Tag Archives: Chapel Hill

Engagement Dinner & UNC Running Tour

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Good morning! Matt and I went out to dinner on Monday night to celebrate our engagement! Our first engagement dinner was at Panera on the 5 hour drive home from the hike Sunday, so we thought we should probably up the ante a bit. ;) We decided to go to 411 West, a fun …

Terra Vita Food & Wine Event 2011

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On Saturday, following our ridiculous 10k mud race, Matt and I cleaned up and classed it up to attend a fun food and wine event right here in Chapel Hill! The event, called Terra Vita, was all about celebrating the local best in sustainable food and beverage. In their words, Terra Vita …

Chapel Hill Adventures & Fresh Thai Summer Rolls

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Hello, hello! I’ve been having a wonderful weekend here in Chapel Hill – my friend Ashley from D.C. has been visiting! You’ll recognize her if you’ve read pretty much any of my race recaps (or running posts from DC) because we trained for and ran the Army 10 Miler, Cherry …

Pita Pit & New Laptop Recommendations, Please!

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TGIF! Apparently it’s actually fall now. There’s a serious chill in this air this morning – quite the change from yesterday’s 90 degrees, humid, and sunny! After class yesterday, I walked from campus up to Franklin Street (the main street in Chapel Hill) with my classmate Diana for lunch! You guys …

Restaurant Review: Butternut Squash in Chapel Hill

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Hello friends! I found a great new (to me) restaurant last night here in Chapel Hill – Butternut Squash! A bunch of local readers had recommended it so I finally decided it was time to give it a try and met my high school friends Kristi, Amy, and Hilary for dinner …

A Food Tour of Chapel Hill

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Hello, hello! I had a wonderful Friday showing Tina around Chapel Hill today :) Here we are on campus with the famous UNC well! The weather was GORGEOUS here today – nearly 80 and super sunny! I took Tina straight from the airport to a fun outdoor lunch at one of …

Lunch at Sandwhich in Chapel Hill!

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Hello, friends! Guess what? I’m officially on spring break!!!! And it feels SO good. I had my biochem exam this morning at 11 (it was ROUGH… bleh), so I asked if Matt wanted to come meet me for lunch afterward to celebrate :) At the recommendation of my friend …

Winter in North Carolina is Amazing

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Yesterday was awesome. It was 65 and sunny here in North Carolina – yes, in January. Winter here rules. Matt and I spent the morning getting some work out of the way so that by lunch time, we’d be free to play! It was very exciting because we busted out …