1 April, 2013

Kinston, NC, Blogging: Mother Earth Brewing

Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Breweries in Kinston - NC, Travel Guide for Kinston - NC on April 1, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: Beer, brewery, downtown, flight, imperial schwatrz, kinston, mother earth brewing, nc, old neighborhood porter, review, tap room, things to do, visitor guide, weeping willow wit

In my first blog on this day trip to Kinston, I mentioned being pleasantly surprised to see Mother Earth Brewing loom up as we entered downtown. My husband is a fan of their Weeping Willow Wit, a Belgian-style beer that is often his choice when picking a local draft from a restaurant, so stumbling upon
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27 March, 2013

Kinston, NC Blogging: An Afternoon by the Neuse River

Comments : 6 Posted in : Travel Guide for Kinston - NC on March 27, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: bank, birds of prey, confederate, css neuse, digestive system, downtown, fire, giant, ingress, ironclad, kinston, lenoir memorial hospital heath and science museum, nc, neuse park, neuse river, neuseway nature park, planeterium, reproduction, roadside attraction, sights, things to do, tourism, train ride, visitor guide

Kinston, NC Blogging: An Afternoon by the Neuse River Occasionally (often), I get a craving to head out of town and end up somewhere I’ve never been before. Some may say that relates to the cabin fever of working at home, but as I’ve always been this way, I attribute it to my wanderlust. I
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5 April, 2011

Stellarcon 2011 and High Point, NC

Posted in : Travel Guide for High Point - NC, Writing on April 5, 2011 by : The Gourmez

Tags: buildings, costumes, high point, john coltrane, klingon karaoke, nc, north carolina, panels, stellarcon, unc greensboro

I am way behind on all my travel posts, but I’m hoping to get that taken care of in the next few weeks. Here’s one on a trip the husband and I took to High Point, NC, for the 35th Stellarcon. “Now old enough to run for president!” was the unofficial slogan. This was my
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17 August, 2010

Travelogue—Wilmington, NC

Comments : 3 Posted in : Travel Guide for Wilmington - NC on August 17, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: cape fear memorial bridge, cape fear river, market street, nc, river walk, the sand peddler, uss north carolina, wilmington

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to upload photos. I finally got to some yesterday, and thus, you must now see some of my faves from that trip here. For Ben’s birthday in June we went to Wrightsville Beach, NC, which was pretty nice. The hotel we stayed at had great rooms;
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