S.C. Welcomes Boeing. Hey Y’all!
She Thinks Her Daddy is a Marsupial
Kudo’s to marsupials. They really have a great built-in travel system.
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Bravo Show is Good Late Night TV
Columbia’s Newest Real Estate Listings
Columbia’s Newest Hotsheet; Sept 28-Oct. 14, 2009
This edition of The Hotsheet features 119 listings. About 20 of them include the new homes for sale in Rosewood Hills. Although these aren’t “new” listings, they’re probably included because they’ve been re-listed at a new price point which gives them a new MLS number.
Have fun clicking!
Post & Courier Tweets It’s Now #1
Companies spend years and millions of dollars branding themselves. For as long as any of us can remember The State Newspaper has been known as “South Carolina’s Largest Newspaper.”
The State’s largest competitor, Charleston’s Post and Courier, has long tagged itself “The South’s Oldest Daily Newspaper.” According to a recent Tweet, Charleston’s daily can now boast both titles.
Actually, it’s gonna be the years of repetitive branding that will keep The State #1 in the minds of Sandlappers. The State’s website, Facebook and Twitter pages also still claiming it’s #1 status.
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Chick-fil-A + 5 Points = Perfect Fit
Finally…Chick-fil-A Destined for 5 Points
After years of wishful thinking, plans finally seem to be in the works to bring the incredibly popular franchise to Columbia’s 5 points.
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1000 times that the spot currently occupied by Hardee’s would be PERFECT for a Chick-fil-A store. Our morning Starbucks crew has pined over it many times as we suck down our Americanos and Lattes. Tonight, WISTV.com reported that this fleeting thought may actually come to fruition as Hardee’s lease ends in 2010.
Hardee’s is a fine enough place to eat. Having said this, the Hardee’s on Harden St. has never really been a place that in town workers and/or USC students really adopted as a destination place to dine. Whatever the reason, this particular store just hasn’t created the right stigma that the location commands. In my years in Columbia, I’ve never once said or heard the words, “Hey…Let’s hit Hardee’s on Harden.” Chick-fil-A will change this.
Any readers of this post may ask, “If you believe in the success so much, why haven’t you opened the store yourself?” The answer is simply, $$$$. It takes a grand amount of money and an extreme commitment to acquire a Chick-fil-A franchise.
Kudos to the folks who are going to make this work. I know a lot of folks who will be frequent patrons. It’s been a winner waiting to happen for a long time…
Political Nastiness > National Good??
We Can’t Be Nice To Each Other For Our Own Good
The very existence of the Olympic Games is a symbolic gesture in which all nations gather at one stage to compete in a peaceful manner. Within this worldwide effort exists a feeling of national pride that’s unique to each participating country. The comments I’ve witnessed since we learned that Chicago wouldn’t be the host city tells me that we may need a lesson in this.
Trolling through Facebook and Twitter during the selection process surprised me to say the least. The “Update” banter on the networking sites had me shaking my head with every comment. It just seemed a little odd to see so many people happy that Chicago lost out, simply because the President of the United States made an effort to recruit the games. It was as though we were pulling against ourselves.
I don’t know if I was more surprised or sad to watch political “HaHa’s!” as the dominant theme of the moment. Status update after update made fun of the contingent that traveled to Copenhagen on America’s behalf.
I suppose our politics are really that terrible. Anytime a Democrat or Republican says something or attends anything, they are immediately pummeled by the other side. Even given extreme severity it seems that we could get behind an effort to recruit the Olympic Games for Pete’s sake. Guess not.
As a side note, I’d hate to be the one or two cities that have to follow in Beijing’s footsteps as it was one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen on TV.
Anyway, congratulations to Rio on being the host city in 2016. I’m sure it’ll be fun to watch!
I-385 Travelers=8 Months of Detours
The project will cost $45 million.