Hanging out in Wilmington

I am in Wilmington, NC for a big project for work.  The weather is really beautiful: mid-sixties during the day, down into the forties at night.  Wilmington has a really nice downtown area along the Cape Fear River.  My hotel is on Water Street, which, as the name suggests, is right on the river.  Within a few blocks of the hotel are tons of great local restaurants.  The project lead, Michelle, invited everyone to dinner at Deluxe Cafe.  We had a great meal.  The food was creative and fun, as well as delicious.

We started with seared ahi tuna topped crisps with greens, bruscetta with pears and brie, and calamari.  I had Scallops Florentine for my entree.  It had fresh round noodles, small scallops (cooked perfectly), a cream sauce, and warm wilted spinach.  I finished off with Chocolate Mocha Crème Brûlée, and a cup of coffee.  Yum!  Check out the glass above the door in this picture.  It made me think of Joey.

 

Visiting North Carolina – April 2006

DSC04907 I finally took LD up on her offer to visit North Carolina. She has been working in RTP for a little over a year and she invited me to join her for a few days, see the cities, and meet her co-workers. We went to the Spring Daze Earth Day festival in Cary, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, and the Magic Wings Butterfly House at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. We had dinner with friends at Maggiano’s and a tasty Mediterranean lunch at Neomonde’s. Here are some photo’s I took along the way.