Category: Worthy of Note
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The Yellow House
Nooked between the long-standing Cadman Congressional Church and Vanderbilt Avenue is a large, aged yellow house. The house’s skin lays bare the tells of time—traditional Italian-style carvings, worn siding, chipped pale yellow paint, and black shutters with white trim above the foggy windows that hadn’t been replaced in who knows how long. The house’s black,…
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Carolina Beach
The Carolinas have always been home. But home means different things to different people. Is home a place? The family you surround yourself with? Is it more of a feeling than a physical structure? For me, home wasn’t just the house I grew up in. It was one- or two-week vacations at Sunset Beach. It…
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Puppies & Snuggles (Sometimes)
About a month ago, Brian and I finally did what we’d been talking about for years. We got a dog (!!!) This girl’s name is Zoey, (zōē), which is Greek for “life.” And full of life she certainly is. Look at that face! A few things about Zoey: She’s sweet, sometimes; energetic, sometimes; and reserved,…
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Home
by Brian Smith Is home the town I grew up in, or the physical house within that town? If my dad sells said house, am I suddenly homeless? Or is home just the space you come back to at the end of a long work day? I lived in the same house for 18 years…
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What are your 2018 goals?
Question for the room: what are your 2018 goals? Have you started thinking about them yet? Believe it or not, we’re halfway through December, y’all; it’s not too early. Today, my boyfriend texted me a picture of his goals, handwritten in his spiral notebook,…
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New Home-Cooking Food-Delivery Service, Pink Napkin, Changes Game for Millennials Who Can’t Cook
Pink is the new black, everyone. Or at least New York mag seems to think so. In an effort to make some serious cash—we mean change the cooking game—new home-cooking food-delivery service Pink Napkin, the newest food-delivery service to hit millennials’ news feeds via Facebook ads, offers “fresh, delicious, and locally sourced ingredients, packed into…
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On Leaving New York
Three and a half years. That’s how much I gave to this place, to the city of dreams and, as some say, the greatest city in the world. There’s no doubt it’s great—just look at it. The people it attracts. The work it churns out. The constant buzz of subway performers, Wall Street cronies, and…
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An Italian Training Ship
The Amerigo Vespucci, a training ship of the Italian Marina Militare, is named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci; its home: La Spezia, Italy. My great friend Katie sails boats. She’s a member of New York City’s Yacht Club, and with knowing her beautiful self comes the perk of being invited to meet legends of the…
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Boston: Day Three
Days one and two of Boston brought adventure, rocky beaches, smiles, witches, and baseball; day three was sure to delight any history geek with a walk along the winding Freedom Trail, 2.5 miles of churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, museums, historic markers, and even a ship—sights and scenes from the American Revolution. On this…
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Boston: Day One
Day one of Boston: places to go, people to see, sights to… sight, and a ballgame to catch! Day one of Boston called for an outing to the legendary Fenway Park. Brian’s dad got us the tickets, unaware at the time as to the grand evening that called: the official retiring of Mr. David Ortiz’s…
Leah McCann Smith | Writer & Editor 