Author: Leo Suarez
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#6 Carrot Cupcake at The Cupcake Shoppe
The Cupcake Shoppe is a downtown Raleigh staple and has a boutique feel with premium cupcakes and other sweets. We took advantage of some very nice weather to walk down to the shop from the house. We rewarded ourselves with some cupcakes for the long walk, one of them including the Carrot Cupcake. The cake…
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#5 Chocolate Croissant at Boulted Bread
I’ll take any reason to visit Boulted Bread as it’s one of my favorite places on this planet. I knew when we started this list that the chocolate croissant had to be had here and that’s exactly what we did on a Friday morning. (pro-tip: the lines are out the door on the weekends) In…
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#3 Blueberry Bagel at NY Bagel and Deli
We’re not typically “eat breakfast out people” but sacrifices must be made for the Lemon Cake list. We decided to go out on a Sunday morning to NY Bagel and Deli and it was worth it. Rory, for the longest time, was not a fan of bagels for who knows why. It all changed today,…
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#1 Strawberry Donut at Burney’s
How to choose the first one on our 2024 dessert quest? Easy. You ask the 8-year-old. After Rory was thinking donuts one weekend in January, we looked around town for places that had things like eclairs, crullers, and donuts. We stumbled on a shop that we’ve never been to in Burney’s Sweets and More. The…
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Having Lots of Fun
Lots of fun being had! A video posted by Leo Suarez (@dtraleigh) on Mar 9, 2016 at 6:53pm PST
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36 Weeks
We made it to nine months! But this is the LAST WEEK! It’s official: I’m scheduled to be induced next Friday, Feb. 6, which is Week 37. As you *might* be able to tell, the baby has dropped just slightly. For those of you familiar with the terminology, the doctor says she’s at -3 station,…