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Entries from November 2007

Fun at Dolly’s

November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The folks at Dolly’s in Brightleaf Square were quite tolerant of our foolishness. Especially considering the fact that members of my family who shall remain nameless have been thrown out of Fortunoff’s for having way too much fun trying on hats.

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Tags: Durham, NC · Friends & Family · Mom · Photos

Superwoman

November 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Thanksgiving was pleasant. Good food and lots of it. Worked a light day on Friday, then went to a beer tasting. Even played some poker–and I’m proud to say I was NOT the first one to lose all my chips. I went to bed early–a 3pm beer tasting doesn’t doesn’t inspire one to an energetic [...]

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Tags: Friends & Family · Mom

The long-awaited photo album!

November 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

A compendium of photos from the wedding, the preparations and even a few (tasteful, of course) from the honeymoon.
Thanks to Donald & Kathy Towne, Herb Wilgis, Kerry Mirabella, Judy Ballas and Bruce Goren for the photos!

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Tags: Friends & Family · Honeymoon · Mom · North Carolina · Photos · Wedding · kayaking

Garage sale blogging

November 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Mid-November is not the best time for a garage sale. It’s darn cold out here, and not many people wanted to venture out to look at a bunch of junk (and a lovely decorative sword! An almost-new Starbucks coffeemaker! A wine rack! A pet drinking fountain!) when the mercury is just poking its head above [...]

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taking stock: a highly unscientific observation

November 6th, 2007 · 10 Comments

One of the occasional tasks that I have in my business is doing a stock photo search for clients (stock photos are collections of photos of all different subjects that can be used in communications for fees that range anywhere from $1 to over $1,000, but are generally cheaper and easier than hiring a photographer). [...]

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Tags: Communications · Society