Traveling to Boone for MyCT

Posted by dsutton
on February 18, 2010 at 2:09 pm

Some of you have heard, we are launching a new show and I haven’t had much time to update the blog. To say we are super busy is an incredible understatement of the bizillion things we have been up to behind the scenes of this show.

Last week, we took a crew up to Boone to shoot several ski, tubing and zipline resorts and all of the downtown activities. We drove up in a blizzard, with 70mph wind gusts, on Wednesday night and started shooting on Thursday afternoon once the sun came out. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Boone but Sugar Mountain’s slopes looked great and the tubing and the zipline at Hawks Nest were a lot of fun. You’ll have to tune into the new show, launching March 8th at 11am, to see all the great things to do while you are in Boone.

But here are some sneak peak pictures.

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Snow Filled Weekend

Posted by dsutton
on February 1, 2010 at 12:31 pm

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Snow Cream

Posted by dsutton
on January 28, 2010 at 11:39 am

If you are up for an activity when the snow rolls in tomorrow evening… here is a recipe to make your own snow cream. Thanks Tony Backmon for sharing!

Old Fashioned Snow Cream

Start with LARGE POT

Mix together:

 One can evaporated milk (Pet or Carnation)

 One quart of regular milk

Four eggs

1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla

2 ½ cups of sugar

Heat on low until all mixture is blended together and sugar is melted.

Take off stove…let cool a little.

Add snow and stir until you get the texture you want.

If snow melts, just add more snow!

Mix up all you want, freeze it in plastic bags and when the temperature gets 90 next summer, enjoy AGAIN.  Taste exactly like home made vanilla ice cream. 

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I’m on Vacation… Happy Holidays to All!

Posted by dsutton
on December 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm

Dear Readers,

Thank you for checking in to the Raleigh Native Review. I will be on vacation from December 15, 2009 and returning on January 5, 2010.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and an Amazing New Year!

Very Best,

Doug Sutton, Jr.

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Street Lights Around Raleigh

Posted by dsutton
on December 4, 2009 at 12:53 pm

If you live in Raleigh and have street lights in your neighborhood that are dimly lit or have gone dark all together than you can report them to Progress Energy.

For fast and immediate service, be sure to note the street address nearest the pole and the DIS number that is posted on each street light about eye level from the ground.

Keep your neighborhood streets safe by Reporting Street Light Outages by clicking here.

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Gateway Restaurant – YUM!

Posted by dsutton
on December 2, 2009 at 3:13 pm

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I’ve mentioned  Gateway before but I have not written a proper review of one of my all time favorite lunch spots. So here it goes.

Gateway Restaurant is situated in the Gateway Shopping Center on the corner of Capital Blvd and Crabtree Creek Road. The shopping center also houses a few pawn shops and a handful of second hand thrift stores. It’s not exactly the place you would think to find some of the best home cookin’ in Raleigh.

They feature daily specials including beef tips, mac and cheese, fried chicken, meat loaf and chicken pastry. The special comes with a choice of meat and two vegetables.

Most southern style home cooked lunch spots saturate their fixins in butter and grease but Gateway keeps the fatty pound packers down to a minimum keeping your belly full and your cholesterol down. My favorites are the beef tips on Wednesday (I get them on creamed potatoes instead of rice), the chicken pastry, the mac and cheese on Fridays and the hamburger steak which you can get any day of the week.

Gateway serves breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday from 6am until 2pm and on breakfast only on Saturday from 7am until 12pm.

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For Gateway’s full menu and daily specials you can visit http://raleightime.com/gateway.html

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150 Year Ole’ Cannons

Posted by dsutton
on November 30, 2009 at 5:48 pm
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This past week, I had the opportunity to play with some pretty cool weaponry! From an 150 year old signal cannon from West Pointe to an M16 machine gun!

The signal cannon was tiny but definitely packed a big punch! My friend’s dad was talking about this cannon that he had inherited and we suggested that we pull it out and try to fire it off. While he was talking about the cannon I had this huge pirate ship cannon in my head but when we pulled the little guy out… well let’s just say I have seen cats bigger than this cannon!

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Earl Loves The Treadmill

Posted by dsutton
on November 19, 2009 at 11:51 am

When Willow Bee was a younger dog, he loved to go on walks and would get mad at me if I didn’t take him on one everyday. The only problem was that Willow Bee also hated getting his paws wet so he never wanted to walk in the rain. So on days that it rained, he still got angry about not going on walks… so I taught him how to use the treadmill and he loved it.

When I would tell people that Willow Bee walked on the treadmill, I think they thought I was crazy but he really like it and it kept him in good shape. When I brought Earl home on Sunday, he ran around the house, sniffed everything, found the treadmill, hopped on it and gave me this look like “turn it on!” Over the past few days, Earl keeps jumping on the treadmill and giving me that same look so last night I finally turned it on. It was amazing! He already knew how to use it and started walking and kept looking up at me smiling.

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What’s Up This Weekend?

Posted by dsutton
on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 am

Here’s the rundown for all of the festivities happening in, and around Raleigh, this weekend!

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Thursday November 19, 2009

Friday November 20, 2009

Saturday November 21, 2009

Durham

Thursday November 19, 2009

Friday November 20, 2009

Saturday November 21, 2009

Chapel Hill

Saturday November 21, 2009

Surrounding Areas

Saturday November 21, 2009

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Turkey Fryer and Christmas Tree Fires – Oh My!

Posted by dsutton
on November 16, 2009 at 4:50 pm

This Raleigh Native ventured out to the Cary Fire Department to witness how fast a Christmas Tree can go up in smoke and how you could seriously injure yourself frying a turkey on Thanksgiving!

In just under 2 minutes the Christmas Tree was completely engulfed with flames bursting in height over 15 feet. The turkey was partially frozen and the fryer was over filled with peanut oil which made the turkey flame up and could have potentially burned up your pet, child, or home.

Now I smell like burnt turkey and charbroiled Christmas Tree!

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