| The lacrosse situation has stirred up a lot of tensions between the University and town residents. Sarah mentions it here, and Lisa B has been bloging very insightfully about it, too. Personally, I hate knowing that people all over the country are focusing such negative attention on my chosen hometown... a city I love and defend passionately.
After an opinion column that was critical of Durham appeared in the Duke Chronicle, a Trinity Avenue resident started a list of reasons why she loves Durham. Many other residents provided input, sewing their own patches into a growing quilt. Here's the quilt... | ||
The Arts: Local music scene The Music Maker Relief Foundation (Keeping the bluest of the blue alive) The Durham Symphony (and watching the children dance at the pops concert) The Carolina Theater Full Frame Documentary Film Fest The Nevermore Film Fest The American Dance Festival The Starlite Drive-In The Scrap Exchange The Durham Freecycle Listserve The Durham Arts Council The Durham Arts Walk The Center for Documentary Studies Art galleries Jazz at NCCU Claymakers Art Studio Manbites Dog Theater Durham Jazz Festival CenterFest Walltown Theater (and Joseph and Cynthia Henderson) Scott Hill and Ronnie Lilly and all they have done for the arts Random art in central park and in the traffic circle in Duke Park The Nasher Art Museum Durham Savoyards The Duke Coffeehouse which showcases local bands nearly every weekend African American Dance Ensemble (and Chuck Davis)
| The Outdoors: Biking the American Tobacco Trail The abandoned dinosaur on the greenway (and all the wonderful stories people have about discovering it) The Eno River Jordan Lake You can go skiing one weekend, and go to the beach the next. All the trees: magnolias, dogwoods, redbuds Lots of places -- urban and rural -- to walk Durham Central Park Natural wetlands Master Gardener Volunteer Program The view from Red Mountain Bike friendliness The Flat River The Little River Falls Lake Duke Forest NC State Forest Lake Michie Duke Gardens
| The Food: Dale’s Sitar Torero’s Wimpy’s Grill LocoPops Banh’s Guglhupf Blue Nile El Cuscatleco China Buffet Bali Hai Nana’s Parizade’s Elmo’s Anotherthyme Cook Out Bullock’s Fowler’s Magnolia Grill Blue Corn Café Bean Traders Safari Cuisine Fishmonger’s Counter Culture Coffee Tosca Francesca’s Asia Market Whole Foods Café International Delights Safari Cuisine Bojangles Hog Heaven Bar-b-q Dim Sum at Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant International Delights Bread and Kabob (I know it closed years ago, I’m still mourning) The Farmer’s Market (Especially Amy the pickle lady and Miss Emma the fried pie lady) Durham Catering Company Rick’s Pop’s Mt. Fuji sushi Dillard’s BBQ Jamaica Jamaica A Taste of Durham Madhatter Bakery George’s Garage Cosmic Cantina The Co-op Devine’s Starlu
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Sniff, sniff! I miss Durham. I bought Poindexter Records T-shirts to wear in labor. My son had a baby shower at the home of Mac McCaughan's parents (on Eton Road). I loved that the public library was open on Sundays (haven't had that luxury since), I loved the Nearly New shoppe on Douglas St., I loved volunteering in the pediatric playroom at Duke Hospital, I loved subbing at the old Rogers-Herr Middle School.... and you know I still love WXDU. Those are some of the quilt squares I'd make.
Posted by: Penny at April 12, 2006 03:45 PMWow, that's quite a list. For the record, I don't think that Bread and Kabob is closed for good--from time to time it seems they're doing some work on it. I still have hope.
But I read recently that Blue Nile closed--is this true?
Posted by: minty at April 12, 2006 04:00 PMi think the q shack is missing from that list! Also, I would list the Thai Cafe, and the Broad Street Cafe.
I don't know where this fits into the list, but i love that citizens can get super cheap compost and mulch from the dump.
Posted by: lisa at April 12, 2006 08:54 PMGood lists! I would also add Baba Ganoush (in the Erwin Mill/Wachovia strip mall) and Kim Son (on Guess Rd.) as two of my favorite food places.
By the way, for what it's worth, pretty much every undergrad in the Women's Studies class I'm TAing wants to punch the writer of that Chronicle editorial right in the face. He has a reputation for saying ridiculous, inflammatory things. He's also a David Horowitz fanboy, and is apparently trying to get disciplinary action brought against a Duke Prof who organized an "unauthorized" protest when Horowitz came to campus.
Posted by: marie at April 12, 2006 10:12 PMGreat list! Also the Duke partnership with many schools in the area, the Durham Children's Clothing exchange, Forest Hills Park, Indian Trails park, the Blues Festival, the Nasher museum and cafe, Randy's pizza, the old DBAP, Chai's - just off the top of my head
Posted by: Marianne at April 12, 2006 10:49 PMwhat the fuck? no wxdu. fuck this list. i hate durham.
Posted by: dick umbrage at April 13, 2006 11:16 AMAt least you don't live in Florida, specifically Tampa. Every child molester dog effer rapist killer bank robber in the country is in Tampa.
If there is a sexually explicit headline about someone doing something VERY VERY BAD...the AP story always starts out "Tampa FL".
Annoying as hell.
What about the Dog House (Houses?)? Is Grannies Panties on there? WASP auto repair - is it still there? The Stanfod Warren library is a treasure...
The Red and White! I miss the Red and White!
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation...
I miss Durham!
Posted by: John Boy at April 18, 2006 01:33 PMhere's an "official" list of things to love about durham:
http://www.durham-nc.com/stats/overview_facts/great_things.php
The guy at durhampolitics.com told me some neighborhood people were making a list like mine, so I came online to look. Here is my Lovin' Durham :) hobby site:
http://www.we-love-durham.com
Grannies Panties, huh? Gotta check that out!
Posted by: Valerie Parham-Thompson at May 15, 2006 03:58 AM