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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Tag Archives: celebrity
It’s not you. It’s me.
No, you look great! You’ve still got that twinkle in your eye and that sweet, eager face. This isn’t about you. It’s me. Me looking tired, looking stressed, forehead wrinkling like so many creases in a chinese bitter melon. I’m … 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, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, David Chang, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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Now serving: Milkshake
My inbox is the sad proof that I’m a sucker for email giveaways. Dinner for two at a fancy restaurant in NYC, a weekend getaway to some mountain retreat, a book. I’ve entered hundreds of these things. I’ve never won anything. … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, NYC, Recipes, Slow Food, Travel
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Tagged arty things, baked goods, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, David Chang, dessert, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, recipe, Restaurants
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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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A coupon and a confession
Confession: Vic Pop made a frownie face today when I got the email from bloomspot featuring today’s deal at Le Cirque in NYC. Sad feelings about the fact the formal dining experience has been overhauled in the last five years and … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, NYC, Recipes, Travel
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, celebrity, cheese, cocktails, New York City, Pork, Restaurants
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This ain’t Charlie’s Chocolate Factory
You may recall that Vic Pop moved to Chapel Hill, NC from Brooklyn, NY in October 2008. As a result, whenever a friend or a friend of a friend or the kid who is going with the girl who saw … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel
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Tagged Asheville, awesome tv/movie trivia, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, 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 →
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
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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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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 →
Posted in Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina art stuff, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Triangle Locavore
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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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