WALTER Magazine - February 2018

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” –Audrey Hepburn

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SWEET THING Trade in your heart-shaped chocolate box for UliMana truffles. Made in Asheville, these fair trade dark chocolates taste anything but gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan. Yet they are. If you’re stocking up for Valentine’s Day, boxes of flavors like turmeric-andginger and coco nectar are available at local Whole Foods stores. ulimana.com

Splurge on something fierce by Eilisain Jewelry...eat in Cary: Sassool has a new location there, or try grit gnocchi at newly opened Postmaster... support the Poe Center for Health Education at their annual gala Feb. 10... listen (via YouTube) to a host of local indie rockers reunite on Boom Boom Boom (In the Emergency Room), recorded in honor of a friend now in remission from cancer...read N.C. native Meredith Newlin’s reflection on her local teaching career in Captured Fireflies...

NAMASTE FOR FREE You can down-dog on a budget this month at the City of Raleigh Museum. Every Saturday at 11:30 am, take to your mat at the museum’s main gallery on Fayetteville Street. Local teachers volunteer to lead each salutation: All you need to bring is a mat.

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ROYAL TREATMENT

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Want a diamond ring just like Prince Harry’s fiancée Meghan Markle’s? You can find it at Bailey’s Fine Jewelry. It’ll cost you around $16,000 for a lookalike of the cushion-cut, Botswanan center diamond flanked by two round brilliant-cut diamonds, all set in 18-carat gold.

If you were born between Jan. 20 and Feb. 18, you’re an Aquarius. Don’t let the wintry chills limit you – it’s your month, get moving. With love in the air, you might want to indulge in an unconventional date night: your benevolent attitude will appreciate volunteering or attending a charity event with your honey (start on page 24 for a few ideas). Since your astrological colors are light blue and silver, consider heading to Cameron Village for the signature cupcake iced in turquoise from Cafe Carolina.

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Take your budding historian to the History Hunters series Feb. 7 at the N.C. Museum of History. In honor of Black History Month, this month’s session is a kid-friendly seminar on the history of a Civil Rights sit-in in Greensboro. Ages 10 - 13; 11:15 am; $5 per child, free for MOHA/museum members; ncmuseumofhistory. org/greensboro-sit-in

courtesy Ulimana (ULIMANA); courtesy Bailiey’s Fine Jewelry (ROYAL); courtesy Eilisain Jewelry (RING); courtesy Cafe Carolina (CUPCAKE); Adobe Stock (YOGA); courtesy Dan Routh (LUNCH)

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