Lodge America Of Raleigh

Carolina Hurricanes hockey

by superWade

Come see the Carolina Hurricanes play hockey. If you goto the box office on gameday you may be able to get a ticket for a little over $10. This ticket will of course be in the upper level seats. The beauty of the RBc center is that none of the seats are really bad. This picture was taken from a $10 seat.

Carolina Concrete

by SSerre about Goodberrys

While in town, you must try some of Goodberry’s Carolina Concrete Frozen Custard. They were mixing items into their custard before all those other chains came into town. They make their mixture right in the store frequently during the day versus having it shipped in from corporate. They use fresh berries and nuts, versus processed purees.

The product they serve is so thick that they flip it upside down before handing it to you and every bit of it stays in the cup.

Most of the locations have outdoor seating, and they’re open year round. There’s eight locations in the Triangle.

The Blue Ridge Restaurant

by FreeCloud about The Blue Ridge Restaurant

Conveniently located inside the North Carolina Museum of Art, serving lunch during the week but dinner only on Friday.

Simple and artistically decorated dining hall, rather high ceiling, with live piano music, nice view of the lawn outside of the museum.

Excellent yet interesting food, not pricy. Casual atmosphere. International Cuisine

Everything on the menu is interesting.

Healthy food cleanly and artistically presented.

Pullen Park

by TimDaoust

Pullen Park is a fun place to take the kids and for grown ups as well. The main fun here for me when I was a kid was the electric train the goes around the park. Every kid on the train screams in the tunnel on the first part of the ride. Not out of fright but to annoy the parent or babysitter riding with them. There is also a pond with pedal boats, an old fashioned carousel that dates back to 1976. The rides are inexpensive and are paid for with tickets that you can buy at the entrance to the park. If rides aren't your thing there is plenty else to do in the park. One can just simply stroll around and appreciate the gardens, have a picnic at any of the many sheltered picnic areas or even take a dip in the swimming pool.

Home Sweet Home

by SSerre

"How to find what's happening"

When looking for things to do in the Raleigh area, I suggest two websites to look at:

www.triangle.citysearch.com
www.zspotlight.com

They are both kept up to date with current events, restaurant reviews, movie showtimes, and bunches of information helpful for your visit.

"Local words for tourists to know:"

Beltine: I-440, the main highway that loops around Raleigh. There’s an Inner Beltline and an Outer Beltline. The Inner Beltline goes clockwise, the Outer Beltline goes counter-clockwise.

Outer Loop: The still-under construction I-540, that right now only goes around the North side of Raleigh, but is planned in the next 10-15 years to go around a good portion of Wake County.

North Raleigh: Refers to the part of Raleigh above Millbrook Road between Glenwood Ave and Capital Blvd, roughly.

Preston: A fancy subdivision in Cary surrounding the Prestonwood Country Club.

Wakefield: A fancy subdivision in Wake Forest surrounding the Wakefield Plantation Country Club.

Lowes: Around here, it’s both a food store and a home improvement store. Lowes Home Improvement store has the blue logo, Lowes Foods has a green and white one. There’s even shopping centers with both kinds in them.

Tea: Iced Tea, not the hot stuff. Served sweetened or unsweetened, typically with a wedge of lemon. You can get the hot, out of a bag kind as well, just be specific when ordering it so you get the right kind.

Pig Pickin: A gathering where barbeque pig is served on a 5-foot-plus grill referred to as a pig cooker. The pig may be cut or mostly in tact with head and feet and all. The meat is generally served shredded versus cut neatly. The sauce used is a vinegar based barbeque sauce, which is a standard in Eastern North Carolina. In other parts of the country this would be referred to as a Pig Roast.