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Events
Events
Saturday, Feb. 1
Pastries & Prosecco | 1-3:30 p.m. | Home for Entertaining, Cary | $99 | Learn best practice techniques for pastry making from the pros in a hands-on class.
Moves & Mimosas | 1-2 p.m. | SKILL Fitness Studio | $16 | Get active + moving with this low-stakes dance class while mingling with other attendees paired with a complimentary mimosa.
Thursday, Feb. 6
Burning Coal Theatre Presents Paint Me This House of Love | 7:30 p.m. | Burning Coal Theatre Company | $5+ | Enjoy this live production that follows the estranged relationship between a father, daughter, and a home renovation filled with heart felt scenes and comedic relief.
Friday, Feb. 7
Date Night in Tuscany | 6-8 p.m. | Weaver Street Market | $50 | Take your date night to a new level with an Italian cuisine workshop.
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day, when Punxsutawney Phil will emerge and predict whether or not we’ll see an early spring. If you don’t trust Phil’s judgement, feel free to consult our seasonal weather forecast through the end of February.
Number
$57,200. That’s the median annual pay in North Carolina (as of December 2024). Compare that to the median household income in Wake County — $96,734. (ADP Pay Insights)
Eat
Pricey avocado toast isn’t looking so bad these days. Egg prices are expected to increase ~20% in 2025 due to a strain of avian flu and inflation, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Try grabbing eggs at a local market instead of the supermarket, where prices are at record or near-record highs. (CNN)
Outdoors
It will soon cost $15,000 to climb Mount Everest when Nepal raises its permit fee by over 35% in September. Or you could hike one of our perfectly good trails right here in Raleigh. (Reuters)
Drink
Costco is going back to Coke. After switching to Pepsi in 2013, Costco will flip-flop back to Coca-Cola products in its food courts this summer. But which do you drink? Let us know. (USA Today)
City Guide
City Guide
♥️ It’s a date
Have an adult-style play date at Boxcar. | Photo by RALtoday
Kids, this is the story of how I met your mother, and it was all thanks to RALtoday.
OK, maybe that’s not exactly how the 2000s sitcom went, but if Ted Mosby had consulted us for date night ideas, we could’ve shaved the show down to two seasons.
Regardless, whether you’ve met “the one” or are hoping to impress someone, we’ve got 40+ local date night ideas.
For the ones who want a night out on the town
Keep your hands busy and the conversation active with workshops ranging from wood burning to pasta classes at Joy Worthy Co.
If the way to their heart is through their stomach
Order some unique pastas to “Lady and the Tramp” and try the community table for a communal dining experience at one of Raleigh’s hottest spots + a 2025 James Beard semifinalist — Figulina.
If you’re really hoping that it works out
Play a friendly game of pickleball at Pin Point, the latest facility in the city, at one of its 16 indoor courts.
Have you heard? We started a book club and our first read is Megan Miranda’s thriller “The Last to Vanish.” I’m planning to visit a few independent bookstores and purchase the novel from a local vendor. I’ll let you know where I find it in a newsletter this upcoming week — keep an eye out.
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