Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Wednesday's Update

Not much in downtown news, but there are so many stories of absurdity I can hardly stand it…

In downtown news:
New Skyline angle
Matt reviews Sono
Campbell officially owns Hillsborough Place

In Raleigh news:
Raleigh has banned garbage disposals – seriously. And not just on new construction…
Raleigh will move to tiered water billing
Local Easter Brunch options

In local-ish news:
Airborne doesn’t work. And you can get your money back (thanks Steve)
Actor’s strike? Really…
Hobbits in Australia – nope. But wouldn’t that have been cool…


In irrelevant news:
It’s a Lohan reality show… oh Dina… (thanks Rachel)
Eloise can have her house back!
iPods cause robberies

Events:
Local Beer, Local Band schedule for March
Tonight is a wine dinner at Dos Taquitos
March 7 is First Friday!!
March 8 is the Carolina/Duke Game
March 13 is the start of the ACC tournament
March 14 – ZOSO is playing at Lincoln
March 15 – Run for the Oaks
St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival is also March 15
March 16 is Selection Sunday :D
Also, Sam Fisher is at Amra’s that day
March 20 – Sweater Day!
March 21-23 the First round of the NCAA is in Raleigh

And you can always check out downtownraleigh.com while I’m gone…

Fun Stuff:
Ha. And you thought your iPhone was awesome…
Elmo wants to kill you [video] (thanks Steve)

Today’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse:
The guy at ASU made up the whole gunman thing…
Moms brawl at Chuck E. Cheese (thanks Catherine)


Also,
Powerball is at $173 million – go play.

Happy hump day! I’ll be back around Easter…