RTP-area local music and culture

[Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>]

My essential Pittsboro on a Sunday:

(If you're not there for First Sunday, the monthly street fair):

1.  The French Connection -- French fabrics, African art and furniture
2.  Chatham Marketplace -- new food co-op in the old Chatham Mills  
building (once the world's leading manufacturer of woven labels)
3.  Pittsboro Sporting Goods -- on 64 biz on your way into town.  
Something like Johnny's Sporting Goods in Carrboro, but not as fancy.
4. Side Street Gallery -- on Salisbury, right off Hillsboro Street.  
An ambitious and high quality gallery. At the corner, look across  
Hillsboro to the Edwards Antiques Building, and then look up --  
that's where they make Carr Amps.
5.  Beggars and Choosers -- still one of the great junque and thrift  
stores in the area.
6.  Blue Sky Equestrian -- if you're into horses.
7. J. Henry Hardware -- Just down Hillsboro Street beyond the circle,  
toward Sanford. Locally owned, sells lots of paints, including a  
whole line of environmentally friendly paints. They've also got the  
biggest t-shirt you've ever seen on the wall.
8.  Carolina Hardware, on Thompson -- see what a good old hardware  
store and small-engine repair shop looks like before the Lowe's kills  
it.
9. General Store Cafe -- everyone's been there, right?  Burritos are  
great. Across the street, you'll see what some people claim is one of  
the country's oldest American Holly Trees. I wouldn't know, but it's  
huge. It also explains why there are so many holly trees around  
Pittsboro.
10. The cemeteries at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal and Pittsboro  
Presbyterian. There are former senators and ambassadors buried in  
these cemeteries. Also, the Pittsboro Presbyterian cemetery shares  
property with the Manly Law Office, which is the oldest (and,  
perhaps, the smallest) building in town.
11. Be around the old courthouse around noon for the brief bells  
concert, usually featuring very unexpected and odd music.
12.  Go out to Central Carolina Community College, on 64 biz west of  
Pittsboro, to see their working sustainable farm. (It's small, but  
worth checking out.)
13.  Elizabeth's Pizza -- personal favorite.
14.  Don't steal my tomatoes.

d




On Jul 7, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Kevin Grealey wrote:

> Anyone out there got some Pittsboro tips for a Sunday afternoon?
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> MCKINNEY /
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