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Aviator Bourbon-Barrel Aged Pale Ale at Flying Saucer
Hot on the heels of The Times’ Terrapin cask ale night on Tuesday, Aviator Brewing Co is bringing a little friendly competition to the popular cask nights.
What It Means To Be Tallest
RBC Bank’s $100 million headquarters building in Downtown Raleigh was completed last year, and while there seems to be no public consensus regarding the building’s likeness, it is the tallest and most dominant building in the Triangle. This article—the first segment of a three-part in-depth look at this local cultural icon—aims to provide a framework for future discussion of skyline development in North Carolina’s capital city. Click to read the article.
Portraits of Raleigh Sneak Preview
A special preview of some of the photography featured in the new Portraits of Raleigh exhibition opening this Friday.
Future Islands and Goner at Berkeley Cafe
We’re in the same bubble baby, trying to make it out alive. Yip Yip!
Boylan Bridge Brewpub Open for Business
The Boylan Bridge Brewpub opened its doors and taps at 3pm on Friday to a packed house and line out the door.
Give Me Tolls; Give Me Taxes
Peter Eichenberger is tired of breathing your exhaust fumes. I haven’t ridden the thing yet, first, ‘cause I have this thing about busses, second, that unless one is incapacitated, like too drunk to walk, downtown Raleigh is as walkable as you’ll find, and finally, that free is really free via the bicycle. But forget me, the R bus line, by reducing the “necessity” of driving a car everywhere one must go, rain or shine, night or day, in a dense, urban grid, is the best, smartest idea Raleigh has had in, gee, I dunno, a generation. But here’s the predicable Greek Chorus, “whaaah, whaaah, whaaah,” from the car set: “It’s not free! It costs me money and I don’t ride it.” Listen up, ya babies, let’s talk about “free.” How did it somehow become written in the sky and implicitly understood by every mother’s child that the motorist is exempt from some normal standards of responsibility with this century-long free ride to foul their path with zero or minimal responsibility to clean up the mess their fiendish contraptions leave? Every time I go anywhere, I have to breathe your exhaust fumes, dodge your oil spills and jagged heaps of broken car that litter nearly every intersection and never seem to get swept up – not to mention never getting a chance to relax from the mortal danger waiting at every turn via inattentive drivers futzing with their music, phones, hair, yada, yada. So tough tits. [Continued below the fold.]
Toxic Free Tip of the Week: Cost of Tomatoes?
Three children with birth defects; four years of investigations; three thousand dollars. The Ag-Mart case closed with a whimper last week - what a frustrating anti-climax. Get the skinny on what happened, and on the various brand names Ag-Mart’s tomatoes come under so you can avoid them if you wanna.
Confederate Monument - $1895 (Raleigh)
Confederate Monument - $1895 (Raleigh) Red Schwinn Road Bike - $70 (Cary)
