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Annabel Ingall “Allisyn” leather saddle bag, $329. BANO Boutique. Parker “Kennedy” floral silk dress. $275. Mynt Boutique. Lily Sofa, made in North Carolina, $1,425. Area Modern Home. Succulents, $3.99 each. Stone Brothers & Byrd. Kids’ Tee, $11.99. Durham Bulls Store.
Hats Off to You, Durham! Comedian Amy Schumer sported some Durham Performing Arts Center swag on her Instagram account recently. She performed at DPAC in 2013. “Today Show” hosts Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist welcomed WRAL-TV to the NBC family in late February by donning Durham Bulls‘ caps. And the […]
Congratulations on being nominated for the Best of Durham! Being part of the #BestofDurham gives you some excellent marketing opportunities, and we want to help you promote your business as much as possible. Click here to take the survey! To encourage patrons to vote for your business, take advantage of […]
Like most parents, Rachel Pollard and her husband, Dan, wanted to cut down on the sugar and junk food in their children’s diets. A typical solution might have been to ignore the requests for such food and quit buying products that fell into those categories – just saying no. However, […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] When you’re in Tom Ferguson’s kitchen, these are the rules: Be clean. Be on time. Go fast. He’ll be teaching those tenets to many more North Carolina cooks in the coming months, as new franchise locations of Tom’s Rise Biscuits & Donuts pop up across the state. In […]
When people talk about Durham, our entrepreneurs are often one of the first things they mention. How did we get here? Right now is one chapter in a long story of entrepreneurship in Durham. It’s something that’s been a rich part of Durham’s history forever. … People started growing tobacco […]
The first time David Chapman saw his future wife, Christy, he was a 15-year-old high school student stopping by the local coffee shop before class. She was the beautiful 21-year-old barista: utterly out of reach. “You know how in religious paintings from the Renaissance, there’s sometimes a halo of light around […]
Successful retailer Jennings Brody had no plans to open another store. Her Peabody Place mainstay Parker & Otis is a bustling hub for both food and retail seven days a week, and as mom to daughter Miller, 4, she’s always busy. But then she stepped into an empty storefront on […]
“I’m just the numbers behind it,” Cicely Mitchell says, humbly referring to her role as the co-founder of The Art of Cool Project. The Durham nonprofit, which promotes jazz-influenced music, is entering its fifth year in addition to hosting its third music festival May 6-8, featuring more than 20 performances over […]
↑ Aelfie “Heat Wave in Rajasthan” 4-by-6 rug, $359. Indio, Brightleaf Square ← Damn Fine Chocolate Liqueur (375 ml), $23.95. Durham Distillery, 711 Washington St. ↑ Hand repair kit with almond milk beeswax hand cream, lemon butter cuticle cream, shea butter hand repair cream and cotton gloves, $13. Burt’s […]
