December 16, 2007
digging up graveyards in trinity park
okay, graveyard, singular. but still! what kind of people DO this?
i mean yeah, i hate to see old houses torn down and it's a shame. but to throw aside 100 year old grave markers like they're junk? that's a whole other... jeez.
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Category: neighborhoodsMay 04, 2007
bull durham house is on the market
there was certainly a time when an elegant and completely overblown Victorian would have been my total fantasy house, but i'm more of a bungalow girl these days.
but if fantasy victorians are your thing, the house they used as susan sarandon's house in bull durham is on the market and it can be yours for about $123/sq ft. you'll also get to live mere blocks from the charming english cottage o' death which is, arguably, depending on the circles in which you move, the more famous of the two houses.
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Category: neighborhoodsMay 17, 2006
When the saints come marching into your neighborhood to sell you an ice cream novelty
So, I have this nice newly-furnished screen porch, and the weather is very pleasant, and this naturally leads to me sitting out here surfing and reading and eating lunch on the weekends and nice stuff like that.
This has in turn lead to the interesting discovery that my neighborhood must have an ice cream truck. An ice cream truck that plays "When the saints come marching in" over and over and over and over and...
At first, I thought one of the neighborhood kids had taken up the recorder and was practicing the same song over and over. Then I realized there was a doppler effect at work-- the music would randomly get much louder from time to time. I realized it must be an ice cream truck.
How cool is that, that there's an ice cream truck in my neighborhood? Once again, I feel as if I am living in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Well, some combination of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
On the other hand, how annoying is it to listen to "When the saints come marching in" over and over, every time I use my screen porch during daylight hours? Well... it's pretty annoying.
Hey, at least I smell nice. Today's BPAL: Nuclear Winter.
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Category: neighborhoodsFebruary 03, 2006
slumlords suck, example #345,944
Durham house goes up in flames
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Category: neighborhoodsMarch 23, 2004
rock on, richard and perry.
Gay couple file complaint after marriage license request denied.
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Category: neighborhoodsMarch 22, 2004
gay marriage license in durham
just got a mail that the president of the OND neighborhood association and his partner filed for a marriage license today and were denied. they'll be at jo and joe's tonight from 5-7pm to visit with friends and answer questions.
clearly, i need to start reading the OND list again...
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Category: neighborhoodsGet your picture taken at Durham Central Park
Ok, apparently there's an art project/installation at Durham Central Park right now, due to be taken down on Sunday (I think). Not sure what the installation is about; the Old North Durham list has been more than i can keep up with lately. Apparently, there's some controversy involved.
Anyway, some OND folks are interested in compiling a photo gallery of people who have their picture taken with the installation. I've set up some software that's going to make it easy for them to put the gallery up on the web.
it includes info on where to mail photos if you have them taken.
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