Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

Hey Travelers!

Bekah Grace here, sorry that I didn't put up this post until today, but it is kind of hard when you want to write about a baseball game and you don't get to go to the game until Thursday.

So, as you just read, I went to a ball game on Wednesday.  It was when the Kannapolis Intimidators versus the Rome Braves.  Sadly, the Kannapolis Intimidators lost, but that didn't mean that you are not able to have a good time.

Let me set the setting for you: The weather is perfect baseball weather.  It is Thursday, meaning that it is Thirsty Thursday.  (Disclaimer: If you are below 21 you are not allowed to have alcohol.  They check your ID and everything.)  

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For those of you that don't know, Kannapolis Intimidators are a Minor League Baseball Team.  They have their home stadiums in Kannapolis, North Carolina.  Their huge sponsor is (and because they have named the stadium after this place) the Charlotte Mecklenburg Center - Northeast Hospital.  

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When the summer gets warmer, they do different fun events.  Some times they do fireworks, but last night they did Trivia Night.  Since I didn't find out until after they game started that it was Trivia Night, I didn't get to participate, but it's all good.  It's not like I knew any of the answers anyways. 

While you are thinking of what to do over the summer, I highly encourage you to go to some kind of game, baseball, softball, etc.  Just go out and have fun.

Until next time travelers, have fun and stay safe.

- Bekah Grace

DJ's Restaurant = Awesome Food!

Hey! Today, I want to talk about going out to eat.  A lot of people that I know like to go to the same places to eat.  I'm sorry if you are one of these people, but you need to go out and try different places. To be completely honest I was one of the people that did that, until I had expanded my horizons!

I used to go to places that we were franchises.  It wasn't until I came to college that I truly understood that if you go out and have fun with your friends, and eat somewhere different, it's okay!

Today, I'm going to talk about on of my favorite places to eat around Salisbury, NC.  This place is DJ's.  There is just something about this Italian restaurant that I feel like it's okay for my to eat different things when I go there every time.

There is not going to be any pictures in this blog because I forgot to take them when I was at the restaurant.

Yesterday, I went there.  I had a 10" DJ's Special Pizza.  It's so good! It has sausage, hamburger, onions, green peppers, cheese, and pizza sauce.  It's so simple, that's why I think that it is so good!

Another item that I like is, the California Salad.  This is lettuce, beautiful tomatoes, cheese, grilled chicken, onions, topped with any kind of dressing that you want.

Lastly, I want to talk about the cheese mozzarella sticks, GO HERE!  If you want to try the best ones, they are here.  The crust on the outside, are perfectly golden, and the cheese on the inside is just great! When you pull the stick away, you have to grab the cheese because it keeps on coming.

I hope that you have liked this blog, until next time, have fun and travel safe!

- Bekah Grace.

Fun Movie Night Out!

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Last Friday, my boyfriend and I went to see the movie 21 and Over.  Can I just say, that movie was hilarious!

Here is a trailer of the movie:

We went to the movies around 7:30 and we got popcorn and drink before we went into the movie theatre like normal.

Tinseltown, the movie theatre near my house, has this great deal going on, that if you buy a plastic bucket and a plastic cup for $10 for both, you can come back for as many times as you want to for the year of 2013. 

Of course, I bought one, thinking that I would get it and use it all the time.  Well, last Friday was the first time that I had ever used it.  My mom and sister had used it a lot in the past, but this was my first time.  I didn't know what was going to happen.  I took it up to the lady behind the concession stands, and she took my popcorn bucket, filled it up and then asked me what type of drink I wanted.  It wasn't until after I got everything back that I thought to myself, I'm so glad that I washed everything out before I went, because she didn't even take the time to do it. 

That got me wondering, are the supposed to clean it, if not, how did that get idea get past the FDA?  Wouldn't they have saw the unsanitary side of it all and made sure that they couldn't do it?  I don't know, but I do know that if you get that deal, please please please, make sure that clean it properly before you take it back, because no one wants you to give them germs and it is the same germs that are going into your popcorn bucket, and drink.  Do you want to have that in your body?  Just something to ponder....

Back to the movie, if you have not seen this movie I highly highly recommend it!  If you loved The Hangover,  you will LOVE this movie.  It is about three college guys that were best friends in high school.  Well, they figured out while celebrating one of the boys 21st birthday, that they probably haven't kept in touch like they should have. 

While trying to find out where someone lived, they had to go through a bunch of things.  This movie is a large winding movie.  You definitely need to stay with this movie and not leave to go to the bathroom.  This movie will have you laughing and laughing and laughing some more! Please go see this movie!!

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Well this time, until next time, have fun and safe travels!

- Bekah Grace

Festiva 2013!

Sorry for not typing up a blog last Wednesday, everyone!  I am typing up this blog for a class that I am currently taking at my college, and we had Spring Break and it slipped my mine that I would have to do a blog last week.  I hope that everyone will forgive me.  But as I promised, this is the best outing that I have ever had and YES it was while I was on Spring Break!

About two weeks ago, James and I, and his family, went on a week long trip to Banner Elk, North Carolina.  Now, for the people who doesn't know where that is, it is roughly about 15 to 20 minutes from Boone, North Carolina.  Now, if you don't know anything about Boone, I am sure that you have heard about the famous college that they have up there...Appalachian State University.

Now, that most of you know something about the area that I am talking about, I am going to continue with this special blog.  Now, the fun part about this blog is that it isn't an outing that lasted one day, it lasted the whole week.  Your probably wondering, "What type of outing lasts for a whole week?"  Well, for the ones who are anxiously sitting on the edge of their seats, today I'm talking about the place (timeshare) that we stayed at.

The place that we stayed at was a timeshare place called Festiva.  This place was so cool.  I don't know if it was because I had never been to a timeshare, but I had a great time.

The timeshare that we had was a king bed (master bedroom), two twins in a room (other bedroom), a full kitchen, two bathrooms, a dining room, and lastly a living room.  The master bedroom was upstairs with a walkway and a bathroom.  This is where I thought was the coolest.  I always found myself looking over so I could talk to the people downstairs.

This place is definitely catered to children too!  They had a lake that you could fish in, paddle boat in, or if you didn't want to go into the water, they had a nice picnic area that you could sit at, as well as a place where you can sit and watch the lake.  There is a lot of grills around the place and a very nice built fire pit that you can build a fire in.  There was also a putt-putt course.  In the main lobby, they had a swimming pool that went to 6 feet deep.  There was a hot tube and a sauna.  These were great! I loved these!

A great thing about the mountains in snow!  We were up there from Saturday to Saturday, and Tuesday and Wednesday we didn't go out because there was so much snow.  I love the snow up there.  It's nothing like what I thought it would be.  I thought that all snow was like the snow that we get in Salisbury.  Snow and Ice mixed together.  But no, up there it is a soft and great for clumping together to make a nice snow ball with.

Well, this is just a little bit of the fun stuff that we had around us, on one of the best weeks I've had in a long long time.  I would highly recommend for someone (anyone of my readers) to go there.  I loved it and I hope that you would too. 

This is all for this post.  Until next time, as always, have fun and safe travels!

-Bekah Grace

Biltmore...The Most-Visited Winery in America!!

On Sunday, February 17th, I went to the Biltmore House.  I told you in my last post that I was going to write about the Biltmore the next couple of times I post a blog.  This time I am posting about the Biltmore Winery.

They have over 40 wines that they make there, on the Biltmore Estate.  This winery is the most visited winery in America.

 I am more of a wine drinker than any other kind of alcoholic drink.  I don't drink a lot just an occasional glass after a stressful week (which isn't that many).

I took a tour of the winery, where the tour guide told us that they get 80% of their grapes from California.  Now, don't think that all of their grapes are imported and they just make it there.  The history of it is this.

Seven years before the winery opened, William Cecil (George Vanderbilt's grandson) planted a lot of the vineyards himself.  After the seven years, everything had gone great! There weren't too bad of storms were they were out of business and the grapes were looking wonderful.  Until...there was a bad winter the year before it was suppose to opened.  In May of 1985, it opened with 80% of the grapes imported because the storm of 1984 had knocked down and killed a lot of the grapes.

The tour was very useful (I thought), because it showed me that there are many different things that are being put into the work of the wine making business.  The tour guide also told us that there is a clock tower that is what everyone followed.  Now, I know, if you are at the house and the clock tower is at the farm, how are you suppose to see it.  The Vanderbilts got a clock smith to synchronize all of the clocks together.  The clock only have 3 sides that show that clock.  Why? Because the 4th side of the clock tower faces the pasture, and as our tour guide told us, "They didn't think the cows would care what time it was!"  This is that clock:

Since I am 21, I got to wine taste.  They were all so good! My favorite that I had was the 2011 Chardonnay winner.  It didn't have a bite like all of the others did.  When I say a bite, if you have ever had any type of wine, you know what I'm talking about.  After swallowing my win, I always have the back part of my cheeks that turn up and kind of make me make a face (like a sour face).  I love wine, even though it does make me look weird!

I would suggest that you try the winery.  The people that work there are always kind, and always have great smiles on their faces.  It's an experience like non that I have every had.

Until the next post, have a fun and safe travel!

-Bekah Grace