Blog Log: The week in local blogging
How sick are we of winter? No, not sick like How To Take a Fall, or even sick like a bear can make you sick, as seen over at WNCOutdoors. Just sick like ready for spring.
Day: March 28, 2008
Downtown parking: A spot of one’s own
City parking, no matter the city, can often be an iffy proposition, especially in a place as vibrant and popular with tourists as Asheville. But that doesn’t mean there’s not enough spots to go around, Council member Brownie Newman told fellow members before they unanimously accepted a parking study conducted by Cary, N.C., firm Kimley-Horn & Associates at Council’s March 25 meeting.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Who killed the Whodunit?
I thought it might be interesting to dust off a handful of “golden age” detective movies from the early years of sound. I admit the five titles chosen are, with one exception, a rather quirky and personal selection. It does, however, represent the basics of a genre that seems to be lost to us for good.
