Busy Valentine's Day Weekend!

It appears that I am not destined to post during the week! School/work/applying for post-graduation jobs is just keeping me too busy.

But I had a great weekend and got to try out three places (some new to the area, some have been here for years - I just hadn't made it to them yet) in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. And I got a snazzy business suit for some upcoming job interviews! :) So all in all a good weekend.

On Saturday night the husband and I met up with two good friends at Isaac Hunter's Taven in downtown Raleigh. It's located on Fayetteville St. - right by the Capitol. It opened late last fall and I've been wanting to check it out for a while. It's name is inspired by the original tavern located where Raleigh now is and reportedly it was there that the politicians decided to put the state capitol in Raleigh (back in the early 1790s!). We had a great time -the bar is much bigger than you'd think when you first walked in and we particularly loved that they had a shuffleboard, darts, fussball and a Wii set up to play with! My husband likes having something to do at the bar other than just sitting and we happily had a small wii bowling tournament among the four of us! Check out the website here! I tried a Cherry Bounce drink - which supposedly would have been served at the original Tavern. It was pretty tasty :) The Raleigh Connoisseur discusses the drink a bit more here if you're interested!

On Sunday - after coming home from church to a beautiful bouquet of flowers and chocolates from my wonderful husband! we headed to Chapel Hill for brunch. We ended up going to Ye Olde Waffle House - which I've walked past many times on Franklin St. but never gone to. It was quite good - I had the french toast which was quite good and husband got the Big Omelet which he liked. Overall we really enjoyed it but there was less quantity than we got at Elmo's the week before (and no coffee while we waited!). But I'm glad we finally got there. The Waffle Shoppe has no website but it's on Franklin St. right next to Four Corners.

We also checked out Caffe Driade Sunday afternoon - husband is very into coffee and has been wanting to try it out for a while. It was a really fun place - tucked away in the woods - and our cappacinos were delicious :) It seems like the perfect place to chat or get some serious studying/schoolwork done!

Oh gosh this was a text heavy post - I need to start taking pictures when we go places! I'll do better I promise!

Finch's Restaurant

Raleigh has a few hidden gems for restaurants. Today I got to finally eat at one of them. After church one of my good friends suggested grabbing lunch at Finch's - a breakfast/lunch place that has been around for over 50 years. I jumped at the suggestion since I had yet to go. It is located on Peace St. right by the Capital Blvd. on-ramp. Set back a bit, it definitely is your standard quick order place- walk in, seat yourself and pick from a delicious assortment of breakfast and lunch choices -most of which are under $5! My friend got her favorite- french toast, which looked delicious. And I got a club sandwich (for only$4!).

I recommend checking it out - it's a great place for a quick bite and it's a big place so you never really have to wait, even on a Sunday after church. Just be sure to have cash - that's all they take!

I couldn't find a website for them - but here's a link to the page on google: Finch's

Trivia!

My husband and I are trivia junkies - and luckily so are our friends! For the past year and a half a group of us have been playing trivia at Tir Na Nog in downtown Raleigh on a fairly regular basis. Sadly, last night was my last night of trivia for four months because I have a night class starting next week :( We didn't do as well as usual - but we had a gift card from previous winnings to spend, so it was a fun night nevertheless :)

If you're looking for trivia in the Raleigh area, I definitely recommend checking out Tir Na Nog - it's held every Wed. night at 9pm. There are a lot of other trivia nights in the area at other places as well - I might have to do some exploring into other ones so I can still get my weekly trivia fix! :)