Away From Keyboard: WRAL Azalea Gardens
The azaleas in the WRAL gardens started blooming a few weeks ago, so I took a field trip to have a look. Photos will come later, once I have a chance to finish my editing.
Tagged: #TheRaleighWorld
The Raleigh World: Eleven Months
Wow. We’re closing in on an entire year in Raleigh. It still blows my mind that I actually moved across the United States. With two cats. (Who hate car rides.) I have yet to get over to the beaches but at least I no longer have to constantly remind myself that the ocean is EAST and the mountains are to...
The One Where Vicster Tries New Things
So I’ve been interested in making videos for a while but never really did anything about it. Earlier this year I attended Amy Landino’s “Vlog Like A Boss” presentation for the Triangle Marketing Club and my curiosity was piqued again. But what? Why? How? WHEN??? Well, over the past few weeks I’ve had the bug to change up some of...
The Raleigh World: Ten Months
We’re getting into Hot Cocoa Season. HOORAY!!! I’m wearing shirts with sleeves that extend below my elbows. WOOT!!! The trees are turning and the colors are stunning! However, it’s still and forever Allergy Season for me because apparently, I’m allergic to air. Win some. Lose some. Where DOES the time go? It’s mind-blowing to realize that I’m well into my...
The Raleigh World: Month Eight
Sorry it’s a little late, fam. Had a bit of a situation over here. An unwelcome visitor, so to speak. I’m just glad it didn’t completely trash my place. As I was starting to think of what to write about my eighth month in Raleigh, a swirl of clouds appeared off the coast of Africa. Over the next 10 days,...
The Raleigh World: Month Seven
My, how time flies! It seems like I just wrote the six-month po…oh yeah. I was a bit late on that one, wasn’t I? Well, here’s to not letting another update languish in my Drafts folder for three weeks! So I did some stuff in my seventh month in North Carolina. I’m still working hard as a freelancer. That’s the...
The Raleigh World: Six Months, Give Or Take
It’s not that I had forgotten about my monthly update. Things are launching in some areas and others seem stuck on the launch pad and I’ve been working and nudging as seems appropriate. It sort of seems impossible that it’s already been six months since Dos Gatos Locos and I spent our first nights here in Raleigh. I was excited,...
The Raleigh World: The Beginning
The most Frequently Asked Question I get since I moved here is, “Why Raleigh?” The answer has many facets internally but is really rather simple. I knew I needed to get out of the Bay Area and I knew that I was entering a point in my life where I needed to really push the boundaries of my comfort zone....
The Raleigh World: Month Five
Let’s just jump right into the #WeatherReportByVicster, shall we? So in Month Five I learned that the temperature and the dew point like to be twinsies and no matter what I pull out of my closet I’m basically going to be wearing the air for the foreseeable future. Also bugs. Big, nasty bugs. A couple of weeks ago I was...
NCFC v Landsdowne Bhoys Football Club
Last night I went to my first Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match at WakeMed Soccer Park. The tournament has been around for over a century1 and includes teams from more than 30 states, from amateur clubs to Major League Soccer teams. Although MLS has dominated the tournament over the last two decades, there is always an Anything Can Happen...