Living in Raleigh, Cary and Wake Forest

Greek Fiesta Opening Soon In North Raleigh

Greek Fiesta is one of those restaurants that does fast food especially good.  And they're coming to North Raleigh soon in the Towne North shopping center at Creedmoor and Strickland Road. I say fast food because you can walk in, place an order at the counter, and get your food reasonably fast.  And it's a seat yourself restaurant so there's no tipping.  The good thing about that is not … [Read more...]

A Re-cap of First Night Raleigh 2011

I thought I would write a little follow up for a post I did New Year's Eve on First Night Raleigh 2011.  This event was tons of fun and if you're new to Raleigh you will definitely want to put this on your list of things to do in the coming years. To begin with, the weather was great, so the crowd was quite a bit larger than recent years.  The last time we were at First Night the low was in … [Read more...]

Raleigh First Night 2011

The 20th annual celebration of First Night takes place tonight in downtown Raleigh tonight.  And the weather looks like it will cooperate too with a low of only 40 degrees.  That's not bad compared with the brutally cold temps we've had lately and those on many a New Year's Eve in the past. If you're relocating to the Raleigh area you will be pleased with the abundance of things to do here. … [Read more...]