October - November - December 2025
A Word From The Publisher
As the days grow shorter and the air takes on that familiar chill, fall and the holidays invite us to pause, savor, and celebrate. It’s a season of gathering, whether around the ta...
From Ghosts to Garlands
Who doesn’t love this time of year? The crisp autumn days marked by the beautiful changing of the leaves, and then, before you know it, the holidays are here. The Town of Wake Fore...
Protein Swaps For Fall Cooking
With the cooler weather of autumn comes the shift toward heartier meals and simmering dishes that bring us together around the table. It’s a great time to swap traditional proteins...
Tradition Reimagined
When most people think of the holidays, they picture the daunting task of decorating – bin after bin pulled from storage, long shopping lists, and the pressure to make it all look ...
Gardening Guru
Hello, gardeners! The trials of summer are behind us, and it’s time for a much-deserved gardening break. Or is it? I look out back and still see tomato cages and sprinklers, and th...
The Season of Style
Autumn has always been fashion’s favorite season. There’s something about crisp air, golden leaves, and the return of layers that makes getting dressed feel like self-expression in...
Financial Focus
In life, balance is everything, whether it’s finding time between work and family or maintaining a healthy diet. The same goes for your investments. Keeping your financial portfoli...
Raising the Anchor
From my home on the coast, I’ve come to see anchors as more than just nautical tools. They can hold us steady when the waves roll in, but they can also weigh us down just when we’r...
A Toast From the Graveyard of the Atlantic
Drink up, me hearties, Yo-Ho! It’s my favorite time of year. The time when the leaves create a canvas of reds, oranges, and yellows across the sky and the ground. The crisp breezes...
Safeguarding the Season
From football Saturdays to family gatherings, from trick-or-treaters to twinkling lights, the fall and holiday season is filled with tradition. It’s also a time when certain risks ...
What's In Your Closet?
Most of us don’t think twice about what our clothing is made from. We shop for style, color, comfort, or price, but rarely pause to check the fiber content label inside a garment. ...
Local Gem
Every season brings new reasons to celebrate our community, and this year one of the brightest additions is Gipson Play Plaza at Dorothea Dix Park. Opened this summer, this 18.5-ac...
Autumn Adventures
Autumn isn’t just for pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters – it’s for wagging tails too. With cooler days and colorful backdrops, it’s the perfect season to make memories with your pet....
Season in Green
Few things capture the season like the look and scent of fresh greenery. From magnolia leaves glowing by candlelight to swags of Fraser fir, these natural touches set the stage for...
A Spanish Holiday Table
To me, the holiday season has always been about more than food. It’s about the way a table gathers people, how familiar flavors connect generations, and how traditions are passed d...
Décor Dilemma?
As soon as the days get shorter and the air turns crisp, I start hearing the same question from friends, clients, and readers: “How do I make my home feel warm, inviting, and festi...
Uncorking the World of Wine
My love of wine has included a lot of starts and stops over the past two decades. Sometimes it was a glass or bottle at dinner with clients; other times it was trying something fun...
Managing GERD During the Holidays
Holidays are a time for more gathering, more celebrating, and more eating. For people with gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), this can take the happy out of the holidays. Hear...
Driveable Destination
Bursting with small-town charm and the unique culture of Appalachia, Hendersonville, North Carolina is the perfect fall getaway. Just a four-hour drive from the greater Raleigh are...
The Original Breakfast of Champions
Perhaps the oldest cultivated food in the world, the fig has always been a wonder. With a storied past, it has played a role in human history from the very beginning. Whether as fo...
Good Reads
After the long, hot summer, we’re more than ready for cooler days, longer nights, and cozy moments with a blanket, a warm drink, and a good book. Fall and the holiday season always...
The Ocean's Bounty
The ocean’s bounty is a gift to be cherished, not exploited. Seafood isn’t just something we put on the table; it’s tied to the ocean itself, to tradition, and to the choices we ma...
The Call to Remember
The promise of liberty, born of courage and sacrifice, is an enduring American ideal. On November 11, we are called to remember a profound moment in history – the eleventh hour of ...
Safe Toys = Safe Eyes
As the lights twinkle around town and homes begin to glow with holiday cheer, many families are turning their attention to what’s under the tree. For kids, that usually means toys ...
Cooked in Tradition
As the air turns crisp and the days grow shorter, the glow of a firepit becomes more than warmth – it becomes a centerpiece for tradition. Whether it’s a rustic stone ring in the b...
An Elegant Alternative
As fall settles in and many plants start shutting down for the season, camellias are just getting started. With their glossy evergreen leaves and flowers in shades of red, pink, an...
The Modern Way to Fix Teeth
For decades, dental crowns were the gold standard for repairing a damaged tooth. A crown, often called a “cap,” covers the entire visible portion of the tooth all the way down to t...
Hooked on the Holidays
Knitting and crocheting have long been beloved pastimes, and in recent years they’ve only grown in popularity. In fact, the Craft Yarn Council reports that nearly 45 million Americ...
The 12 Days of Christmas
The holidays are a magical time of year, but they can also bring stress, especially when preparing your home for guests. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by trying to clean everythin...
Bringing Magic to the Stage
There’s an electric energy in Jill Taylor’s dance studio, nestled among the trees along Durham Road in Wake Forest. Some dancers adjust buns, adding bobby pins to ensure every hair...
Our Heritage
Long before chain supermarkets arrived in Wake Forest, residents relied on stores that catered to their customers with phone-in orders and at-home delivery. One of those grocers wa...