This signage for the brand new McDonalds, on the corner of Boylan and Peace Street in Raleigh, pretty much sums up my own mental turmoil upon going there. MMMM…fries…no, it’s bad for me….mmmmmm…no I should support local businesses…french fries mmmmm…no!…mmmmm.

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Abby Ryan has been creating a painting a day since ’07. Beautiful, simple and delicious. Seems like a great approach to creating and selling work but from the looks of all the food subjects she may still be a starving artist (w/ an occasional smoke. see variety of matches). She also makes it look easy [...]

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This Buddhist complex in Thailand was built using over a million recycled beer bottles. Yet another inspiration to drink beer … cheers

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