Monthly Archives: May 2010
DC Ya Later
by Laura In just about a week, The Daily Triangle is headed to Washington, DC for the summer – a.k.a. the Internship Capital of the World. We probably won’t return to North Carolina until the end of August. However, since … Continue reading
Filed under Road Trip!, The Daily Laura
Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah
by Laura This week I tried Zipcar for the first time, a few years behind the trend. Because we had both our own car and the subway in NYC, we never needed to seek out a loaner for a few … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, The Daily Laura
A Bargain for Your Belly
by Laura Through May 23rd, several local restaurants are participating in Triangle Restaurant Week and featuring 3-course meal bargains. A new event last year, they continued the tradition to generate business during the inevitable slump that occurs post-graduation, when students leave … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, Restaurants
Summer concert series
By Harold One of the best things about living in the Triangle is all the free outdoor concerts over the summer. On top of a parking garage, behind condos, in front of hotels,another parking lot, and this being Durham, outside … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, Music & Events, The Daily Harold
Word Up
by Laura I’ve been seeing Wordle everywhere lately, so I was inspired to take a narrative I wrote about this first year of doctoral life and run it through their system. Just like a tag cloud, the biggest words are … Continue reading
Filed under The Daily Laura
Raleigh Rocks
by Laura Since Raleigh’s about 30 minutes away, we spend less time there than other, closer areas of the Triangle. But, last night we had tickets to see the Pat McGee Band, which (OMG!) is a group that used to … Continue reading
Filed under Music & Events, Restaurants
Enumeration
By Harold Sorry for the long absence from the blog, but I’ve been doing enumeration for the NRFU (Non-Response Follow-Up) Operation. Oh sorry, perhaps you’re not familiar with the government’s insane use of unnecessarily long acronyms on the one hand, … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, The Daily Harold
OBXcursions
by Laura What We Did When Not Staring At the Ocean: Jockey’s Ridge State Park – Harold liked the sunset views from the park so much, we went twice. It’s quite a hike up the 80-100 foot dunes in deep, … Continue reading
Filed under Road Trip!
At least I’m not Fuzzykins
By Noodle I had a great time reading on the beach in the Outer Banks this past weekend. Until I got to this passage from “The Modern Dog” by Stanley Coren, who the book jacket called “the most consistently popular … Continue reading
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Yee-Haw!
by Laura This weekend we dashed off to Austin to enjoy a truly lovely wedding, with so many details planned to make out-of-town guests feel welcome – and well-fed. Austin is one of our favorite cities, in no small part … Continue reading
Filed under Restaurants, Road Trip!
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