Kuki, located off of Wake Forest Road in North Raleigh, has the best sushi in town. I’ve tried almost all of the other places: Sono, Sushi-Thai, Sushi Blues, and countless more, and while most of those places were good, none have left the impression on me that Kuki has. Kuki’s food beats anywhere else in town hands down, and is wonderfully free of the pretension and edge that plagues most high quality sushi bars.

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Driving home from the demonstration, National Public Radio announced the last casualty figures from the Gaza Invasion – 500 Palestinian Civilians. Today’s onslaught of Israeli bombs brought about the death of twenty Palestinian children, and yet political leaders on both sides of the aisle continue to support the Israeli offensive.

The demonstration was held Monday evening on January 5th at the Bell Tower next to Hillsborough Street on NC State’s campus.

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This was an enormous year for us all, and probably the most significant of my life. To reflect, I went to the bar and got blisteringly drunk.

I went to Mojoe’s first for a bucket of beer and 2 dollar burger, and then walked next door to The Black Flower to watch The Cool Kid Collective play.

I like The Black Flower. Unlike most places on Glenwood, it has class without the reek of snobbery. The owner gave me free Energizers when my camera died, something I just can’t see happening in most of the other bars down there.
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