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Overheard today at Fowler’s: “You wanted local color!”

A Sale for Everyone

What does the Yard Sale Addict do on the off-season? Why, estate sales and auctions. Here are two happening tomorrow:

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TRIANGLE ESTATES SALES – OUTSTANDING DUKE FOREST HOME ESTATE SALE - FRIDAY DEC. 7 AND SATURDAY DEC. 8. 2722 Spencer St.,  Durham, NC 27707. Numbers given at 8AM, door opens at 9AM-4PM.

Come join us for an exceptional estate sale in beautiful Duke Forest. This 1967 contemporary style home features great mid-century Eames era furniture mixed with quality antique and vintage pieces.

Sampling of contents: Pr. Of Saarinen womb chairs, set of 4 Breuer style Italian leather and chrome chairs, set of 4 Breuer style leather and chrome bar stools, Eames era leather couch, 75” soapstone sink (perfect for garden or darkroom), paintings (including an original Laxman Shreshtha OOC, well listed Indian artist), prints, German grandfather clock, paperweight collection, old books, Victorian photo album, vintage and costume jewelry, Hitchcock style bench, antique French dining table, set of 6 Louis XV style dining chairs w/ original paint and caning, walnut stepback cupboard, Victorian cradle, antique coffee grinder, Roseville pottery, NC pottery, Waterford, sterling silver (including Redlich, R&B, etc ), linens, kitchen items, beds, office furniture, foreign coin collection, Gilbert 1950’s robot erector set, more toys, Wallace Nutting photos, Pitts and Spitts smoker/grill, garage items, quality1940’s four piece painted vanity set, old tiles, vintage blanket chest, Mason Hamlin pump organ, pair of alabaster table lamps, Christmas china, several mantle clocks, Weller wall pocket, woodworking tools, English antique lapdesk, 1940 World Series baseball signed Lew Riggs, and lots more…

Directions: From Chapel Hill, take 15-501N bypass to Cornwallis Rd. exit 106. Turn right. Go .6m to 3rd left onto Spencer St. 4th house on left. From Raleigh, take I-40W to exit 270. Turn right onto 15-501N. Follow directions above. From NC751 (Academy Rd.), turn west onto Cornwallis. 3rd right is Spencer to 4th house on left. Plenty of parking on street.

Sale agent: Sandy Stallings, Triangle Estate Sales. 919-357-1161 or email tarheels2300@embarqmail.com

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www.305Southantimall.com

Anti-Mall Closing Sale!!

Sat. Dec. 8th 9am-2pm

We have filled up the 4700 sqft music venue with all kinds of great treasures,

furniture, vintage knick knacks, & all kinds of great goodies.

All kinds of great vintage holiday decorations, retro bicycles, and tons of

great X-Mas gift finds. Do not miss this!! This is years of collecting

& pack ratting. Please help spread the word and forward this newsletter

on to everyone you think would enjoy and appreciate this sale.

Thanks again to everyone for all the support!!!

That was a trick!

A lady drove her car off the edge of the Hardee’s parking lot into the gully facing Chapel Hill Boulevard today. I hope she’s okay! She did look fine, just shook up, and surrounded by people who had run up to help, and a Sheriff.

It also looked like there was a fire in the sewer near Forest Hills Park… is that even possible? I don’t know where hot water would come from in that location to make steam.

Oh, just a weird day.

Thank You

We are the Library Family for the boy’s classroom and the due date often slips notice until I get The Call. I received two calls this time, and the second one was quite stern. By the time I located all the books and got them back to the library (it was a sizable project-quarter’s worth), the bill was $64. I have learned not to flinch, and the librarians have truly been very kind in the past. Today I found out there’s a maximum late charge of $25, so I was in major luck. Durham County Public Librarians, how do we love you? Let me count the ways… (And I promise, really promise, to stop having overdue books.)

Donkey Ball

The donkey at NCMLS was carrying the handle ball around his pen on Saturday. He let someone throw it for him to fetch (indeed!) but would not let me pull it away to do it again. I got close enough to his big horse teeth to know to back off.

In cute news, the baby cow is very adorable. Giant brown eyes.

Black Friday

We did our part to bump the consumer economy into the black today. Drove the kids and my mom over to Guess Road to the Black Friday Yard Sale for a little reduce-reuse-recycle and then to Everything But Grannies Panties, also off Guess Road, for raw materials for making gifts–vintage glass jars for cocoa mixes and linen napkins for embellishing. Score of the day was a pillow set that, as predicted, coordinates that purple painting to our not-purple couches; 4 bucks, sweet!

Honey conquered a small bit of his Do list and reports that the auto parts store was having a huge sale and it was a madhouse. The idea of a bunch of men elbowing each other over tire rims tickles me. But the headlights were 25% off, and who can argue with that?

Pay Your Durham Water Bill Online

One less check to write: pay your durham water bill online at the new Durham website.

Waffling

Another thing I love about Durham is in addition to the internationally known institutions, local arts scene, foodie hangouts, regional mall, active neighborhoods, and progressive organizations, you don’t have to be all crunchy and high-minded. You can just go eat waffles. Here’s a review from first-time visitors.

The boy: The Waffle House has very big waffles, and they have syrup and butter. They have hot chocolate and coffee, too. They pour waffle mix into a waffle maker that cooks the waffle. You can get served right at your table if you’re right against the kitchen part. They have something near the window that plays music.

The girl: I liked drinking my hot cocoa. I drank it like spilling it. Watch me jump!

New Durham Tax Values

Get your new real estate tax values here.

Lead Free Toys for Christmas

I found this notice at the Play House: “Our vendors know their suppliers, we know our vendors, you know us, why shop anywhere else?” If your house is not full of toys getting recalled for lead paint issues, this may be news, but parents are thinking about local lead-free toys for Christmas.

[more local vendors here]

Durham Rocks

Need a smile? Wear a Durham Rocks t-shirt. Works every time.
I wonder if there are a lot of them for sale in the 305 South Anti-Mall inventory ebay sell-off.

Eat Out for Good

RSVVP day often sneaks up on me. I met a friend for coffee at Saladelia this morning and lucked into it. If you still need plans for dinner, check out the Durham list of participating restaurants:

Anotherthyme
Bakehouse Bistro
Bamboo House Restaurant
Bandido’s Mexican Café (S Miami Boulevard)
Bandido’s Mexican Café (Woodcroft Shopping Center)
Benetis Restaurant (please visit Wednesday)
Bennett Pointe Grill
Blue Coffee Café
Blue Corn Café
Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria
Bull City Bakery
El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant (University Dr)
El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant (W Main St)
Elmo’s Diner
Entrée Vous
Francesca’s Dessert Caffe
Guglhupf Café
Ideas! Coffee House
Juniors Long Island Pizza

Magnolia Grill
Mellow Mushroom of Durham
Nantucket Grill & Bar (Sutton Station)
Neo-China Restaurant
Ninth Street Bakery
Parker and Otis
Pizza Palace of Durham
Pomodoro Italian Kitchen
Pop’s Trattoria
Pulcinella Restaurant
Roy’s Country Kitchen
Rue Cler
Saladelia
Sal’s Pizza
Sitar India Palace
Spartacus
Thai Café
Torero’s Mexican Restaurant - Chapel Hill Blvd
Tyler’s Restaurant & Taproom
West 94th St. Pub
Yamazushi Japanese Restaurant

(other cities here)

Google Ron Paul

(No, that’s not a directive; We Love Durham is not going political.) This morning on the trip to Raleigh, we saw hand-stenciled signs with simply “Google Ron Paul.” They were at exit ramps, hanging off overpasses, and eye-catchingly planted beside a crash memorial cross. North Carolina is not a swing state; North Carolinians–despite Durham and Chapel Hill–are expected to vote in the party they always do, and so you don’t hear a lot of commercials or see a lot of yard signs and bumper stickers, even though we have a home-boy running for president. It’s nice to see someone cares! although I assume the signs are against ordinance and will be gone shortly.

It’s beginning to look…

…a lot like Christmas shopping. The mall was packed on Sunday, with both people and goods. If it is not a big spending season this year, there are going to be some great sales come January. Eh, my shopping is mostly done, I just needed a warm pair of pants. You know how you’re not supposed to grocery shop when you’re hungry? New rule: don’t shop for clothes when you’re chilly!

[more local shopping ideas here]

Urban Chickens

SEEDS has sponsored a petition to support households keeping “urban” chickens in residential areas. Right now you can’t in the RS zones in Durham, except for RS-20.

[until then, get your eats here]