Larry Wheeler Reflects on the Life and Legacy of Joe Rowand

The creative magic of Joe Rowand was in full flower from the moment he opened his Somerhill Gallery at Straw Valley on US 15/501 on the edge of Chapel Hill in 1972.

A Window Onto An American Dynasty

How Does Money Get A Face?

It's All In The Details

Impressive in their size, age, and form, these pieces of furniture are even more striking when considered up close.

The Long and Winding Journey of a Whiskey Unicorn

Odysseus, Shackleton, Sir Edmund Hilary, A.H. Hirsch Reserve Whiskey. Intrepid adventurers all. Where the first three battled monsters and mountains, A.H. Hirsch took on decades of oblivion and ownership shuffles to emerge victorious as the rarest of rare, the most covetable brown liquor of them all.

'80s Jewelry Comeback

'80s style is having a serious second moment in the sun - we love it when the kids finally realize how cool we were back in the day.