You know you grew up in Raleigh, NC when. . .
You remember North Hill's "Mall".
Capital Blvd was Downtown Blvd.
The Plantation Inn was on the other side of the world. (wait... the plantation in was actually there! it was torn down when they built 540!)
You know what specialty is served at "The Roast Grill", "Snoopy's" and the former "Scotty's Chuckwagon".
When the art museum was downtown.
When the current art museum, was Polk Youth Center
You could go to the State Fair at least twice in the week, since it was here
You watched Charlie Gaddy and Bob DeBardelaben on WRAL news.
When WRAL was the ABC affiliate and WTVD was the CBS affiliate.
When WQDR was a ROCK station
In the 4th grade doing the "North Carolina Project" and going downtown to see the Old Capital Building and the Legislature Building.
Seeing the Pine State Dairy delivery trucks on the road.
K & K Toys at Crabtree Valley Mall, to a kid at that time the greatest toy store ever!!!
Schoolkids Records where you could get anything, if they didn't have it in the rack you could have it ordered.
Su Casa at Crabtree was the only Mexican Restaurant in town.
When Dorton Arena was the only place in town to see a "Concert" and its terrible acoustics. (maybe i could add here that you went to see the raleigh icecaps at the dorton arena!)
We never got good concerts, we always had to go to the Greensboro Coliseum.
You remember where you were when Carolina and State won the National Basketball Championships in 1982 and 1983 respectively and you know what "The Brickyard" is.
You've ever eaten at "Amedeo's", "Two Guys" or "Brother's" and know what their specialties are.
You've ever watched Bull Durham knew when "Mitch's Tavern" is in the movie and knew that the scene out back couldn't happen because Mitch's is on the second floor.
Gotten bbq at the old "Don Murray's".
"Char Grill" -The Original on Hillsborough Street - 'nuff said.
The Friday of the ACC Tournament you had school but nobody did anything. All the teachers had tv's in their classroom or allowed small radios in class.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
You know you're from Raleigh...
You know you grew up in Raleigh, NC when. . .
You remember North Hill's "Mall".
Capital Blvd was Downtown Blvd.
The Plantation Inn was on the other side of the world. (wait... the plantation in was actually there! it was torn down when they built 540!)
You know what specialty is served at "The Roast Grill", "Snoopy's" and the former "Scotty's Chuckwagon".
When the art museum was downtown.
When the current art museum, was Polk Youth Center
You could go to the State Fair at least twice in the week, since it was here
You watched Charlie Gaddy and Bob DeBardelaben on WRAL news.
When WRAL was the ABC affiliate and WTVD was the CBS affiliate.
When WQDR was a ROCK station
In the 4th grade doing the "North Carolina Project" and going downtown to see the Old Capital Building and the Legislature Building.
Seeing the Pine State Dairy delivery trucks on the road.
K & K Toys at Crabtree Valley Mall, to a kid at that time the greatest toy store ever!!!
Schoolkids Records where you could get anything, if they didn't have it in the rack you could have it ordered.
Su Casa at Crabtree was the only Mexican Restaurant in town.
When Dorton Arena was the only place in town to see a "Concert" and its terrible acoustics. (maybe i could add here that you went to see the raleigh icecaps at the dorton arena!)
We never got good concerts, we always had to go to the Greensboro Coliseum.
You remember where you were when Carolina and State won the National Basketball Championships in 1982 and 1983 respectively and you know what "The Brickyard" is.
You've ever eaten at "Amedeo's", "Two Guys" or "Brother's" and know what their specialties are.
You've ever watched Bull Durham knew when "Mitch's Tavern" is in the movie and knew that the scene out back couldn't happen because Mitch's is on the second floor.
Gotten bbq at the old "Don Murray's".
"Char Grill" -The Original on Hillsborough Street - 'nuff said.
The Friday of the ACC Tournament you had school but nobody did anything. All the teachers had tv's in their classroom or allowed small radios in class.
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