raleigh nc: Success Story - Levi's Pattern Maker -The American Dream-Raleigh Denim - 05/07/12 12:23 PM
This story has a personal touch for me.  Chris is a wonderful survivor and beautiful woman. Chris worked for Levi's for many years. One of their original pattern makers. Now she's working for Raleigh Denim...a locally owned company producing excellent quality jeans out of Downtown Raleigh! Chris' story is worth listening to...she's quite the survivor and wonderful woman!
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raleigh nc: Things to do in Raleigh - SparkCon 2011 - 09/12/11 04:06 PM
 
SparkCon in Raleigh - Another great Downtown Raleigh Event! 
all local; ALL FREE
 

Photo by Kathryn Adams Downtown Raleigh will be full of action this weekend.  Starting Thursday, September 15 through Sunday, September 18, 2011.
SPARKcon is  a group of volunteers dedicated to showcasing local talent and nurturing a creative ecosystem within the NC Triangle area. SPARKcon is a program of Visual Art Exchange, a Raleigh non-profit dedicated to supporting emerging artists and connecting the community to the arts.  
The fireSTARTERS are the managers (for lack of a better word) of the overall event … (3 comments)

raleigh nc: Moving to NC - These are "The Rules" - 05/16/11 05:03 PM
I moved to Cary NC over 25 years ago.
During my first trip to the grocery store & post office almost everyone  said "hey" & nodded & smiled. 
I came home KNOWING I would love it here! (THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN NJ OR PA)
FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS:
While showing homes to a young couple from New Jersey, I pulled into a gas station, got out to pump gas (we have self serve here, not full service like NJ) and while filling the tank had a nice conversation with the man behind us. 
As I started up the … (9 comments)

raleigh nc: It's a Beautiful Day in Raleigh NC - The Power of Words - 04/15/11 03:14 AM
It IS a beautiful day in Raleigh NC!  This clip and the power of words has me appreciating everything I've got today....
my health, my family, my home and good friends. 
Some days a clip like this makes me wake up and smell the roses.  I hope it will do the same for you on this beautiful Spring day.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
 

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raleigh nc: Snow! in Raleigh - Cary - Wake County NC - Snow! - 02/09/10 03:43 AM
Snow in Wake County NC is a major event! At the first sign of a snowflake everyone is calling or emailing or tweeting or texting:  SNOW! IT'S SNOWING! Hooray! SNOW!
 
It has been several years since the last significant snow/ice storm of about an inch in 2005 crippled the Raleigh area with icey roads and accidents!  Many children spent the night in school - buses and parents couldn't get there to pick them up.
Raleigh Skyline's Matt Robinson has a great account of the 2005 snow/ice event entitled "The Half Inch of Snow that Paralyzed Raleigh" .
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raleigh nc: Pope Air Force Base - 82nd Airborne - 3rd Brigade - Welcome Home ! - 11/16/09 02:06 PM
82nd Airborne - 3rd Brigade - came home after a year in Iraq - Welcome Home ! Thanks for all you do!!!
200 paratroopers returned home this week through Pope Air Force Base .   Here are some wonderful, happy pictures via WRAL in Raleigh NC.
One of our family members has been on about 14 overseas flights and scheduled for another very soon.  Please pray for the save travels for all of our service men and women.

Photo courtesy of 82nd Airbourne & WRAL
Check out WRAL Raleigh NC for more heartwarming, welcome home photos !
 

 
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raleigh nc: NC State Fair - 10/18/09 08:25 AM
The NC State Fair  has been around for a long time!  I attended yesterday - an absolutely beautiful Fall day!  Many hours of enjoying the sites and sounds of the NC State Fair, but the highlight in my mind is the food!  Corn dogs, roasted corn, smoked turkey legs, cotton candy, fried pies, ham biscuits...
In 1916 – Cary United Methodist Church served their first ham biscuit at the NC State Fair !  And they still serve up some of the best ham biscuits that you've ever tasted, right alongside Apex Lions Club.  For years there were "barkers" and they tried … (2 comments)

raleigh nc: Raleigh NC Homes for sale - 1614 Bruce Cir., Raleigh NC 27603 - 07/29/09 12:47 AM
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raleigh nc: Best Places to Live and Work - Apex - Cary - Raleigh NC - 07/13/09 09:01 PM
This is a re-blog of a post from a while ago, but "The Rules" still hold true.
 
Apex NC was recently ranked the 3rd best place to move to by Forbes magazine !  In years past Cary NC has been among the top cities ranked by Money magazine ! 

This entire Research Triangle Park area (including Raleigh, Wake Forest, Chapel Hill, Durham, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton) is a GREAT place to live!  Low crime, great schools & universities, excellent medical facilities, fairly low taxes, job opportunities, within a few hours of the beaches & mountains, about half way between … (3 comments)