- ParTee Shack

- Marbles Kids Museum

- NC History and Science Museum

- NC museum of Art (and the park around it)

- Pullen Park

- Dix Park

- Umstead State Park (great for hiking)

- Downtown Cary Park (and Downtown Cary in general at Christmas is perfection)

- Topgolf/Drive Shack

- Theatre/Shows in Raleigh/Durham (Disney on ice is coming!!)

- Escape rooms

Shopping:

- Crabtree Valley

- The Fenton (Reagan's fav)

- North Hills (best bookstore - Quail Ridge)

- Southpoint Mall

- NC State Farmers Market

- Raleigh Flea Market

- Lafayette Village (looks like France supposedly)

- There is usually an art or vintage market around town

Specifically at Christmas:

- State Capitol Tree Lighting (Dec. 7th)

- NC Chinese Lantern Festival

- The Rink at Red Hat

- Wendell Wonderland/Lake Myra Christmas Lights (Our hometown)

- Shake the Square at the Fenton

- Downtown Illuminate Art Walk

Breakfast/Brunch:

- Biscuit Belly (Reagan's fav)

- The Flying Biscuit Cafe

- NC Farmers Market Restaurant

- Tupelo Honey

- Farmhouse Kitchen

- Dame's Chicken and Waffles

- Another Broken Egg Cafe

- First Watch

Bakeries:

- Morning Rolls (best Cinnamon Rolls EVER)

- Layered Croissanterie

- Bitten Bakery (Best Cookies

- Little Blue Bakehouse

- LA Farm Bakery

- Custom Confections (best Cheesecake)

- Videri Chocolatier

Coffee:

- 321 Coffee

- Little Blue Bakehouse (Reagan's Fav)

- Global Village Organic Coffee

- Benelux Coffee

- Cup a Joe

- BREW coffee Bar

- Parallax Coffee

Lunch/Dinner:

- Angus Barn (reservations recommended) (Kyle's Fav)

- Colletta (reservations recommended) (Reagan's Fav)

- Flying Saucer

- Gym Tacos

- Cristo's Pizza (K&R's fav pizza - Brooklyn Pie)

- Randy's Pizza

- HotBox Pizza

- Mr Puebla's (food truck, K&R's fav)

- Beasleys Chicken

- The Raleigh Times

- Bad Daddy's Burger Bar (shockingly good salads)

- HeyDay Brewing (best wings)

- TDLLO Ramen & Sushi

- Everest Kitchen

- Lawerence BBQ

- Jimmy V's (fun fact - K&R's first real date after Covid restrictions lifted) (reservations recommended)

- Chido Tacos

- Cava

- BB's Chicken

- Raising Cane's (In Chapel Hill)

Ice Cream:

- Fresh Local Ice Cream (R&K's fav)

- Goodberry's

- Two roosters

- Howling Cow Dairy (NC State ice cream, the farm location has cows!!!)

- Creative Cone

- Andias

Breweries:

- Bull City Cider

- Heyday Brewing

- Fortnight Brewing

- Bearded Bee

- Ponysaurus

- Bond Brothers Brewing

- Raleigh Brewing (R&D)

Market areas with good food/shops (some places listed above are in these locations):

- Morgan Street Food Hall

- Boxyard RTP

- Raleigh Ironworks

- Fenton

- North Hills