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Thursday, January 23, 2014

38 weeks

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The "Best of Carolinas" To Do List

  • Try the N&O's Best Restaurants in the Triangle for 2014
  • Taste all of these Triangle Cheap Eats
  • Try all 7 Chapel Hill iconic dishes
  • Visit Bernice Wade and Barbara Stiles' garden on Gimghoul Road
  • Crepes for brunch at Provence in Carrboro
  • Attend an event at Ackland Art Museum
  • Chow down on Sutton's hot dog special - 2 dogs with fries and a drink for $5 (Tues, Thurs)
  • Eat a waffle at Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe
  • Date Night! Dinner and a movie for $29 at Top of the Hill
  • Get a squeaky clean car wash at Ritz on Ladies Day (Wednesdays)
  • Satisfy your sweet tooth on a Tuesday with half-price cupcakes at Sugarland
  • Bowl a game on $2 Tuesday at Mardi Gras Bowling
  • Wash away the Mondays with $1 night at the Recovery Room
  • Grab a dozen hushpuppies at Cookout
  • Buy osso buco at The Meat House
  • Cut into a slice of homemade pie at Scratch
  • Go Irish at Bull McCabe's
  • Try the burgers at Wimpy's
  • Go to Southern Village for an outdoor concert or movie

The "Best of Carolinas" Already Done List

  • Started the weekend off right at Carolina Inn's Fridays on the Front Porch
  • Una margarita a Tonali Restaurante
  • Dined at Broad Street Cafe
  • Got a blast from the past with dinner at Honey's Diner in Durham
  • Ate at Lantern

Wife. Sister. Daughter. Friend.

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    14 years ago
  • Avonlea Gamel
  • Baby Gamel
  • Bennett Gamel
    5 years ago
  • Brian and Breck Gamel
  • Chastain House Renovation Stories
  • Confessions Of A CF Husband
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  • Cullen Crew
    13 years ago
  • Kate Baer
    7 years ago
  • kj the dj
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  • The Bookshelf Blog
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  • The Holymess of Marriage
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Non-profiter

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    9 years ago
  • Bread & Wine
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  • Anthony Bourdain
    10 years ago
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  • Bitten
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News Nerd

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The "Best of Costa Rica" To Do List

  • Visit every restaurant on this list of "Best in San Jose"
  • Stay at Almendros y Corales in Limon
  • Visit El Silencio eco lodge
  • Travel to Restaurante y Cabinas Arcoiris de Valle
  • See a play at the Little Theatre Group
  • Visit el Museo de Arte Costarricense
  • Go to Ram Luna's "Tierra Tica" dinner/dancing on Wednesday nights
  • Ride an aerial tram through the rain forest
  • Check out Travel & Leisure's recommended Costa Rica adventures
  • Salsa dancing at Castro's Bar

The "Best of Costa Rica" Already Done List

  • Visited el Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
  • Explored San Jose on foot with a walking tour
  • Saw the butterflies at The Butterfly Farm
  • Went shopping at Mercado Central
  • Visited the La Paz Waterfall Gardens
  • Saw the Arenal Volcano
  • Took the Cafe Britt coffee tour
  • Enjoyed a performance at Teatro Nacional
  • Ate at La Luz (named CR's best restaurant by Conde Nast)
  • Ate with the artsy crowd at Cafe Mundo

The "Best of Boston" To Do List

  • Bite into a burger at Local 149
  • Tour Taza Chocolate Factory in Somerville
  • Play putt-putt and try some ice cream at Kimball Farm
  • Go for a hike at The Fells
  • Paddle around the Charles in a kayak
  • Take the summer shuttle to Ipswich and Essex
  • Look to the stars at the Coit Observatory on Wednesdays
  • Take a ride on the Swan Boats
  • Chow down on Cutty's new roast beef sandwich
  • Eat at a Top Chef Master's restaurant, Rialto
  • Order a burger and a beer at Doyle's Cafe
  • Try to eat like a Southern gal at Tupelo
  • Grab a sandwich at Parish Cafe
  • Dine at Le Petit Robert Bistro
  • Eat a slice at Pizzeria Posto
  • Sneak into Prohibited Bar
  • Listen to live flamenco at Bar Lola
  • Get a $2 burger at Bukowski Tavern
  • Enjoy a glass of wine at the Oak Room
  • Gnosh on a Mike and Patty's sandwich
  • Play with robots at the MIT Museum
  • Listen to a "First Monday" concert at NECM's Jordan Hall
  • Try the goat at Boston's only Senegalese restaurant, Teranga
  • Check out the lunch crowd at Bistro du Midi
  • Lounge around at Lord Hobo
  • Mangez les Français at Mistral
  • Join the locavore movement at Rendezvous
  • Head to Beehive for the jazz brunch
  • Go Mediterranean at Central Kitchen
  • Grab a seat near the fireplace for dinner at Oleana
  • Sip a cocktail at Gaslight, Brasserie du Coin
  • Try the Portuguese food at Neighborhood Restaurant
  • Make some trash my treasure at the Revere Flea Market
  • Get some rest at The Porches Inn
  • See the modern art at Mass MoCA
  • Get a great deal at the Gardner, MA furniture outlets

The "Best of Boston" Already Done List

  • Pigged out on the cheap at Myers + Chang's "Cheap Date Night" on Mondays and Tuesdays
  • Mangia'd at Santarpio's Pizza in East Boston
  • Swam in Walden Pond
  • Checked out the laid-back food vibe and weekly spelling bee at Highland Kitchen
  • Visited the farmer's markets in Cambridge
  • Enjoyed a peformance by the Boston Pops
  • Biked the entire Minuteman Trail
  • Took a day trip to Manchester-by-the-Sea
  • Hit up the famous Brimfield Flea Market
  • Bought a bottle of wine at Central Intelligence
  • Ate pasta at Mamma Maria's
  • Compared the Kick Ass Cupcakes to Sweet's delicious cakes
  • Drank Turkish coffee at Helmand Restaurant
  • Ate a slice at Pizzeria Regina
  • Took a trip to the Cape

The "Best of New York" To Do List

  • Parlez-vous Francais at Le Veau D'or
  • Order an egg cream at Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop
  • Go German at Schaller & Weber
  • Cut into a juicy steak at Keen's
  • Eat Chinese at Hop Kee
  • Another night of laughing at UCB on Sunday night
  • Buy a drink at Alma in Brooklyn
  • Clubbin' at Pacha NYC
  • Eat, drink, and be merry at Schiller's Liquor Bar
  • Get tickets to Shakespeare in the Park
  • Go rollerskating on Staten Island
  • Play at Chelsea Piers
  • Rent bikes and ride down the West Side Highway, over the Brooklyn Bridge to Grimaldi's and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
  • See a movie at the historic Ziegfeld Theatre
  • Smell the flowers at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
  • Take a balloon ride in Central Park
  • Take a ride on the Yankee Clipper
  • Take a road trip to the Long Island's wine country
  • Tickets to one last Yankees game before the stadium is torn down

The "Best of New York" Already Done List

  • Ate a doughnut at The Doughnut Plant
  • Had a cocktail at The Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans Bar
  • Swam at the beach
  • Saw Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls exhibit
  • Bought some tasty treats at Economy Candy
  • Ate a burger at Louis' Lunch in New Haven, CT
  • Saw the Jeff Koons exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum rooftop
  • Had a drink at Rockefeller Center's Rink Bar
  • Went kayaking for free in the Hudson River
  • Put my toes in the sand at the Water Taxi Beach
  • Danced at P.S. 1's "Warm Up"
  • Made vanilla milkshakes with Kahlua
  • Saw Macy's fireworks from the South Street Seaport
  • Swam at Lasker Pool in Central Park
  • Rode the Train to Coney Island
  • Ate a Hot Dog at a Brooklyn Cyclones Game
  • Drank margaritas at the Boat Basin Cafe
  • Visited The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park

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