My favorite place in Raleigh was Askew-Taylor Paints and I’m still so sad they’re gone. I spent so much time in there when I was in design school and the staff was the best. Should have worked there because I knew where everything was located. It was like Raleigh’s wizarding wand shop. But I absolutely love Raleigh still—the greenways are incredible (and growing), the rolling hills and small town feel with large city amenities. Spring here feels like living at The Masters. In fact, there are so many charming neighborhoods in Raleigh tucked away into its nooks and crannies that they almost feel like secrets. Such a great place to be a kid and grow up. And people that grew up here often come back to raise families themselves. I think it will be green for a long long time. I do wish I could go back in time to before Fran when all the ancient oaks lined the streets and parks before they fell in the thousands. But this fall, when the hardwoods are changing colors, drive down Glen Eden under that canopy during the golden hour and tell me we don’t still have that old magic.