Thursday, September 9, 2010

Labor Day Weekend in Charlotte

top 10 reasons we had a fantastic weekend:

10. Our stay at the Omni downtown was "suite"!
9. watching people getting jiggy wit' it at a roof top bar from the panoramic view of our room
8. watching the kids learn about science, nature, & the way things work at Discovery Place
7. visiting ImaginOn, a really cool children's library, & anxiously anticipating a future visit to their children's theater

6. watching Madelyn play the drums at Trade & Tryon St (the center point of Charlotte) was priceless, especially since she has been asking for a drum set of her own.

5. Swimming in the roof-top pool at our hotel. How cool is that?!
4. Eating breakfast at Landmark, a restaurant featured on the Food Network Show: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The bread is made in house, so you can only imagine how yummy their french toast tasted!
3. Eating a sweet potato, black-eyed pea, & collard green burrito at Dish, another Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives place. It was one of the entrees featured on the show & it tasted surprisingly spectacular!

2. Playing musical beds in the middle of the night in our hotel room. The game was played with 2 full beds & 1 porta-crib.
1. Drum roll please....Shopping at IKEA for the first time! Words cannot express.

2 comments:

happymomof4 said...

Sounds like a FABULOUS weekend with some YUMMY food!!!!! Glad you all had a great weekend:)

Megan said...

That sounds like so much fun! I'm glad you got to experience IKEA! When we lived in Houston, it was only 20 minutes away and I went there often. I miss it and can't wait until the one in Denver is built!