Raleigh

For the St. Patrick’s Day Parade last year. Easy to walk around and downtown has lots of Historic places to visit.

Just stayed overnight here with coworkers. We arrived in the evening and stayed overnight to catch a plane home the next morning. We drove around downtown, looking for a place to eat. We finally stopped at a pretty hip-looking place called the Mellow Mushroom. We had pizzas. I rather liked the restaurant.

I dropped the coworkers off at the airport and stayed on for a few extra days, as my brother, dougviii, lives about 80 miles away.

There’s a small park in the middle of town, which is a great place to meet have a picnic and meet homeless people. Also, I highly sugest walking around alone at night so Johns think you’re a male prostitute..

I’ve been here a few times, for a total of 4-5 weeks, maybe. There are said to be 100,000 university students within a few miles, what with NCSU, UNC, Duke and Wake Forest. But I don’t knwo where they all hide! Not as exciting a city as one would expect. I remember Raleigh as the place where I learned what it means to be able to cut the humidity with a knife. But it is a beautiful place and seems like a pretty good place to live. great golf courses. Saw my first college football game there and came to understand a little of how crazy that actually is! NC State vs. Pitt and the home team one. Major party!

Growing like crazy. Go CANES.

..I found that it was true, you can never really go home again.

I moved to Raleigh, NC from a small town in Texas where I reside again now. I experienced culture shock-if a 10yr old can. I ended up adapting and loving the city and surrounding cities and towns. Raleigh’s population is a mix of people from all over the U.S. as well as Raleigh natives. The mix makes it interesting. The city is not too big or small. It has so many things to do. There are museums, several high ranked colleges and universities. There are many theaters-some even sit you at tables and serve you food (dinner theaters). There is the Rose Garden that has an outdoor amphitheatre for local plays. The Rose Garden is beautiful-especially in peak seasons. There is the arboretum and the flea market on Hillsborough St. and one on Capital Blvd. I could go on and on. The first state fair I went too blew my mind-it was so huge-not like the small county fairs I was used to. I had never lived anywhere with so many restaurants and things to do. Bowling, putt putt, movie theaters, schools, universities ect…I hated to move after 18 years of living there. I miss Raleigh and will probably will move back one day soon.

I was only 13 when my brother and his family took me to Raleigh. We went to a college, something like Raleigh/Durham or something and watch a 4th of July fireworks show. We stayed in a very wealthy neighborhood at my sister-in-laws parents home, which was georgous and mainly built of glass. It wasn’t great as a child, but I would go back as an adult just because there seemed to be alot to do there.

My husband and I LOVE Raleigh and can’t wait to move back … as soon as I get this PhD out of the way, that is :-)

I went to a large club called Legends. I really wanted to get out of my house and have a couple drinks and party it up some. I met some really nice people, the bartender was awesome, and the music was very underground and good. I guess it’s a “goth” club on Monday and Thursday nights, I believe its a gay club on the other nights. You can play pool (on nice tables), sit out in a peaceful court yard, or go dance on a huge dance floor. I felt like I was back in Miami! It’s good times. Drinks weren’t that much and were strong. I highly recommend this club to anyone who likes dance music and wants to get out of their house for 3 bucks at the door.

have fun :)