Norm and Linda Hageman were traveling across country from Kansas City, MO, to Hilton Head Island, SC, during the first week of July. En route, they stopped and stayed at our house in Chapel Hill - "the southern side of heaven" - for two nights. They arrived in the early evening of July 6th. On July 7th Chris and I took them to Durham where we walked around the American Tobacco Campus and had lunch at Tyler's Restaurant & Taproom. At Tyler's Norm enjoyed a locally crafted brew as is his custom. (Formerly, the American Tobacco Campus was the site of those major tobacco mills, e.g., Lucky Strike, that drove the Durham economy. Now, with the original buildings having been restored and rehabilitated, the beautifully landscaped and thriving campus is the location of small businesses, professional offices, and non-profits.)
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| Norm, Linda, & Tom @ ATC |
During the afternoon we ventured to Raleigh. First, we showed Norm and Linda the site of the new diocesan Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. This was also the first time for Chris and me to see it in its Romanesque Revival grandeur. Our collective comment was that the cathedral "is huge." (The cathedral was just dedicated within this past month.) We also drove around downtown Raleigh to view the rising skyline of North Carolina's capital city.
For dinner we returned to Chapel Hill to dine at the 411 West Italian Cafe on Franklin Street. Our meals were delicious.
Norm and Linda left for Hilton Head on Saturday morning, July 8th, where they were meeting the rest of their family for a week "at the beach." Chris and I truly enjoyed hosting the Hageman's.
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