Nate & Shin-Yi
5 . 7 . 2016
Note: our wedding falls on the same weekend as graduation for both UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, so book hotels early!
Our wedding puts you within driving distance of three amazing locations: Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Here are some of our favorite things to do/see and places to eat/drink.
See ALL the bricks (Nate went here).
Shin-Yi spent a lot of time here as a kid.
Indoor and outdoor art and movies on the lawn.
Historic area with walks to museums, shopping, and food.
Raleigh's first planned community - shopping and foodage.
Food, flowers, farmers, and fried fish!
Amazing BBQ (and a chocolate factory across the street!)
Get hot donuts fresh off the conveyer belt.
Huge slabs of beef.
Good eats & live music/dance floor.
200+ global beers - try and get your own saucer on the wall!
Consider seeing the gardens.
Our guests get $9 admission Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 8. (Shin-Yi spent a lot of time here as a kid.)
Fun area with great restaurants. Right next to the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) and Durham Athletic Park, home of the Durham Bulls (Minor League Baseball team). This is also home of the WUNC (North Carolina’s NPR station) recording studio.
Shopping/food in the Watts and Yuille tobacco warehouses.
Fun restaurants and cute boutiques. Check out Blue Corn Cafe, Elmo’s Diner, and Monuts Donuts.
A retail collective selling exclusively NC made goods.
Great coffee and pastries.
Amazing food - must have the dim sum.
Amazing BBQ.
Lots of delicious wine and Mediterranean small plates.
Bring-your-own-food brewery in an industrial space with picnic tables, board games, and ping-pong. Often has food trucks parked outside.
Independent theater offering concerts, films, and film festivals.
3 days + 5 indoor music venues + over 20 world-class performances
Shin-Yi went/worked here.
Beautiful conservation garden.
Shin-Yi spent a lot of time here as a kid.
Amazing Szechuan Chinese food. Must try: Kung Pao chicken or lotus root, dry fried tea smoke duck, shredded pork tenderloin with green onion, Dan Dan noodle, ma po tofu, or eggplant in garlic sauce
Southern comfort food.
Fresh and delicious, very vegetarian and gluten-free friendly.
Excellent beer selection and good pub food.
Lots of delicious wine and Mediterranean small plates - check out the deck upstairs!
Improv and stand-up.
Please respond no later than April 7th.
