Screwed By The Town Of Cary

Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 17:49 | Category : Raleigh
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We drove by this house on Maynard today. I’m just guessing here but I think someone’s unhappy.
Edit 8/6: Hi to everyone who’s finding my blog by googling for “screwed by the town of Cary!” I snapped this just because I loved the sloppy neon orange protest, you can practically hear the local Homeowners’ Association gasping [...]

Suprising Advertising

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 12:17 | Category : Raleigh
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Looks like American battery manufacturers are taking a cue from their Chinese counterparts! Now you won’t have to buy a duckie bath thermometer separately!

Southern Mandarin

Friday, 15 May 2009, 16:38 | Category : Raleigh
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Raleigh graffiti artist Wang tags a downtown street.

Awesome Street

Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 12:33 | Category : Raleigh
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If I knew it was possible to live on Awesome Street, I would never have settled for a normal address.

Geek Jack-O-Lanterns

Saturday, 1 November 2008, 14:43 | Category : Raleigh, Western Mass
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This Weburbanist list of geek pumpkins includes a Death Star jack-o-lantern, Mario, and ends with Stick and my classics pumpkins from 2004!!!  The photos of really artistic carvings make my Minoan octopus and Stick’s Greek helmet look not-so-good, but we were still excited and surprised to see ourselves on the list!
In other news, due [...]

Famous Narragansett Beer

Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 9:26 | Category : Raleigh, unpacking
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Today’s found-while-unpacking picture is a Narragansett shirt from when I worked as a beer promoter in college. This job mostly consists to assigned places, giving out samples of beer, and avoiding the creepy guys… While wearing the t-shirt, of couse. Kind of like being a B-list Bacardi girl.
I did promos for a couple products, but [...]

Graffiti With Chinese Characteristics

I’ve noticed that Beijing is really low on graffiti. There are exceptions — names and dates scratched into the Great Wall or dust-signatures on cars — but there are almost no spray-painted tags or the type of graffiti I’d expect in a large city. TikiChris has noticed the same thing about Shanghai graffiti:
Generally speaking, graffiti [...]

Mojito Competition

Saturday, 7 June 2008, 11:36 | Category : Chinese life
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When I saw this on the first sign a few days ago, it was pretty funny, but now I think it’s a trend.

I think it’s the two colors and the lovely font that really do it.
Edit: Stick thinks I may not have been clear enough that this mojito is down the other place.

I think I’ll try the mojito…

Saturday, 31 May 2008, 6:28 | Category : Chinese life
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Edit: No, I didn’t add that in photoshop! This is real sign at a bar by Houhai. It was midafternoon when we passed, though, so we didn’t stop to see if it was true.

Still Life With Beer

Thursday, 8 May 2008, 14:08 | Category : Chinese life
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