piedmont farm tour

this was my first year attending the piedmont farm tour.  many farms participate in this yearly event, and we had the opportunity to tour three of them (including a vineyard)!  we saw all different kinds of animals (alice was kind enough to wave to every single one of them), we met a few farmers, and we sampled a few different wines.  overall, not a bad saturday!

"please don't eat me!"

 i didn't want to get off that tree swing, but there was a line of kids waiting to swing on it.

mudcats

last weekend, cory and i decided to enjoy the (very welcome) warmer weather by going to a minor league baseball game in zebulon, north carolina.  while north carolina does lack slightly in the area of professional sports in my opinion, we are fortunate to have a lot of great smaller sporting events. 

the carolina mudcats y'all!  cory was sweet enough to buy me some boiled peanuts (my fav!)  also, i made a new friend, who obviously has impeccable taste since we were sporting the same sandals.

there was a hula hoop contest and hot dogs. . . 

after the game was over, we decided to drive back into raleigh to have lunch on the rooftop at one of my favorite summatime hangouts. . . rudinos!

good beer.  great weather.  even better company.  perfect sunday.

easter getaway

we have been staying in town consecutively way too many weekends, and my travel fever was at an all time high last weekend.  we booked a last minute trip to wilmington, nc for a quick easter weekend getaway.  the weather was still a bit chilly, so we traded in our bathing suits for jackets, and settled for a stroll on the beach.  once the evening arrived, we went out in downtown wilmington to several of our favorite spots.  i love this town. . . there's so much history and amazing architecture.  we felt as if we had been transported to another place and time, not bad for a one-day getaway.

once we arrived, we didn't waste any time.  we went straight to one of my favorite sandwich shops in the whole wide world, chops deli.  my undying craving has been fulfilled for at least the next few weeks :)

   while it was still daylight, we attempted to burn off some of our sandwich and potato chips with a romantic stroll down the beach.

we met a cute crab along the way.

oh, hello future dream home.  we welcomed sunset with cold beers and shrimp cocktail on the pier at oceanic, then headed back to the hotel where we had a fabulous view of the riverfront.

we returned back to wilmington and headed downtown to end the night at a few of our favorite spots, including front street brewery and cape fear wine and beer.

this is what happens after a few strong craft beers, mixed with the excitement of being on vacation.  I can't wait for our next getaway.  is this weekend too soon?  probably.