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My Weekend Taste of Italy

Raffaldini Vineyards

Believe it or not, I’ve never been to a winery before, so I decided to take a little road trip this weekend to the Raffaldini Vineyards and Winery, located in Ronda, North Carolina. I picked this one because I fell in love with the Tuscan-style design, and they were having an Italian Festival too. Isn’t [...]

LEGO KidsFest Show – Coming to Raleigh North Carolina

Lego minifig

LEGO KidsFest, a three-day interactive family show, will stop at the Raleigh Convention Center October 7-9, 2011! With interactive, creative, and educational activities for kids ages 2-102, everyone is sure to be entertained. Not only are there dozens of large-scale and small-scale models on display, there are tons of activities where families can jump right [...]

Minor League Baseball Games are Fun! – WW

Me at baseball game

I despise watching baseball on tv, but going to a baseball game is a blast!!! So I went to see the Kinston Indians play a couple of weeks ago. I love minor league because it’s really laid back, and there are no long time out delays like in the majors. And they have ridiculous mascots [...]

A Day With the Relics

Raleigh museum 1

When people go to museums, such as I did on Saturday, many of them find dinosaur remains to be captivating entertainment. Fascination to be found in skeletal scraps. But bones don’t tug at my heartstrings. However, seahorses? Irresistible. Museums are full of things that are creepy. And gigantic. The truth is that I was so [...]

Except For the Spitting, It Was a Great Day

Remember when I showed you a dude in a tutu? Well, I met the fella at the Carolina Renaissance Festival a couple of weeks ago. It was Halloween weekend so costumes were everywhere. People really get into dressing up, don’t they? Not I. Please tell me what a stormtrooper has to do with medieval times. [...]