Category North Carolina
Spring North Carolina 2023, Part One
January 31 – February 2, April 18 – May 2 With my hip replacement scheduled for the middle of February, we decided to get in one last road trip before I would have to begin another three months of convalescence. Taking advantage of a winter promotion in Yosemite where if one purchased two nights of […]
Cisco Fest 2022, Part Nine
September 16 – 28 When we finished our breakfast at the Goodwurst Company, Jay suggested we head over to the Ballantyne neighborhood to check out the Architects of Air Luminarium exhibition that was part of the Charlotte International Arts Festival held there. Luminarium Is the brainchild of Alan Parkinson, an English photographer who in 1992 […]
Cisco Fest 2022, Part Eight
September 16 – 28 Sunday dawned bright and clear, and I hung out at the apartment until it was time to head up to Summit Coffee in Davidson to meet Joanna (after her book club outing) and members of her Carolina family, including Debi, daughter Kristen and her husband Brian, and Shaun’s partner Hannah and […]
Cisco Fest 2022, Part Seven
September 16 – 28 I landed in Charlotte around noon for what would be almost a week of catching up with our many friends and former neighbors there. Joanna picked me up at the airport and our first order of business was lunch, as we’d be consuming mass quantities of vino, as it our usual […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, Summerfield, Charleston, and Fernandina Beach
November 3-8 We made the now familiar drive up to Durham to spend one night there as we continued to work on Joanna’s mom’s placement and the next morning drove the short distance to Ann and Rendy’s where we would spend just two nights. It would be a low-key visit, with a couple of highlights, […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Charlotte, Part Three
October 29 – November 2 Continuing our string of meeting up with two different sets of people each day, we made our way to The Famous Toastery at Concord Mills to for breakfast with some of our friends from the Piedmont Adventure Club, Peggy and Luther and Diane and Loren. During our time in Charlotte […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Charlotte, Part Two
October 29 – November 2 The next morning, Sunday, we’d get to participate in a bike ride we’ve long missed doing, that is the occasional Breakfast ride with Charlotte Area Cyclists, hosted by our good friend Maurice who started and runs the club. This is probably the shortest ride the club offers, as we’ve enjoyed […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Charlotte, Part One
October 29 – November 2 We took off that Friday morning for five nights in Charlotte that would pass by in a blur as we made a valiant effort to touch as many of our friends there as we could, for the most part 2-3 separate meet ups per day and. Also, as the situation […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, NC, Part Two
October 24-28 As mentioned in the prior post, later that day we ventured downtown to eat and drink at the Durham Food Hall, which opened in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic and yet survives to this day. We grabbed a couple of seats at the large bar and after ordering a round of […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, NC, Part One
October 24-28 The six-hour drive to Durham went smoothly and we arrived at Nicole’s by midafternoon, ready to see what the week to follow would bring us, both with the car and Joanna’s Mom. Anticipating that we might be leaving the Highlander at the body shop the next day after getting the estimate, we emptied […]
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