Archive for the 'NC' Category
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Wow. What an unbelievable bike ride tonight. There must have been some good karma flowing tonight, because there must have been 5 or 6 separate incidents where cars patiently waited behind me in tricky spots on the road, waited till I passed before pulling out or gave me extra wide berth when passing. It was [...]
Posted in Apex, Biking, Cary, NC, Sports, The Triangle | No Comments »
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
OK, either I am getting old and crotchety or enough is enough. My family and I went to Carowinds this weekend and I guess I am just fed up with being ripped off. First off, let me just tell you I don’t mind spending money on things I feel I get a good [...]
Posted in Amus. Parks, Carowinds, Charlotte, Misc., NC | 16 Comments »
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Living in Cary, North Carolina is a good thing by most accounts, consistently
ranking very high in livability, even while withstanding the ire of
others in the Triangle for being too “beige”. Whatever that means.
As if the rest of the triangle is all that interesting when compared
to the likes of NYC or San Francisco. At any rate, [...]
Posted in Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, NC, Raleigh, The Triangle, health, public health | 6 Comments »
Friday, May 25th, 2007
J & D Tree Pros, Inc - Serving Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Just had these guys remove 5 Pine trees and 1 Elm tree and they did a great job. Very professional, friendly and on time. Trees came out like nothing using a big crane. Here are a few shots of the process:
Only incident was my [...]
Posted in Apex, Cary, NC, Raleigh, The Triangle | No Comments »
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Personal Kyoto: Achieve Your Own Personal Kyoto Protocol!
Really cool idea! Wish they had it for North Carolina.
Of course, from the sounds of Duke Energy and Progress Energy lately, they don’t care too much about you reducing your energy usage, they just want to build more coal plants. I forget, when did the powers that be [...]
Posted in Misc., NC, public health | No Comments »
Friday, February 9th, 2007
Mmmm, Pizza. OK, so anyone that knows me, knows that I have always sworn up and down that Antonio’s Pizza in Amherst, MA was the best pizza ever made. And that isn’t just me talking “glory days” either, reminiscing about college. My wife never believed me until she ate there and became [...]
Posted in NC, Nutrition, Organic, Pizza, The Triangle | No Comments »