neighbors across Private Drive, Ike and Trudy Taylor and their five children, summered out of town on Martha’s Vineyard.

Their return always sounded an alarm: summer was over. A new school year loomed.

With the Taylors back, there was always excitement in our blackand-white TV world of four staticky channels, one of them PBS station WUNC-TV. We were left to create our own fun, given remarkable freedoms by our parents to leave as the sun rose and not return until the dinner bell – if then.

We’d ride go-karts, shoot BB guns and, later on, play poker on Friday nights that stretched well into Saturday. We’d swing into the dark overstory of towering oaks, maples and pines at the end of a thick rope strung up by a tree surgeon who Ike and Trudy hired to thin their forest.

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Before we could drive, we’d take off on our bicycles or roam the acres of forest behind our houses. In post-World War II America, we’d play “combat,” brandishing handcarved wooden rifles usually whittled by Ike and Trudy’s second child, James. We’d rig up bamboo poles cut from Trudy’s “bamboo curtain” to fish for smallmouth bass or catfish in Morgan Creek – or catch crawfish in empty beer cans – and string up jungle hammocks to sleep under the stars along its banks.

Days we’d wander along the creek, dodging snakes and yellow jacket nests, or take a dip in a “swim hole” at the dam below the CC House that every few years had to be dug out when silt built up.

“It was idyllic; we were just so lucky to find ourselves in those surroundings,” Kate, Ike and Trudy’s third child, told me recently.

“Morgan Creek Road was a family neighborhood with really interesting, accomplished people. The elementary school was just down the road.

We’d get off the school bus, and Hercules would meet us. We’d play rolla-bat at the end of Private Drive until it was time for dinner. There were wide open spaces. Freedom. It was safe.

“And you had this amazing university nearby that was expanding with all kinds of different elements from the outside world. But the Town of Chapel Hill was still down-home. It was just an exciting place to grow up.”

It was in this idyllic world at 618 Morgan Creek Rd. and its 25 acres of rolling fields and woodland where the five Taylor children launched their creative lives, carrying brothers James and Livingston and their music around the world.

In 2000, as a reporter for The Charlotte Observer, I interviewed James shortly before he was inducted into the Ohio-based Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. My story largely focused on his time in North Carolina and the years he spent growing up with his siblings in a mid-century modern house that was full of sunlight, exotic plants and music, where encouragement to try just about anything flowed freely.

His confessional songs provide glimpses of those abundant surroundings: from sunshine, geese in flight, dogs that bite (Herc was known to take a nip at visitors) and old friends in his hit song, “Carolina In My Mind” (North Carolina’s unofficial anthem), to Morgan Creek, Hercules, snakes and wood smoke in “Copperline.”

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he Taylors arrived in Chapel Hill in early 1952 amid a flood of young doctors and researchers as UNC School of Medicine transitioned to four years from two. Many bought lots and built houses in the developing Morgan Creek Road/Kings Mill Road neighborhood.

Soon after the family settled into a rented farmhouse outside Carrboro, their fifth child, Hugh, was born in July 1952. For Trudy, the daughter of a Massachusetts fisherman and boat builder, it was a strange new world: “North Carolina seemed like a foreign country,” she told me for the hall of fame story about James.

As Ike put in long hours at the medical school, Trudy oversaw the design and construction of an 11-room house on Morgan Creek Road.

Japanese American architect George Matsumoto, who taught at N.C. State’s fledgling design school and designed dozens of modernist homes in North Carolina, was hired for the Taylor project. But he and Trudy sparred over design differences, and she switched architects.

Durham architect John Latimer replaced George to finish the house.

John later remodeled the kitchen and designed a two-bedroom cottage detached from the main house that we called “the boys’ house” for older sons Alex and James.

In 1954, the Taylors moved in, enthralled by their new surroundings. The house (recently restored) is three levels, built into the rolling landscape – reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright. Most of the large windows and sliding glass doors face south for the afternoon light and open to the woods.

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rudy made sure they were exposed to the arts, and not just music. She took them to museums and exhibits of North Carolina artists and to New York on overnight trains to see Broadway plays and musicals..

As a first grader at Glenwood Elementary School, I remember seeing sixth grader James play his cello with musicians from the North Carolina Symphony at Memorial Hall. But James’ cello

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teacher told me in 2000 that it was clear he didn’t want to play the instrument.

“His heart was with the guitar,” Mary Gray White said.

He was 12 when he got his first guitar, a “cheap classical guitar” that was a Christmas gift from Ike and Trudy.

One day James came home and found Alex spray-painting it blue. “He thought it would look more bluesy that way,” James said.

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My mother, Helen, marveled at how the Taylor children, James especially, could turn links of bamboo and Trudy’s garden hoses into flutes. As Helen often told the story: “Trudy would go out to water her garden, and large chunks of her hoses were missing.”

Ike’s lawn mowers often met the same fate, as Hugh and Liv borrowed an engine or parts to build their go-karts and scooters. Though Ike’s star was rising at the medical school, he was always available to provide advice on unclogging a carburetor and raising bees, or to show his children and the neighborhood kids how to build the perfect skiff.

“The landscape was like a parkland that we played in,” said Hugh, who with wife Jeanne runs an inn on Martha’s Vineyard.

“Ike and Trudy gave us enormous freedoms. They gave us use of a charge account at Knight-Campbell Hardware store in town, and we were close enough that if we needed a pulley or some other part to fix a go-kart, we could hop on our bikes and go sign for it. There was always something to do. Ike put us to work mowing the fields. He showed us a lot, or he made sure we had the things we needed to pursue anything.”

Trudy threw much of her energy into her house. She furnished it with the latest (now classics) mid-20th-century modernist furniture, paintings and sculptures by North Carolina artists. As the dean’s wife, Trudy played hostess to more than 10,000 medical students, doctors and visiting dignitaries. She threw dozens of parties that often drew hundreds, cars lining Private Drive and blocks down Morgan Creek Road. At one party, she arranged for the marching band at Lincoln High School to play in the lower field.

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ne night in early 1968, James called his parents in Chapel Hill.

“Mother, the Beatles want to cut a record of my songs,” he told Trudy.

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“James Taylor” hit U.S. record stores. The Record Bar uptown could barely keep it in stock, though it was a commercial flop elsewhere.

But success didn’t elude James for long.

He found fame after his second record, “Sweet Baby James,” was released in February 1970.

At Christmas that year, James brought home his girlfriend at the time – Joni Mitchell. By then, Ike had moved out of the house, but that night he and Trudy hosted a small gathering of friends that included my brother Louis and me. Many of us, including James and Joni, caroled around Morgan Creek Road, including at UNC basketball coach Dean Smith’s house, then returned for a mini concert on the third level by the fireplace.

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ke resigned as medical school dean in 1971. A year later, he and Trudy divorced. Trudy left Chapel Hill for the summer home on Martha’s Vineyard in 1972. She rented the Morgan Creek house for two years before selling it to Jim and Pat Johnston in 1974. After Pat died a few years ago, the house was auctioned to New Yorkers Eric Diefenbach and J.K. Brown, who grew up in Siler City and is a UNC graduate.

They have extensively restored and remodeled the house, adding a lap pool and a new guest house.

Over the years, rarely does James – or his siblings – perform near Chapel Hill and not stop by their old home and walk among the woods of their youth. When Ike died in 1996, the family gathered in Chapel Hill for a memorial service at the medical school.

After Trudy died in 2015, Kate brought some of her mother’s ashes to Chapel Hill, where Kate was performing a benefit. She spread them among some of her mother’s favorite spots in town – but mostly at 618 Morgan Creek Rd. “I really believe we never left Chapel Hill,” Trudy told me in 2000. “I warned the people who bought the house (the Johnstons) that ‘on a quiet, still night, if you hear something, it’s just us Taylors haunting the place.’” CHM

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LIVIN G B Y CON S EN SUS The members of Arcadia cohousing community know their neighbors are only a knock away

By A nne Tate | Photography by Mi ck Schul te

r. Norma Safransky and Sy Safransky were shopping at Weaver Street Market in 1993 when they saw a poster for Arcadia Cohousing, a multigenerational

intentional community. Intrigued, the couple attended meetings at Carrboro Town Hall about the developing neighborhood. Four years later, they moved from Heritage Hills to Arcadia, excited to join a close-knit group.

Arcadia, the first cohousing neighborhood developed in North Carolina, broke ground in

Becky Gooding Laskody and Finn Velednitsky, 2, plant flowers.

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ABOVE Norma Safransky tends to the community’s chickens.

LEFT Becky and her husband, Lee Laskody, moved from their house in south Chapel Hill to Arcadia in 1996.

Carrboro near the intersection of Homestead and Hillsborough roads in 1994. Founded on four values – community, sustainability, affordability and diversity – Arcadia was designed for neighbors to live intentionally and cooperatively. The community operates by consensus decision-making, meaning that instead of majority rule voting, they discuss and compromise to try to meet everyone’s needs and create a supportive environment.

“It’s given me a lot of opportunities for growth and learning,” resident Becky Gooding Laskody says. “Developing patience and

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curiosity about why people have different ideas about how to do things.”

Becky, a North Carolina native, was always drawn to the idea of intentional communities but had never lived in one before. In 1993, Becky and her husband, Lee Laskody, discovered Arcadia and attended a potluck.

“Wow, this could be an ideal neighborhood to raise a child in,” Becky remembers thinking. The couple had their son, Kody, in 1995 and moved from their house in south Chapel Hill to Arcadia a year later.

As some of the original members, Norma, Sy, Becky and Lee helped plan the 33-house, 16 ½-acre neighborhood, including the layouts of the lots, the flow of pedestrian walkways and even the color of the metal roofs. Each house was designed with similar architectural frames, but owners still customized some details to their liking. To passersby, some houses appear very large, but really, several are duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes.

Each member owns their home and respective piece of land in addition to a portion of the common land. Neighbors work together to maintain the property, including a shared house for group meals, meetings and other events, vegetable garden, pond, playground

Adrian Moreno and Silvana Lawvere de Moreno can often be found on the porch of her parents who live next door.

and chicken coop with nine chickens. One way the community enjoys spending time together is practicing and performing plays – some of which are originals – at the Arcadia children’s theater, which quickly expanded to include neighbors of all ages.

Norma ran the theater for many years. “I kind of adopted all of the kids in Arcadia,” she says. One year, Arcadia put on a roving outdoor production of “The Wizard of Oz.” The show began on the west side of Arcadia when Becky, the Wicked Witch, landed behind Jeff Klee’s house. The Scarecrow, played by Abraham Palmer, was in the vegetable garden, and the Tinman, aka Etan Gumerman, was in the orchard. Eight kids were flying monkeys, munchkins and Emerald City guards.

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road and parking spots outline the perimeter of the community, and within it, each house is connected by walking paths, making it safe and easy for neighbors to wander from house to house. The area is full of birds chirping and lush with plants, like Norma’s perennial flower garden.

“There’s a real emphasis on trying to be good stewards of the land here in Arcadia,” says Norma, a Citizens’ Climate Lobby member and avid gardener. She closely monitors how the seasons

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Eliza Rogers greets Sugar, Adrian’s dog, while Finn takes a scooter ride around the neighborhood.

turn and notices the effects of climate change like global warming, so it’s important to her for Arcadia to be sustainable. “The ice caps are melting and that water has to go somewhere, and it’s coming down all over my garden,” she says.

The houses were planned with energy efficiency in mind, so recycled materials were used for construction and solar panels dot the roofs of many houses. Each home faces south for maximum solar gain during the winter, and the roofs block the sun in the summer.

Outside, the neighbors avoid cutting down trees and do not use pesticides or herbicides in the garden. Arcadia even tried to host bees for a few years.

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drian Moreno, Silvana Lawvere de Moreno and their son, Diego Moreno, 13, moved to Arcadia nine years ago. When

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Carolina for Silvana’s work, they sought out a similar living environment to raise Diego in.

“Arcadia is a big family for me,” Adrian says. “I feel like it’s the same as the street I grew up on in Mexico because people from next door or across the street from my house are the same. I call them uncle and aunt and my cousins.”

When Adrian’s older brother died seven years ago in a car accident, Adrian returned to Mexico. Everyone in Arcadia took care of Silvana and Diego, keeping them company and cooking them meals. Silvana says she felt amazed by the support from her neighbors.

“Arcadia is like living in paradise,” Adrian says. “You take care of people more than living in a regular American neighborhood.”

Larisa Rodgers and Dimitri Velednitsky had never heard of cohousing until a friend suggested they look into it and Larisa did some online research. The couple visited four area cohousing communities, including Arcadia, which was only about two miles away from their Chapel Hill home, before making their pick.

“The reason we ended up in Arcadia is because we just always stayed much longer than we meant to,” Larisa says. They would attend meetings, and the next thing they knew, they’d be getting sushi with residents or end up chatting and staying for hours.

“That speaks more than anything else,” they thought. In December 2015, they moved in.

The couple and their kids, Katherine, 6, and Finn, 2, feel at home in the community. So comfortable, in fact, that Katherine has wandered around, knocking on her neighbors’ doors asking them to paint with her since she was 4.

“Arcadia has been critical to us because it fulfills a lot of our need for socialization but also it’s almost like our extended family,” Larisa says.

One reason Larisa loves Arcadia is because of its supportive atmosphere. When she sends a note out to the neighborhood Listserv, asking for celery or a stamp, nine times out of 10 someone will show up at her door.

“I feel like it gives a lot meaning to life to be able to take care of the people we love,” Larisa says.

She says the pandemic hit the community hard because Arcadians are so social. It was challenging to integrate different members’ ideas about what’s safe and what’s not, but they worked through the issues to come to a consensus about COVID-19 guidelines.

Community meetings moved from the common house to Zoom, and group meals were outside, socially distanced. Social interactions have been maintained, and neighbors are still dropping off stamps and celery to one another’s houses.

“I’m very glad to know my neighbors and to be able to shout to them across the garden,” Norma says. “I have something of a sense of security knowing that my neighbors would be around if I needed help.”

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‌or Patrick and Amy Poisson, finding their dream home in Governors Club ‌was a journey that was years in the making. They sought a house and a ‌community that they could make their own. Both Michigan State alumni, Patrick and Amy felt instantly at home in the Tar Heels’ college town.

“To a guy who grew up in Northern Michigan, North Carolina, with its weather, culture, access to the ocean and mountains, seemed like nirvana,” Patrick says. “When an opportunity came up to relocate to the Raleigh/ Durham area, we took it.”

North Carolina is among the number one destinations for Americans seeking to relocate within the U.S. In recent years, the Triangle area housing market has broken outstanding sales records.

“We wanted to be close to the vibrancy and culture of campus, yet also be in a quiet and serene setting,” shares Amy. They also wanted to live in close proximity to a golf course community. Patrick and Amy looked at Prestonwood, Chapel Ridge and several other local neighborhoods before finding the perfect fit in Governors Club.

“The homes, course and topography were stunning, and BEFORE the proximity to downtown Chapel Hill and I-40 were just what we were looking for,” Patrick says.

Patrick and Amy immediately saw potential in the Governors Club house. With the right renovations, it would be perfect.

The homeowners partnered with Inclusion Studio of Raleigh as the architects, and Bold Construction to create an open-concept floor plan, modernize the exterior, update

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fixtures and mix vintage and modern design themes together.

The kitchen was also a major priority as the couple loves to entertain family and friends.

Modern railings, light fixtures and a massive modernist pivot door greet guests at the front porch. Upon entering the house, chic slate floors transition into warm hardwoods. The depth of the house draws guests in with trees flanking the golf course, letting light shine through several large floor-to-ceiling windows. High ceilings, rustic beams and a modernist fireplace tie everything together. Wood, leather, stone and natural light come together perfectly at the center of the home – the living room.

Drift to the kitchen or down a hallway and you are met with stairs that take you to a fully updated, open-concept, lower level that is furnished with a wet bar, pool table and theater area with Patrick’s golf art. A large set of window doors beckon visitors to the pool and outdoor area to enjoy the serene setting. The adjacent bedroom and bathroom is a convenient and private space for guests to retire to in the evening.

In the kitchen, natural light spills over an expansive counter with a gorgeous white and grey accented granite top that faces an impressive backsplash and professional range. Patrick and Amy sit down in the kitchen to make a cocktail and discuss the home renovation process. To start, Amy says they met with several contractors, but Bold Construction’s name kept coming up.

“Being members of the club, we knew that Bold Construction had done lots of work in the community. We were very impressed,” Patrick says.

Upon meeting Chris Ehrenfeld and Jason Dell, the couple knew they had found the right team to tackle the renovation.

Bold Construction started the renovations in the fall of 2019 and completed them in late spring of 2020. Patrick Lamm, head of Bold operations, was able to navigate the project through turbulent times as the coronavirus pandemic affected everything from supply chains to scheduling staff. “The Poissons were instrumental in their own success.

Despite all of the challenges, we worked as a team to realize a vision together and the result speaks for itself,” said Lamm.

The Bold team was instrumental in keeping everything on schedule and safe. Patrick and Amy couldn’t be happier with their “new to us” home.

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Q UIET MODER N I SM For 75 years, Chapel Hill architects have practiced restraint in public and private spaces

he legacy of modern architecture in Chapel Hill is not about grand gestures or tall buildings.

Instead, it’s mostly quiet residences and small public structures carefully inserted into the landscape by gifted designers over the past 75 years.

“Modernism was the aesthetic that grew after World War II, and a lot of [the architects] were veterans of the Air Force and Army,” says Chapel Hill architect

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Phil Szostak. “They came here when there was a whole new world and a

new way of perceiving housing – and professors led the thinking.”

Some of those professors taught at UNC and others at N.C. State’s School of Design. Their tenets were simple: respond to the site, listen to the clients’ needs and work with a spare material palette. Natural light and landscape drove design as well.

When Phil arrived in Chapel Hill in 1977, the key players from that postwar generation were still finessing modernism’s clean lines and open floor plans. Jim Webb and his brother, John Webb, established themselves in the 1950s, designing homes in Highland Woods, many of them spotlessly renovated today.

Jim arrived in 1947 to teach a regional planning course at UNC – an endeavor he pursued for 30 years. The MIT graduate also set up an influential firm called City Planning and Architecture Associates. He recruited UNC grad Don Stewart, who later designed homes and public buildings such as Carmichael Auditorium, the old Chapel Hill Library (with Raleigh’s Brian Shawcroft) and the still revered Atlantis Lodge in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina.

There was Arthur Cogswell, who arrived at CPAA in 1959 from the School of Design. He set up his own firm in 1962 and was joined by

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enviable reputation. “They were the class act in the late ’60s and early ’70s,” Phil says.

A prolific residential architect, Arthur also designed the modern fire station at the intersection of Elliott and Franklin streets. By 2010, Phil and Arthur found themselves in competition for the coveted Kamphoefner Prize, named for the founder of the School of Design. Phil, younger by decades, won. “It was like: ‘Damn! How did that happen?’” he recalls.

Shortly after Phil received a congratulatory call from Arthur, the elder architect died from injuries sustained in a fall. Phil responded almost immediately. “I persuaded the committee to give him the Kamphoefner Prize posthumously in 2012,” Phil says. “He should have gotten it 20 years before.”

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1971, then served as Chapel Hill’s mayor from 1979 to 1985. He’s known for his sanctuary design at Binkley Baptist Church, which started out as a fellowship hall designed by Raleigh architect Carter Williams. Phil later designed additions to its chapel and administrative building and completed a renovation to the fellowship hall. “If a couple of more architects like Arthur had worked on it, it would have been everybody in Chapel Hill,” he quips.

One of the more notable Raleigh architects contributing to Chapel Hill’s residential work was George Matsumoto, whose cedar-clad home on Ledge Lane has now risen to iconic stature. A compact 2,656 square feet, it was designed in 1954 for Maurice Julian, father to clothier Alexander Julian.

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DPAC in 2008. “My practice has been on Franklin Street for 40 years,” he says. “I left between 1990 and 2000 but came back to the same office – I call it home.”

Other designers continue to call Chapel Hill home as well. Among them: Jennifer Hoffman of the Carrboro design/build studio that bears her name and Jason Hart, founder of Chapel Hill’s ThoughtCraft Architects. Both are interpreting modernism in their own, 21st-century ways.

On a wedge-shaped lot on Pleasant Drive near downtown Carrboro, Jennifer designed a spec house that takes advantage of nearly every inch of its one-eighth-acre site. Wide at the back and narrow at the front, the threebedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home spans 2,063 square feet in two stories.

The only space it doesn’t cover is a parking spot out front.

It’s a V-shaped home with a vaulted space at the back for the living room and kitchen. “You walk in, take a deep breath and it feels expansive,” the architectural designer says. “You go upstairs to two bedrooms and a bath and a desk that overlooks the first floor. Downstairs is the master suite plus a half-bath.”

Jennifer worked with the language of the nearby small, utilitarian homes of the Carrboro Mill Village. Outside it’s clad in fiber-cement panels, with some corrugated metal siding, a metal roof, and board-and-batten.

“Sometimes modern homes clash with those around them – but this fits right in,” says homeowner Dr. Laurel Leslie, a pediatrician who bought the house with her husband, Dr. Allen Gifford, who’s also a doctor.

Inside are hardwood floors and shiplap on the two biggest walls of the open living space. “It calls for simplicity and clean lines and colors,” Leslie 68

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The couple graduated from UNC School of Medicine in 1989 and still maintain a home in Boston, commuting back and forth until they eventually retire to Carrboro. But the pull of their new home runs deep. “We’re very lucky,” she says. “Sometimes I just don’t want to go back to Boston.”

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“They wanted inside/outside connections,” Jason says about the open space at the home’s center. “That’s what drove the living room with 21-foot doors that slide open and phantom screens that come down to create a screened porch.”

Situated on a 3-acre site, the home, a total of 3,100 square feet with a master on the ground floor and two bedrooms upstairs, was literally a family affair.

“During the design process, the kids were involved,” he says. “You don’t always see that – they worked as a family unit, with the parents asking the kids what they thought.”

Its floor-to-ceiling windows permeate the living space, so the final design opens up inside to out. It also manages to bring the family together in a number of ways.

The couple and Ellie like to cook – often simultaneously – so their architect designed a kitchen with wide aisles to accommodate them all at once.

The home’s bedrooms are relatively small, compared to the expansive living/ dining/kitchen area, which encourages family interaction in the common space.

“The bedrooms are for sleeping,” says Lisa. “We have a big TV downstairs and not in the bedrooms,” adds Arvindh.

“It’s great for bringing the family together.”

Responsive to its owners and transparent to the outside world, their home is the latest iteration in Chapel Hill’s long line of modern design. CHM

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Lantern Pan-Asian cuisine. 423 W. Franklin St.; 919-969-8846; lanternrestaurant.com Lime & Basil Vietnamese fare. 200 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-5055; limeandbasil.com Mama Dip’s Traditional Southern specialties, brunch and dinner classics like fried chicken and Brunswick stew. 408 W. Rosemary St.; 919-942-5837; mamadips.com Mediterranean Deli Offers healthy vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free Mediterranean options. 410 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-2666; mediterraneandeli.com Might As Well Bar & Grill Bar favorites.

206 W. Franklin St.; 984-234-3333; chapelhill.mightaswellbarandgrill.com Mint Indian Cuisine North Indian subz korma and chicken jalfrezi. 504 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-6188; mintunc.com The Northside District Specialty cocktails and international small plates.

403 W. Rosemary St.; 919-391-7044; thenorthsidedistrict.com Pho Happiness Pho noodle soup, vermicelli plates and vegetarian/gluten-free options. 104 N. Graham St.; 919-942-8201; phohappiness.com

Village Plaza/East Franklin Street/ Eastgate Crossing/Rams Plaza Breadman’s A variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and grilled meat, with daily soup and specials. All-day breakfast; catering available. 261 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-967-7110; breadmens.com Caffé Driade Carrboro Coffee, bowlsize lattes, local baked goods, beer and wine. 1215-A E. Franklin St.; 919-942-2333; caffedriade.com Casa Maria Latin Cuisine Street tacos, nachos, burritos and salads. 1502 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-6566; casamariacuisine.com The Casual Pint Upscale craft beer market with beer, wine, and ice-cream sandwiches.

201 S. Elliott Rd., Ste. 51; 919-967-2626; chapelhill.thecasualpint.com CAVA Customizable Mediterranean bowls, salads, pitas and soups. 79 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-636-5828; cava.com Chopt Unique salads, grain and quinoa bowls. Eastgate Crossing; 919-240-7660; choptsalad.com

The Pizza Press Build-your-own pizza, salads and craft beer. 133 W. Franklin St., Ste. 120; 984-234-0081; thepizzapress.com

Clean Juice Certified organic juices, smoothies, bowls and snacks. Eastgate Crossing; 919-590-5133; cleanjuice.com

The Purple Bowl Acai bowls, toast, smoothies, coffee. 306-B W. Franklin St.; 919-903-8511; purplebowlch.com

Crab House Company Fresh, flavorful seafood. 237 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-903-9015; crabhouseco.com

Que Chula Authentic Mexican food, tacos and craft tequilas. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 110; 919-903-8000; quechulatacos.com

Dunk & Slide at Whole Foods Market Allday breakfast, sushi and more. 81 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-968-1983; wholefoodsmarket.com

Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant Sushi, Thai curries, bibimbap and other Asian entrees. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 150; 919-903-9335; spicy9chapelhill.com

The Ghost Kitchen & Delivery Co. Deliveryonly restaurant group consisting of two virtual restaurants, Bistro 501 and The BBQ Company of Chapel Hill. 1322 N. Fordham Blvd.; ghostkitcheneats.com

Summit Coffee Cold brews, lattes, teas, special blends and more. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 120; 704-895-9090; summitcoffee.com Talulla’s Authentic Turkish cuisine; all ABC permits. 456 W. Franklin St.; 919-933-1177; talullas.com

Guglhupf Bake Shop European-style breads, pastries and coffee. Eastgate Crossing; 919-914-6511; guglhupf.com/chapel-hill-bake-shop

Japan Express Hibachi-style meals and sushi. 106 S. Estes Dr. Just Salad Salads, wraps, smoothies, soups, grain bowls and more. 111 S. Elliott Rd.; 984999-3700; justsalad.com Kipos Greek Taverna Greek cuisine in a relaxed, upscale setting with outdoor dining. Eastgate Crossing; 919-425-0760; kiposchapelhill.com La Hacienda Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 1813 Fordham Blvd.; 919-967-0207 The Loop Pizza Grill Pizzas, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers. Eastgate Crossing; 919-969-7112; looppizzagrill.com Min Ga Authentic Korean cuisine like bibimbap, bulgogi and variety of homemade kimchi. 1404 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-1773; min-ga.com Monterrey Mexican Grill Tacos, quesadillas, burritos and more. Rams Plaza; 919-969-8750; monterreychapelhill.com Mr. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant Unlimited sushi and hibachi. Rams Plaza; 919-2404552; mrtokyojapanese.com/chapel-hill Squid’s Fresh seafood options include woodgrilled fillets, Maine lobster, fried seafood and oysters. 1201 Fordham Blvd. (15-501); 919-942-8757; squidsrestaurant.com Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen Drive-thru biscuits, sandwiches. 1305 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-1324; sunrisebiscuits.com Sutton’s in the Atrium A cafe version of Sutton’s Drug Store with its famous hot dogs, salads and more. 100 Europa Dr.; 919240-4471; suttonsdrugstore.com Tandoor Indian Restaurant Traditional Indian cuisine, vegan options. 1301 E. Franklin St.; 919-967-6622; tandoorindian.com Twisted Noodles Thai noodle soups, pan-fried noodles. Eastgate Crossing; 919-933-9933; twistednoodlesch.com University Place Alfredo’s Pizza Villa Pizzas, calzones, salads, subs, pasta, desserts. 919-968-3424; alfredospizzanc.com bartaco Tacos, fresh-juice cocktails, poke and mole options. 910-807-8226; bartaco.com Hawkers Inspired by Southeast Asia's street fare, this eatery features homemade favorites, from dumplings to curries.

Outdoor seating available. 919-415-1799; eathawkers.com Maple View Mobile Ice cream outpost of the Hillsborough dairy farm. 919-244-1949; mapleviewmobile.com

Il Palio at The Siena Hotel Italian specialties like butternut squash ravioli. 1505 E. Franklin St.; 919-918-2545; ilpalio.com April 2021

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DINING GUIDE Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill Southern favorites such as deviled eggs meet steakhouse mainstays like the legendary 12 oz. filet. 919-914-6688; stoneyriver.com Trilogy American cafe featuring innovative twists on classic dishes. Outdoor seating available. Silverspot Cinema; 919-357-9887; silverspot.net Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Airport Road) Hunam Chinese Restaurant Cantonese cuisine. 790 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-6133; hunamrestaurant.net Kitchen Bistro-style dining with a seasonal menu that always includes mussels.

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; luchatigre.com The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, salads, desserts and more.

Weekly prepared meals, groceries to-go box and Friday night specials. 750 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-3663; rootcellarchapelhill.com Timberlyne/Chapel Hill North Area Chapel Hill Wine Company Wine store with bottles from all over the globe.

2809 Homestead Rd.; 919-968-1884; chapelhillwinecompany.com Deli Edison Neighborhood deli with bagels, sandwiches, salads. 630 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-929-7700; deliedison.com Farm House Restaurant Steaks, salads, potatoes. 6004 Millhouse Rd. (N.C. 86 N.); 919-929-5727; farmhousesteakhouse.com Joe Van Gogh Coffee, tea and pastries.

Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-967-2002; joevangogh.com Magone Italian Grill & Pizza Italian mains.

Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-904-7393; magone-italian-grill-pizza.business.site Margaret’s Cantina Mexican and Southwestern cuisine. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-942-4745; margaretscantina.com New Hope Market Breakfast and daily specials like burgers, soups and more.

6117 N.C. Hwy. 86 S.; 919-240-7851 OiShii Specialty rolls, teriyaki, stir-fry, sushi. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-932-7002; oishiiroll.com The Pig Barbecue, fried tofu, collards.

630 Weaver Dairy Rd., Ste. 101; 919-942-1133; thepigrestaurant.com Piggyback Classic cocktails, beer and wine and unexpected, creative bar food.

630 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-240-4715 Pop’s Pizzeria Pizzas, calzones, stromboli, pasta. 1822 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-932-1040; pops-pizzeria.com

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Queen of Pho Vietnamese offerings like banh mi and, of course, pho beef noodle soup. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-903-8280; queenofphochapelhill.com Rasa Indi-Chinese Authentic North Indian and Chinese cuisine, with fusion and Thai dishes.

Weekly specials. Patio dining. 1826 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-929-2199; rasachapelhill.com Sage Vegetarian Cafe Vegetarian fare. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-968-9266; sagevegetariancafe.com Sal’s Pizza & Ristorante Thin-crust and deep-dish pizzas plus an array of Italian comfort food. 2805 Homestead Rd.; 919-932-5125; salspizzaofchapelhill.com YOPOP Frozen Yogurt Frozen yogurt shop featuring 14 flavors, bubble tea and smoothies. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-537-8229

Meadowmont Village Brixx Wood Fired Pizza Specialty pizzas and salads. 501 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-929-1942; brixxpizza.com Fusion Fish Tapas, family-style dinners and sushi. 100 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-903-8416; fusionfishcuisine.com Meet Fresh Taiwanese desserts and teas.

407 Meadowmont Village Circle; 984-999-4983; meetfresh.us/en Quickly Hot and cold tea drinks in addition to Asian street food. 503 Meadowmont Village Circle; 984-234-0401; quicklychapelhill.com Southern Village Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries. 708 Market St.; 919-914-6694; alsburgershack.com La Vita Dolce Pastries, sorbet, gelato, coffee. 610 Market St.; 919-968-1635; lavitadolcecafe.com

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Market and Moss American cuisine made with fresh local ingredients. 700 Market St.; 919-929-8226; marketandmoss.com

Amante Gourmet Pizza Create-your-own pizzas. 6209-B Falconbridge Rd.; 919-493-0904; amantepizza.com

Rasa Malaysia Authentic Malaysian dishes. 410 Market St.; 984-234-0256; rasamalaysiach.com

BIN 54 Steaks, seafood and other fine American food. Everything made in-house.

Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-969-1155; bin54chapelhill.com

Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood, Italian dishes. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696; thetownhallgrill.com

Brenz Pizza Co. Specialty pizzas, subs, salads. 3120 Environ Way, East 54; 919-636-4636; brenzpizzaco.com Coco Bean Coffee Shop Locally owned coffee shop offering Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and a vegan market.

1114 Environ Way, East 54; 919-883-9003; cocobeancoffeeshop.com elements Cuisine combining classical and modern Asian and European cooking techniques; check out the wine bar with full menu next door. 2110 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8780; elementsofchapelhill.com First Watch French toast, pancakes and specialty omelets. 1101 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8488; firstwatch.com Hawthorne & Wood Fine dining cuisine with an outdoor patio, a fully stocked bar and an extensive international wine list.

3140 Environ Way, East 54; 919-240-4337; hawthorneandwood.com Jujube Eclectic, modern cuisine inspired by the classic flavors of China and Vietnam.

Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-960-0555; jujuberestaurant.com Nantucket Grill & Bar Clam chowder, lobster rolls and more. 5925 Farrington Rd.; 919-402-0077; nantucketgrill.com Thai Palace Soup, curries, pad thai.

Glenwood Square Shopping Center; 919-967-5805

Weaver Street Market Food bar items available as grab and go. 716 Market St.; 919-929-2009; weaverstreetmarket.coop

CARRBORO Downtown 401 Main Upscale dive bar and sandwich shop serving shareable bar snacks, local brews and po’boys. 401 Main St.; 919-390-3598; 401main.com Acme Food & Beverage Co. Entrees with a Southern touch.

110 E. Main St.; 919-929-2263; acmecarrboro.com Akai Hana Japanese cuisine including sushi, tempura and teriyaki. 206 W. Main St.; 919-942-6848; akaihana.com Armadillo Grill Tex-Mex burritos, enchiladas, tacos, nachos. 120 E. Main St.; 919-929-4669; armadillogrill.com Carrburritos Burritos, tacos, nachos and margaritas. 711 W. Rosemary St.; 919-933-8226; carrburritos.com Cham Thai Cuisine Authentic Thai, Siamese and Chinese cuisine.

370 E. Main St., Ste. 190; 984-999-4646; chamthaicuisineatcarrboro.com

Coronato Pizza Roman-style pizza, snacks and salads. 101 Two Hills Rd., Ste. 140; 919-240-4804; coronatopizza.com

Neal’s Deli Buttermilk biscuits and traditional deli fare. 100-C E. Main St.; 919-967-2185; nealsdeli.com

Craftboro Brewing Depot Bottle shop and brewery with taps of craft beer.

101 Two Hills Dr., Unit 180; 919-240-4400; craftborobrewing.com

Oakleaf “Immediate” cuisine like pastas and seafood using ingredients from the chef’s own garden. 310 E. Main St.; 984-234-0054; oakleafnc.com

Glasshalfull Mediterranean-inspired food and wine. 106 S. Greensboro St.; 919-967-9784; glasshalfull.net

Open Eye Cafe Locally roasted Carrboro Coffee and espresso, tea, beer, wine and baked goods. 101 S. Greensboro St.; 919-968-9410; openeyecafe.com

Gourmet Kingdom Sichuan cuisine.

301 E. Main St.; 919-932-7222; thegourmetkingdom.com The Honeysuckle Cafe & Bar Coffee house serving tea and meads in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner. 601 W. Main St.; 919-967-9398; thehoneysuckle.org/cafe-bar Krave Kava Bar & Tea Lounge Offers a wide range of tea and herbal drinks, all made from kava, a type of plant root. 105 W. Main St.; 919-408-9596; kravekava.com Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas South American cuisine meets the American South. 307 E. Main St.; 919-537-8958; lunarotisserie.com Mel’s Commissary & Catering Changing lunch-only menu of comfort food. 109 W. Main St.; 919-240-7700; melscarrboro.com Napoli Cafe Wood-fired pizza, espresso, artisanal gelato made from scratch, teas and local craft beer and wines. 105 E. Main St.; 919-667-8288; napolicarrboro.com

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East Main Square Amante Gourmet Pizza Create-your-own pizzas, salads and pasta. 300 E. Main St.; 919-929-3330; amantepizza.com Gray Squirrel Coffee Co. Roastery and espresso bar. 360 E. Main St., Ste. 100; graysquirrelcoffee.com Hickory Tavern Burgers, sandwiches and build-your-own salads. 370-110 E. Main St.; 919-942-7417; thehickorytavern.com

Paco’s Tacos Steak, chicken, seafood and vegetarian tacos. Located in Mel’s Commissary & Catering. 109 W. Main St.; 919-240-7700

Iza Whiskey & Eats Japanese fusion cuisine serving small plates, sushi, ramen, whiskey, sake and cocktails. 370 E. Main St., Ste. 140; 919-537-8645; izaeats.com

Pizzeria Mercato Pizza, antipasto, soups, fritti and gelato. 408 W. Weaver St.; 919-967-2277; pizzeriamercatonc.com

Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken Biscuits, doughnuts, chicken and coffee. 310 E. Main St., Ste. 100; 919-929-5115; risebiscuitschicken.com

Provence Southern French cuisine.

203 W. Weaver St.; 919-967-5008; provenceofcarrboro.com Spotted Dog Vegetarian- and veganfriendly entrees. 111 E. Main St.; 919-933-1117; thespotteddogrestaurant.com

Vecino Brewing Co. Dozens of craft beer choices plus flavorful small plates.

300 E. Main St., Ste. C; 919-537-9591; vecinobrewing.com Carr Mill Mall/North Greensboro Street

Tesoro 18-seat neighborhood restaurant with house-made pasta, seasonal plates, and classic sweets. 100 E. Weaver St.; tesorocarrboro.com. Opening soon!

B-Side Lounge Small plates like flatbread, bacon-wrapped dates and fondue. Plus, inspired cocktails. Carr Mill Mall; 919-9047160; b-sidelounge.com

Wings Over Has 27 flavors of wings.

313 E. Main St.; 919-537-8271; wingsoverchapelhill.com

Carrboro Pizza Oven Pizza, calzones.

Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7336; carrboropizzaoven.com

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Taste of the South

Dingo Dog Brewing Company The nanobrewery/nonprofit features 16 taps and outdoor seating. 410 N. Greensboro St., Ste. 150; dingodogbrewing.com Oasis Organic coffee, tea, beer and wine. Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7343; oasisincarrmill.com Tandem Farm-to-table, modern American cuisine with full service bar. Carr Mill Mall; 919-240-7937; tandemcarrboro.com Thai Station Authentic, fresh Thai dishes.

201 E. Main St., Ste. C.; 984-234-3230; thaistationnc.com Venable Rotisserie Bistro Upscale comfort food with a heavy emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7160; venablebistro.com

voted favorite comfort southern food and barbecue 408 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill 919.942.5837 mamadips.com Take-Out Family Meals Outside Dining • Dine-In Curbside Pick-Up • P L E AS E C A L L FO R U P DAT E S •

Weaver Street Market Hot food bar items are available as grab and go. Carr Mill Mall; 919-929-0010; weaverstreetmarket.coop N.C. 54 West/Carrboro Plaza Aidan’s Pizza Pizza, wings and salads.

602-D Jones Ferry Rd.; 919-903-8622; aidanspizza.com Anna Maria’s Pizzeria Italian cuisine.

Carrboro Plaza; 919-929-1877; annamariasnc.wordpress.com Fiesta Grill Burritos, chimichangas, fajitas, tacos. 3307 N.C. Hwy. 54 W.; 919-928-9002; fiestagrill.us

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Monterrey Mexican Grill Traditional Mexican cuisine. Carrboro Plaza; 919-903-9919; monterreychapelhill.com Wingman Wings and hot dogs.

104 N.C. Hwy. 54 W.; 919-928-9200; bestwingman.net

HILLSBOROUGH Antonia’s Italian cuisine. 101 N. Churton St.; 919-643-7722; antoniashillsborough.com

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C&B Community Store (OPENING SOON!) The gas station turned community kitchen serves breakfast and lunch five days a week and wood-fired pizzas on weekends.

5515 N.C. Hwy. 86 The Colorado Burrito (OPENING SOON!) Mexican mainstays like quesadillas, tacos and, of course, burritos. 122 S. Churton St.; the-colorado-burrito.business.site Cup A Joe Coffee and pastries. 112 W. King St.; 919-732-2008; hboro-cupajoe.com El Restaurante Ixtapa Authentic fromscratch Mexican dishes. 162 Exchange Park Ln.; 919-644-6944; ixtapa.homestead.com/ homepage.html

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Hillsborough BBQ Company Barbecue plates and sandwiches, sides and desserts. 236 S. Nash St.; 919-732-4647; hillsboroughbbq.com Hot Tin Roof Games and specialty cocktails. 115 W. Margaret Ln.; 919-296-9113; hottinroofbar.com

The House at Gatewood Chop house and oyster bar with dishes like signature cracker-crusted pork chop with grits and greens. 300 U.S. 70; 919-241-4083; houseatgatewood.com Jay’s Chicken Shack Chicken, buffalo wings, breakfast biscuits. 646 N. Churton St.; 919-732-3591; jayschickenshack.com Los Altos Serving Mexican dishes, like tacos and chiles rellenos, for breakfast and lunch six days a week and dinner on weekends.

126 W. King St.; 919-241-4177 Maple View Farm Country Store Drive-up or window service for homemade ice cream and milk. 6900 Rocky Ridge Rd.; 919-960-5535; mapleviewfarm.com Matthew’s Chocolates Gourmet chocolates, frozen treats and baked goods. 104 N. Churton St.; 919-732-0900 Napoli Hillsborough Neapolitan pizzeria and gelateria. 230 S. Nash St.; 919-245-8566; napolihillsborough.com Nomad International street food-inspired eatery. 122 W. King St.; 984-217-0179; thenomadnc.com Panciuto Offering rotating weekly suppers called Panciuto: At Home and operating as a temporary pop-up called Hillsborough Bakeshop. 110 S. Churton St.; hillsboroughbakeshop.com Pueblo Viejo Traditional Mexican food.

370 S. Churton St.; 919-732-3480 Radius Wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Outdoor dining. 112 N. Churton St.; 919-245-0601; radiuspizzeria.net Saratoga Grill New England-style cuisine. 108 S. Churton St.; 919-732-2214; saratogagrill.com Steve’s Garden Market & Butchery Local meat, baked goods, pimento cheese. 610 N. Churton St.; 919-732-4712; stevesgardenmarket.com Village Diner Southern fare and takeout pizza. 600 W. King St.; 919-245-8915; villagedinernc.com Vinny’s Italian Grill and Pizzeria Italian favorites. 133 N. Scottswood Blvd.; 919-732-9219; vinnyshillsborough.com Weaver Street Market Food bar items are available as grab and go. 228 S. Churton St.; 919-245-5050; weaverstreetmarket.coop Whit’s Frozen Custard Ice cream and frozen treats. 240 S. Nash St.; 919-245-8123; whitscustard.com Wooden Nickel Pub Pub fare. 113 N. Churton St.; 919-643-2223; thewnp.com Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew Beer, wine, frose and more. 114 W. King St.; yonderbarnc.com

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DINING GUIDE

CHATHAM COUNTY Governors Village Ciao Bella Pizzeria Pizzas, pastas, sandwiches. 1716 Farrington Point Rd.; 919-932-4440 Flair Restaurant & Wine Bar Frenchinfluenced food, coffee and Sunday brunch.

50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; flairfusionrestaurant.com Gov’s Burger & Tap Burgers, hot dogs, salads, wraps and sandwiches.

50050 Governors Dr.; 919-240-5050; govsburgerandtap.com Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr.; 919-942-4240; tarantinirestaurant.com North Chatham

The Belted Goat Lunch, dinner and wine shop, offering salads and sandwiches.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/belted-goat Buzz Cafe at Chatham Marketplace Sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop Carolina Brewery The fifth-oldest brewery in the state. Outdoor seating available.

120 Lowes Dr., Ste. 100; 919-545-2330; carolinabrewery.com/pittsboro-brewery Chatham Marketplace Sandwiches, baked goods. 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop The City Tap Classic bar food. 89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562; thecitytap.com

501 Pharmacy Maple View Farm ice cream, plus malts and shakes. 98 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 300; 984-999-0501; 501rx.com

Compadres Tequila Lounge Mexican restaurant with a variety of classic dishes.

193 Lowes Dr., Ste. 107; 919-704-8374; compadresnc.com

Breakaway Cafe A casual cafe serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with coffee. 58 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 100; 984-2343010; breakawaync.co

Copeland Springs Farm & Kitchen Grains and greens bowls, small plates and bar snacks. 193B Lorax Ln.; 919-261-7211; copelandspringsfarm.com

Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria Traditional Italian cuisine including fresh pastas, pizzas and more. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com

Davenport’s Café Diem Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso offerings.

439 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-4239; davenports-cafediem.com

Captain John’s Dockside Fish & Crab House American seafood dishes.

11550 U.S. Hwy. 15-501 N.; 919-968-7955; docksidechapelhill.com Moon Asian Bistro An Asian fusion restaurant ASIAN BISTRO offering sushi, Chinese dishes like sweet-and-sour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles.

111 Knox Way, Ste. 100; 919-869-7894; moonasianbistroch.com O’YA Cantina Latin cuisine from all over the world. 72 Chapelton Ct.; 984-999-4129; oyacantina.com Town Hall Burger and Beer Burgers plus tacos, wings, and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct.; 984-234-3504; townhallburgerandbeer.com

PITTSBORO Al’s Diner Traditional American classics for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 535 West St.; 919-542-5800; alsdiner.net Allen & Son Bar-B-Que N.C. barbecue.

5650 U.S. 15-501; 919-542-2294; stubbsandsonbbq.com Angelina’s Kitchen Greek and Southwestern dishes including gyros. 23 Rectory St.; 919545-5505; angelinaskitchenonline.com Aromatic Roasters Small-batch coffee shop specializing in Aztec mochas, chai lattes and Thai teas. 697 Hillsboro St.; 919-259-4749; aromaticroasters.com 84

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Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292; elizabethspizzapittsboro.com The Fearrington House Restaurant Contemporary fine dining. Reservations are needed. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121; fearrington.com/house Greek Kouzina Made from scratch hummus, gyros, kebabs and more. 964 East St.; 919-542-9950; greekkouzina.com Goodness Gracious Juice Co. Breakfast, juices and smoothies. 517 West St.; 919-726-2033; goodnessgraciousnc.com House of Hops Bar and bottle shop with a large craft beer selection on tap. Outdoor seating available. 112 Russet Run, Ste. 110; 919-542-3435; houseofhopsnc.com John’s Pizza Restaurant Pizzas, pastas, wraps, calzones and strombolis. 122 Sanford Rd.; 919-542-5027; johnspizzarestaurant.com The Mod Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar. Outdoor seating available. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli.com New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking.

90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380

ODDCO An art and design store and music venue featuring regional craft beers. 684 West St.; 919-704-8832; realoddstuff.com Postal Fish Company Fresh seafood from North Carolina’s coast. Serving dinner only. 75 W. Salisbury St.; 919-704-8612; postalfishcompany.com The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch and seasonal baked goods and specialty cakes. 664 West St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more. 35 Suttles Rd.; 919-542-1062; rootcellarpbo.com S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007; sandtsodashoppe.com Small B&B Cafe Offbeat, eco-friendly eatery offering farm-to-table fare for breakfast and lunch. Offering outdoor dining. 219 East St.; 919-537-1909; smallbandbcafe.com Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey. 130 Lorax Ln.; 919-533-6314; starrlightmead.com Virlie’s Grill Soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. Bakery selling cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, cookies and bread with ’40s and ’50s flair. 35 W. Chatham St.; 252-305-9227; willysrolls.com

ALSO CHECK OUT THESE AREA RESTAURANTS …

DURHAM LuLuBangBang Chapel Hill Restaurant Group’s newest venture features handcrafted Pan-Asian street food with fresh local ingredients. 5418 Page Rd.; 919-908-1851; lulubangbangnc.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 housemade soup and bread to burgers to vegetarian options.

5416 Page Rd.; 919-908-8900; pageroadgrill.com Plum Southern Kitchen & Bar Southern small plates and big bar

by Lisa Callaghan and Chef Kevin Callaghan. 501 Washington St.; 919351-6446; plumdurham.com The Loop Restaurant Burgers, thin-crust or cauliflower crust pizzas and hand-dipped milkshakes.

1116 Broad St.; 919-408-7448; thelooprestaurant.com

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McPeak & Robinson

BY CHIA RA EVAN S PHOTOGRAP HY BY C A I LYN W HI T M A N , C AILY N WHITMA N .COM

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hapel Hill native Michael McPeak met Madeline Robinson during their junior year at Carrboro High School.

She had just moved to the area because her dad got a coaching position with UNC football.

In 2012, Michael asked Maddy to senior prom, and one month later they had their first official date at The Lumina Theater where they saw “The Hunger Games.” In December 2019, with the blessing of Maddy’s parents, Joe Robinson and Abby Robinson, Michael surprised Maddy at her family’s home in El Paso, Texas, with a proposal.

The couple tied the knot on Dec. 31, 2020, at the UNC Newman Catholic Center where friends and family gathered in person and watched via livestream from home. Their special day was shared with locals including the groom’s parents, Dr. Susan Wilson and Matthew McPeak, Sam Strosnider, Peter Rathmell, Douglas Parrish, Jason Farley, Tom Stanley and Meghan McPeak. At the reception at The Parlour at Manns Chapel, guests enjoyed food from Mediterranean Deli, Bakery, and Catering.

Their reception featured table games, “an actually funny” speech from the groom’s father and an exit with sparklers. To end the celebration, guests rang in the new year in a suite at The Carolina Inn. The couple lives in Southern Village. Michael is a nurse at UNC Hospitals, and Maddy works as a booking agent at All American Entertainment. CHM 86

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Collins & Scott

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on Collins, a Chapel Hill High School graduate, met T.J. Scott, a native of Hope

Mills, North Carolina, online back in December 2015. On their first date, the pair shared a plate of french fries at Motorco in Durham and knew the rest would be history.

Since they began dating, Jon and T.J. take a trip each year to celebrate Jon’s birthday. Little did T.J. know that their 2018 visit to Cartagena, Colombia, would be a hard one to beat. On the last day, the two explored, visited the spa, drank cocktails in the old city and to top it off, got engaged.

When the two were looking for a venue, they immediately knew the Chapel Hill Carriage House was the one, even after they postponed their April 2020 nuptials to June 20, 2020. The pair came up with the idea of a picnic wedding for their smaller, more intimate wedding day. Each pair of guests received a blanket and basket filled with favorites from Bulldega Urban Market and Alley Twenty Six, as well as a custom wedding mask created by the couple’s friend Brian Johnson.

Jon and T.J. said “I do” under the open-air chapel just as the rain subsided. “While it was not the wedding we originally planned, it was the perfect way for us to tie the knot,” T.J. says.

The couple lives in Durham with their two dogs, Ruby Doo and Twyla. CHM April 2021

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hough Kyane Epps attended East Chapel Hill High School and Jack Kleissler went to Chapel Hill High School, they were great friends and started dating their senior year. The pair dated long distance through college with Jack at UNC and Kyane attending UNC Greensboro. After graduation, they got an apartment in Mebane, the halfway point between their jobs – Jack secured a job at Lenovo in Research Triangle Park and Kyane works at Kontoor Brands in Greensboro.

On Aug. 9, 2019, Jack proposed to Kyane in their happy place: Nantucket, Massachusetts. Kyane spent the day with both of their mothers who brought her to the beach for happy hour where Jack had planned a surprise sunset proposal. Kyane and Jack ended the night with Champagne on the beach and a home-cooked meal surrounded by family.

Because of the pandemic, the couple decided to postpone their initial plans and instead had a small ceremony with their immediate family on Nov. 6, 2020, at the Chapel Hill Carriage House. They streamed the ceremony on Facebook Live so family and friends could tune in to the big day. After a toast and hors d’oeuvres, the newlyweds ended the night at Jack’s family’s home with dinner from the Smokehouse at Steve’s. Kyane says that even though it wasn’t the wedding they had planned, it was still absolutely perfect.

Kyane and Jack live in Durham and with two fur babies, Luna and Lando. CHM 88

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