Sometimes changing a tune is as simple as turning a knob. Other times, it's just accepting that the melody might sound a little different for a while.
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Poem Sept 2020 - PineStraw Magazine
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat act as windows to our personal lives and avenues for staying relevant. But, what exactly does it mean to stay relevant in 2020? It depends on who you ask.
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There are plenty of lessons to be learned in nature. Sometimes, you just have to take time to slow down and observe.
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Memories of a Devoted Mother - PineStraw Magazine
The patchwork brick, stucco and uneven front door of this 1920 Weymouth mansion, nicknamed "Rosewood" by its original owners, was once seen as "tudor revival gone rogue."
Almost a century later, the unusual design of Rosewood charmed Dr. Ellie Pack Marlow and her husband, who left their hectic city lives to call Rosewood — and Southern Pines — home.
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Story of a House: Rosewood in Bloom - PineStraw Magazine
This #woofwednesday is brought to you by Coco Chanel and Remi, the unofficial official guardians of PineStraw’s October house. See more of their digs in next month’s issue 🐶
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At their 47-acre Cameron farm, purchased in 2015, Rachel and Carl Herrick are playing the long game through diversified rotational grazing, no-till over-seeding methods, and eliminating all use of herbicides, fungicides and chemical fertilizers. Hence the name Slow Farm.
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This month’s issue is straight out of another dimension ✨ copies of the mag (and 3-D glasses for essential viewing) available around town now!
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From the October cover story, Magic Show, featuring 3-D imagery by John Gessner and 3-D glasses sponsored by Carolina Eye.
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Sure, pumpkins are the ultimate symbol of autumn, but there's more to these gourds than meets the eye.
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"Everything you love will probably be lost. But love will return in a different form."
In this feature from our October issue, editor Jim Dodson recounts tales of love and loss — and what we can learn from both along the way.
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We hope everyone is enjoying the "magic show" in this month's issue of PineStraw! Check out the story behind the 3-D images, and learn how photographer John Gessner made it all happen.
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Sending an email or a text message might be convenient, but sometimes the heartfelt, hand-written notes really do mean the most.
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From family home to work of art — this month's story of a house paints the picture of blending the old with the new to create something that's one-of-a-kind.
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Story of a House: Second Wind - PineStraw Magazine
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Empty Netflix queue? Get your thriller fix with this local tale of the chilling murder of Juney Carraway and the hunt for his killers.
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The mouth-watering cover story in this month's issue will make you wish these local chefs could make it into your kitchen this Thanksgiving.
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Because when the world feels divided, all it takes is full bellies and full hearts to unite us together. Need a little foodie inspiration? Feast your eyes on this month’s issue of PineStraw— available around town now.
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A photo is worth a thousand words; but sometimes, it captures a few hundred years worth of history, too.
January’s cover story, Cabin Country, is a look at the heart-pine Shaw and Bryant homes and the Sandhills Women’s Exchange gift shop and café — a whole-log structure and longtime Pinehurst landmark.
Pick up your copy of January’s issue now, or read more at the link in our bio.
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Would you ever order a diluted drink at cocktail hour? No, but you may have underestimated just how key of an ingredient that ice really is. It makes sure that the drink gets cold, but at the same time, the ice that’s spinning round and round like a carousel has another job: to melt.
How does the bartender know when the drink is ready to strain and serve? Temperature and dilution.
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In The Spirit - PineStraw Magazine
Robeson County can be a conservative place, and one has to wonder what the locals thought when Charlie Locklear decided to turn his wine-making hobby into a family business.
“Most people embraced it,” he says. “Probably 90 percent of them. You’re never going to get 100 percent on nothing.”
But folks will go easy on a local boy, especially when the family name is nearly as old as the land itself.
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The Creators of N.C. - PineStraw Magazine
Very few people reading this column are likely to have seen a western tanager out of its seasonal range. But it pays to be prepared with binoculars and a good field guide should an unfamiliar visitor appear. Rarities are always possible, even in your own backyard.
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Truvy’s Beauty Spot in Steel Magnolias equipped its Natchitoches, La., patrons to meet life with sky-high hair. But the Franklin Beauty Shop in Monroe, N.C., where my aunt delivered hard truths and even harder hair, was an assault upon all the senses that possessed the stark ambiance of a morgue. And it taught me this: Beauty is in the eyes, ears and nose of the beholder.
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Home by Design - PineStraw Magazine
What is a theater company when it is not producing live theater? It’s not like selling Helen Keller’s water pump from The Miracle Worker or the knife from Twelve Angry Men would raise a bucket of money. Crisis time for arts organizations has shown that the starving artist model doesn’t work — not long term.
Thanks to the increased accessibility streaming provides, theater as an art form has the opportunity to get closer to the center of popular culture than it has been since the golden age of Broadway.
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Theater In The Year Of Corona - PineStraw Magazine
Walls can’t talk. Except for creaks, neither can rough-hewn floorboards or unscreened windows. Too bad, because their stories would describe a life primitive in comparison to ours– one that fascinates for its simplicity and hardship, considering how complicated and automated ours have become.
These lives may, after all, speak best through their homes. See the historic cabins of Moore County in this month's cover story.
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it’s easy to consider obvious road-trip destinations such as Charleston and Savannah (stay tuned . . . they’re on our list). But we also like to shake it up with locations that are off the beaten path.
Like Farmville in central Virginia. Situated 2 hours and 40 minutes north of High Point, Farmville, population 8,000, isn’t exactly your average farm town.
In fact, it’s something of a design mecca. Truly.
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The classic lazy chef’s garnish — an afterthought to a side dish, an expected spot of green on the plate — parsley is not the first herb cooks reach for these days when tossing together a quick meal.
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The Kitchen Garden - PineStraw Magazine
FROM BRIDE & GROOM: The events of 2020 put Melissa and Joshua’s grand wedding on hold, but no pandemic could postpone the love they have for one another. Under the watchful eye of their horses, Melissa and Joshua made their promises to each other in front of their closest friends and family.
Read more of their story here: https://pinestrawmag.com/melissa-pierce-joshua-bronson/
FROM BRIDE & GROOM: Adrien and Michael’s “Hoover Hallowedding” would be a night to remember for all — and that’s not only because it ended with a family friend strutting his stuff to “Monster Mash” while wearing a T-Rex costume.
See more of their story here: https://pinestrawmag.com/adrien-lammers-michael-hoover/
FROM BRIDE & GROOM: After meeting at an ultimate Frisbee tournament, singing to the Zac Brown Band and getting engaged on a mountaintop, Kailee and Nirmal would spend the next nine months planning a ceremony that combined Indian tradition and bluegrass culture — one that centered on family and the importance of a future filled with music and laughter.
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FROM BRIDE & GROOM: Our cover bride, Kristen Balboni, has a career in sports reporting that has taken her and her college sweetheart, Alex, all around the country. Meeting each other at the altar of the West End church Kristen grew up in to the tune of “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles brought their fairytale full circle.
See more of their story here: https://pinestrawmag.com/kristen-balboni-alex-harrill/
Each year, we work on a special publication to highlight real, local weddings and spotlight our local vendors: PineStraw Bride & Groom. The 2021 edition is live!
This year's magazine features seven weddings, articles from wedding pros, and more! Find Bride & Groom 2021 on PineStraw racks, or browse the digital issue:
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FROM BRIDE & GROOM: Over two years of near-daily trips to visit her horse’s stable in Southern Pines, Jordan fell in love with an abandoned estate on East Connecticut Avenue. Some time later, that estate would become Duncraig Manor and Gardens — and she, its first bride.
With the help of owners Don and Caroline Naysmith, the venue’s first big event was a wedding weekend that looked just as beautiful in person as it did on the livestream to Gabriel’s extended family in Chile.
See more of the Venegas wedding here:
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In this season of love, February's issue our true passion — food — with features on delectable treats whipped up by Sandhills chefs + meals we love all year long.
Find a copy of this issue in local racks or browse the digital edition: https://pinestrawmag.com/magazine/current-issue/
STORY OF A HOUSE: Lansmyr Cottage — a 9,000-square-foot relic that shuns hyper-electronics, paneled Sub-Zeros and similar stressors — must be viewed through a different lens than neighboring renovations with altered floorplans, spa bathrooms, electronic gadgetry and High Point heirlooms.
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FOODS WE 💙: There's no ice cream in the Pik N Pig sundae.
“It’s barbecue, baked beans, cole slaw, and we top it off with two hush puppies here in the restaurant,” says Jerad Wilson, the restaurant’s manager. The trifle-style dish is layered into a mason jar that’s nested in a bowl, so you can dump out the goods and mix them all together.
“When we got into the state fair, it was, ‘What can we make that’s easy for people to walk around with and still eat?’" Wilson says. "And that’s when we put everything into a cup. At the fair, it comes in a to-go cup with a spork, and people just go to town.”
FOODS WE 💙: “It’s kind of a fan favorite as far as the appetizers go,” says Francesca Carter, manager of Pinehurst Resort's The Deuce — the 19th hole at historic Pinehurst No. 2. She’s talking about the restaurant’s famed “Taterman” Tots.
The bacon, broken into halves and nestled in behind the tots, is the real MVP. “That’s what people order this for,” Carter says. “They will tell us, ‘Oh yeah, we came here and got this just for the pecan-crusted maple bacon.”
FOODS WE 💙: The Train Wreck from Mason's Restaurant & Grocery. With deep-fried chicken thighs, cheddar cheese, pecan-smoked bacon, an over-easy egg and homemade sausage gravy, it's definitely not a biscuit you want to eat while on the go.
“It’s just a little bit of everything; it’s messy,” says Brian Hainley, chef and co-owner, with his wife, Alison. “I’ve seen one person try to pick it up and eat it, and you can’t do that. It’s a knife and fork thing for sure.”
FOODS WE 💙: Sometimes all you need is a good burger, and Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club has just the thing: The Bell Burger, served at In-the-Rough Lounge.
“Anything to do with Mrs. Bell was always the biggest and the best, so that’s what we wanted to do with the burger,” says manager Graham Gilmore of the staple’s namesake, World Golf Hall of Famer Peggy Kirk Bell. “It goes with the whole motif here; everything is about Bell and golf.”
FOODS WE 💙: “We do plain, we do chocolate chip now as well, but everybody loves that blueberry pancake,” says Tracy Cormier, owner of the Pinehurst Track Restaurant.
She and her late husband, harness racer Real “Coco” Cormier, bought the restaurant almost 25 years ago and have since earned well-deserved accolades for their blueberry pancakes, even making a cameo appearance on The Golf Channel.
Most locals are familiar with the subject of March’s cover story, Joseph Hill. Hill is autistic and, on most Saturdays — and pretty much any day he has a reason to come to town — you can see him wandering around with his Nikon and Fujifilm cameras.
“In a way, it’s peaceful,” he says of his photography. “I can just be wandering around, minding my own business, and I come across something I haven’t seen before — maybe neither of us have seen before — and I take a picture of it. Every day, what you call mundane, that we pass by and see but don’t notice fully, if I happen to see it at just the right angle, looking up or looking down at the ground, hey, I take a picture.”
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