On Saturday, May 3, The City of Raleigh’s Planning Department and Marbles Kids Museum partnered to host the first Kids City Planning Day 2030.
The City of Raleigh currently is updating its Comprehensive Plan for the first time since 1989. Over the next 20 years, the city is expected to grow by 70 percent and reach [...]

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See the new Louis Vuitton store at the Brooklyn Museum, IN THE GALLERY.
Pop-art, Pop-branding, Brand-art or Art-cute. My favorite part is the
counter-counterfeiting that was on the street with actors playing hustlers selling
the real thing (@ real prices, $1500 ) at the gala… The art of business, the new war zone,
Sun Tzu would be [...]

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These are the days when plastic surgery gets free advertising from tons of beauty tv shows and magazines dedicated to it. Even fictional dramas - aka nip Tuck - tell you the key to self esteem is thru a li’l self mutilation. Get a doctor’s help to make you better than you are. Today’s [...]

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Driving back from the beach yesterday, we passed Camp Lejeune. For at least 2 miles along the highway the fence along the road was covered with displays of love for the military men and women returning from their tours of duty. It was a very touching sight.

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Yesterday I realized, among all of the holiday bustle that I hadn’t purchased a 2008 Calendar yet. This year I did my calendar shopping at Etsy.com. Etsy, is a website that contains “shops” set up by different artists/designers/craftspeople with their goods. Basically it is a bunch of unique items all in one place. If you [...]

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