Have you been to Fayetteville Street lately? I've got to tell you, they really have dolled the place up nicely. I stopped by on the way home from coffee this evening because I was under the impression that things stayed open downtown past 6 PM. Well, places are open but mostly places that have cover charges and all I needed was a tube of toothpaste. No luck.
Raleigh has a peculiar quality that I am more and more growing fond of and that's the fact that it empties out. The place is like a madhouse during the day but on evenings like these you can walk for what feels like two or three blocks without seeing another soul. There's nothing to keep you company but your own footsteps, trouncing back and forth between skyscrapers. Fayetteville street really is beautiful -- pinned at both ends by the Memorial Auditorium and the old Capitol building. Its slate gray brick and jumbo decorative planters are also a nice touch, though sometimes it can feel a bit like a mall with traffic lights. The occasional hobo reminds you that there won't be a Dippin' Dots nearby.
From now on when folks come into town I'll have a new idea for where to take them, especially if we have time to kill on a weeknight. Perhaps not so much when we need toiletries.
By the way -- Dippin' Dots has been ice cream of the future for at least 15 years. I'm getting suspicious.
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