Category: Central North Carolina trips
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Dinner in Raleigh NC, November 9, 2024
Tootie bought an electric-assist bicycle this past summer mostly to ride the three miles to Dave and Louise’s house. They have a swimming pool and we have pretty much an open swimming invitation. Tootie loves to swim laps. Furthermore, hanging with Dave or Louise or other friends around their pool is a calming presence in…
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Croissant update; August 4, 2024
This week I discovered a development in the ongoing croissant controversy. It involves Starbucks. There are larger problems in America, and the world, than coffee houses serving stale croissants. Nevertheless the issue keeps coming up, at least to me. A croissant should be flaky and crispy. To be this way it needs to have been…
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Tootie goes for a massage in Raleigh; November 30, 2023
Where to bicycle next? I am indeed sick of bicycling around Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham. It feels like I have seen everything. On the other hand, Tootie had an appointment to have a massage in Raleigh; why not catch a ride with her? The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area is not that interesting to look at…
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Exploring a few of North Carolina’s textile towns; September 1, 2023
I have a friend. He has a friend. I have met his friend only once or twice. The friend of the friend has lived almost his entire life in a secondary California city where agriculture is its biggest business. A couple of years ago he and his wife of many years decided they needed a…
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