My great friend from Winthrop Jackie and her husband Greg moved from sunny San Diego to Raleigh NC last year! Raleigh is growing on them but they wanted to come scope out Charlotte to see it's potential. Throw in another best bud from Winthrop and her hubby Jason and it turned in to a wonderful weekend! I don't know why I had to wait for Jackie and Greg to come visit to see some of Charlotte's attractions!!
Technically we started Friday Night with dinner at White Horse in Rock Hill!! Saturday we drove past the Panther's stadium in to Uptown and walked a few popular city blocks. Then we went to Discover Place which was actually not bad. It's VERY child friendly and they were everywhere but we had a good time too!! The highlights for me were the bed of nails, the rope bridge, the super microscope in the THEM exhibit, and the octopus!
Although our quest for Ted's steamed burgers fell short, we ended up at a great local spot for lunch- the Penguin Drive-in. The nostalgia and the food were definitely worth the wait. I had the winky dinky dog (chili and pimento cheese) and sweet potato fries...yum!! Also witnessed Greg's first experience with Cheerwine!
Then it was on to a younger sorority sister's photography studio where my a few of my wedding pictures were featured along with lots of cute baby photos. Then we visited Freedom Park and drove through the NoDa area before heading back to the house to shower and get ready for our evening.
We picked up Brent and met the Deese's at the Pineville Lightrail station...also a first!
We rode it to the EpiCenter where we had a great dinner (and dessert) at Black Finn. We spent most the night after that at the piano bar, Howl at the Moon. After witnessing a bachelor so drunk I don't know how he was still having such a great time, several pink boas belonging to a bachelorette party, a surprise visit and performance by the lead singer of LONESTAR, and a purse snatching caught in the act....we realized it was almost 2am and the last Light rail left at 1am!! Whoops...so we hit the ATM and got a cab back to Pineville!
Sunday we treated Jackie and Greg to our newest love.....boating!! We recently bought a used pontoon boat and are absolutely loving it! We went out for a ride and some swimming before they had to leave for Raleigh!
It was a fabulous weekend full of NEW adventures with OLD friends!!! 
How fun! Glad ya'll had a great time! :)
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