Thursday, September 24, 2015

Garden & Gun features The Durham Hotel

"First off, this place is local and they want you to know it. Your morning cup contains Durham’s own Counter Culture coffee, the blankets come from Raleigh Denim, and the kitchen for the restaurant and sixth-floor rooftop lounge is run by Andrea Reusing, the James Beard Award–winning chef behind Chapel Hill’s Asian-inflected Lantern."
 
—"The South's Most Stylish New Hotels" Mike Grudowski , Garden & Gun

The Durham Hotel featured in Anthology Magazine

"The write-ups in the latest issues of Garden & Gun and The Local Palate—the latter mentions that the on-site restaurant is run by James Beard Award-winning chef Andrea Reusing and the interiors are the work of Commune Design—has moved this North Carolina destination toward the top of my must-visit list."

— "The Durham" Anh Minh,  Anthology Magazine

Durham Public Schools featured for successful school start time transition

"In Durham, NC, one of the few districts to successfully do so, district administrators went through an extensive planning process, conducted parent surveys, held focus groups, and will likely continue to face challenges."

—"Pushing back high school start times proves difficult"  Kim Schimel, Education Dive

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Durham barbecue featured in Washington Post

"Picnic, which the partners call “Next Generation ’Cue,” will mix traditional and modern [barbecue] . Heritage hogs will be cooked over an all-wood fire, but probes will help monitor the cooking process. Sides will include the traditional Brunswick stew but also “NC Crab Beignets.”

—"Why North Carolina’s barbecue scene is still smoldering"  Jim Shahin, The Washington Post

Monday, September 21, 2015

Durham among top places to live in U.S.

"Mild climates and golf courses used to be the main attractions in retirement communities, but college cities, with their high-quality athletic programs, their university drama and music departments, and their art galleries and museums, offer a variety of diversions not available in most cities of comparable size."

— "The best places to live in America: How college towns perfected the city"

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Alley Twenty-Six featured in Our State

"Durham is the South in a to-go box. Everything bright and beautiful and dark and dirty about this gritty and glorious ecosystem we call home is right here — our past, present, and future — everything from tobacco to slavery to the Civil War, to the demise of thriving industries, to the growth of our cities and the subsequent flight from them and our eventual return. All of it, everything, is here."

—"The Brightest Alley in Durham" Daniel Wallace,  Our State

MTV features Durham High School acapella group

"An acapella group at North Carolina High School Durham Academy, XIV Hours, created a spectacular video that deals with relationships, sex and gender politics."

—"A Teen Acapella Group Created A Music Video With An Important Message About Sex And It’s Amazing" Joseph Lamour, MTV

Visit South features Durham's food scene

"Sure, good restaurants matter, but a real foodie town is more than just sit-down eateries. You can tell a real road trip-worthy food destination by the grab-a-bite eating establishments where you can always indulge in just one more nibble—and Durham’s snack shacks will blow you away."

—"3 Reasons Durham May be the South’s Tastiest Town" Amy Brayfield, Visit South

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Visit NC features Cocoa Cinnamon

''Cocoa Cinnamon uses creative spices in its coffees and teas to create unique flavors. Try a Rumi that starts with African or Asian hand-brewed coffee, with added rosewater and cardamom. There’s also the See-Line Woman espresso, with black strap molasses, dark melted chocolate and homemade vanilla latte. For the sweet tooth, sample the single-origin sipping chocolates on the outdoor patio.''

—"15 Coffee Shops and Cafés You’ll Like a Latte" Staff, Visit NC

Monday, September 14, 2015

Regulator Bookshop featured in Publishers Weekly

"The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, N.C. was one of a number of stores that reported selling “amazing” quantities of a book that was published the same day as Watchman (July 14), Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me."

—"How Indie Booksellers Fared This Summer" Judith Rosen, Tiffany Razzano, Claire Kirch, and Anisse Gross, Publishers Weekly

Vacation Idea features "17 Best Things to Do in Durham"

"Durham is a vibrant city with an array of things to see and do for couples and families."

—"17 Best Things to Do in Durham, North Carolina" Staff, Vacation Idea

Thursday, September 10, 2015

21C Museum Hotel Durham featured in Forbes

"In March a 21C hotel opened in Durham, N.C., 125 rooms in a 17-story Art Deco tower (designed by the same architects who built the Empire State Building, which the hotel resembles).Currently on display in Durham is a collection of paintings, sculpture and photography exploring how human perception can be swayed."

— "Boutique Hotels For Those Who Want A Luxurious Night At A Museum" Abram Brown, Forbes

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Durham County Library event featured on CBS News

"At the Durham County Library in North Carolina recently, there was event celebrating the movies. Not an awards show; it was a screening of home movies which some people might think date to the Stone Age."

—"Bringing the importance of home movies into focus", CBS News

Durham highlighted as exemplory city

"The consultants who drafted Canton's comprehensive plan see Durham as a picture of what Canton could be, based on what Durham was."

— "SPECIAL REPORT: Durham, N.C., could have lessons for Canton" Alison Matas, Canton Rep

Friday, September 4, 2015

King's Daughters Inn and Bullock's BBQ receive high praise

"I have a confession. I loved my time in Durham & my stay at The King’s Daughters Inn so much that I extended my stay an extra night."

---"The King's Daughters Inn", "Bullock's Bar-B-Cue", Displaced Southerner