Sales of Susan Barringer Wells’ new book, A Game Called Salisbury are progressing well. Susan was featured in the Greensboro Daily News, I believe on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Susan has a book signing coming up at Barnes & Noble in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro this week. I wonder if anyone from the New [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Lost Colony in Manteo North Carolina. Most people, including myself, believed the English colony to be the first European colony in the US. However, recent archeological finds near Morganton NC have revealed a Spanish colony settled in NC 30 years prior to The Lost Colony. The Spanish built Fort San Juan in the Catawba [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A great historical building in downtown Greensboro NC is for lease at 121 South Elm St. William Clarkson Porter, a druggist, built the building in 1873. O’Henry worked for his uncle. Later, Lunsford Richardson, the inventor of Vicks Vaporub, bought the building. The building is composed of 2 stories of over 9,000 square feet of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )One of the more famous ghosts of NC is Lydia, who purportedly haunts an old underpass on highway 70 near Jamestown NC. Jamestown is a small town between Greensboro and High Point. The first time I heard of Lydia was probably in the late 50’s on The Good Morning Show on WFMY TV, hosted by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )North Carolina was the first state to be colonized by Europeans and was one of the original 13 colonies. Naturally, NC is rich in history. Drive through many cities in NC and eventually you will run across one of the many historical markers. Many people know that O’Henry and Edward R Murrow were born in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We just got back from having a wonderful meal at Maestro Bar & Bistro in Pineville NC, just outside Charlotte. The meal was incredible. I had heard that the chef, a graduate of the Culinary Institute and a former chef at Pewter Rose, was famous for his soups and had won awards for his desserts. Now [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )We were in Greensboro Tuesday, January 15 2008, when Skybus Airlines began their first hub flight from Greensboro NC to Portsmouth NH. The flight took off at 5:45 AM and was about half full. 750 passengers were scheduled to fly out of Greensboro Tuesday. The Portsmouth NH airport is just north of Boston MA. We [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Travel in NC is typically not a problem. However, we do get snowfalls (occasionally big snowfalls), hurricanes and some traffic problems, so I decided to provide information on webcams in North Carolina.
Asheville
http://www.live-photo.com/
High Country, Blowing Rock
http://www.highcountrywebcams.com/webcameras_BlowingRockRoad.htm
Charlotte TV WSOC
http://www.wsoctv.com/wxcam/1920382/detail.html
High Country, Grandfather Mountain
http://www.highcountrywebcams.com/webcameras_grandfather.htm
Greensboro downtown
http://www.carolinanet.com/centercitypark/
Kill Devil Hills Avalon Pier
http://www.avalonpier.com/piercam.html
NC highway conditions
http://www.usroadconditions.com/nc.shtml
Ocean Isle Beach Surf
http://www.saltyssurfshopoib.com/index.cfm
Raleigh WRAL TV
http://wral.com/weather/image/1001636/
To learn more about North [...]
North Carolina and Florida have had a strong connection for many years. Many Floridians spend the summer in NC in such places as Asheville and Hendersonville. Now there is another connection. Many Floridians are moving to North Carolina to escape hurricanes, high taxes and traffic. Many of these people originally lived in places like New [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Skybus Airlines has announced 2 new flights from Greensboro North Carolina. The new destinations are Chicago via Gary Indiana and Philadelphia via Wilmington Delaware. The flights begin March 13 2008. Skybus Airlines has 10 10 dollar seats per flight.
To learn more about Greensboro and North Carolina Click here
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News and information about North Carolina visit: NCrealestateforum.com
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