Upcoming Events in Midtown April 2010

Are you BORED?!?

Check these events in the Midtown and Surrounding Areas for April.

I hope to see you out and about!

Beyond Blue Interiors Grand Opening Party: Runs throughout the month of April

http://www.beyondblueinteriors.com/ 919-678-8705

Lecture on 18th Century Architecture in NC April 8th at 7:00 pm at the Joel Lane Museum

http://www.joellane.org/

NC Museum of History Young Associates 2nd Annual Casino Night April 10th 8-12 pm

919-807-7850

Tuxedo Cat Ball April 16th at Marbles Museum in Downtown Raleigh

7-11 pm http://www.safehavenforcats.org/

A Taste of Downtown Raleigh Gourmet Food Tour Aptil 10th 2-5 pm

Capitol to Glenwood Walking Tour http://www.tastecarolina.net/

Spring Open House at Atlantic Avenue Garden Center Aptil 17th

http://www.atlanticavenuegarden.com/

St. Timothy's Spring Sprint April 17th 9 am

http://www.sttimothys.org/

William Bunn 5k Fun Run, benefiting William Bunn (8 year old cancer patient) April 24th

http://www.bunnfunrun.com/

North Hills Farmer's Market Aptil 17 and 24th

http://www.northhillsraleigh.com/

Dig In! A Community Garden Summitt. April 17th 9:00 am -12:30 pm

Marbles Kids Museum in Downtown Raleigh http://www.advocatesforhealthinaction.org/

If you know of any events in and around the Midtown Area, please feel free to comment on this site or send me an email at LisaColeman@hpw.com and I can add them to this list.

Have a great weekend!

Being a Fair Weather Runner

I'm not sure about you, but personally I am loving this Spring like weather we have had the last couple of days here in Raleigh. It's nice to have all four seasons in the Triangle, but Spring and Summer are definately my favorite.

I guess it comes from growing up in the area. We always knew Spring was here when the buttercups started blooming and the beach music started playing. And summer would not be complete with trips to the Carolina coast and watching lightling bugs in the evenings from the screened porch. Yes, Spring and Summer in the Carolinas are special indeed.

I guess that's why I am a fair weather runner. I never thought about myself as one, until someone mentioned it the other day. We started talking about the upcoming Bunn Fun Run (a run benefiting William Bunn, a little boy who is fighting cancer-www.BunnFunRun.com ) and if I was going to run it. I am going to run it, but I needed to get back into a regular training schedule. They were shocked that I didn't run (at least not outside) during the winter. What? Run in the cold? You have got to be kidding me. That's when they called me a "Fair Weather Runner."

This is not a compliment. And I did take it personally. That is, until I started thinking about it. If it's less than 55* outside, I am hitting the gym and the treadmill. I mean, I need heated socks to go from the house to the car some days. So getting out there and subjecting myself to this "freezing" weather for an hour or so at a time was way out of my league.

But Spring is here, and the weather is great for getting out and doing all the things we have thought about doing during the winter. So let's hit the pavement, and see where it takes us.

And let's not forget on April 24th why we are running. William is 8 years old, and has been fighting Neuroblastoma Cancer since he was 5. He needs our help. Everyone is optimistic and his doctors and William are fighting this with all they have.

So come out and share this incredible day with everyone. You can walk, run, bike or just do whatever moves you.

Let's not be a fair weather runner on this day. Let's run for William.

www.BunnFunRun.com