Lisa Jeffries Nobling – Raleigh, NC

Tag: Renee

  • A New Raleigh Restaurant and New Crafty Website Addiction

    Renee and I were chatting on the way to Cafe Caturra last night about how we both have sewing machines, but wish we actually knew what we were doing in that department.

    Now granted, I had to take a class or two in garment construction for my TATM degree… but my awesome momma may or may not have helped me with my final project after I broke TWO sewing machines in the process. (Read into that as much as you’d like.) I can rock out a design and the pattern construction. But, the actual garment construction? Notsomuch.

    Nonetheless, it hasn’t kept me from stumbling upon BurdaStyle.com:

    The site, “for people who sew”, has patterns, projects, skills, tutorials and more. I signed up for their eNews, so let’s see if Renee and I actually improve our lack of crafty skills in this department sometime this summer 🙂

    Oh yeah, back to the wine!

    Renee and I may or may not have sampled mmm… say 5 or 6 of the wine bar and restaurant’s 10 reds, 10 whites, and 5 dessert wines… many of which are seasonal which means enjoy them now, because come fall there will be some new wines to love. You can buy any of their wines in several sizes, so we opted for the 3 oz. pours, which is perfect if you don’t want a large pour of wine or want to indulge in several smaller. (I’m sure you can see where this is going.)

    I profiled the pre-opening of this place on i heart retail and was glad to read in TBJ yesterday that it finally opened. Renee and I just enjoyed the wine last night, but they do a full fresh food menu, so I’ll be back to try the food soon. Cafe Caturra is in Cameron Village near Talbot’s.

  • Yeahhhh Buddy!

    That’s what I’m talkin’ about!! (It only took us an entire season of Ls to pull off our first W!)

    As you can imagine, a major celebration went down at The Bassment that night.

    Read the recap here.

  • Some Quick Raleigh Updates…

    …because I’m always shocked how many of my friends actually get their updates from my local round-up of Raleigh blogs.

    Goodberry’s is coming to Cameron Village – GoGoRaleigh.com
    A Rooftop Carolina Ale House is coming to Glenwood South – DTRaleigh.com
    Boylan Bridge Brewpub is open for business – NewRaleigh.com
    I hear Foundation makes their own in-house cola… and want to try it – NewRaleigh.com    And in some previously unpublished original updates:
    Tobacco Road has has added a apple/candied walnut/and some sort of cheese salad to the menu… and it’s SO good. Lisa S. and I took Cagle to lunch there on Friday – we both had it and loved it.

    Friday night and Sunday afternoon Renee and I ended up at The Oxford and I had the Fried Goat Cheese salad both times. Renee had their very cool twist on the caprise salad. Both, very good, too.

  • “Rampant, Like Herpes…”

    “…but for positive.”

    So I’m pretty much anti-politics campaigning (sheesh, you’d think we could’ve cured cancer, saved A LOT of puppies, and clothed/fed/housed many others with the $300 million spent by one party on their campaign and the $200 million spent by the other party on their campaigns – which I’m betting are low-ball figures) but I don’t hate this “public service” campaign and it’s star-studded funniness.

    I also really love that it doesn’t include “register to vote for (insert candidate sponsoring said ad here)”.

    Thanks for emailing that to us girls, Renee!

    PS – “Don’t” vote.

  • Talk Southern to Me: Manners

    Manners: not so much southern words as much as they are a way of talking.

    Here’s wiki’s definition of manners, but they’re much better illustrated below.

    An email quote from Renee – I swear sometimes it’s like the girl is my cosmic twin that just happened to grow up in Eden instead of Raleigh.

    “One guy thanked me for being so hospitable – I welcomed him to the South and told him I am a lady.“Finally, a quote from Magnolia’s and Juleps’ story about one girl’s manners:“Why did G respond respectfully at all times to someone 10 years her senior (eek) who is in an authority position? Not knowing how or why I would need to explain it, I simply asked this girl where she was from again. When she said ‘New Jersey’, I simply turned around and said, “Then you just wouldn’t understand”. In my South, that’s just what you do.”