"Home Sweet Home" a Raleigh Travel Page by SSerre

When looking for things to do in the Raleigh area, I suggest two websites to look at:

www.triangle.citysearch.com
www.zspotlight.com

They are both kept up to date with current events, restaurant reviews, movie showtimes, and bunches of information helpful for your visit.

Beltine: I-440, the main highway that loops around Raleigh. There’s an Inner Beltline and an Outer Beltline. The Inner Beltline goes clockwise, the Outer Beltline goes counter-clockwise.

Outer Loop: The still-under construction I-540, that right now only goes around the North side of Raleigh, but is planned in the next 10-15 years to go around a good portion of Wake County.

North Raleigh: Refers to the part of Raleigh above Millbrook Road between Glenwood Ave and Capital Blvd, roughly.

Preston: A fancy subdivision in Cary surrounding the Prestonwood Country Club.

Wakefield: A fancy subdivision in Wake Forest surrounding the Wakefield Plantation Country Club.

Lowes: Around here, it’s both a food store and a home improvement store. Lowes Home Improvement store has the blue logo, Lowes Foods has a green and white one. There’s even shopping centers with both kinds in them.

Tea: Iced Tea, not the hot stuff. Served sweetened or unsweetened, typically with a wedge of lemon. You can get the hot, out of a bag kind as well, just be specific when ordering it so you get the right kind.

Pig Pickin: A gathering where barbeque pig is served on a 5-foot-plus grill referred to as a pig cooker. The pig may be cut or mostly in tact with head and feet and all. The meat is generally served shredded versus cut neatly. The sauce used is a vinegar based barbeque sauce, which is a standard in Eastern North Carolina. In other parts of the country this would be referred to as a Pig Roast.