Local Scene

Confluence coffee

Dec 11th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

Confluence Coffee is a nice coffee house located in south Winston-Salem that is more than it seems.



The Dash - Winston-Salem baseball team’s new name

Dec 5th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene, News

So the old Winston-Salem Warthogs are now the Dash. Hard to say it is much of an improvement over the Warthogs but perhaps with time, it may take on a better feel.



What downtown Winston-Salem needs is …

Nov 17th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

What does Winston-Salem need downtown to continue to give momentum in re-establishing downtown as the place to be? Well, here are some recommendations.



Surviving another hot day in the city

Aug 3rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

A suffocating hot day in the city today. The sort of heat that when you go outside, you feel you can not breathe even after the minimum of exertion. Appears that we will have more of the same for the next few days to come.



Photo of the Day: Cat Statue

Aug 3rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene, Photo of the Day

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One of the many statues found in the downtown area of Winston-Salem as part of the ASPCA annual awareness and fundraising drive. Plaster statues of dogs and cats are given to local artists and high school students to paint and decorate in a theme. This statue found in front of Cat’s Corner Cafe, is painted [...]



The restaurant trade in Winston-Salem takes a hit

Jul 18th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Dining Out, Food, Local Scene, Politics and Economy

Saw the list of the 600 Starbucks location that are closing in the United States over the next several months. With 12 locations scattered throughout the city with most of them opening in the past three years, it was with some surprise that the only location Winston-Salem location closing is the one at Harpers Commons [...]



Skyscrapers do not make a city

Jul 12th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

Technically any municipality can be called a city as long as they provide all of the essential services as required to manage it like police, health & sanitation and emergency services. Population is not supposed to be a factor so you can have a city as small as 8000 people in size or as large [...]



Traffic Roundabouts

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene

I was driving in a new part of town the other week when I came across a roundabout in the road. Considering where I was, I thought it a bit unusual given the traffic flow I saw in the area but it was no matter to me as I drove through it and continued on.
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