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Copy Editor Jess Gaul Artist About Us Who would have thought you 5 Community Southern Neighbor is a could get a taste of New Orleans Hillsborough touts an amazing Graphic designer Susan DiFelice student produced right off of Franklin Street? arts scene — from visual artists to always knew she wanted to start Imbibe delivers authentic her own business. When she magazine, founded by chefs and everyone in between — bites along with an atmo- which helps bring the community combined her design skills with Bonnie Schaefer and sphere that will keep you together around events that her love for horse riding, that published under the DTH coming back for more. foster this artistic spirit. dream became a reality. Media Corp.

To place an advertisement, bee downtown contact: (919) 962-4214 or 4 Fourth generation bee keeper Leigh-Kathryn Bonner is bringing the hive downtown — not only to save the bees [email protected]. but to help businesses as well.

I found it to be a colored pencil, which it is, spend time with it. Bring it home Let's create I named Victoria Purple...the color of in your heart and in your imagination. By Barbara Hengstenberg royalty, my favorite color. Left by the It’s amazing what our imaginations can I strive everyday to be more present, bench on the trail or accidently dropped, do when given the opportunity to be more mindful. With technology at my I wondered what drawings this regal heard, and when we take the time to fingertips — be it a smartphone, tablet, pencil had created. Had it once colored in reflect and listen. laptop, or television — these devices take a purple, pink and orange sunset? Whose I’m typing this column on my laptop me away from the real life that is all around hands held this artist’s tool? An artist, cre- and will utilize social media to promote me. There are days when such a technolo- ating her masterpiece? A student adding it. But I remind myself that a healthy gy-inspired journey is a welcome respite, purple to a homework assignment while life relies on balance. When I’m finished and other days when my mind is left numb sitting peacefully by the pond, trying to typing, I’ll be back outside, walking, by what I witness on the small screen. escape the mayhem of home? Perhaps a searching and listening. Sometimes I need to put it all aside and child recently received a pencil set from Not-To-Miss Creative Events: just reflect. Take a time out. Go on an elec- his grandmother and was so proud of his Two exciting shows at: tronics hiatus. But it’s not always easy to do. drawing of Gramma in a Victoria Purple NC Arts Incubator Barbara Hengstenberg is an That’s where finding something and dress, that he dropped the pencil in his 223 N. Chatham Ave., Siler City educator, artist, writer and founder making discoveries help me to become haste to share his picture with her. 919-663-1335 of www.WildesArt.com, an online more mindful. This pencil has found a new home Various media will be represented community of creatives. Barbara Discoveries: Find Something among my collection of pens, pencils and by a variety of NC folk artists lives in Pittsboro, and sells her Zen Time: Take as long as you can with this. markers, and remains a reminder of my re- (including me!) folkart and offers tips on creativity Your brain will feel rejuvenated and ready flective walk. I’m reminded to be receptive No charge - open most weekdays through her website. She is on the to create once you’ve spent some time to whatever speaks to me, whatever calls Now through March 15: Board of the NC Arts Incubator focusing on being present. my attention...even a stray pencil dropped Folk Art Exhibit and teaches at Central Carolina Materials: You(!)...that’s all! upon the dirt trail. I know that when I March 17-April 18: Carolina Mixed Community College. You can reach Take a walk outside, whether it’s down walk mindfully, something will grab my Media Art Guild of Raleigh show, Barbara at [email protected]. your street or on a nature trail. Keep your attention. Sometimes it’s something that “March Hare” mind aware of your surroundings, and I can pick up, hold and bring home like Share your ideas, questions, find something that sparks a thought, an the Victoria Purple pencil. Or maybe it’s or comments by contacting me at Writers, artists, teachers, kids, parents, idea, a memory, or a story. something I discover in the natural world [email protected]. Is there cooks, musicians, EVERYBODY...this One day this past fall, as I walked that I can’t physically hold, but I can hold in a creative event happening? Let me column is for you. We are all creative, around our village pond, I spotted a my imagination. know — I’d love to hear from you! whether you think you are or not! pencil on the trail. When I picked it up, What pulls your attention? Whatever

2 | March 2018 RESTAURANT REVIEW: Imbibe is a Taste of New Orleans Mandey Brown does it all: she’s an artist, a graphic designer, a singer, a bartender, a bar owner and, most recently, a restaurant owner. Brown moved from New Orleans to Chapel Hill in 2005, because of Hurricane Katrina, and as with many aspects of her life, her family played a large role in that decision. “I had family in Hillsborough, so I knew the area and thought it was such Once Imbibe began to grow, however, a great place. So I moved up here and Brown’s ideas about her menu evolved. started bartending. Then in 2010 I bought Zog’s pool hall, which is right “Before, the food was good, but it upstairs,” she said. was all just fried bar food. It was tasty, but our customers were coming for jazz nights and events like that, and it just wasn’t the kind of food you want in a dimly lit room listening to jazz,” she said. Photos by Sofia Edelman Now, Imbibe has quite the full menu Mandey Brown, owner of Imbibe and Zog's in Chapel Hill, has built her for both lunch and dinner, offering menu up from bar food to authentic New Orleans cuisine. everything from genuine New Orleans muffalettas to a blackened catfish Brown, her family, or where she’s from. a tiny muffaletta shop eating the best po-boy. During my visit, I tried both “New Orleans is so much bigger than sandwich they’ve ever had in their life,” When Brown says ‘upstairs,’ she offerings. just a city. It’s a culture, and people are Brown said, “We want to give everyone means upstairs from Imbibe — the The blackened catfish was attracted to it. Everyone who’s been to who's ever lived in New Orleans, or newer of her two establishments. incredible — perfectly sharp, but not the city has that wonderful memory went to school there, or even just visited Situated on Henderson Street, Imbibe overbearingly spicy, filling yet light of sitting on a sunny street corner at a taste of the city.” simultaneously has the feel of a hip, and flaky, and served on a crispy-on- industrial-chic dive and a high-brow the-outside-reminiscent-of-a-cloud- speakeasy. on-the-inside buttered roll with aioli, The lines are clean, the immaculate lettuce and tomato. The muffaletta Why sell your valuables through bronze draughts and Basque cider was similarly exquisite — served on Trader Chris Consignments? well cleaner and the dim lighting and bread flown in from Gambino’s Bakery frequent sounds of jazz music invite in the heart of New Orleans, owning Because we get worldwide results. Fast. you to sit down to a beer flight or glass a balance of perfectly salty ham and of wine and chat with friends for hours. salami and nutty-sweet provolone, But despite the quite polished look, one and loaded with olive salad with the is not surprised that Zog’s and Imbibe best executed punch-packing to not- share an owner. overbearing ratio this author has yet “The thing that connects the two tasted. is first, clutter. Zog’s is the inside Brown explained that her menu of my brain. My living room looks was developed through equal parts exactly like Zog’s. But it’s cozy,” Brown intuition, staying in touch with what explains, “When I opened up down customers wanted and, indeed, help here, I thought Zog’s can be messy and from family. cluttered and down here will be sleek Mining Shovel Gorham Sterling Luggage Label “I come from a family of cooks. Model Coffee Set Collection and clean and nothing but beer taps My grandfather, Paul Blangé, actually and tables. But within a week, I thought Sold for $910 Sold for $12,100 Sold for $1,738 invented Bananas Foster at Brennan’s Shipped to Shipped to Shipped to this place has to have some sort of in New Orleans. Now he’s the resident Germany Providence, RI Lake Villa, IL personality. So I dressed it up a bit with ghost at Brennan’s on haunted history With over 16 years of eBay experience, we know how to get top dollar for your artwork and funky lamps and jewel tours,” Brown said, “And my mother tones.” valuable collectibles, jewelry, estate silver, and watches on eBay. Trader Chris is an exceptional cook. My mom used provides free, no-obligation estimates and uses state-of-the-art sales tools to After opening, Brown decided there to share recipes with me for Imbibe. research, track, and ship consignments worldwide. Most consignments sell was one thing missing — food. She Now she comes in one day a week and within a few weeks, not months. explained that she began by offering we make the crab bisque soup together For more information, please call us at (919) 448-7325 spiced up bar fare. Loaded fries and and get to talk and spend quality time or visit www.traderchris.biz broccoli cheddar bites were staples on together.” a menu that, while having standalone From the decorations on Imbibe’s merit, was also designed as a way to walls, to the involvement of her family, keep in customers who would regularly one senses Brown’s strong commitment leave Zog’s in search of one of the to staying genuine — everything about myriad options for pizza on Franklin her establishment tells a story about Street. The modern way to sell your classics

Southern Neighbor | 3 Q&A with Bee Downtown founder Leigh-Kathryn Bonner By Mary Kate Nolan

Bee Downtown pairs corporations One of our sayings is, ‘Make meadows, not to have a home. listened to what the bees need and have with beehives and a sustainability pro- lawns,’ because lawns are one inch of grass SN: That sounds like a really beautiful tried to pair that together. Everything we do gram, helping pollinators and business’ and there is not much that can live in that, motto. Do you guys do any type of commu- is for the good of the hive and that hive is footprints. Contributing Editor Mary but if you have a meadow, if you have nat- nity outreach to get people informed about not just the bees but it is all of the compa- Kate Nolan sat down with Bee Down- ural areas at your house, at your office, that and involved with the cause? nies we work with as well. They’re each their town founder Leigh-Kathryn Bonner to allows natural pollinators, native pollinators, LB: We are not a nonprofit, we are own hive and we want to be able to do good find out what the buzz was all about. for them as well. SN: What effects of your work have you Southern Neighbor: When did you seen so far? begin this venture and what inspired you to LB: We’ve added about 6 million start it? honeybees to the Triangle over the last Leigh-Kathryn Bonner: I started Bee three years that are managed at the highest Downtown when I was a junior at NC standards possible. And so, the effect of that State University, so about three and a half is just having healthy hives in the area and years ago now I guess. And I am a fourth for us to be able to use our business as an generation beekeeper. Couldn’t keep a opportunity to get people connected with beehive at my apartment complex while I beekeeping clubs in the area, have people was in school and I was interning for the take classes that want to become beekeepers American Campus in Durham. and we’ve just seen this community get so I asked the owners if they would be OK excited about the bees and we’ve seen chil- with me putting a beehive on one of their dren wanting to become beekeepers after rooftops because studies show that honey- we go to their school and schools raising bees thrive in urban environments. So they money to help save the bees and businesses said, ‘Absolutely, go for it. This campus was are winning awards for being environmen- built on agriculture and we would just love tally-friendly companies because of the to help preserve that history of American Photo by Sofia Edelman hives that they have on their campuses. tobacco as well.’ And then Burt’s Bees World And so, the analogy that we use is that, ‘By Headquarters is on American Tobacco’s Fourth-generation bee keeper and Bee Downtown founder Leigh-Kathryn Bonner. herself one honeybee makes one twelfth of campus, so we started keeping bees for a teaspoon of honey in her entire life, but Burt’s Bees and then word kind of spread for-profit. But we use part of what we make mental report this year, to help us under- together a hive can generate over 80 pounds about the beehives and the rooftop hives every year to go to school systems and teach stand what impact the bees are making in of honey in a matter of months.’ So, if we, as and other companies started saying, ‘Hey, about sustainable agriculture and honeybee our community? Our employees love the businesses, as a community, as leaders can could you do this for us?’ And I love nature, education in school systems. So, a lot of bees. Can they come and do classes with work together like a hive, we can collective- I love agriculture, and to be able to instill, teachers don’t have the money or the op- us?’ So, we’ve built this whole program ly create a lasting change in the world that to kind of rebuild that history in cities and portunity to take kids on field trips or bring that it’s not just you’re getting bees on your we’re all proud to be a part of. share a story that is one that is a story of people in and we cover the cost so that we campus. It’s you’re getting a fully built-out SN: Where do you see Bee Downtown hope and joy, is one that has caught on and can go to the schools, bring a clear beehive environmental initiative paired with a one- going in the future? Do you have any plans we’ve been very fortunate and blessed to and educate and get kids excited about of-a-kind employee engagement solution for to expand even further? have so many people that want to be part of where their food comes from and a link to enterprises so that the bees are able to have LB: Yeah, we would love to see Bee our team — we call it “the bee team” — and, agriculture. And then we do events in the a place to live that is in one location. They’re Downtown in every major city across the you know, help us get over a hundred hives community throughout the year to just try not being moved. It’s a stable place to live. U.S. and we’ll pair that with a product line, in with companies like SAS to bring people together and build a com- The employees are able to take leadership as well, that is sustainably sourced and and IBM and Blue Cross Blue Shield. It has munity, kind of like a bee hive, where people courses at the beehives to get out of the ethically sourced. And it’s just, everything just been awesome to see. are talking to each other. They are putting office and we’re building environmental -re we’ll do though is for the good of the hive. SN: So, why bees? There are a lot of their phones down, they are learning togeth- ports for these companies. So that has been So if it does not fit with our mission and pollinators, what makes bees special? er and that is so important to us. something that is very rare, for a company our values as a company we won’t do it. LB: Our hope is to help all pollinators SN: What makes you a good partner for to be able to say, ‘We want all of this but But we’ve been able to so far successfully through telling the story of the bees because companies? we can’t get it with one program.' And for help the bees share their story. They’re an (with) other, native pollinators, it’s hard- LB: Bee Downtown started as just bee Bee Downtown, we are actually the answer indicator species. They’ve been around for er to quantify what’s going on with them hives for companies but then companies to that. That’s where we’ve seen so much over 100 million years and they’re, they’ve because they’re not as social of an insect. said, ‘Hey, can you help us with social success in what we’ve been doing. We’ve quietly provided us with all that we’ve The honeybees are managed by beekeepers media? Can you help us with our environ- listened to what our partners need and we’ve needed without ever asking for anything in so we have better data surrounding what’s return and with their decline we’re seeing going on with those bees and why they’re that they’re trying to tell us something isn’t declining and so that gives us a platform right. So, as Bee Downtown grows, that to share a much broader story through the platform to just speak for the bees, you eyes of the hive. know, it’s like The Lorax, ‘We speak for the SN: Is there anything that typical citizens trees,’ but our hope is that Bee Downtown can do to help the cause in their daily lives? and the companies and the community LB: Yeah, so planting pollinator-friendly members that support us, we can speak plants is huge. Not spraying, not spraying a for the bees and create a change in not just ton of Roundup and harmful chemicals on how we live our lives, but the mindset of, your property, allowing there to be natural ‘Are we going to leave the world in a better areas for all different pollinators to live in. place than how we found it?’

4 | March 2018 Community through Art By Kayla Drake

For Hillsborough, the arts are a pri- for local artists to display their work,” Gallery in downtown Hillsbor- ority because they increase the quality Stutzer said. ough. of life. “We started the arts and crafts “I’m a sculptor and I’ve been The small town sets itself apart from festival and since then we now have a in the area since 1986,” Jordy other areas in North Carolina with its gallery and gift shop where we display said. “I organize a sculpture unique arts scene. In an effort to bring over 50 artists, but the arts and crafts show called the Garden Art the community together, the town show has gathered so much momen- Show once a year during the holds events throughout the year that tum and quality that it’s phenomenal first week of May in my own foster an environment for artists and really.” garden and I invite different the community to engage with one Stutzer said the event draws crowds sculptors to come and it’s a another. not only to the show itself but to sur- cooperative event.” “It’s an economic issue, a tourism rounding businesses as well. Jordy said everyone pitches issue, an economic development and “When we do an event such as this in on the expenses and is able to employment of artists issue for not just we contact other organizations and sell their sculptures at this event. the town but the whole county,” said businesses telling them what we’re “Sculptures are kind of hard Hillsborough Arts Council Chairper- going to do and when we’re going to do to display and most galleries son Neil Stutzer. “It is so rich in artists it so they can join hands and promote don’t have a place for it,” Jordy that it can’t be ignored.” themselves because there will be a lot said. “I started (the Garden Stutzer said the Arts Council devel- of people coming in,” Stutzer said. “It Art Show) with an idea of ops programming to provide a venue also introduces Hillsborough as an arts a place for us to exhibit our for emerging artists in the area, as well destination by not just seeing the artists work in an environment that as to make connections and collabora- at the arts and craft show but going was more conducive to where tions with artists and organizations. in gallery’s that are open at that time, you could see what a sculpture “We do a ton,” said Arts Council a l s o.” looks like in your own home as Outreach Coordinator Araceli Cruz. Another event the Arts Council opposed to a museum or some- Photo by Sofia Edelman “We do Last Fridays which is all about holds is the Handmade Parade, where thing like that.” Tinka Jordy is one of many Hillsborough artists. music and food and art walks in the participants create their own creatures community.” and huge artworks that they carry Cruz said Last Fridays are her fa- throughout the city. vorite event the council holds because “The Handmade Parade is just magi- they show how much the community cal,” Stutzer said. “People come from supports the arts. all over the state to participate in the “It’s really nice to see everyone come Handmade Parades and it incorporates out and support the Arts Council but school so it’s a lot of children and it’s also support the local musicians that just really a good regional event.” we feature and a lot of the restaurants Tinka Jordy, former Chairperson of are packed because everyone is out the Arts Council, started the Hand- eating and so it’s just a really great time made Parade, as well as several other to be out in Hillsborough,” Cruz said. events. “You get to see everyone on the streets “It’s very cool and a lot of fun,” Jordy and a couple of the streets are closed said. “That’s been going on for a while for pedestrians only.” now, about ten years, but we switched Cruz said Last Fridays happen it to a biannual event, so it will be this year-round — every last Friday of the y e ar.” month, in fact — but draw the largest Jordy said the idea behind many of crowds in spring, summer, and fall. these events is to bring the community “Another thing we offer in Hills- together in a nonpolitical way based borough is the Lantern Walk which we on the arts. She said the Arts Council’s just had a month ago for Christmas,” events help keep the artist community Cruz said. “That was a really beautiful together, too. event with the community of people “We wanted to show the community CREATIVE coming through the night with paper that it’s really easy to get involved that lanterns and they do a walk through way and by teaching workshops a lot of ARTS + DANCE River Park.” parents can work with their kids when WEEK-LONG CAMPS FOR 3-6 YEAR OLDS One of the Arts Council’s biggest they wouldn’t normally get the chance events is the Art in the Heart of Hills- to and then people get to see each C AMP borough Arts Show. This year’s show is other,” Jordy said. “It’s just a really fun set for April 21. way to get the community out around 1603 East Franklin Street “It started as a way for the Arts an artistic project.” For More Information: Council to help promote the artists Though Jordy is no longer on the BALLET SCHOOL JUNE 11- MON-FRI 919.942.1339 OF CHAPEL HILL AUGUST 3 9AM-NOON before we had a retail space and we council, she still brings artist commu- www.balletschoolofchapelhill.com really wanted to help having venues nities together as the owner of Eno

Southern Neighbor | 5 When Passions Collide Creating a New Wave of Equestrian Interest By Hannah Lee

6 | March 2018 t’s fitting that inspiration struck a lifelong horse website is still growing and breaking through in the Irider on her way to the stables. community and across the globe — five percent of Susan DiFelice was used to the 45-minute drive these users coming from Great Britain. north from her Chapel Hill home to tiny Bahama, And if it doesn’t do just that, computer N.C., but the trip felt long nonetheless. She'd often scientist and UNC-Chapel Hill professor Tessa carpool with another horse rider, her friend Susy Joseph-Nicholas says the easy navigations and Shearer, to pass the time with conversation. contemporary, modern look of the website will still But those conversations would always wind and attract those with a love for horses. end up back at the same place: DiFelice, a graphic “With a site like this, you’ve got a sort of built- designer by trade, starting her own business. She in niche audience, so I think it’s really going to had no idea how, exactly, she would do it, but the depend on publicity, how you can get it out there,” idea was a constant. Joseph-Nicholas said. “I mean the site itself won’t do But during one of these carpools, in February anything until people find out about it.” 2017, it hit her. The thing she is most passionate For now, DiFelice’s only marketing push is about, what she always makes extra time for — her copy editor, who proof reads her writing and horses — is what her business should be about. finds publishers for Allpony. But she hopes that by “I couldn’t let it go… It just took me,” DiFelice reaching out to horse-riding camps and stables, she said. “I couldn’t stop. I didn’t sit down to really can start spreading her business through word of p l an .” mouth. As the two friends groomed their horses, rode ______beside each other and walked the acres of fields Catherine and Mary-Collins Gravatt, 10 at Quail Roost Farm that same day, DiFelice felt and 8 years old, respectively, have shown a pressed to start the venture as soon as possible. special interest in the website. During a visit Within a month, it was decided. The business at DiFelice’s house, the girls begged each other would be a website that teaches kids about over rights to the mouse. horsemanship through stories and games, and When Catherine, the older sister, played the includes DiFelice’s own personal illustrations. horse breeds matching game, Mary-Collins stood behind her, anxious to grab control of the mouse so she could play another game Ponies tend to be where she could design her own horse. “Catherine, can I try something now? kind of mischievous. Catherine.” Catherine, so fascinated with the I just like how it game didn’t even notice Mary-Collins voice sounded. buzzing in the background. “Catherine? Catherine,” Mary-Collins continued. The girls, who have been riding for almost Susan DiFelice two years, discovered the website through a mutual friend at Mane Event Stables in Chapel Hill. After playing a few Allpony matching “I’m a lifelong rider and I love horses,” DiFelice games for an hour, they realized that they lack said. “I grew up riding and I have small children. some elements of equestrian knowledge. I’m also a fine artist and graphic designer and so “So that’s a saddle pad. And then this is the this business married all these passions of mine — stirrup leather, iron stirrup? I forget. Um, the children, design and horses.” skirt, I think that’s the skirt. The pommel, the And soon enough, there was a name for it all: knee, that’s the knee block,” Mary-Collins said Allpony. as she pointed to the book. “It’s kind of like the saying, ‘He’s all boy.’ There’s A few months after the website was released, a saying that, ‘He’s all pony,’” DiFelice said. “Ponies DiFelice created an activity book to add to the tend to be kind of mischievous. I just like how it Allpony experience. Inside DiFelice’s home, the sounded.” girls sat propped on their knees around a white When DiFelice had her two children, she quit table navigating the mazes and playing the riding to take care of them. But when she started games in the book for the first time. But when riding again two years ago, she remembered her they got to the informational parts of the book, love for the sport. And the confirmation of that love they got a little bit stumped. Photos by Sofia Edelman and Susan DiFelice compelled her to finish Allpony within half a year. The girls mostly learned about equestrianism “Whenever my kids were in preschool or in the Susan DiFelice married her interests in graphic from their riding teachers, who would explain evenings when they were just hanging out,” DiFelice design and horsemanship to create AllPony. the parts of the saddle and the horse during said, “and I didn’t really need to be with them at that Outdoor pictures taken at Starberry Acres, Mebane. their lessons, but they haven’t had any chances moment, I was on the computer creating all of this.” to continue their horse education at home. ______such as paying for its feed and care, are going up. “Their grandma has given them a couple of According to the British Equestrian Trade For Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) books and horse journals, but no horse games,” Association (BETA), the overall number of horse trainer, Brooke Doss, the average cost to take care of a Catherine Gravatt, their mother, said. “This is riders has fallen from 3.5 million in 2011 to 2.7 horse with stall boarding can range from $500 to $800 so neat. It would be such a good tool for the million in the U.K. in 2015. That has to do with the a month. To purchase a horse, it can cost anywhere instructors to give the girls as homework.” fact that people aren’t owning horses anymore, either. from $2,000 to $20,000 depending on the breed, It’s for kids like Catherine and Mary-Collins Packaged Facts, a leading publisher in market discipline, size and age of the horse. that DiFelice created this business in the first research for consumer goods, estimated that the U.S. “It’s financially challenging to be an equestrian,” place. And, one click at a time, DiFelice hopes equine market generated $23.4 billion in 2016 — a Doss said. to inspire and educate more kids about the 2.7 percent decrease from 2012 — and will drop even Over the past three months, Allpony has generated sport she loves. further to $20.3 billion by 2020. And while new horses over 1,400 new visitors, which is 86 percent of the aren't registered as often, the cost of keeping a horse, website’s users. This only serves to highlight how her Southern Neighbor | 7 March Calendar

3 Saturday 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 Saturday Empty Bowls 2018 Anime-Magic Film Festival Latte Art Workshop Down Dogs and Drafts Urban Ministries of The Carolina Theatre of Carrboro Coffee Roasters, Bottle Rev Chapel Hill, 11 Durham, 5:30 p.m. Durham, 1 p.m. 11 a.m. a.m.

Try soups made by local chefs From Akira to Ponyo, come see Enjoy a beautiful rosetta on your Enjoy this bimonthly yoga and and purchase bowls made by your favorite anime classics morning latte? Want to learn how beer event at Bottle Rev Chapel artists all in the name of feed- during this three day spectacu- to make it yourself? All you need Hill. Tickets are $13. ing the hungry. Minimum ticket lar. is this workshop and a little luck price is $20. with milk chemistry.

Friday 9 Friday 9 Wednesday Tuesday 14 2nd Friday Art Walk Ain't Misbehavin' 13 History à la Carte Downtown Chapel Hill, 6 North Raleigh Arts & 101: Intro to Improv Creative Theatre, 7:45 p.m. N.C. Museum of History, p.m. Monkey Bottom, 7 p.m. 12 p.m. Presented by the Triangle Check out the Chapel Hill Learn the basics of improv in this Join Steve Day, Owner and Chef and Carrboro arts scenes at Friends of African American Arts, don’t miss this exciting month-long class that starts the of Plates Neighborhood Kitchen this event that happens, you 13th. Tuition starts at $200. in Raleigh, to learn about guessed it, every second Friday showtune full of jazz, laughter and a great story. the impact of farm-to-table of the month! economics.

15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Saturday 17 Saturday Jerry Seinfeld Show Scrappy Hour! Moogfest 2018 Folk Arts Fun DPAC, 7 p.m. Bottle Cap Art Downtown Durham N.C. Museum of History, 1 p.m. Come see one of America’s pre- The Scrap Exchange, 6:30 p.m. Check out upcoming and fa- mier comedians — the one and mous artists in Bring your Girl Scout Brownies only Jerry Seinfeld. He will hold and Juniors for an afternoon of Create works of art out of this four-day music extravagan- two shows at DPAC, one starting za — a must-see North Carolina crafting across North Carolina’s 9:30 p.m. the same night. bottle caps! Snacks and history. Tickets are $10. materials will be supplied festival. but this event is BYOB.

21 Wednesday 21 Wednesday 22 Thursday 22 Thursday Kids Yoga Lollipop Series Mac & Cheese for Charity Girls Night Out at Vita Vite Kidzu, 10:30 a.m. Carrboro Century Cen- Loading Dock Raleigh, Vita Vite Raleigh, 5:30 p.m. Little yogis of all ages are ter, 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. invited to check out this Enjoy a delicious mac & cheese Party, shop and network with interactive and exciting session Learn about insect bar courtesy of Cabot Creamery of kids yoga. No pre-registration identification from Lake the Raleigh Housewives in the Cooperative Farmers' Gratitude City for their second annual required. Crabtree County Park Insect Grille, with proceeds benefiting Investigation. Tickets are $3. GNO and networking event. Activate Good. Registration is free.

8 | March 2018 Check out the online calendar as well. It is available at SouthernNeighbor.com/upcoming-events/

23 Friday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 24 Saturday Anna Quindlen Book Event Skywatching Community Egg Hunt Spring Tea McIntyre’s Books, 12 p.m. Little River Regional Park, Southern Community Burwell School Historic 8 p.m. Park, 10 a.m. Join author Anna Quindlen for Site, 1 p.m. a book signing and reading for Enjoy the night sky with the Chapel Bring your kids ages 2 to 10 her latest book, Alternative Side. Hill Astronomical & Observational Enjoy tea prepared and served for a fun filled morning of eggs by the Hillsborough Garden Club. Tickets include a three course Society in this monthly event. You hunts, games, crafts, bouncey lunch with tea and coffee and a can come and go any time during There are seats at 1 and 3 p.m. houses, food trucks and, of and tickets are $20. signed copy of her book. the two hour event. course, the Easter Bunny!

24 Saturday 25 Sunday 27 Tuesday 27 Tuesday Feed Durham Festival Eno Wild Herb Walk Pasta Making Class Cooking with Herbs STORYCHURCH, 11 a.m. Gold Park, 1 p.m. Melina's Fresh Pasta, Southern Season, 5 p.m. Help collect items for the Food Learn about wild, edible and 6:30 p.m. Bank of Central and Eastern medicinal plants and herbs Learn how to use fresh herbs North Carolina while celebrat- while taking a stroll down the This class will teach the art of as the finishing touch to some ing spring with an Easter egg beautiful Eno Riverwalk in Hills- making ravioli and other pasta truly special dishes — sweet and hunt, rock climbing wall, inflat- borough. Tickets are $30. shapes. Tickets are $60. savory. Tickets are $50. ables and hot dogs! Keynote- Brian D. Rogers Tree MARCH 22–25 and Landscaping The North Carolina Museum 919.542.9892 or of Art’s fourth annual 919.742.9892 festival of art and flowers Specializing in bringing neglected yards back to their former beauty. We can help you with proper pruning PRESENTING OVER 50 of trees and ornamental shrubs. We FLORAL MASTERPIECES offer tree and shrub planting and created by world-class designers design, several choices of mulch, inspired by art leaf removal, roofs and rain gutters in the Museum’s collection cleaned of leaves, plus jungle taming and tree removal. We are your go to company for presenting your home f e at u r i n g for market, or just simply preserving Special guest Arthur Williams tranquility for one’s self. PLUS RELATED SPECIAL EVENTS and ONE-OF-A-KIND GIFTS and BOOKS in the MUSEUM STORE Why I Love HeelsHousing.com

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Southern Neighbor | 9 Summer Brain vs. Semester Brain for ADD/ADHD By Dr. Trish Leigh Science shows that when kids with ADD/ADHD Leigh Brain & Spine are in environments or situations that tax their systems, their brain pattern shrinks back to the Tips to Stay at Your Best more negative version of itself. This can easily be Summer is coming. Thankfully, right. As the seen in kids that bomb tests but know the content. mother of 5 kids, 3 of which are now teenagers, The testing situation pushes their brain to the limits I can’t wait to settle into easier days. So, what and even though in a relaxed home environment does this change in season mean for our kids and they can pull the information out, during a test they their ADD/ADHD. At Leigh Brain & Spine we call cannot. Neurofeedback Therapy keeps the brain it “Summer Brain vs. Semester Brain” because pattern in the better version throughout the school all kids brains chill out significantly during the year helping the child to perform his best even summer time. Kids with ADHD and subsequent when things get rough. anxiety can have a large shift in brain pattern between the seasons of the year. During the summer months (Summer Brain), kids brains relax a bit more, are less strained from A Difference That Can Be Seen overuse, and get time to recuperate from the We can see the difference in the computer graphs that are produced, of each school year. This ebb and flow helps their neurological system from overload. child’s brain pattern, during every Neurofeedback session. The difference is A summer brain pattern is closer to the best version of that child’s brain between Neurological Dysregulation and Regulation. When kids come in for pattern. This can make for a really Neurofeedback Therapy we can see the ADHD pattern reduce across the school powerful transformation in brain year toward a regulated pattern. During the school year (Semester Brain), ADD functioning and performance when brains work harder than other brains much of the time. So, they are more tired, a child with ADHD embarks on a struggle to stay focused, and can be more anxious. A “Semester” brain pattern can summer Neurofeedback program. make kids with ADD moody, irritable, less likely to go with the flow and combative The brain pattern shifts quickly and (oh joy). These behaviors seem obvious, but few people understand the origin, the child can return to school with within the brain pattern, and the devastating impact on brains of kids with ADD/ a better brain pattern for a better ADHD. school year.

Tip for ADD/ADHD Brains for the End of the School Year As the end of the school year $ Dr. Patricia Leigh 80 off approaches, kids with ADD/ADHD tend to have brain patterns that Evaluation start shrinking back to the worse Neighbor to Neighbor Now version of itself. This is due to overwhelm of the amount of work Dr. Patricia Leigh N Call Us! that is culminating and impending is a Neurodevelopmentalist N2 end-of-grade exams. This is Semester and specializes in helping children and Brain at 110%. What to do about adults overcome their it? Help your child with ADD/ADHD struggles. Find out more: keep his brain as close to a Summer leighbrainandspine.com Brain as possible. I know, you are (919) 919-401-9933 thinking that is impossible. It is not. Here are 3 easy strategies. (1) Lots of sleep. Unplug your teens early and they will go to sleep earlier. This will prevent the fatigue pattern that is at Get your the root of Semester Brain. (2) Help FREE Report your child pace himself. Your child’s Understanding Brain Mapping organizational skills may begin to tank and Neurofeedback Find out what your child’s brain needs to be able to pay at this point (overwhelm, remember) www.leighbrainandspine.com/adhd attention and control his behaviour without drugs. and they may need help. Don’t offer Neurofeedback Treatment has been used for nearly 60 it, provide it. (3) Keep drama low. years. That is a legacy of safety you can count on. This means you have to keep yourself Summer Program Starts June 4th. Enroll NOW! regulated here. Keep yourself calm and relaxed to help your child do so. Call 919-401-9933 You can do it. Summer is almost here! | February 2018 1010 | March 2018 9

We’re Not In 2017 Anymore Guess what? It’s not 2017 anymore. A least not in the investment markets. effect on variability (gains and losses), 2017 was a magical year. Returns were high and volatility was- well- pretty influences long-term returns. Your much non-existent. The “market” went up- and up- with nary a hiccup. It was allocation should reflect the returns awesome, but a little weird. needed to achieve your goals, with anticipated volatility in line with your risk 2018 might be different. January was another steady, profitable month. tolerance and capacity. If you need- or go Then came February. The DOW dropped 1100 points, went up about 600 points for- returns with risks you can’t handle, another day, and so on. It’s been a good reminder. A one-direction market (either you’ll become your own worst enemy. way) won’t last forever. Those hurt most by the Great Recession were people who panicked, sold low, and Todd Washburn Of course, the press asked “experts” what people should be doing, and then didn’t get back in. asked “folks on the street” what they were doing. Most answered as I hoped- don’t panic, ride it out. Good advice, assuming our portfolios were aligned with 2) Build cash reserves. Many planners Neighbor to Neighbor our needs, risk tolerance (ability to sleep), and risk capacity (ability to survive bad advise retiring clients to put aside cash outcomes). For young people, they won’t touch their retirement accounts for equal to 1-2 years of expenses (net Todd Washburn, CFP® N a long time. For us in our 50’s, planning to work a bit more, there’s no need to of Social Security, pension income). If Todd Washburn Solutions, LLC panic. But what about those nearing retirement- within 5 years? there’s a downturn, they use that money Fee-only financial planning N2 to live on. When things recover, the stash “Life Planning for Visionary People” In the old days, people heading into retirement had conservative, bond-heavy is replenished from the portfolio. This [email protected] portfolios. Steady, secure income. They also had shorter life expectancies and avoids selling when values are down. It www.toddwashburn.com more pensions. Now, a person mid-60’s may live, and invest, another 25 or 30 somewhat mimics the freedom of a 30 years. They can’t be overly conservative. Here are things to do if you’re within 5 year-old to ride it out. 919.403.6633 years of finishing work. 3) Reduce (or eliminate) debt. The 1) Determine and set your investment allocation. In 1986, Brinson, Hood and problem with debt is that it’s inflexible. The bill is due, good times or bad. Debt- Beebower determined the primary influence on portfolio return variability was free people have more flexibility to adjust spending. allocation. Picking specific stocks and market-timing were minor contributors. They were talking about volatility- not returns. But an allocation, because of its 4) Be flexible- if you can. If there’s a downturn as you near your retirement target, consider waiting a bit. Certainly, if all signs still say “Go” even with reduced values, retire. But, if you’re nervous or unsure, waiting a year won’t hurt. Down markets early in retirement really hurt. Their impact can last a long time. An additional year of adding to, and not withdrawing from, retirement funds can make a big difference.

Everything above is certainly within the abilities of most people. Some aren’t simple, but they are doable. If you don’t feel comfortable working through them, that’s what financial planners are for. Studies showed that during the Great Recession, people who worked with financial advisers were more likely to ride things out than panic-sell. It’s probably because they were properly allocated, educated about the risks they were taking, and could quickly assess the impact of the events on their plans. If you’d feel better with help, reach out to a fee-only financial planner. If you’d like to talk, please visit my website or give me a call.

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Next Stop, Thrift Shop by Chris DiGiovanna (sneaker collectors) often shell out hundred or sometimes Thrift shops have experienced a sort of renaissance over the last thousands of dollars for a single, hard-to-find pair. You can even few years. Sure, you can still find plenty of old tweed jackets and go to Sneaker Con City each year to buy, sell, and trade local 5K fun-run t-shirts at many of them, but if you know what used (and new) sneakers. to look for, sometimes there are real gems hanging in the clothing racks. Finally, spend a little bit of time going through the men’s jeans and you might be lucky enough to find an old pair of original Levi’s For example, do you know 501 denim jeans. They were originally created by Levi Strauss, a that some collectors pay Barvarian-born dry good merchant who traveled to San Francisco in hundreds or even thousands 1853 to expand the family business. for the right t-shirt? Vintage Harley Davidson t-shirts from Some the 1970s to early 1990s years later, frequently sell for $50 to a tailor $100+, depending on the named graphics and condition. Jacob Davis And while you’re digging came up through the t-shirt racks, with the keep an eye out for vintage idea of concert shirts from the 1980s using metal and earlier. Hard rock shirts (Iron rivets to Maiden, Metallica, AC/DC) from the make his 1980s are particularly desirable, as are denim “waist overalls” more sturdy. As he had original purchased vintage shirts from , The Rolling the fabric from Levi, Jacob suggest they apply for a patent and Stones Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, etc. manufacture the garments together. On May 20th, 1873, patent There are even a pair of Beatles “Butcher #139,121 was awarded and modern denim jeans were born. Album” shirts that sold on eBay for $10,000 - $20,000 a few years back! Levi’s 501s have changed in manufacturing and style over the years, but familiarizing yourself with the different patches, buttons, After you’ve rummaged rivets, and stitching can help through the t-shirts, try you date any old pairs that heading to the shoe rack. you come across. Used pairs Neighbor to Neighbor There can be good money from the 1970s and earlier to be made selling certain can fetch hundreds of dollars. brands of vintage shoes. And if you happen to be lucky Chris DiGiovanna N The most popular shoes that enough to stumble across a is the President of N2 resell for big bucks tend to be like-new pair from the 1950s Trader Chris Consignments, vintage cowboy / motorcycle or 60s, they often sell for a which specializes in selling valuable boots such as Red Wing and thousand dollars or more. Not collectibles, jewelry, watches, and estate Lucchese, designers shoes a bad price for a pair of old silver on eBay. Chris can be reached at like Chanel and Gucci, and even old Converse and Nikes. In fact, blue jeans! [email protected] . vintage Nikes have grown in demand so much that “Sneakerheads”

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