It was like a remake of The Birds on the beach today (we’re at the beach! YEAH!). A giant swarming mass of Cormorants descended on the water.

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Aly and I went to UNC in Chapel Hill today to visit with an “Arts and Entrepreneurship” class that fellow Designbox member, Francesca, teaches. On our walk across campus, we noticed little signs everywhere that said something to the effect of “UNC campus is smoke-free, starting Jan 1, 2008.” As we walked, we wondered [...]

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For at least 10 years I have wanted to get out to Lucama, NC, a short hour-plus away from Raleigh, to visit one of NC’s true art treasures, Vollis Simpson’s Windmill Farm. Saturday, Aly and I finally made the trek out there, and it was worth the wait! Driving around the back country of Eastern [...]

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There were stripes in the sky in Raleigh today. David Eichenberger, a friend and artist with apparent meteorologist tendencies, says it has something to do with “gravity and wind.” Other than that, it’s a beautiful mystery.

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We have a long list of things we’d like to see in Hong Kong this trip, and one thing on the list was the 10,000 Buddhas Monastery. It’s in the New Territories (the burbs), which is a direction not really on our path for the rest of the trip, so we multi-tasked and added other [...]

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