Say Goodbye To Good Italian

Almost every friend had the same warning upon learning that we were moving from New York to North Carolina: “Say goodbye to great bagels and pizza.” Unknown to most of them, our pair of North Carolina scouts—Ray and Joann Christie—had been living in The Burg since the mid-1990s and, through much trial and error, eventually …

I’m All Out Of Freon, I’m So Warm Without You …

Those who have known me for a long time, and later met my better half, generally make the same observation: we’re polar opposites. She’s the yin and I’m the yang; she’s always calm and collective, and I’m nearly always itching for a fight; she’s patient and I lack patience; she NEVER complains about anything and, …

The Beauty Of P.O. Box Ownership

It was my first day in “The Burg” and things weren’t going great. A day after completing a 12-hour drive south to our new home in Harrisburg, North Carolina—a journey made 90 minutes longer due to unexpected traffic, and our pooch Reese’s propensity for suffering motion sickness—I opted to take on a simple task: deposit …