For you Raleigh/Durham folk: Go to Bella Monica. It’s in the shopping center at the corner of Edwards Mill and Duraleigh. Why, you say?

• It has really damn good food.


• You don’t have to order salad dressings on the side because they are smart enough not to drown your salad in dressing in the first place.


• They take reservations.


• They are not a crappy Chain Italian Restaurant.


• Their food is not as pricy as you would think.


• The atmosphere is very classy, but naturally so.


• They have really, really cool looking pepper mills.


• Their slogan is “Live, Love, Eat”. How cool is that?

And that being said, I’m going to have my leftover Pork Piccatta for breakfast. Ha!

Then… we’re off to the Seagrove Pottery Festival.