It’s Halloween!
October 31, 2007
BOO!
A little history of Halloween!
(thanks Matt!)
In tonight news:
What’s happening tonight
More places to go
And a new website I’ve never seen…
In Downtown things:
An interesting, though less than flattering opinion on Bloomsbury Estates
A neat history of Raleigh and the Glenwood South area [a bit heavy on the words, but interesting nonetheless]
Peace Street plans [I may have included this before…I cant remember….]
Local things:
Barack Obama is coming to NCCU
Secret societies and castles! Two of my favorite things!
More Halloween Happenings
YouTube:
Ryan started the fire…
Happy Wednesday!
Congrats to last night reigning trivia champs who held their title for another week!
Be safe tonight!
Tuesday’s Update
October 30, 2007
Hey, it’s not Monday anymore…
In Downtown news:
An article about condo development downtown
For those who enjoyed the skyline site, this place has some great pictures!
Google Earth has updated its Raleigh images
In general news:
The Zoo got 3 new elephants! And other exciting changes!
Time Warner Cable is offering a preview of their NBA channel
Chapel Hill street closures tomorrow
In world news:
A new website to watch NBC and Fox tv shows
Silly Germans, its Halloween!
2 articles about Germans in one day?
For your calendar:
November 17th is the Raleigh Christmas Parade
(this means that traffic will be blocked the 4th (City of Oaks Marathon) the 11th (Old Reliable Run) and the 17th)
Happy Tuesday!!
Monday’s Update
October 29, 2007
Oh Monday!
Fayetteville Street Phase II Improvements Approved
A story about the Cupcake Shoppe on Glenwood (which by the way has these AMAZING pumpkin chocolate chip cookies)
The governor is forming a special commission to look at transportation issues
Some pictures of the skyline
A small change in the streetscape of west Hillsborough St.
Is the Capitol Building Haunted?
Too sad not to mention…
Now this doesn’t make sense…
Events:
Hogwarts Halloween @ Tir na nog
Rent starts Tuesday @ Memorial Auditorium
City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon is this weekend
Hope everyone has a great Monday!
Friday’s Update
October 26, 2007
It’s FRIDAYYY!!
A newly proposed building from the guys who brought you the Paramount
More details about Catch 22 the new store on Glenwood
Carolina researcher wins V Foundation award for cancer research
A summary of last nights Planning Commission/Growth strategies kick off meeting
In general information:
They will be closing down the blocks around Moore Square today starting at noon to set up for the Wine Event tomorrow (rain or shine)
A nice list of things happening this weekend
Happy Friday!!!! Have a great weekend!
Thursday’s Update
October 25, 2007
Hey, its 2 months until Christmas! Ha!
If you hadn’t heard, April and George (next to Sullivan’s) is closed for renovations, but should be reopening soon as The George on Glenwood.
Part 2 of that Downtown Tour continuing from yesterday. Here is the information/history to match!
Monster Bash is this weekend at 510 Glenwood featuring the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
The kickoff for the revision of the Raleigh Comprehensive Plan is tonight
If you live in a place where you have to clean up your own leaves, they are starting leaf collection Nov. 5
November 7th they will reconvene to talk more about the roundabouts on Hillsborough St
In other news:
Happy Thursday everyone!!
Wednesday’s Update
October 24, 2007
YAY RAIN!
A little history of Raleigh (pictures) and the information to match up if you’ve ever been curious!
Chapel Hill is going to be seeing remodeling in downtown
Kay Yow starts Chemo again
A story about Downtown Durham’s redevelopment
Did you know that the SunTrust building was designed by the same designers as the Empire State Building?
In world news:
The EU is getting a Green Card system
Some updates on the fires out west I know I usually keep it local-ish and happy, but I thought this was worth passing along.
The Japanese have a clever, but sort of gross, invention…
Hope everyone stays dry today!
Tuesday News
October 23, 2007
In today’s news—
8 Buildings in Raleigh are listed as favorites by AIA-NC
Coverage from yesterday’s conference on regional rail systems
Piedmont Triad is going to be a Skybus hub [not quite Raleigh, but local]
Smoking Ban at UNC-CH Campus effective January 1, 2008
There is a Green Architecture Cocktail Information thing tonight at The Borough
Planning Raleigh in 2030 is having their kick off of a 18-24 month process Thursday from 7-9
Capital City Cheers wine festival is this weekend in Moore Square
Repairs on I40 started last night
Oh yeah, stop using so much water…
Happy Tuesday!!
Monday News
October 22, 2007
Not much happened this weekend…
Catch 22 opens on Glenwood it’s a new boutique, right across from Hibernian where Fly Salon used to be
(Fly Salon by the way is now at 911 Boylan Ave)
The Globe is a new restaurant open on Glenwood. (Next to Red Room)
Turns out, Cary is no better than Durham…
Some pumpkin carving tips.. because it’s almost that time….
In other news:
Salisbury St is between Morgan and Hargett is being repaved.
Some news for the Baltimoreans
And a reminder that the Downtown Planning Kickoff meeting is Thursday from 7-9 (more on that tomorrow)!
Seriously…that’s all ive got….
Hope everyone is surviving their Monday!!
Friday!!
October 19, 2007
Oh it’s Friday. Not much to report on today…
Will Raleigh ever get a rail system? Maybe one day….charlotte is doing it…
The L Building is coming along nicely… and so is the convention center
For more information on the L building, go here (it’s a greg hatem project)
The Pour and the Bassment (replacing Rush/Aura) are open this weekend
More I40 repaving just a heads up!
I love this state.
Ha! Robbers posing as police men… okay its not funny…but it kinda is…
Yay weekend! Hope everyone enjoys their respective trips out of town!
Thursday News
October 18, 2007
A few fun things on this rainy (!!) Thursday morning….
The Raleigh Jaycee’s Haunted House opens tonight
An update on condo projects with pools
The police may soon be calling you… but then, we don’t live in Durham…
Toll roads still very much on track..
Those chapel hill kids will fight over anything…
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! The Hoff is doing better…
He did not eat her. He only killed her.
What’s wrong with sleeping and driving?? (This has a story AND a video)
Thanks Dan!
Personal health records online soon?
Ohhh, and as it turns out, Canada is mostly English. 60% of people are English speakers (23% are French). In fact only 15% of people claim France as their heritage.
In case anyone from SW LA was confused…
Other notes:
-518 has recently updated their menu
-CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD is at Nelson’s tonight. See you there. It is rain or shine (if it rains they are going to tent the whole parking lot)
-It is canned food day at the fair.
-Junior League’s Shopping Spree! Starts today.
-Sam Fisher (lead singer of Weekend Excursion) will be at Amras again on Sunday
-The Old Reliable Run is coming up soon (Nov 11)
-There is a wine tasting in Moore Square the 27th of October
YAY THURSDAY!
