Showing posts with label american tobacco campus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label american tobacco campus. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2015
american tobacco campus
We wandered around the American Tobacco Campus one Saturday evening and devoured yummy burgers and onion rings from Only Burger.
Monday, June 15, 2015
cotton + tobacco
On the last day that Ben's parents were here, we spent the morning at the cotton farm (Oak View County Park) and then went to the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham in the evening. We had delicious burgers and shakes at Only Burger (their bacon mac 'n cheese bites and onion rings were pretty awesome too). They also had this nice big table in a separate area with a sliding glass door to close it off from the rest of the dining room. Perfect for our big group and keeping Simon under control. The weather was so nice that evening and perfect for wandering around the Tobacco Campus enjoying the fountains and water features.
The Burt's Bees headquarters are in downtown Durham and they have a beehive! We had fun trying to locate the queen bee.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
saturday outing: beach day + baseball fail
We had a wonderful afternoon at Falls Lake while my parents were here. We spent hours relaxing in the sand and playing in the water. The kids loved it.
We decided to go straight to downtown Durham and check out a Durham Bulls baseball game. We had never been to the stadium. When we arrived, the only available seats were lawn seating. We figured that would be fine but when we got to the "lawn" section, we discovered it was a tiny space, on a pretty steep hill, that was already pretty full. It was really uncomfortable to sit on a hill (and Simon had a hard time not rolling down) packed in a tiny spot. Plus the sun was directly in front of us, beating down, so we really couldn't see anything. We realized it just wasn't going to work. So we tried to attempt to get some food and all the lines were super long. The kids were wearing down at this point (Oliver was throwing a fit because we wouldn't let him play on the playground in the stadium...they charged $8!!! per kid to use it!) so we finally just decided to bail and go find dinner somewhere. We'll have to try again sometime with reserved seating and seats that don't face the setting sun. And maybe we'll get a babysitter.
We did enjoy checking out downtown Durham and the Tobacco Campus.
Simon ate a lot of sand.
The girls created this perfect little mini pool for Simon. He loved it.
We decided to go straight to downtown Durham and check out a Durham Bulls baseball game. We had never been to the stadium. When we arrived, the only available seats were lawn seating. We figured that would be fine but when we got to the "lawn" section, we discovered it was a tiny space, on a pretty steep hill, that was already pretty full. It was really uncomfortable to sit on a hill (and Simon had a hard time not rolling down) packed in a tiny spot. Plus the sun was directly in front of us, beating down, so we really couldn't see anything. We realized it just wasn't going to work. So we tried to attempt to get some food and all the lines were super long. The kids were wearing down at this point (Oliver was throwing a fit because we wouldn't let him play on the playground in the stadium...they charged $8!!! per kid to use it!) so we finally just decided to bail and go find dinner somewhere. We'll have to try again sometime with reserved seating and seats that don't face the setting sun. And maybe we'll get a babysitter.
We did enjoy checking out downtown Durham and the Tobacco Campus.
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