The big three lunch spots

Its no secret that Heather and I love the neighborhood we live in. Heather has written about it many times. I love it. We don't think we will want to move away from this area. In our neighborhood, Heather and I have 3 lunch spots that we love and often visit. Here is a google map of the area..


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First there is Bella Italia. Great pizza, calzones and strombolis...and great homemade style italian for dinner.

Next there is Taza Grill which is a great Mediterranean food. The one downfall here is they don't have a great kid's menu.

Finally, there is Andy's which has great burgers and cheesesteaks.

All of these are within one mile and walkable from our home..we love it!

In the past couple months, a sushi restaurant and NY deli have opened up in Falls River Town Center where all the other restaurants are. We need to get around to trying them too :-) But, if you are in this area, we highly recommend all of these places.

Yay rain!!!

We are in desperate need of rain...and finally getting some. Yay rain! According to the WRAL Drought Monitor, we are still 8" behind on rain since January 1, 2007. Falls Lake, which is Raleigh's water source, is finally catching up due to a soggy week. As you can see from these Lake level graphs, the lakes are now up above where they were in September...but not where they need to be to be out of the drought. According to this page (chart shown above) on the lake levels, Falls lake is at 247.3 ft and normally should be at 251.5 ft.

As for us, we are praying the rain keeps coming. Anna is ready in her raincoat: