Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012
[singlepic id=7291 w=320 h=240 float=right]The premise sounds simple - run from the belltower at NC State to the Krispy Kreme eat a dozen doughnuts and return in under an hour. Approximate distance 5 miles give or take. This isn't the first time we're been to or participated in the challenge and while it is much harder than it sounds - it is likely the most fun race in Raleigh. Congrats to Mark, EdG, Eileen/iLean, BobG 11.75, Zach, Nick, Lisa, Bentley, the rest of the DC crew and anyone else I may have missed that we saw. Special congrats to those runners ...
Rembrandt in America at the NC Museum of Art
The Rembrandt in America exhibit at the NC Museum of Art uses the slogan "You know the name. Now find out why." And much in the same way that I had heard of Genghis Khan I could have told you very little about our other museum guest in the city. Namely he may have been French (not true) and he didn't have a Ninja Turtle named after him (this one is true). Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of ...
Genghis Khan at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
[singlepic id=7209 w=320 h=240 float=right]The name Genghis Khan is probably a familiar one even if you don't know who he was exactly. Before going to the exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Science I had a very vague idea of who Genghis Khan was and something of a concept of who he was historically but knew very little about the role he played in history. Genghis Khan is famous as the ruthless Mongol warlord who conquered half the known world. Under his rule, the Mongol Empire grew to be four times the size of the Roman Empire at its largest ...
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Our man on the scene is at the NHL All-Star Game right now and is sending over images. I’ll add them to this page as they come in during and after the game. So far we have images from the tunnel, ice level, and during warm-ups. More to come… Go Canes! Go Team Staal!
Thanks to BobG for the behind the scenes look at the game.
In the Fan Fair area they had activities for all ages – these were out for the little ones. Thought they were pretty cool. The accessories include a mullet and a smile with a missing tooth. Awesome stereotyping.
More pictures after the jump. If you happen to run across one of these in Canes gear let me know where you found it. I might try to pick it up to add to the various Potato Heads I have sitting around (Star Wars / Indiana Jones).
The NHL All-Stars Skills Competition. Courtesy BobG. Check out the All-Star Locker room and more after the jump…
One of the highlights of the NHL All-Star Fan Fair was getting to see the Stanley Cup. I’ve been in relatively close proximity to the cup before but never really had the opportunity to get my picture made with it. As you can see to the right I can cross this off the bucket list – done and done. It was pretty cool to see the cup and while I am not a huge hockey fan I go have a good idea of what it means.
Cooler than getting to see the cup was meeting Phil Pritchard (aka the “keeper of the cup” – full job title is vice president of the Resource Centre and curator at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto) and chatting with him for a while. He complimented Hurricanes fans on their tailgating skills and we chatted about local restaurants and things to do in town. For someone with what one might call a fairly prestigious job and a minimal amount of celebrity he was a really cool guy. More pictures after the jump of us, him and of course Lord Stanley’s Cup.
UPDATE: Added a picture of BobG with the cup – he wasn’t with us but he did get a visit earlier in the day.
Many more blog posts and images to come but here are the first few from yesterday. More to come.