RTP-area local music and culture

[Whit <tedpossum AT nope.bellsouth.net>]

grady wrote:
> 
> p.s. is Carrboro really crying out for another 400,000 square feet of 
> commercial space? Just from looking around, I don't see the kinds of 
> space/rent pressures (tons of legacy businesses still in the same 
> locations they've been in for ages) that would suggest a huge need for 
> new commercial space. Seems like Carrboro is in greater need of 
> affordable housing.
> 

My office/cube just got moved out of Carrboro and closer to home, gym, 
and most of what I'm responsible for at work. So now I'm at Meadowmont 
with mixed feelings. I'm closer to everything but I miss being in 
Carrboro. And if I'm forced to overhear conversations at my desk, the 
attorney's office on the other side of the paper wall was much more 
entertaining than IT stuff. It's just bland and more expensive here. La 
Russa's isn't so bad and the muffin$ at this other un-named place are 
good except I feel like I'm walking into an adult version of a slumber 
party for 8 year olds every morning. At least I'm back closer to Aurora 
and $4 mussel bisque w/ fresh crusty bread.

It makes me wonder what my employer would've thought of a large enough 
building in Carrboro if it were available when they got this one. Or, 
even better, the ability to build their own without making so many power 
and structural changes. Not only would they have kept about 70 people, 
but they would've added about 70 more from other places. It'd sure make 
me feel better about going to a show at the Cradle when I'm on-call.

I guess one plus is I'm saving money by providing my own food more. 
I'll let you know how my combine-at-work carbonara kit experiment goes.

-whit