Indulge in Retail Therapy at These Local Boutiques

Social distancing doesn’t mean you can’t shop local at your favorite small businesses. We’ve put together a running list of which small businesses are offering curbside pickup, [...]

Sway Take: Seeing a Chiropractor Is All It’s Cracked Up to Be

When I realized I was headed to a chiropractor for my very first adjustment, I was so pumped that I texted my friends the night before to tell them the news. After years of asking people to push [...]

The Small Town Social Celebrates Second Birthday

For some, The Small Town Social is an opportunity for professional networking and an excuse to drink on a Tuesday. For others, it’s the one time a month that they escape diaper duty and spend two [...]

Inside the Design Market of the Sandhills

Since opening almost four years ago, the Design Market of the Sandhills has used its 37,000 square feet of space to serve as a creative hub for everyone from seamstresses to interior designers. [...]

Sway Take: Sweating Through Lunch at the National Athletic Village

I arrived at the field house at the National Athletic Village (NAV) to find jump ropes, hurdles, resistance bands and weights meticulously laid out on the floor. I knew then that I wouldn’t [...]

Sway Take: Pure Barre Made Me Regret Quitting Ballet

The Pure Barre class I attended was much different than my final pre-school ballet recital for two reasons: 1) No one peed in their sequined shamrock leotard during class and 2) “Pizza [...]

Fanatical Skin & Ink Celebrates One Year

When Nicole Johnson opened Fanatical Skin & Ink one year ago, she embarked on a journey filled with surprises. Nicole started her day spa and permanent makeup boutique in Southern Pines with [...]

A Couch Tour of Southern Pines’ Painted Ponies

Carolina Horse Park’s Painted Ponies made their downtown Southern Pines debut on Feb. 8, each of them claiming a spot on both sides of Broad Street. Maybe you’ve driven past one, or [...]

How Survivor: China Brought This Local Couple Together

The first thing Jaime Dugan noticed about Erik Huffman on the their way to the site of Survivor: China was the South Carolina sticker on his guitar case. To be fair, she couldn’t notice [...]

Find Your Match at Moore Humane Society

If the hoomans are doin’ you a disappoint, there’s no better time than the present to find your perfect match in one of the adoptable pets from the Moore Humane Society. There are [...]