Monthly Archives: September 2008

LEED McDonalds coming to Cary?

By Rusty | Published: September 25, 2008

The News and Observer reports that the McDonalds that I walked to many a time in Middle and High School may be going green… If it happens, and is approved by the USGBC, it will be the 3rd LEED certified McDonalds in the United States. I haven’t had McDonalds for anything besides breakfast in years […]

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Red Meat

By Rusty | Published: September 12, 2008

We did manage to get to Slyman’s for breakfast / lunch this morning. I’m not a huge meat-eater, but this place has the greatest corned beef sandwich I’ve had in my entire life. I highly recommend it to anyone who finds themselves in Cleveland. Raleigh’s downtown could really benefit from a place like it. We […]

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540 miles to Cleveland

By Rusty | Published: September 12, 2008

Last night we left Raleigh at about 3:30pm with the aim of making it to Cleveland. The supposed ten hour drive ended up only taking us about nine hours, but for a good long stretch in West Virginia the weather was nasty. That weather would have been cool for photography, but our 70-80mph clip took […]

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By Rusty | Published: September 11, 2008
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Raleigh Wide Open – Convention Center Opening

By Rusty | Published: September 8, 2008

Raleigh Wide Open 3 happened on schedule, despite the threat of Tropical Storm Hanna. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this annual festival was the grand opening of the City’s new Convention Center. The building occupies the space of a much smaller convention building, that was built in the late seventies and demolished in 2006.

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