http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/back-from-vacation/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 19:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/back-from-vacation/#comment-1453 Mirelanski Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:25:24 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=499#comment-1453 Close game. Like usual we let teams slide without the services of R. Wilson. Although Evans had a hot hand coming in. Close game. Like usual we let teams slide without the services of R. Wilson. Although Evans had a hot hand coming in.

]]> http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/back-from-vacation/#comment-1451 RaleighMSA Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:39:03 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=499#comment-1451 Happy New Year, Leo!!! Happy New Year, Leo!!!

]]> http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/back-from-vacation/#comment-1450 Raleigh Boy Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:36:20 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=499#comment-1450 Welcome back home, Leo! Congrats on the new camera...Looking forward to what you have in store for us in 2009! Welcome back home, Leo! Congrats on the new camera…Looking forward to what you have in store for us in 2009!

]]> http://dtraleigh.com/2008/12/back-from-vacation/#comment-1449 Jenny Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:08:56 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=499#comment-1449 My first impression of downtown Raleigh was shock. I thought that it would be bigger and busier than it was. As I walked Hargett Street from Wilmington Street parking deck to the Wachovia building on Fayetteville Street, I pondered with excitement the potential of downtown. This was during a time of construction; Fayetteville Street was being reversed from a mall to a true street. I was disappointed to learn that the area lacked affordable living in the form of a small little condo. I wasn’t a new graduate but an experienced profession. I could have paid $200,000 but not $500,000. Through my time spent working in downtown Raleigh, I saw the opening of many places, mostly restaurants. Downtown is certainly not a place overridden with chains eateries, which is always a fresh sight. I look forward to the new year bringing more of the same original restaurants and more shopping downtown with perhaps the introduction of a local grocery and some starter home level living. My first impression of downtown Raleigh was shock. I thought that it would be bigger and busier than it was. As I walked Hargett Street from Wilmington Street parking deck to the Wachovia building on Fayetteville Street, I pondered with excitement the potential of downtown. This was during a time of construction; Fayetteville Street was being reversed from a mall to a true street. I was disappointed to learn that the area lacked affordable living in the form of a small little condo. I wasn’t a new graduate but an experienced profession. I could have paid $200,000 but not $500,000. Through my time spent working in downtown Raleigh, I saw the opening of many places, mostly restaurants. Downtown is certainly not a place overridden with chains eateries, which is always a fresh sight. I look forward to the new year bringing more of the same original restaurants and more shopping downtown with perhaps the introduction of a local grocery and some starter home level living.

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