Destinations.

When I started blogging it was a way to keep myself motivated.  I had just graduated college, living in a terrible apartment, with no job and nothing to fill up my days. I was feeling a little disheartened every morning when all I had to do was watch TV.  Now there are some days when I lock my apartment door to head off to work, and all I want to do is run back inside, grab my big orange blanket and Einstein, to curl up and watch Grey's Anatomy all day.

Creating Thirsty World Designs was one thing that helped motivate me to get out of bed and back on track, because in order to have a blog, you have to have something to blog about.  So I got back to creating, and traveling, and baking, and going to events, and trying new restaurants, and well you get the idea.

Now I've finally reached my one year blogging mark. However while I use labels like there's no tomorrow to create a detailed table of contents, we forget to look back on the thing's we've experienced.

So I've decided to compile a list, that I can certainly continue adding to, of all the amazing places, spectacular events, and tasty restaurants I've had the privilege of going to. While I can't re-list every great blog post, here are a few vibrant places I can share with you.

North Carolina
Concord (My Hometown)
Places to Go:
Downtown Concord
Frank Liske Park
Henkelite Cemetery ((Mount Pleasant, NC))

Greensboro
Places to Go:
Greensboro Science Center (formerly the Natural Science Center)
Greensboro Arboretum
Piedmont Triad Farmer's Market
Events:
Central Carolina Fair

Triad Orchid Society Show

Restaurants & Bars:
Corner Bar
Maxie B's Bakery
Table 16
Holidays:
Festival of Lights ((Christmas))

Ridgeway Street Christmas Lights Display

Triad
Badin Lake
Badin Lake
Clemmons

Events:

North Carolina Wine Festival

Lexington

Events:
Lexington BBQ Festival
Winston-Salem
Places:
Old Salem Museum & Gardens

Western NC Mountain Towns

Banner Elk

Banner Elk Winery

Blowing Rock
The Blowing Rock

Downtown Blowing Rock

Linville 
Grandfather Mountain

Florida
Miami
Places to Go:

Ancient Spanish Monastery

Cape Florida Lighthouse
Jungle Island
Miami Seaquarium

Georgia
Atlanta
Places to Go:
Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Georgia Aquarium
High Museum of Art
Margaret Mitchell Museum

Massachusetts
Boston
Places to Go:

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Granary Cemetery
Harpoon Brewery
Nichols House Museum
TD Garden for a Celtics Game
Restaurants:

Yankee Lobster Company

New York

Brooklyn
Places to Go:
Brooklyn Heights River Citywalk
Restaurants:
Chevella's

South Carolina
Coastal Carolina

Garden City

Garden City Beach

Virginia
Shenandoah Valley

New Market Area

Meem's Covered Bridge & Civil War Sites

Shoppes at Mauzy

Luray
Luray Caverns
Luray Valley Museum

Washington D.C.

Places to Go:

National Aquarium