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Scenes from Raleigh Fashion Week & Strut ‘09
Congratulations to all of the Raleigh Fashion Week contributors (organizers, entertainers, designers, hair and makeup artists, sponsors, civic organizations and volunteers). Events like these keep Raleigh and the surrounding areas on the map and contribute to the success and positive growth of local talent and businesses.
If you didn’t make it this year, you’re in luck! [...]
RFW not on CNN…yet…
NC is the fashion industry’s next boomtown! Textiles are important to North Carolina residents, where the textile industry is 3x the size of the apparel industry. North Carolina ranks fourth in the nation in apparel employment, and remains the largest textile employer in the United States. For fashion merchandising and marketing students, North Carolina’s textile [...]
Easy Way to Sharpen Your Window Shopping Technique
The recession has many of us buying a lot less lately, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look at all of the pretty things…How else are we going to prepare ourselves to shop once the economy starts to turns upward again?
I recommend sharpening that shopping eye by dropping in on some of the fabulous fashion [...]
Food, frocks and fun-taking Raleigh by storm
There will be no dull moment in Raleigh this May. Thousands are expected to flock to downtown Raleigh to celebrate the best in local dining, fashion, talent and living.
The second annual Triangle Restaurant Week will kicks off on Monday, May 11. Later in the week and into the weekend, area restaurateurs will share center [...]
Fashion is in BLOOM in Cary
So, stop putting off your spring cleaning and get to clearing out that closet full of the so-last-year spring fashions and get ready for one of the best seasons in spring stylehistory.
This Friday, I’ll be participating in The Shopping Memo’s “Launch Party” with the help of event planning guru, Lola32, and hosted by Cute Buttons [...]
Get Pink for Paws: Look good while doing good
This Friday night, join me for “PINK FOR PAWS,” an evening of beauty and refreshment hosted by Blades Studio and The Mosquito Nightclub to benefit the Wake SPCA.
Enjoy your favorite music and beverages, while receiving free consultations with the area’s top hair stylist and make up artist, Alex Blades. The evening will feature beauty, fashion, [...]
Lost Boys of Southern Sudan inspire hope for the future
Today, I attended a moving lecture given by Sudanese “Lost Boys” Samuel Anei (Co-Founder of the Lost Boys Rebuilding Southern Sudan Foundation) and Joseph Akoon at Meredith College in Raleigh.
Meredith students have been studying the country of Sudan and viewed a film depicting the Lost Boys’ escape from civil war and their difficult journey [...]
Is the barter system making a comeback?
How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish we could just go back to a barter system…?”
Well, it seems that wish is now being granted.
Today, CNN reported that while consumer spending is down, people are still getting what they want through good old fashioned bartering. Businesses and even individuals are regularly swapping [...]
Raleigh’s good eatin’ will be featured on The Travel Channel tomorrow!
ast month, The Travel Channel’s Adam Richman traveled to the Triangle, where he feasted on shredded chicken sandwiches at Chapel Hill’s famous late night spot Time Out, learned the real meaning of “hog heaven” at The Pit, and challenged himself to finishing off 17 delicious hot dogs (in an hour) at The Roast Grill in [...]
Remember: We’re no good to anyone if we don’t survive this
fter hearing the news about the round of layoffs at the N&O today (http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1445149.html), I thought about how these job cuts could effect me and those close to me before this recession is all over. I feel a sense of urgency. How can I guarantee my job?
I thought about something a colleague said to me [...]
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