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Local Tourist {North Carolina Botanical Garden}
For this week’s edition of Local Tourist, I’d like to take you to the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. Also known as the location of my second date with D, circa 2003. How time flies because that was precisely the last time I set foot inside (!!). So while running an errand in…
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A Family of Sea Shells
Starting my week with these beautiful nesting shells that the kids and I collected from our various beach trips to the beautiful North Carolina coasts over these past few months. So beautiful. So inspiring. They fit as if they were all meant to be together forever.
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Pesto Pasta Hack with Spinach
Look at me trying to give you a recipe when I openly confess over and over again that I am not particularly a very good at cooking. But hey, even I can manage pasta and this one is a good one to keep in mind if your kids enjoy basil pesto as much as mine…
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How to hang children’s artwork.
If you have ever wondered how to display your children’s artwork, I have one word for you – Painter’s Tape. {Okay, so two words that is.} It used to be that when I had fewer kids producing masterpieces, I actually took the time to frame them and display them in my home. And by fewer,…
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Local Tourist {Greg Museum of Art & Design}
Not quite a park this time, but with an incredibly relaxing and beautiful outdoor garden, I feel quite good about including Gregg Museum of Art & Design in this week’s edition of Local Tourist. This NC State University museum found it’s permanent home at 1903 Hillsborough Street in the fall of 2017. It is a…