LaGrone:Even while the weather out side is frightfully warm, 'tis the season for temporary tenants.

LaGrone:Canadian cosmetics consumers will soon be able to get MAC Cosmetics at Crabtree Valley Mall. MAC Cosmetics, born in Toronto, is now owned by Estee Lauder.

LaGrone:Triangle Town Center has a retail buffet about to be restocked with fresh, steaming trays full of shopping.

LaGrone:Another pizza place will replace the vacant spot left by Andy's in North Hills. Cinelli's hopes to open in August in Andy's old location, off the shopping center's commons next to Fox and Hound Pub & Grille.

LaGrone:There's a frame job at Alexander Place Promenade -- but The Great Frame Up is less film noir and more put-on-your-wall.

LaGrone:Jim Langley was a big-time N.C. State fan. After he died last July from cancer, his skateboarder stepson Tommy Harward wanted to do something special to commemorate his stepfather's love of the Wolfpack and help in the fight against cancer.

LaGrone:Every sale that Larry Resnick made in the past year could have been his last.

LaGrone:On the heels of two new shoe stores at Crabtree Valley Mall, a third one is preparing to open.

LaGrone:The Crabtree Valley Mall Apple Store will go online with iPods, MacBooks and G5s next weekend. The ballyhooed computer store will hold its grand opening June 24 with sweepstakes for free Apple goodies.

LaGrone:Hopefully in time for football season, there will be a bar and restaurant in Quail Corners shopping center.

LaGrone:Now that the shops at The Alexan are open at North Hills, beware of stray lint raining from on high.

LaGrone:The burgeoning nightlife and thumping bass may be on Glenwood South, but Sanjay Matai apparently thinks the hipness extends further north. He has opened his co-ed, high fashion boutique at Triangle Town Center.

LaGrone:Jeff Ammons has landed a pizza place for The Factory, the old sweeper plant that Ammons turned into a retail and entertainment destination. The Factory, which is on U.S. 1 near Capital Boulevard, will get a Vincent's Pizza, the well-known North Ralei

LaGrone:A Florida couple who moved to North Carolina to sell outdoor gear have reeled in a big one.

LaGrone:The problem with real flowers is that they die. Smell good, but die.

LaGrone:Last week, we told of the dog who roams the grounds of The Colonnade office complex, and it seems that readers just won't let sleeping dogs lie -- at least not this chow mix.

LaGrone::If you missed the ultra huge banner on the side of the tractor trailer in the parking lot of the Northridge Shopping Center, the new Harris Teeter opened Wednesday.

LaGrone::If anything, Mame Hughes founded her restaurant to answer the question everyone always asked her about African food.

LaGrone::After more than a year's wait, the giant dragon- carved mahogany doors of Kerry Catherine slipped open quietly Saturday with little fanfare.

LaGrone::Kids wear the darndest shoes, or will soon at Crabtree Valley Mall.