My wife and I had a little holiday this weekend to celebrate both of our birthdays. We visited some new places and enjoyed almost 24 hours on our own. It was quite lovely.

Crazy Alan’s Emporium was the highlight for me. An amazing stationary store in Chapel Hill. Hands down my favorite new place to find.

We visited Raleigh Denim, a fantastic denim shop in Downtown Raleigh. We didn’t buy anything but it was really fun to look and try on some things. Actually, I did buy a bundle of scraps for some mending projects I’m working on.

We had dinner at East End Bistrot in Raleigh. We did small plates so we could try different things and it was fantastic. Some of the best food I’ve had in recent memory. We sat at the bar which was a lot of fun getting to chat with the bar tenders and other folks sitting there. A highlight was a drink the bar tender made for us because we were celebrating birthdays he called “bar stories.”