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Features Home & Garden

As the Triangle continues to grow, the Parade of Homes offers a rare look inside the houses, communities, and design ideas defining the future of the region

For home lovers, design enthusiasts, and anyone who loves to peek inside a beautifully built house, the Triangle Parade of Homes is one of the region’s most anticipated annual events. What began decades ago as a showcase for local builders has grown into North Carolina’s largest open house, drawing thousands of visitors eager to explore…

September 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Beauty Fashion Features

Fall Fashion: Dressed up, dialed in, and ready for wherever the season leads

Fall style doesn’t have to mean choosing between polished and practical. To create these looks, we brought together men’s and women’s pieces from some of the city’s standout local vendors.

September 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Community People & Profiles

How a café in downtown Raleigh feeds our hunger for human connection

By Amanda Lamb | In this column, I’ll focus on stories about people that are shrinking the space between us—people who have consciously decided to meaningfully connect in a digital age. It takes effort, but it’s worth it. I promise.

July 7, 20260Comments Bysean

Drink Features Food Local Business Sip & Savor

How Chef Michael Lee turned early food memories into a thriving restaurant group across the Triangle

By Dathan Kazsuk | Long before M Sushi became one of the Triangle’s most talked-about restaurants, and before Durham became the center of his growing M Restaurants world, Lee was a 10-year-old kid who came to the United States from Korea with his family in the mid-1980s. His parents brought him and his…

July 7, 20260Comments Bysean

Features Food Local Business Sip & Savor

The local bakeshops that are skipping the hype and sticking to what works

By Deanna Martinez | In a world filled with towering milkshakes, glitter-drenched cupcakes, and desserts designed more for Instagram feeds than plates, some bakers are sticking to the classics, proving that simple desserts still have plenty of magic.

July 7, 20260Comments Bysean

Fashion Features Local Business

A conversation with jewelry designer Kenda Kistenmacher

By Sofia Lujan | Kenda Kistenmacher is the founder and designer behind the Raleigh-based jewelry brand Kenda Kist—a collection of hand-forged, everyday fine jewelry rooted in metal design and craftsmanship.

July 7, 20260Comments Bysean

Fashion Features Local Business

Serotone Swim is Redefining the Culture of Swimwear

By Kyle Marie McMahon | Named after the “feel-good” chemical serotonin, Serotone Swim is built on the belief that when we feel supported—literally and figuratively—our entire presence changes.

May 5, 20260Comments Bysean

Beauty Features Local Business

How self-care has affected approaches to men’s grooming

Story by Samantha Carson | In the past, men coming into a barbershop might expect a simple haircut and shave, maybe a hot towel. Today, however, men’s attitudes have changed, and with them the services expected from barbershops. Self-care is not just a social media buzzword; men now associate their personal grooming with their sense…

May 5, 20260Comments Bysean

Features History Home & Garden Local Sightseeing

JC Raulston Arboretum celebrates five decades of diversifying the Southeast landscape

Story by Beverly Hurley | What was once Raleigh’s best-kept secret is today recognized as one of the nation’s premier arboretums, with a plant collection unequaled in the Southeast. And it all started when a horticulturist from the wheat fields of Oklahoma came to Raleigh.

May 5, 20260Comments Bysean

Features Travel

A Weekend at Leatherwood Mountains Resort

By Jennifer Primrose | At Leatherwood Mountains Resort in Ferguson, the High Country opens up—miles of horse and walking trails, and just enough quiet to remind you why you came to get away from the daily grind.

May 5, 20260Comments Bysean

Features Home & Garden Pets

Small Space, Big Soul: Intentional, Unexpected Design

The transition to an empty nest is often framed as a period of loss—the loss of noise, the loss of frantic schedules, and, most commonly, the loss of square footage. But for Shane and Kerri Page, standing at the threshold of a new phase as their daughter, Zoe, prepared for college, the move from a…

March 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Features Travel

The Ellie Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach

By Jennifer Primrose | You think you know Myrtle Beach. The ocean. The boardwalk. The common rhythm of umbrellas, sunscreen, and sandy feet. But perspective changes everything, and at The Ellie Beach Resort, that shift happens the moment you walk onto the balcony.

March 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Features Home & Garden Local Sightseeing Travel

A Garden Journey through North Carolina

From Murphy to Manteo, North Carolina is home to a variety of vibrant cities, each with its own unique charm. Whenever I travel across the state, I seek out places with gardens to enjoy. Here are just a few favorites.

March 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Community Family & Education Features Nonprofit

Cache In: Geocaching is a way to help clean the trash out

Geocaching is a scavenger hunt for all ages. People around the world put items inside small containers called geocaches or caches and hide them for others to find using a set of coordinates. Caches can be hidden anywhere—I’ve found them everywhere from parking lots and public parks to deep in the woods, far from any…

March 1, 20260Comments Bysean

Family & Education Features Food Health & Wellness Nonprofit People & Profiles

National Alliance on Mental Illness partners with Wake County schools

Story by Sarah Merritt Ryan | The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wake County has teamed up with the Wake County Public School System to begin piloting “Ending the Silence for Families” at 10 local schools. This crucial initiative provides parents and youth with the tools to recognize mental health warning signs…

December 31, 20250Comments Bysean

Features Food Local Business

Holly Springs’ Pimiento Tea Room celebrates 5 years

Story by Kyle Marie McMahon | Five years ago, the Pimiento Tea Room in Holly Springs was a humble, grassroots beginning that perfectly foreshadowed what it would become: a place deeply rooted in hospitality, history, and community. Now, as they celebrate their fifth anniversary, the Griffiths have cemented their establishment not just as…

December 31, 20250Comments Bysean

Features Local Business Sports & Fitness

Inside the Triangle’s Boutique Fitness Communities

Story by Samantha Carson | The calendar flips to a new year, and with it comes the annual, silent promise: This time, I will exercise more. For many, that resolution leads straight to the intimidating, impersonal expanse of a big-box gym—a brightly lit battlefield of lonely treadmills and unused equipment. But the enthusiasm often dies.…

December 31, 20250Comments Bysean

Features Travel

A Season to Stay: Blowing Rock Beckons

| By Dathan Kazsuk | When the air turns crisp and the leaves begin their slow, colorful descent, the call of the Blue Ridge Mountains becomes impossible to resist. Each year, North Carolinians flock to the western part of the state, eager to embrace the chill, the views, and the charm of small-town retreats. Whether…

September 1, 20250Comments Bysean

Entertainment Features

Spooky Good Times in Kersey Valley

| By Mario Boucher | In 1984, movie fans met a man with knives for hands and seemingly cute creatures that turned nasty in a hurry. The next year, Tony Wohlgemuth answered a teenage dare and turned a simple idea into a backyard nightmare that developed into the Spookywoods it is known as today. “At…

September 1, 20250Comments Bysean

Features People & Profiles Sports & Fitness

Former Apex, UNC catcher Tim Federowicz nearing return to majors as a manager

| By Kurt Dusterberg | For 13 seasons, he climbed the professional baseball ladder, often shuttling back and forth between Class AAA—the highest level of the minor leagues—and the major leagues. As a catcher with a strong bat, he found his way onto the big league rosters of six different teams from 2011 to 2019.…

September 1, 20250Comments Bysean

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