MARCH 2021 The Art & Soul of Raleigh waalttermmagazinee.ccoom Ana Shellem FROM THE TIDE TO RALEIGH TABLES METHOD: THEN & NOW SOURDOUGH ON THE RISE LINDA DALLAS ENVISIONS + MEET THE RAD YAK The Goldmark Collection, named for the inventor of the LP record, is reminiscent of Bailey’s start as a record shop. We’ve come a long way since Bailey’s sold records in an 11-foot-wide store in Rocky Mount, NC, but we’re still all about modern, fresh style. This youthful jewelry makes a statement and layers in well with classic staples. Goldmark is perfect for the woman looking for a fun approach to her personal style. Q E Follow along with Marci Bailey on social @BaileysFineJewelry Every Woman Wants a Bailey Box Raleigh’s Cameron Villagee/Village District and Crabtree Valley Mall Rocky Mount | Greenville | www.baileybox.com JOHNSON LEXUS JOHNSON LEXUS OF RALEIGH OF DURHAM 5839 Capital Blvd. 1013 Southpoint Autopark Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27616 Durham, NC 27713 (919) 877 - 1800 (919) 433 - 8800 JohnsonLexusRaleigh.com JohnsonLexusDurham.com Hobie Mirage Pro Angler The Ultimate Fishing Machine greatoutdoorprovision.com Raleigh • Chapel Hill :0/,&3430"% 3"-&*()/$ $ $ $ ! *!'+"(! +$ % ! *!'+"(!+"($$ % !)$ *!'+"( )'""% $ $ $ ! (!'!' ! !+"('"" '' !)$ *!'+"( )'""% $ $ $ #PVEMFBVY#SZBOU # 'VSOJTIJOHTCZ)JDLPSZ8IJUF Raleigh | 919.876.7411hodgekittrellsir.com Chapel Hill | 919.800.0799 11<-<7SXLIF]´W-RXIVREXMSREP6IEPX]%J½PMEXIW00'%PP6MKLXW6IWIVZIH7SXLIF]´W-RXIVREXMSREP6IEPX]%J½PMEXIW00'JYPP]WYTTSVXWXLITVMRGMTPIWSJXLI*EMV,SYWMRK%GXERHXLI)UYEP3TTSVXYRMX]%GX)EGL3J½GIMW-RHITIRHIRXP] 3[RIHERH3TIVEXIH7SXLIF]´W-RXIVREXMSREP6IEPX]ERHXLI7SXLIF]´W-RXIVREXMSREP6IEPX]PSKSEVIVIKMWXIVIH SVYRVIKMWXIVIH WIVZMGIQEVOWPMGIRWIHXS7SXLIF]´W-RXIVREXMSREP6IEPX]%J½PMEXIW00' Bankers Right Here in Town. Easily Accessible. Always Available. “ If your business doesn’t have access to a banker right here in town, then give me a call at TowneBank and discover our unique style of banking.” Brian K. Reid, President TowneBank Triangle Triangle resident since 1997 3535 Glenwood Avenue (919) 788-7770 | TowneBank.com Art by Scott Harris / available through ArtSource Fine Art Member FDIC TOB 0082 Walter Mag 9x10.875_4c_Brian_Blue Tie_Duke Arts.indd 1 1/8/21 2:46 PM DEPARTMENTS Volume IX, Issue 6 MARCH 2021 OUR TOWN 24 Q&A: On the Rise A passion for sourdough 27 MUSIC: The New Normal Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rod Abernethy 29 ART: Engaging Renegades Professor and advocate Linda Dallas 33 DRINK: Steeped in Wellness An encyclopedic tea shop 36 LOCALS: That’s Rad An artsy, entrepreneurial couple 38 VAULT: Streak of Red N.C.’s newest salamander 42 SIMPLE LIFE: In the Beginning A gardener’s genesis 44 NOTED: Growing Our Own Eamon Queeney (TEA) Eamon Queeney (AARDVARK); 36 Family and food intertwine IN EVERY ISSUE 12 Letter from the Editor 16 Contributors 17 Your Feedback 21 Datebook 87 The Whirl 95 The Buzz 33 96 End Note On the cover: Ana Shellem, photography by Mallory Cash 8 | WALTER KATE.H.DESIGN allurehomesnc.com FEATURES 58 49 Raleigh Limericks 66 Cottage Mod by Emily Cataneo and Diana Fenves A cozy Boylan Heights illustration by Jillian Ohl bungalow fuses eras by Ayn-Monique Klahre LEE); Joshua Steadman (GOODE) Justin Kase Conder (REVEREND TAMMY 50 A Legacy of Generosity photography by Anna Routh Barzin In the Method neighborhood, the community provides 76 From Tide to Table by Courtney Napier Ana Shellem harvests shellfish photography by Joshua Steadman for North Carolina chefs by John Wolfe 58 Fair Game photography by Mallory Cash A new tradition in Beaufort celebrates the sporting life by CC Parker photography by Justin Kase Conder 50 10 | WALTER PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIELLE DOUGLAS Apex Location Raleigh Location 123 North Salem Street 6616 Fleetwood Drive 919.363.6990 Appointment Only carolinacustomkitchen.com EDITOR’S LETTER LOVE Left: With Jourdan Fairchild inside the home featured this month. Fun fact: We first met YourCarpet as interns in New York City in the early 2000s. Right: Courtney Napier learns about Method. n January, my daughters and I built Sooner than I imagined, we had a our first structure from a Legos kit, a majestic, miniature Hogwarts on the IHarry Potter castle. When we cracked coffee table. the 177-page manual, my first thought Recently, one of our contributors, was, this is impossible. They have short Andrea Rice, passed along her book, The attention spans; I run short on patience. Yoga Almanac, which she wrote with Plus, the kids had ripped open all the Lisette Cheresson. I’m only an occasional carefully-numbered bags and thousands yogi, but I’ve been picking it up to inspire of tiny bricks were embedding themselves some poses. In it, she writes, “Winter in the living room rug. is a reminder that we don’t have to feel It seemed like an analogy for the pan- lonely when we’re alone, that time spent demic. This month, we hit a year of work- in isolation can be nurturing. Only when ing and schooling from home. When they we traverse through the darkness and find announced that first, two-week closure solace within the solitude of the season last year, I also thought, this is impossible. can we step forward into the light and But those weeks turned into two months, become reborn again come spring.” then all of summer and most of fall and It hit home for me: in this season winter, and it became clear that we can of hunkering down, we reconnected as get through more than we think. a family and introduced a new spirit of Back to the castle: We started it on day play into our home. And when life picks one of a 10-day isolation after a COVID up again with warmer weather and the exposure. But in the now-usual absence of hopeful easing of the pandemic, we’ll still literally anything else to do — no friends carry those discoveries within ourselves. to see, no sports to run off to — building As spring blooms forth this month, I’ll with Legos, section by section, became a enter with a new sense of warmth — and nightly ritual. At first I built while they gratitude. found the pieces, but soon they took over 5634 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd., Durham, NC completely, reading the instructions and Beauty,Artistry & Tradition assembling it themselves. I sat nearby and tried to find clean versions of their Ayn-Monique Klahre FOR OVER40 YEARS favorite songs to play over the speakers. Editor www.persiancarpet.com EDITORIAL PUBLISHING VOLUME IX, ISSUE 6 Editor Publisher MARCH 2021 AYN-MONIQUE KLAHRE DAVID WORONOFF WALTER is available by paid subscriptions for $25 a year in the United States, Creative Director Advertising Sales Manager as well as select rack and advertiser locations LAURA PETRIDES WALL JULIE NICKENS throughout the Triangle. Subscribe online at waltermagazine.com/subscribe Associate Editor Senior Account Executive & Operations ADDIE LADNER CRISTINA HURLEY For customer service inquiries, please email us at [email protected] Contributing Writers WALTER Events or call 910-693-2506. EMILY CATANEO, FINN COHEN, KAIT GORMAN Address all correspondence to: CATHERINE CURRIN, JIM DODSON, DIANA WALTER magazine, Graphic Designer FENVES, HAMPTON WILLIAMS HOFER, 421 Fayetteville Street, Suite 104 ALYSSA ROCHEROLLE Raleigh, N.C. 27601 DAVID MENCONI, CC PARKER, LENARD MOORE, COURTNEY NAPIER, KATIE PATE, Interns WALTER does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. LORI D. R. WIGGINS, JOHN WOLFE KAYLA GUILLIAMS Please contact Ayn-Monique Klahre MORGAN GUSTAFSON at [email protected] Contributing Copy Editor BRIAN ROSENZWEIG for freelance guidelines. FINN COHEN Circulation Owners Contributing Photographers JACK ANDREWS, FRANK DANIELS JR., DARLENE STARK ANNA ROUTH BARZIN, MALLORY CASH, FRANK DANIELS III, LEE DIRKS, 910-693-2488 JUSTIN KASE CONDER, BOB KARP, DAVID WORONOFF TAYLOR MCDONALD, JOE PELLEGRINO, Finance © WALTER magazine. All rights reserved. EAMON QUEENEY, JOSHUA STEADMAN STEVE ANDERSON No part of this publication may be reproduced 910-693-2497 in any form without the express written consent Contributing Illustrator of the copyright owner. Published 11 times JILLIAN OHL a year by The Pilot LLC. CONTRIBUTORS Celebrating 11 YEARS CC PARKER / WRITER COURTNEY NAPIER / Raleigh native CC Parker has been WRITER sharing her family’s adventures Courtney Napier is a freelance with WALTER readers since 2013. journalist from Raleigh. She is Her article this month about the the founder of Black Oak Society, Beaufort Game Faire was inspired a community of Black creatives, by the event’s visionaries, Wendi and editor of BOS Zine. Her and Bucky Oliver of the Beau- work can be found in Scalawag fort Hotel, and their efforts to Magazine, INDY Week, and more. create an outstanding sportsman “When I hear the phrase, It takes a event which benefits the larger village to raise a child, I now envi- community. “Beaufort’s historic sion Method. The Goode family charm, paired with its lovely new showed me the power of commu- hotel, is a perfect spot to host this nity, even in the face of loss. This 432 event. There is truly something for article is dedicated to the memory everyone.” of Method’s dear member, Mrs. Katie McIver Parrish.” PROVIDING PREMIER DENTISTRY IN RALEIGH Courtesy contributors FOR GENERATIONS JOSHUA STEADMAN / PHOTOGRAPHER MALLORY CASH / Steadman is a lifestyle, portrait, PHOTOGRAPHER editorial, and commercial director Mallory Cash is an editorial and and photographer in Raleigh. “I’m portrait photographer based in proud and happy that I got to see North Carolina. Her work has ap- the Method community show up peared in the Knoxville Museum to support Mr. Goode as he lost of Art, Oxford American, The his mother-in-law, Mrs. Katie New York Times, Garden and Gun, McIver Parrish, on the same day and The Bitter Southerner. “I met that he and his family were donat- Ana Shellem on an unseasonably ing food to others in need. I’m warm December day. The clouds also honored to have been invited and light changed so dramatically to the drive-thru 70th wedding during those hours, revealing the anniversary of Sarah and Swade different faces of the landscape Sanders a little over a month later.