This  weekend is the annual Heavy Rebel Weekender here in Winston-Salem. While the main focus is showcasing the various bands that are on stage from Friday night to Sunday night, for me it is the cars that are as much of the event as anything else. Saturday from 9am-4pm, cars from custom jobs, classic vehicles, [...]

When I walk down Fourth St in Winston Salem, or drive through the small towns around North Carolina, I am saddened to see so many boarded up store fronts and empty streets. Obviously, it was not always this way. Downtowns were once the heart of these cities and towns but like most elsewhere in America [...]

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From this view, you can the Reynolds tower, the Winston Towers, and the 1 Fourth St West buildings

According to Best Life magazine, Winston-Salem is the 99th best city to raise a family in the United States. Greensboro came in at 96. Honolulu was the top ranked city noted for its education, low unemployment along with endless opportunities to enjoy the outdoors especially with all of that oceanfront property. I must say, [...]

Winston-Salem NC has a central library for the city located on Fifth St downtown. Historically, it is built on property that was the original Reynolds manor before the Reynolds moved to their country mansion on Reynolda Rd. It is a decent size building with all of the key components to what I deemed essential [...]