Post Tenebras Lux

In celebration of my birthday (big 24), Janel and I made a jaunt over to the Streets at Southpoint, which is a super nice mall on the opposite side of the Triangle from Wake Forest. It’s a really cool setup–half of the mall is indoor, like a traditional mall. The other half of it is outside (like a street, hence the name) with different types of fountains set up periodically for aesthetics sake. It’s one of my favorite places to go in the Triangle area. Two reasons why: (1) The Apple Store. I’m not really much of a gadget-guru, but Apple just does something within my soul. (2) Firebirds. It’s a Rocky Mountain themed steakhouse, and the inside of it resembles a high-class ski lodge. Best steak I’ve ever had; it makes Outback seem like putrid rubber. Get the black peppercorn encrusted steak w/ the loaded baked potato. Mmmm.

In addition to eating and gadget-drooling, we got to do a little shopping, ‘cuz Drew has a bit of birthday cash. I’m not the metrosexual type, but I’m finding that I enjoy shopping more than I probably should. I can’t quite make my budget fit Banana Republic, but GAP is right up my alley. Ooh…chain-store conformity! It beats digging through the racks at Goodwill, which to my utter shame, I must confess to resorting to from time to time. Lastly, the NBC affiliate station has a huge Christmas tree lighting at Southpoint every year, and so we stood out in the cold for 2 hours watching small children run around and demolish every inch of landscaping in the main square of the Streets. Sometimes I think that hanging out with children just might be the greatest contraceptive one can ever have. It was fun, however, to use our childless mobility to outrun the armada of strollers and minivans in departing the mall. Eat that, breeders!