{"id":616,"date":"2009-11-01T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2009-11-19T21:08:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T02:08:42","slug":"big-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2009\/big-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a great weekend, starting a little early on Thursday with dinner with Sammy at the Raleigh Times. A great veggie burger with great toppings (avacado, grilled mushrooms and onions, lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mustard, mmm), and the beer list is to die for. I had a Belgian triple – three times the hops and barley of a normal brew. It was delicious and effective, one beer was plenty. Then we went to Escazu, the chocolatier I’ve been obsessing over for a year or more. They have the best bars at Whole Foods (out of 200 or so, it seems), and the actual shop, on Glenwood Avenue, is adorable – a converted house with a display case full of painstakingly handcrafted chocolate delights. Then it was time for Halloween, and we partied like twentysomethings. You’ll have to hook up on Facebook to see all the good semi-clean fun we had. :> Except for this one blurry picture I found on my iPhone…
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Had a great weekend, starting a little early on Thursday with dinner with Sammy at the Raleigh Times. A great veggie burger with great toppings (avacado, grilled mushrooms and onions, lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mustard, mmm), and the beer list is to die for. 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