About me
I used to live in Brooklyn, NY. In 2008, my husband and I moved to Chapel Hill, NC. I miss NYC lots. I think about food constantly and talk about it lots. If you like any of that stuff I just mentioned you might like my site. Fingers crossed.You liked that? Read this.
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Category Archives: North Carolina small business
Discount code for TerraVITA Food & Wine Event
‘Cause I love you, I think you’re pretty, and I want you to attend the amazing celebration of sustainable food and beverage that is TerraVITA, here’s a little reason for you to break out the AmEx before 10:00am. Vic Pop … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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Terra Vita Update – September 24, 2011
Fret not if you weren’t able to snag tickets to the Farm to Fork fundraiser at the end of this month. I have some serious inside scoop on the Triangle’s other amazing sustainable food and wine event, Terra Vita. Vic Pop just … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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So much to eat and drink, so little time [to exercise]
Bless my heart. While the Upcoming Triangle Food Events calendar is looking goo-ood, the forecast for a shrinking Vic Pop’s chubby little tummy is not so sunny. The only thing getting smaller these days seems to be my bank account. … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22
Look, people change. In college, my idea of the perfect afternoon snack consisted of beef jerky and Diet Mountain Dew. Obvs I still love beef jerky, but the neon green soda thing, not so much. At that time, I felt … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Lots of boozing and a little snacking in the Triangle this weekend
Bell’s Oberon is the draft special at Milltown in Carrboro this month, $5 for a 16 oz pour all day every day in May. 3 Cups in Chapel Hill is hosting a big FREE Beaujolais tasting on Saturday featuring 10 wines … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Restaurants
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Now serving: Cinco de Mayo in the Triangle
Sometimes the old fiesta at your local cantina gets a little dullsville. The same basket of chips and salsa and watery Micheladas feels ho hum year after year. No me gusta. Triangle revelers in need of an excuse to commemorate … Continue reading →
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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God loves the ugliest vegetables. And creatures.
Last night, I was trying to remember the name of the ugliest thing from God’s lovely earth that I have ever seen, the geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck). I finally remembered it, but not before my Google Images search for “ugliest vegetables” … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asheville, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Pork, Restaurants, Triangle art events
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Mother’s Day
I’ve got Mother’s Day on the brain this morning. While my fabulous mother deserves to be jetted off to some paradise like this for five days, my factory outlet wallet can only afford something more along the lines of this, … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Now serving: Vic Pop via Orange Zest on Chapelboro.com!
Can’t get enough Vic Pop in your life? Starting this week you can find a whole new site with Victus Populi-style words of wisdom and good eating. 1360 WCHL has launched Chapelboro.com, a hyper-local news resource for all things Chapel … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, cocktails, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Good luck, Downtown Raleigh Farmers Market!
Today begins the Downtown Raleigh Farmers Market season. They’re celebrating the launch of their second season with a Spring Fling Kickoff that includes all sorts of free treats and live music today at their new home in City Plaza, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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