Sara Murphy
Writer at Freelance
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Sara Murphy
The spring sky darkened over the parking lot of the Swannanoa Ingles. Closed since Hurricane Helene, the lot had few cars. At one end, a car spun donuts, leaving the burning rubber acrid in the dry air. By the disused car wash, people waited patiently inside their vehicles until a white Subaru pulled into the first bay. It was Tuesday, and Indian food was on the menu: chicken tikka, saag made from collard greens, fragrant dal (lentils cooked in spices) and cumin-flavored basmati rice.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Sara Murphy
“It’s weird, you know, trying to organize a party for a complete stranger. But that’s Asheville.”That’s what local insurance agent Jody Peterson told me at Sweeten Creek Brewing. On an unseasonably warm, sunny afternoon in March, dozens of members of the Asheville Foodies Facebook group had gathered to welcome a new but already beloved resident, Tony Prieto, to the community.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Sara Murphy
This weekend, if you notice someone wearing over the top fits and carrying backpacks or handbags with brightly-colored stuffies dangling off of key chains, chances are you’ve just spotted a K-pop fan. K-pop, or Korean pop, has taken the world by storm in the last few years. Between 2018 and 2024, K-pop streaming on Spotify has grown 180% in the U.S. and 360% worldwide. In 2023 alone, there were 2.2 billion first-time listeners to Korean artists on the streaming platform.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
aarp.org | Sara Murphy
Doug Chayka Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Christopher Fielden is no stranger to floods. Over the 18 years he’s lived in Swannanoa, North Carolina, 10 miles east of Asheville, he estimates that the Swannanoa River overflowed its banks and flooded part of his property maybe 30 times. But the buildings at the farther end remained untouched.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
charlotteobserver.com | Sara Murphy
An insurance adjuster celebrates Western North Carolina food after Hurricane Helene with Asheville Foodies Facebook group posts bringing joy to locals.
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