"Advertising - Lowe’s Puts New Emphasis on Customer’s Wants" - NYTimes.com

Is this how Lowe's customers feel here in Chapelboroham where we have at least two if not three Lowe's stores.....?

"Join us for big name speakers performers other notables" - Herald-Sun

I hope UNC will reach out even more aggressively to invite the rest of us in Chapelboroham to attend events and participate in activities on the campus.

"Generation B - Independent Drugstores Seek Own Rx for Survival?" - NYTimes.com

Someone needs to do a really good story on chain drug stores v. independents in Chapelboroham. We don't know what we don't know.

Downtown Chapel HIll lighting

I guess there have been a lot of discussions about better downtwon lighting in Chapel Hill. Last night, when we attended a concert at Memorial Hall, I was reminded of how dimly lit so much of the heart of downtown is.

Surely, there ought to be a way to capture more of the Carolina sunshine to power more lighting all over downtown with solar lights? I wonder what the status of research might be on that idea as opposed to ideas that involve using a lot of energy or require purchasing very expensive low electricity-eating lights.

Has the Town sought proposals on this?

Jazz concert at UNC

We attended a fabulous jazz concert last night at UNC's Memorial Hall. Very few other people joined us.

Can't we work harder, somehow, to make this more of a success? Surely there ought to have been a way to bring more people to this event - possbly for less money each - but to expose a much larger audience to superb local talent in the UNC Jazz Band and other performers, including Jason MARSALIS.

"Lowe’s Results Beat Expectations" - NYTimes.com

It sure would be nice to be able to bring this down to the Chapelboroham level. That's a problem with all of the chain operations, whether they be big box, or not. We never know how the place in our "neighborhood" is really doing.

"One-Third of U.S. Without Broadband, F.C.C. Finds" - NYTimes.com

How are we doing in Chapelboroham?

How do people here really make use of their internet connections - of all speeds?