Greek Salad! Greek Festival! Grexit?
September 17, 2015By Ron Aiken Back in May, Chomp! got hitched. Following the wedding we honeymooned in Greece, a destination we pinched pennies for months on end to afford, visiting the…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Chomp! Bacon! Bombs! Bots?
September 10, 2015By Ron Aiken “What can you wrap bacon around, guys?” This was a real question I recently overheard someone say. Well, I thought she was a real person until…
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Why Should Kids Have All The Fun? – Back-To-School Essentials Everyone Will Love
September 10, 2015By Brian Maynor School is well underway, but if you missed out on your own back-to-school shopping never fear, there is still time to score some of the…
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Wordless News
September 3, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Are Women Better Tasters Than Men? Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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The trend to end trends
August 28, 2015By Brian Maynor One of the hottest trends sweeping the fashion world is the mantra of ‘breaking the fashion rules’ in order to find your own sense of self-worth,…
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The trend to end trends
August 28, 2015By Brian Maynor One of the hottest trends sweeping the fashion world is the mantra of ‘breaking the fashion rules’ in order to find your own sense of self-worth,…
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Wordless News
August 28, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: National Zoo Welcomes 2 Panda Cubs Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Wordless News
August 28, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: National Zoo Welcomes 2 Panda Cubs Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Freak Show
August 21, 2015By Tom Poland The Carnival Sideshow Goes Mainstream It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s dead now. Suicide most likely. I just saw him once but that was enough. It…
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Freak Show
August 21, 2015By Tom Poland The Carnival Sideshow Goes Mainstream It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s dead now. Suicide most likely. I just saw him once but that was enough. It…
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Wordless News
August 21, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Now, There’s a Pop-Tart Beer Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative…
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Wordless News
August 21, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Now, There’s a Pop-Tart Beer Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative…
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
August 21, 2015By Jan Pinnington This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is moist and flavorful. Nonstick spray 1 cup white flour + 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp.…
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
August 21, 2015By Jan Pinnington This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is moist and flavorful. Nonstick spray 1 cup white flour + 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp.…
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Thai Chicken Salad
August 21, 2015By Kay MacInnis This is another recipe from that same chicken we used last week. The idea, if you’ll recall, was to take one chicken and create several meals…
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Thai Chicken Salad
August 21, 2015By Kay MacInnis This is another recipe from that same chicken we used last week. The idea, if you’ll recall, was to take one chicken and create several meals…
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Craving something new? – Now there are 210 new Pantone shades to try
August 20, 2015By Brian Maynor We all know the color wheel can produce endless shades and color variations, but the experts at Pantone have selected a group of 210 shades to…
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Wordless News
August 13, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: I’m An Obstetrician And I Failed At Breast-Feeding Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Shelling Peas
August 13, 2015By Amy Coward She laid the neatly folded newspaper clipping on my desk and said, “Look what I got in the mail today!” My co-worker was standing there smiling,…
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Chicken Salad with Pecans and Dried Craisins
August 13, 2015By Kay MacInnis Here’s one of our recipes from this month’s Providence Cooks! class on Healthy Lunches. At our Aug. 4 class, we took one chicken and made…
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Weekends should be spent with your real friends – not your office ones
August 13, 2015By Brian Maynor Office friendships are inevitable, after all you spend more time with your coworkers than you do anyone else in your life, but you shouldn’t treat…
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Wordless News
August 6, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Is Signing Off Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
August 6, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Is Signing Off Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Hold Up On The Suede, Sweaters & Scarves – Summer’s Not Over Yet
August 6, 2015By Brian Maynor Every August focus and attention turns to back-to-school and fall previews, but here in the South we have plenty of summer days left to endure. With…
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Hold Up On The Suede, Sweaters & Scarves – Summer’s Not Over Yet
August 6, 2015By Brian Maynor Every August focus and attention turns to back-to-school and fall previews, but here in the South we have plenty of summer days left to endure. With…
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Black From Tula & The Mortgage Lifter
July 30, 2015By Tom Poland Derrick Gunter & Radiator Charlie Knew A Good Thing When They Saw It Robert Clark and I were on the road running down a story,…
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Zucchini Hashbrowns
July 30, 2015By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Ingredients: 3 ripe Roma tomatoes, diced 10 fresh Basil leaves, chopped 4 oz. fresh mozzarella, cubed Salt & Pepper to taste 1…
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Just Texting In
July 30, 2015By Amy Coward My phone whirs on my desk, silently telling me a text message has arrived. “I got a job interview!” it read. Quick. Short. Straight to the…
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The Pool: It’s Not for Vacations Anymore
July 30, 2015By Leigh Thomas I couldn’t let summer go by without an ode to the pool, now could I?! Once upon a time a trip to the pool involved a…
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Wordless News
July 30, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: As anger escalates over lion’s death, Zimbabwean men appear in court Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
July 30, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: As anger escalates over lion’s death, Zimbabwean men appear in court Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Chasing A Legend
July 30, 2015By Tom Poland The Lost Confederate Gold My latest Southern adventure below the gnat line came about in an unlikely way and involves a strange mix of geographies. For…
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Don’t Be Rude – It’s Just Not Classy
July 30, 2015By Brian Maynor Shopping can be a bit challenging and frustrating, but taking it out on the sales associates is not going to make things any better. In fact,…
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Don’t Be Rude – It’s Just Not Classy
July 30, 2015By Brian Maynor Shopping can be a bit challenging and frustrating, but taking it out on the sales associates is not going to make things any better. In fact,…
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NASCAR’s Origins
July 16, 2015By Tom Poland Hillsborough, NC Could Have Been Talladega It makes for a good story. Back in the early 1950s men in Hillsborough, North Carolina, could see stockcar races…
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NASCAR’s Origins
July 16, 2015By Tom Poland Hillsborough, NC Could Have Been Talladega It makes for a good story. Back in the early 1950s men in Hillsborough, North Carolina, could see stockcar races…
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CaprEASY Salsa
July 16, 2015By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Ingredients: 3 ripe Roma tomatoes, diced 10 fresh Basil leaves, chopped 4 oz. fresh mozzarella, cubed Salt & Pepper to taste 1…
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CaprEASY Salsa
July 16, 2015By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Ingredients: 3 ripe Roma tomatoes, diced 10 fresh Basil leaves, chopped 4 oz. fresh mozzarella, cubed Salt & Pepper to taste 1…
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Just Like Harriette
July 16, 2015By Amy Coward I can just hear the roar from the crowds as she crossed the finish line. It had taken Harriette Thompson 7 hours and 24 minutes, but…
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Just Like Harriette
July 16, 2015By Amy Coward I can just hear the roar from the crowds as she crossed the finish line. It had taken Harriette Thompson 7 hours and 24 minutes, but…
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Bastille Bash
July 16, 2015By Temple Ligon This past Tuesday, July 14, two of us had our Bastille Day dinner, but we ate leftovers from Saturday night’s much bigger do. A group of 18…
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Bastille Bash
July 16, 2015By Temple Ligon This past Tuesday, July 14, two of us had our Bastille Day dinner, but we ate leftovers from Saturday night’s much bigger do. A group of 18…
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Seafood Chowder
July 16, 2015By Kay MacInnis This recipe is perfect for seafood lovers! This chowder includes both shrimp and scallops, which are high in vitamin B12 – and B12 supports metabolic functioning.…
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Seafood Chowder
July 16, 2015By Kay MacInnis This recipe is perfect for seafood lovers! This chowder includes both shrimp and scallops, which are high in vitamin B12 – and B12 supports metabolic functioning.…
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The Ultimate Summer Cool Kit
July 16, 2015By Brian Maynor Summer is all about sunshine and enjoying the outdoors, but it’s not all about pool parties and cookouts. Sometimes you need to maintain a little poise…
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The Ultimate Summer Cool Kit
July 16, 2015By Brian Maynor Summer is all about sunshine and enjoying the outdoors, but it’s not all about pool parties and cookouts. Sometimes you need to maintain a little poise…
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