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Car-Free: Work Week 7 and the Weekend in Review

This week held a couple of interesting during-commute events. I met a fellow cycling commuter on the ride home earlier in the week. Nice guy on a free box-store bike. He needed some saddle advice. It was kind of nice to actually talk to someone on the ride instead of just being passed with barely [...]

A Review: Jacksonville’s Jailhouse Bar-B-Q

Friday night I had dinner at the Jailhouse Bar-B-Q restaurant in Jacksonville. The Jailhouse is named such because it’s home is the former Onslow County Jail. The restaurant still has that feeling of imprisonment, but not nearly the negative connotation…More like a prisoner in a barbeque’ed paradise! I had the ribs and BBQ dinner with [...]

A Review: Jacksonville’s Hooters

Yes, that Hooters. I had lunch today at the local Jacksonville, NC Hooters restaurant. It wasn’t my first time in the Hooters, but it was the first time I’ve been there to eat. Let’s clear something up first, though. Yes, Hooters has attractive women in skimpy clothing that serve men. Is it demeaning? I don’t [...]

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