Author Archives: Rusty

Cary Town Council Members Deposed by Four Unknown Assailants

By Rusty | Published: October 6, 2008

In a harrowing and bizarre turn of events Monday afternoon, Cary’s Town Council was besieged by four as-yet unidentified activists. The fringe group, identifying themselves only as the Suburban Poultrification Alliance, forcefully removed four beloved members of Town Council and immediately called an emergency session of the council.

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Carolina Vernacular

By Rusty | Published: October 5, 2008

This soon to be finished project in Holly Springs represents the first new residence that I have had the opportunity to manage from Schematic Design all the way through Construction Administration. For the moment I have only included a taste of the the exterior of the house, but as the builder wraps things up on […]

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LEED McDonalds coming to Cary?

By Rusty | Published: September 25, 2008

The News and Observer reports that the McDonalds that I walked to many a time in Middle and High School may be going green… If it happens, and is approved by the USGBC, it will be the 3rd LEED certified McDonalds in the United States. I haven’t had McDonalds for anything besides breakfast in years […]

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Red Meat

By Rusty | Published: September 12, 2008

We did manage to get to Slyman’s for breakfast / lunch this morning. I’m not a huge meat-eater, but this place has the greatest corned beef sandwich I’ve had in my entire life. I highly recommend it to anyone who finds themselves in Cleveland. Raleigh’s downtown could really benefit from a place like it. We […]

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540 miles to Cleveland

By Rusty | Published: September 12, 2008

Last night we left Raleigh at about 3:30pm with the aim of making it to Cleveland. The supposed ten hour drive ended up only taking us about nine hours, but for a good long stretch in West Virginia the weather was nasty. That weather would have been cool for photography, but our 70-80mph clip took […]

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