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Day 252: Fountain
This fountain is near my building. I had to walk by it today on the way to a professor’s office hours.
Day 224: Salumi!
During my first day in Seattle hanging out with the Superfriends we went to Salumi Artisan Cured Meats for lunch. It is a very popular little spot with delicious cured meats. We waiting in line for an hour for our … Continue reading
Day 199: New cable box
We had some issues with our cable internet a couple of weeks back and when the technician came to look at it, he noticed some major issues with the way the cable was installed for our set of condos back … Continue reading
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Day 162: Demolition
Seth and I went to breakfast in downtown Urbana today and across from where we parked was this demo site. The weirdest thing was that you could see the kitchens of the apartments that were once in the building… and … Continue reading
Day 160: Funny sculptures
These sculptures are on the South side of campus near the fancy bio buildings:
Day 158: Fountain
This fountain is right near my building (which is just to the left out of the frame of this photo):
Day 156: Wedding barn (part 3)
The view of the barn from the road. Imagine what this would look like in autumn with all the changing leaves!
Day 155: Wedding barn (part 2)
All lit up and full of folk:
Day 154: Wedding barn (part 1)
Today we helped our friends K&K clean up a barn (c. 1902) for their vow renewal ceremony and party tomorrow night. Here is one side of the barn:
Day 148: Recycling
We took our old TV to the recycling center today… it is quite the operation (what you can’t see is the warehouse, the bulldozers, or the huge junkyard in the back: And now, Scout, occasionally:
Day 91: NC State
The schedule for the NC State program was so jam-packed that I saw literally 4 buildings the entire time I was on campus. The good news was that the trees had some leaves and there were lots of flowers out… … Continue reading
Day 82: Fire
There was a huge fire in Campus-town today. I could see the smoke from my office window: Later we went to dinner in Campus-town and took a look at the damage:
Day 78: Co-op
Here’s what the local Co-op Grocery looks like at night, all lit up:
Day 66: Green roof
My building at school is getting a huge addition put on and the addition has a green roof! Unfortunately it will only be for birds to look at because there is only one exit from the roof and fire code … Continue reading
Day 61: Micro and Nanotech
This is the building immediately to the west of my building. It’s the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab:
Day 60: Mmm yogurt
Cocomero is a relatively new restaurant in Campustown that has delicious frozen yogurt (sold by the ounce). Yum!
Day 59: Campus construction
This building has been empty for several years and the university finally got the funding to start renovating it last year. I like the junk chutes that look like elephant trunks:
Day 41: Early morning smoke stack
Another photo from the bus… this one much less blurry. I took this on my morning ride in– it shows the plumes from the campus coal-fired power plant. Oh– also that building on the left is Blue Waters, the soon … Continue reading
Day 4: Changing landscape
Our condo is 30 years old. The trees in the courtyard in front of our condo are > 30 years old. This means that they were huge and getting decrepit. Some of the trees were hanging over rooftops, others were … Continue reading
Day 3: Public Radio
Our public radio station, WILL, is located on campus in Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication. Since we listen to the station daily, I thought it would be appropriate to post a picture of where the magic happens:
