My Raleigh Challenge, Day 4

Day 4, Friday: still not the greatest sleep, because for some reason, Ry has become a snorer. Or maybe I just sleep through it at home with my medicine. Whatever the case, I’m just grateful that my body has risen to the challenge of operating on less sleep. I won’t go into great detail of the rest of this trip, because the solo part is over. And that was the main feat and challenge for myself. The highlights: we finished that fried green tomato sandwich for breakfast, & it was tasty even cold. We got to hit both the NC History Museum and the Science Museum, with some electric scootering to the Beer Garden in between– I was really tense and fearful at first, riding an electric scooter with no helmet along hilly city sidewalks- but I did it & got to find & photograph all the murals on my list. And, get this miracle, I found a beer I like! Okay, it was a cider. But I found it at the Beer Garden ;) Rhize Up from Bull City Ciderworks, a spiced/herbed/hopped cider. If you’re not a beer girl but going to the Raleigh Beer Garden, I highly recommend that one. 

https://theraleighbeergarden.com

I also made a dinner reservation weeks in advance for Tamasha Modern Indian near our hotel, so we got dressed up for that & celebrated our 28th anniversary again. We got the Tandoori Paneer Tikka (really delicious) for our appetizer, as well as some garlic naan with mint chutney (my favorite!), and for entrees, the Yellow Tail Red Snapper Coastal Curry (which was incredible!) and the Butter Chicken (which was solid but the smoked tomatoes somehow made it taste a bit like Chef Boyardee ravioli, so it wasn’t my favorite butter chicken I’ve ever had). I tried a new white wine, a Torrontés from Argentina, and it paired well with both entrees. Finished the day with an evening walk & some more Olympics watching. 

https://tamashanc.com