Nicole's 22nd Birthday

I’m a terrible mother. I just saw, for the first time, where my youngest child lives, celebrated her 22nd birthday, and I forgot my camera home.

Nicole and I had a wonderful time. We treated ourselves to a night in the swanky “Carolina Inn” in Chapel Hill, AKA, and Utopia. As I’ve often heard it described from those who went to school down there. And it is very quaint.

I arrived sat around lunch, and Nicole had to work for about another hour. So, I amused myself, wandered around the grocery store where she works. Weaver Street Market, a boutique type grocery store, with organic and environmentally correct offerings. It’s a food co-op. She gave me a tour of her floral department, all the lilies were beautiful. Then we had lunch in the commons, or the park right outside her store.

Once she got off work, our mission was to see her place and make her bed comfortable. Her house is a cute 3-bedroom ranch, in a lovely neighborhood with what appears to be the bones of a very nice garden. They have their own washer and dryer, nice! She shares the space with two boys, and Charlotte. Her and Charlotte share a bedroom and they have it fixed up cute, but the bed is on the floor and they get tired of sharing.

So, we took of for the stores, and ended up with the cutest futon, an egg crate foam pad and a memory foam mattress pad for the big bed. So, now Nicole can retreat to the futon when it gets too crowded in the bed.


Nicole's new futon!!


Then we decided to sneak off to a lovely hotel to treat ourselves to a mini vacation. But due to a mix up in the reservation, we had to share a bed…how funny is that, no relief for Nicole I guess.


Our swanky get-away!

But overall we had a nice night, dinner at “Elaine’s”. Nicole had been seeing it for the longest time and had always wanted to go, so we did. We walked up and down the street, checking out every place, but Elaine’s won out. And by then we were pooped, so off to bed. Then the next day we had a great brunch at the restaurant owned by the same people that own “Weaver street market” Charlotte and Kyler (her roommate) joined us and we officially celebrated her birthday.

All in all it was a lovely visit. Nicole is doing well, still planning on NY, but in about a year, next may to be exact. And she’s dating and quite smitten with Justin, who is going to the North Carolina School of the Arts, and graduates around the same time.

So, that’s the news from Chapel Hill and Nicole’s birthday. Sorry no pictures. But, you can tell Nicole to send you some herself.