By Harold The Daily Triangle’s editorial board decided to spend the summer in Washington D.C. This blog demands that we be in the most powerful city in the world. Also, there was a great summer internship. In any case, I’ve used the opportunity to take as many tours, visit as many museums and listen to [...]
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June 29, 2010
The Cupcake Shop to Citizen Ratio Steadily Improves: Washington on the Rise
by Laura Tonight we went to Washingtonian magazine’s celebration of their “Best of” issue. Contrary to popular belief, I did not choose to attend solely because there were free Georgetown Cupcakes. No, I went because there were free cupcakes, gelato samples and wine. Washingtonian isn’t even considered to be the hippest resource for unearthing local [...]
June 21, 2010
5 Things I’m Loving This Month
by Laura 5.) Michelle Obama; I got to hear her speak at Anacostia’s high school graduation. Unfortunately the video is too fuzzy to post, but trust me – we totally got a First Lady upgrade this time around. Laura Bush, in contrast, actually killed a classmate. I mean, it was an accidental car crash, but [...]
June 20, 2010
Truckin’ Along
by Laura On our way out of Durham, we couldn’t resist stopping by a food truck meet-up, glamorously headquartered in the parking lot of Sam’s Quik Shop. We’d already tried the best known local lunch-on-the-go after tracking down OnlyBurger on Twitter. But, Food Truckapalooza promised not just burgers, but baked goods from a WaDuke’s pastry [...]
June 1, 2010
Containment Area for Relocated Yankees
By Harold I’ve spent the past week covering the NCAA Division II baseball championship tournament, which showed off the best and worst parts of being a sportswriter. The good — there was a storybook ending. Southern Indiana’s No. 1 and No. 3 pitchers had been suspended for four games for hitting batters after being warned [...]
May 29, 2010
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 hours. But, down here, sharing wheels has occasionally led to issues with double booking. If [...]
May 22, 2010
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 campus and the university scene diminishes. We decided to try out dinner at Watts Grocery, [...]
May 21, 2010
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 a renovated tobacco factory — really anywhere with 50 yards of flat space. The biggest [...]
May 12, 2010
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, and absurd-sounding unabbreviated words on the other hand. So I’m going door-to-door (enumeration) and hounding people [...]
May 11, 2010
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 author of dog books ever”: It’s also a good idea to avoid names that are [...]
April 29, 2010
In Praise of Noble Trees
By Harold I can honestly say that I have never thought about the thousands of trees that dot UNC’s campus (or any other trees, for that matter). But it was a beautiful day and I wanted to learn more about UNC’s campus, so I decided to take a walking tour called “In Praise of UNC’s [...]
April 26, 2010
Road Trip: Washington D.C.
By Harold The Daily Triangle took a road trip to visit friends and family in Washington D.C. this weekend, and a trip to the most powerful city in the world wouldn’t be complete without a big rally. Sunday was Earth Day 2010, which meant a concert on the National Mall featuring The Roots, John Legend, [...]
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