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January 2006

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6 January 2006 | Link this

Happy New Year!

I spent my New Year's Day in Charleston, South Carolina, and it seemed like a good excuse to put up one of my rare self-portraits. The backdrop is a really cool Harris Teeter store crafted from an old railroad warehouse building in the historic district of Charleston.

In case you're interested and don't hang around at the Message Board, I've posted a few photos there in the Name That Store forum. If you have any guesses, please feel free to let me know...

17 January 2006 | Link this

Note to anyone in the Los Angeles area who might care: I'll be a guest on KCRW's "Good Food" on Saturday 21 January at 11AM. If you miss the show or don't live near LA, I believe there's also a podcast available for free download...

30 January 2006 | Link this

OK, so maybe I wasn't on the radio a few weeks back as stated. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I'll update you if I get any more news...

Anyhow, for those who care, I'm working fast and furiously on my new Charlotte section, which is promising to be the most thoroughly researched yet...

If you have any information for me, please let me know. I'm especially light on vintage photos, so these are particularly appreciated, as are additions to the list of stores I've compiled. Note that there is no information for the years between 1992 and 2005. I'm working on it; so far I've been unable to uncover city directories for these years...

I've also been adding some random bits and pieces to the San Francisco section, not to mention Safeway and Lucky to reflect some recent research...

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