I want to like the Park By Phone service at Wrightsville Beach. I’ve rhapsodized about it before, and it’s so convenient when it works:
You register your cell phone with the service and can then dial an 800 number, enter your the slot where you’re parked and the number of hours. You can even refresh your […]
Even those of us who don’t live in “a flaming hot pink bungalow beside the steamy jungle-o” can still enjoy the spectacle of a flock of flamingoes from the comfort of our own homes.
In the ongoing tradition of community service, the Wilmington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects is on the cusp of presenting its vision to the city of Wilmington and interested government agencies a plan for adapting the historic trolley line as a continuous dedicated multiuse trail connecting downtown Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach. Having […]
Most helpful, skilled, non-venal, straight-talking auto service I’ve experienced. They’ve turned my car away a couple of times for specialized work they don’t handle, but they always help me know what the matter is (and don’t charge me for that(!)), suggest others who can do the work (whom I then take by association to be […]
In the last few years my wife and I have shunned movie-going in favor of the convenience, low-cost, solitude and vast selection of Netflix. Just the other day we broke that practice in order to see Juno, which is funny and different, at the Carmike Cinema 16 on Cinema Drive. Sharing the theatre with 8 […]
Beautiful weekends like the last one are great times to go downtown. In winter, the air is clear and bright, there are people out strolling but not the jean-short hordes you see in summer.
The Children’s Museum of Wilmington, which moved downtown from its original location farther east on Market St., has really grown on this […]
I love this store. Every time I leave Pomegranate I feel happy. Its a small independent bookstore that offers a unique community experience. The staff always remembers who I am if not by name then certainly by the last book I read. Because the shop is smaller than some of the big ugly guys they […]
Just got back from a lunch meeting at The Connection Internet Cafe on Racine with a friend with whom I’m doing some web development consulting.
This place is really nice. May even be a surplus of good here (?): Among the services they offer are windowed and wired conference rooms you can reserve for meetings, wi-fi […]
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