


The folks at Neal’s Deli (100 E. Main, Carrboro) know you want your Obama Dog or other favorite deli treat, so they’re open in spite of the bad weather. Stop by for the Inauguration specials, including free flag cupcakes (while they last) and $2 cans of Bud.
Plenty of canceled events and delayed opening due to the Inauguration Day snowstorm.
Following are some helpful links:
• WCHL updates its big list o’ closings and cancellations
• NWS issues Winter Weather Advisory containing cautions about slick roads
• Special weather statement for Orange County issued at 9 a.m.
• WRAL’s mega list of closings.
• Teacher work day cancelled
• Intellicast’s Big Radar
• WCHL
• Also this from Orange County Solid Waste:
Curbside recycling collection has been cancelled for Tuesday, January 20 due to snow. There will be no make-up day for this Tuesday’s collection.
Orange County Solid Waste Convenience Centers are closed Tuesday, January 20.
The Orange County Landfill will close early at 12 noon today, Tuesday, January 20.
• Town of Chapel Hill cancels residential trash pick-up for today.
• Carrboro Town Manager says there will be residential trash collection today, albeit on a delayed schedule.
• Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting canceled.
• Liquor by the drink meeting moved in Chatham.
Due to wintry weather conditions, the Chatham County Board of County Commissioners has rescheduled today’s regular meeting and the public hearing. The new date is Monday, January 26, at 6 pm in the Superior Courtroom in Pittsboro. All agenda items and the public hearing on liquor by the drink will be moved to that date.
• Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting for tonight is canceled.
• Tonight’s Chamber of Commerce/Foundation for a Sustainable Community inaugural ball at the Siena has been canceled.

Anoop Desai, a UNC grad student who went to East Chapel Hill High, makes the cut on American Idol.
If you’re like us, you want to be out amongst the people to watch the historic swearing in of Barack Obama at high noon on Inauguration Day. So we’ve taken a stab at listing local eateries and bars that will not only have the pomp and circumstance on the TV, but will have the sound on so we can hang on every word. Here’s what we’ve got so far. Do us all a favor and add any other places you’re aware of.
Orange County Social Club (108 E. Main St.)
Southern Rail (201-C E. Main St.)
Town Hall Grille (410 Market St.)
Tyler’s Taproom (102 E. Main St.)
Other options:
If you just like to watch, you can chow down at Carolina Brewery (460 W. Franklin St.), which will have it on the TV without the sound.
Pittsboro’s City Tap (89 Hillsboro St.) doesn’t have TVs, but will put it on the radio.
The Armadillo Grill (120 E. Main St.) will have the festivities on their TVs, but since they can’t turn down the music, they’ll try to boost the broadcast volume.
The National Weather Service says Tuesday might be an interesting day to try to get around. The winter storm alert starts at 9 p.m. tonight. While the forecast for us is 1 to 4 inches, there is potential for this to be a really heavy snowstorm. From the NWS forecast discussion:
WITH FRONTOGENETIC FORCING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE 700 AND 850 LOW. PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 00 TO 06Z TUESDAY AS ENTIRE COLUMN COOLS TO BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL SUPPORT AN ALL SNOW
EVENT. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE SW PIEDMONT AS EARLY 00Z…BUT THE STRONGEST LIFT AND HEAVIES QPF LOOKS TO OCCUR FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE THE PROVERBIAL SWEET SPOT EXTENDING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE…CAPABLE OF SEEING 4 TO 6 INCHES.
Sunday night at the Century Center.
Check out what’s available at the year round Carrboro Farmers’ Market:
Lettuce, tomatoes, pac choy, flour, onions, garlic, arugula, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, fresh herbs, kale, leeks, mustard greens, salad greens, spinach, sweet potatoes, turnips, turnip greens, winter squashes, pecans, NEW chicken-sausage, maple sausage, smoked ham, smoked ham hocks, liverwurst, lamb, bacon, chicken, eggs, cow’s milk cheeses, breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes
The Market is open from 9am-Noon on Saturdays
Recipe provideb by Dorette Snover, C’est Si Bon! Cooking School
Salad Ingredients
1 clove garlic*
2 spring onions*
1 handful black olives
2 anchovies
2 cups young salad greens, both sharp and sweet*
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil
Red wine vinegar
1 hard-boiled egg*
Procedure
Rub the insides of the salad bowl with the clove of garlic. Thinly slice the onions and greens. Put everything in the bowl and add the olives and cleaned anchovies. Dress with oil and vinegar (1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil.) Add salt and pepper to taste. If you like, add a hard-boiled egg chopped in eighths. Mix well and let stand at least ten minutes before serving over:
Walnut Pesto Pasta Ingredients
1 package linguine – spinach, whole wheat or plain
2 cups packed baby spinach leaves*
2 cups fresh Italian parsley
1/3-1/2 cup toasted walnuts
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic*
Salt & pepper to taste
Procedure
Cook pasta to al dente. Combine spinach, parsley, walnuts, vinegar, garlic and salt & pepper in food processor. Pulse until finely minced. Then with processor on, slowly drizzle in olive oil. Toss with pasta. Serve under salad.
* Ingredients Available at Market
Via Gary Paul Glynn, a Bloomington, Indiana-based astrologer who puts out a weekly report called Astrologick:
Inaugural Chart
One of the most important themes to impact the coming year (as well as
the next four years) involves the prospects of a new administration as
it grasps the wheel of this out-of-control bus, headed toward the edge
of the abyss. Will President Barack Obama be able to make good on his
campaign promises and steer the course of the country back onto the road
to peace and prosperity? Reestablish the rule of law and see that
justice is served on those who subverted the U.S. Constitution? In
astrology, one of the primary indicators of the character of a new
administration is found in the Inauguration chart, drawn-up for the time
and place that the president-elect takes the Oath of Office.