Grilling on a Carolina Evening

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There is very little in this world that I enjoy more than grilling out back in my little piece of suburbia. It was the kind of evening that takes away all my desires to ever travel. There is something that can’t quite be put into words about these moments. It’s beautiful, and I hope that no matter what happens in the future, I remain thankful of the times like these.

As for the meal itself, we had locally grown North Carolina sweet potatoes (with brown sugar), flat-iron marinated steaks from Trader Joes, and I had a glass of Charles Shaw Merlot. The steaks came out pretty nicely, but the sweet potatoes were fantastic. I wanted to share a handful of photos, and to mention that there are new posts coming very soon. A take on RDU’s New Terminal 2, and a little longer term the beginning of a series I’m planning to do on sustainability.

Thanks for stopping by, and please feel free to leave comments.

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Vernacular Farmhouse with a Taste of Modern

I’ve just gotten about 90% through my 3d model for an upcoming residence we’re doing here at work for a family here in town. The new house will be their new weekend hideway in Pittsboro, NC. As my friends know, I’m a huge fan of vernacular and historic North Carolina Architecture, and I will jump at any opportunity to mix vernacular forms with modern details and function. With that said, here here are a few photos of this new project that I am very excited aboutl. As I mentioned, it’s 90% done, so there are some details and finishing touches that are yet to come, but overall we’re very close to what will be the final design.

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Washington DC – Day 3

An American Soldier Known but to God

Here are the final day of our DC trip’s photos. We saw Arlington National Cemetery, got dinner in Old Town Alexandria at Bugsy’s Pizza restaurant, had ice cream at The Scoop Grill, and finally revisited the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument for one last time before settling down for our last night. Click below to see the rest of the photos.

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Webpage Identity Crisis

My frustration with picking a good theme to start from for my website has once again reared its ugly head. I have decided to go with one called Green Love

Green Love

This is what I’ve decided to go with for the moment. I am hoping to replace the image for the bar in the near future, and cut out some of the nerdy xhtml stuff in the right column. Day 3 photos from DC should be coming soon. Cheers!

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Washington DC – Day 2

I’m finally getting around to the second day’s photos from our Independence Day trip to Washington DC. Places visited on this trip included the United States Botanic Garden, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Memorial, the World War II Memorial, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. We got to taste some very tasty Mexican food during the folk festival, and I took a ton of photos of the Metro. The fireworks were huge as usual, but they never photograph very well… and this year our view was partially blocked by the smoke.

I have another day’s worth of photos that I’ll be sorting through very soon.

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