Tag: restaurants

  • I’m Living in France – and Drinking Less Wine Than Ever

    I’m Living in France – and Drinking Less Wine Than Ever

    I’ve been in the south France for nearly a month and I’ll be here off and on through the end of April finishing my dual master’s degree in Global Luxury Management. You’d think while I’ve been here that I would have had more than my fair share of wine already,…

  • Sunday Funday in Cannes

    A week ago Sunday, Johnnie Bud and I headed to Cannes with GLM classmates Daniel, Sarah, and Stephanie. Taking the SNCF train for $12 round-trip, it was about a 30 minute ride (with stops included) and we couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was fairly quiet in Cannes on…

  • Really Tasty Retreats Happening at O.Henry and Proximity Hotels in Greensboro

    By far, two of my favorite boutique hotel concepts in NC (and the country), O.Henry Hotel and Proximity Hotel in Greensboro will play host to a few very innovative, and tasty, weekend getaways this summer and fall. Savor the South Weekend: September 26-28Authors from UNC Press Savor the South Cookbook…

  • 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…

  • Update: Cameron Bar & Grill Coming Soon!

    If you read my previous post on new additions to Cameron Village you might be as excited as I am to read that Cameron Bar and Grill should be opening in the middle of this coming week (the good news came from the always ahead of the game GoGoRaleigh.com blog).…

  • Well Crap…

    Looks like the industry rumors are true… Nelson’s is closed (but it’s reopening, as Ashton says, as Foster’s … again). Check out the N&O article on all the happenings in Cameron Village. We’ll shall see what will become of the Nelson’s Late-Night and if Foster’s will offer something similar. In…

  • This Is A Very Important Topic These Days…

    Where to go for lunch/dinner and where can we sit outside to enjoy doing so (bonus points if the dogs can join, too!)? Thank you, thank you, thank you to Ashton’s daily email update and to the following blog for gathering all the info into one blog post for us:…

  • Tobacco Road

    Dangit! I wanted a piece of a sports bar to call “Tobacco Road”. I knew it’d be a great name for a bar around these parts. And I still know that it’ll be a great place to watch college sports with a nice hint of rivalry in the air. Apparently,…