One of the great things about living in Cary, NC, is the proximity of cultural activities. I was invited by a friend of mine to attend a Durham Bulls game last night. Since the last baseball game I had been to was over ten years ago, I thought it would be great fun to attend, and bring my 3 year old son for some Father-Son bonding time. We got to the park about 15 minutes before the game started, and proceeded to our seats. Being a minor league park, every seat has that “you’re a part of the action” feel, not the “you are so far away from the action that you had better bring your binoculars to see the ants play” seat like some of big league stadiums. The seats we had were right behind the Bulls dugout, about 10 rows back, it was like being on field with the team. [Read more…]
Bull of a time
AllCary.com registers for Blog Action Day
We do things differently around here. We don’t send refrigerator magnets. We don’t do glamor shots during movie theater previews. We believe in providing information about the area primarily through blogging.
For example, take a look at our unique Community page. On the Community page, you will find a list communities that we have profiled. If you click to one of the communities, you will find an interesting mix of static and dynamic content. We hard code the basics of the community onto a static page, and automagically filter only our blog posts that are relevant to that community to that page. So if someone is interested in Lochmere in Cary, they can go to the Lochmere Community page and find out the basic information, plus any additional posts specifically about Lochmere, as well as any global posts that affect anyone looking in Lochmere as well.
How do we decide what makes it onto the blog? Lots of reading other blogs. Lots of picture taking. Lots of talking – to local business owners, to teachers, to developers, to real estate agents. And also, lots of web browsing for related ideas and ideals.
I came across Blog Action Day and was interested immediately. The concept is to get a massive number of blogs talking about a single subject on a particular day. I may not have been interested enough to post, but the subject for 2007 is “environment”.
So expect some “environment” related posts leading up to and on Blog Action Day 2007 – from local NC Green builders, to community planning, parks, outdoor recreation, etc., are all local environmental subjects that we will post about.
2007 Triangle Builders Expo
I attended the Triangle Builders Expo this week. It was great to see the number of vendors with new and exciting building products. I was really impressed with the booth of Carolina Glass. They were showing some of the really cool things they can do with glass, and especially some textured glass that can be used for shower doors, or as artwork.
I had gone to the show with the primary objective of collecting some information about some of the newer communities that were being built in the area, so I could include them on our site. I was overwhelmed by the number of booths dedicated to new communities. I must have 40 different brochures reflecting 60 new communities. There were representatives from all different levels of developers, from the grandiose, such as The Westin Soleil Center in Raleigh, to the intimate yet affordable Holly Glen by Olde South Homes. [Read more…]
