just got back to san francisco after a nice extended labor day weekend in north
carolina. i got to participate in my father's wedding, which was really nice
despite the weekend–long rainstorms. it was also, as usual, great to see the
raleigh peeps (those that have remained in raleigh), and eat at lilly's.
you know, now that i'm thinking of it, being back made me think more of the
things that i really appreciate about the triangle area. i've been meaning to
write these down for posterity, so here goes.
- lilly's pizza, the best pizza restaurant i've ever been to. even if part of my
enthusiasm is nostalgic, the pizza at lilly's is, as claimed, damn good. and
the music is rad, too. lilly's is near five points on glenwood avenue, next to
nofo and the wachovia bank there across the street from that big church (not
exactly a unique landmark in the south, but hey).
- the rialto is one of the last great theaters in raleigh, and it's pretty much
the only place left in raleigh to see slightly non–mainstream movies. it's on
glenwood at five points.
- the nc state library. wow. it's amazing how much more i started to use the
library after i gradumicated. and how much more valuable fiction became to me
after i didn't have to write papers about it. and, for that matter, how
interesting it is to write papers about fiction when one isn't required to do
so ...
- cup a joe, on the corner of hillsborough and daisy. what a great place to go
and have a cup of coffee. they even have tables outside !
- the north road cyclery, a great bike shop that i just recently started to
appreciate. it's on north road (which runs east–west) just east of glenwood,
in that trendily industrial glenwood south area.
- go ! rehearsals, in carrboro. what a rad little club. i love small punk bands.
the cat's cradle is nice, too, but go just kicks ass.