{"id":43,"date":"2010-01-18T20:31:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T20:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=43"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:15:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:15:33","slug":"downtown-raleigh-friendly-for-kids-and-your-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/artmusicentertainment\/downtown-raleigh-friendly-for-kids-and-your-wallet","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Raleigh: Friendly for Kids AND Your Wallet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having moved Downtown in August of 2008, my husband and I are still discovering new things to love.   Most recently, though we have no children (being Double Income No Kids – D.I.N.Ks) we had the opportunity to find many amazing things to do with our 3 and 4 year old niece and nephew within Downtown Raleigh.  During their first visit, it was cold and rainy, so we took them to see Under the Sea at the <\/span>IMAX Theater<\/a> before heading next door to the <\/span>Marbles Museum<\/a>.  (They currently offer Story Time every other Wednesday at 10:30.)  We found this indoor museum for children to be everything a child could hope for – on a rainy day, or any day!  To top off the visit, we took advantage of: Kids Eat Free at <\/span>Tobacco Road<\/a> offered on Tuesday nights. <\/span><\/p>\n

During their next visit, we took a ride on the <\/span>R Line<\/a>. They had never been on a city bus.  My sister and her husband (from the DC area) were surprised to find that the bus was FREE.  We made our way to the <\/span>Ice Rink<\/a> on Fayetteville Street.  Although it was too cold and windy that day for them to take a loop around the ice rink, they did  enjoy the <\/span>Krispy Kreme<\/a> Kiosk across the street.  We stepped inside out of the cold and picked out 2 Mini doughnuts each.  (I didn’t even know they had mini doughnuts!)  It was 3:30 so we had time to head over the <\/span>NC Museum of History<\/a>.   We were all pleasantly surprised over the appeal of this museum.  However, it should be noted, never head to the museum with your 3 and 4 year old niece and nephew on a sugar rush!  I’m glad the Museum closed at 5:00.  It was Monday evening so we headed over to <\/span>Sauced Pizza<\/a> for Cheese Pizza by the slice for $1.00.  <\/span><\/p>\n

The kids had so much fun.  When it was time to load the car and head back to Maryland, they both cried and said, “We don’t want to leave!”  <\/p>\n

So next time you’re on kid duty and it’s a rainy or cold day, you’ll know where to head.  Downtown Raleigh.  It’s not just for DINKS!<\/p>\n


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Having moved Downtown in August of 2008, my husband and I are still discovering new things to love.   Most recently, though we have no children (being Double Income No Kids – D.I.N.Ks) we had the opportunity to find many amazing things to do with our 3 and 4 year old niece and nephew within Downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,10,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2894,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/2894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}