End of an Era: Public Hardware

 https://www.wral.com/durham-s-public-hardware-store-closing-after-98-years/20584880/

Best of 2022

Tacos: Tacqueria Allende NL, Green Flea Market, Durham

Place to Delete Hinge: In the middle of Whole Foods 

Date Spot (food):  Dashi

Date Spot (drink): Arcana

Twitter: Mom_had

Vintage: Gibson Girl

Food Pilgrimage: Pizzeria Ida

Crystal: Himalayan Quartz

New Game: Wordle

Sweater: Double Date Sweater

Nail Color: Caramel Budino

Feminist Anthem: Plan B 

Style Guide: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRGdNJu28d; Honorable Mention

Parking Garage City: Durham

Bathrooms: Accordion 

Foodie Image: Beef Cheeks, Palmira; Honorable Mention

Paid Promo: Mere Berry for Durham Neighbors

Gift: Nugget for Durham Neighbors  

Social: Durham Neighbors Guaranteed Income Social

Cake: NSB Chocolate Blackout Cake  

NSB Bake: Artisan Baguette  

Tattoo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgU8P5rPjZ/ 

Holistic Healer: Julianne Trell, Bodywisdom

Word: Breathwork

Soup: Posole, Guanajuato

Bike Group: Ride Around Durham

Croissant Dough: Cedric Grolet

Anticipated Opening (food): Nana's by Matt Kelly

Anticipated Opening (drink): Daily Beer Bar

New Opening: Perfect Lovers

New Product: Garlic Chili Crisp

Podcast: Ezra Klein on Dobbs

Demolition: South Bank Building

Feared Hole in the Ground: The Novus

In Memoriam: Dom Demarco

In Memoriam: Old North Meats

Brewing and Baking

I don’t know why it should be a crack thing to be a brewer; but it is indisputable that while you cannot possibly be genteel and bake, you may be as genteel as never was and brew. You see it every day.

- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens