Britts Doughnuts, 30 people in line

Sunday 10AM, 90 degrees. It’s worth it

A new approach to homelessness

From The Greater Wilmington Business Journal:

In downtown Wilmington there will be a new way to give to the homeless beginning July 22. Yellow “Make A Change” meters will dot 11 key locations such as the main post office and the public library, where the public can deposit change to support programs that provide housing to [...]

Community yard sale at Tidal Creek, Saturday 8-11

From Tidal Creek, via twitter:

Community Yard Sale in our green space this Saturday 8-11. All are welcome to show up and sell their stuff or buy more stuff!

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Mountain Biking Open House – July 25th

From wilmingtonrecreation.com:

Grab your mountain bike and head on up to Blue Clay trails for a day of biking adventure. Guides from the Cape Fear Cyclists club will be there to lead groups through the trails, and will explain the history of the park, as well as plans for its future. This is a great way [...]

Underground supper club in Wilmington

From Craigslist, by way of foodie Jim J (twitter):

If you are an interesting, open-minded person who likes excellent food and conversation then this experience may be for you. An unidentified local chef will be putting together a multi-course dinner for an affordable donation at an undisclosed location downtown. This will happen one night in July. [...]

Coastal Car Wash

There’s a lot of good car washing in the area, but I think Coastal Car Wash, on Carolina Beach Road right at Monkey Junction, stands out.
The owners seem like great people, and spread it around by hiring, in my experience, serious and extremely hard-working young washers, by writing irreverent and funny and sometimes useful [...]

City reviews public email system

Little bit of a much-ado, but the city has published this press release in response to an “expose” from the Star News about thousands of putatively public emails that were marked private and thereby hidden from view:

The city is in the process of reviewing how information contained in employee emails is made accessible to the [...]

Bar Scenes: The Fat Pelican

It’s no big secret that Wilmington and the surrounding areas host their fair share of bars. In downtown, for example, you can’t walk ten feet without passing one… literally. But some bars are more eclectic than others, and to them I raise my glass.