• Art-on-the-Move [Artsplosure]

    Participating artists have created an art gallery on wheels, with imaginative designs that include imagery of riders on the bus, historic views of Raleigh, whimsical dinosaurs, robots and monsters, and a typographic portrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh.

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  • Duck, Duck, Goose

    On the way out of the fairgrounds we saw these little guys playing outside the pond. Stopped long enough to grab a few shots. I don’t think the mother geese (father geese?) were too thrilled about it but it made for some reasonably good pictures.

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  • Got to be NC Festival

    The Got to be NC Festival celebrates all things North Carolina and what is more North Carolina than antique tractors. Well – I can think of a few things but the tractors were pretty awesome. With rides, concessions and a overwhelming sampling of North Carolina made products this event is becoming a mini-fair in the spring. Check it out today and tomorrow if you can and don’t miss your chance to win the antique Ford tractor to the right. I’m [...]

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Wolves

Losing daylight fast we went over to Carter-Finley for a few quick shots around the stadium and the massive statue outside. We’ll be back this fall for some game action but till this is as close as you can get to the Pack.

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Neuse River Trail

The entrance to the Neuse River Trail at Anderson Point Park officially opened last month and just a short drive from the house it is a great place to go for a bike ride. Friday night we rode to the trail about 9 miles round-trip.

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Hiking in Umstead

What did you do Saturday morning? Probably didn’t hike over six miles in your local state park following orange squares on trees like ET followed Reese’s Pieces with much less peanut butter. Yes – hiking will make you hungry.

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Kirby Derby Day – The Race

This pretty much sums up the downhill portion of the day. Pretty f’n epic.

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Kirby Derby 2012

Kirby Derby Day has been happening every June for the past 10 years in a quiet and unassuming little neighborhood called Pullen Park Terrace. We have 2 big streets, Kirby Street and Bilyeu Street. Back in 2002, the first year of the Kirby Derby, the only event was a big parade (unless you can call cocktails on the curb an event). Since those humble beginnings, Kirby Derby has grown and become a multi-faceted day of the fun and the strange. [...]

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ZOMBHNTR1 Ready to Race

Today is the day. That’s right – Kirby Derby Day “The end of the world” and as far as we know it could be the last KDD ever. Damn you Mayan neighbors that won’t mind your own business. Or was it the Aztecs? Either way – the beast is ready to ride. And win. That’s right – I am predicting a win. We have a fast cart, a fearless driver, and the best redneck pit crew this side of NASCAR. [...]

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ZOMBHNTR1 the Test Drive

The theme for this year’s Kirby Derby Day is “THE END OF THE WORLD” – given what we’ve seen on the news we happen to think we are going out in a Zombie Apocalypse (Thanks Florida!). Going out without a fight? I don’t think so. Introducing the ZOMBHNTR1 – the official non-motorized vehicle of the soon to be world famous Redneck Zombie Hunters. (Already in TV rights negotiations with A&E but we might hold out for Bravo if our Zombies [...]

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Test Driving the Chevrolet Volt

Recently we had the opportunity to test drive the Chevrolet Volt at an event a the NC Museum of Natural Science’s Nature Research Center. I had a lot of assumptions about electric cars before the event. I assumed (incorrectly) that they were really large golf carts with very little pick-up. I was wrong – they definitely have pick-up. The Volt is the most fuel-efficient compact car with a gasoline engine sold in the United States, as rated by the United [...]

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Where the heck have the posts gone lately?

Welcome to Summer – where sitting outside in the backyard or at the pool is a heck of a lot more fun than sitting at the computer. Also – I’ve been launching new sites – check out the RunRaleigh Labor Day Weekend 8k and The Magnificent Mile Race.  Doesn’t mean we haven’t been doing our usual insanity – it just means I have less time to blog.  No worries – I’ll get caught up. Eventually. Right? So why the picture [...]

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