Strides of Fashion is a red carpet event at North Hills that will take place Thursday, October 1st outside Vivace and The Spectacle.  There will be a runway walk from 6:00-6:30pm and models will be wearing couture fashions from Scout & Molly’s and Vermillion. The Spectacle will provide some great eyewear and makeup and hair will be done by Luxe Apothecary and Von Kekel.
Proceeds and donations from the Strides of Fashion event will benefit The American Cancer Society and Breast Cancer Research.
After the runway walk, Ed Stephenson will be …

Vivace Chef Ian Sullivan and Coquette Brassier Chef Rob Bland, both in North Hills, will participate in the Epicurious Vino Challenge on Saturday, May 30, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Hinnant Family Vineyards in Pine Level, North Carolina, a charitable fundraiser that challenges chefs to create excellent dishes that use one of the Hinnant wines as a key ingredient.
They join fellow Urban Food Group, Inc., chefs Jeremy Sabo of Porter’s City Tavern and Jeffrey Sattler, both on Hillsborough Street, as well as a host of other chefs.
All proceeds will …

On Friday night, the “A Walk For Wishes” fashion show took place outside of The Spectacle and Vivace here at North Hills. Over 100 people came out to watch the event and hopefully donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which was the charity tie-in. Kitty Kinnin was the MC during the show, while male and female models walked outside in front of Vivace wearing styles from Liles Clothing Studio and Vermillion.
After the show, Chalon Carter gave a very moving speech about how the Make-A-Wish Foundation positively impacted her life when she …

On Friday night the “A Walk for Wishes” fashion show took place outside of Vivace and The Spectacle. You can see the recap here, but see below for pictures of the event. To check out some videos from the event, click here.
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On Friday night the “A Walk for Wishes” fashion show took place outside of Vivace and The Spectacle. You can see the recap here, but see below for video from the event. Click here for pictures of the event.
Footage of the female models strutting their stuff

An interview with Chalon Carter and Suzanne Sutter, who is the President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina
-my camera skills weren’t very good during this one, but it’s the words that matter, right…

Some thoughts about the event and the Make-A-Wish Foundation …

Tonight “A Walk for Wishes” fashion show will take place outside of Vivace. This open-air, red carpet event is being presented by The Spectacle and Vivace and proceeds from the event go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Models will be featuring clothing and styles from Liles Clothing Studio and Vermillion.
The runway walk will take place from 6:00-6:30pm and music from BC3 will run from 6:30-9:00pm. This should be a cool event and I’m going to try to make it out there for a few minutes tonight. Hope to see you there!
There …

I heard a rumor that Vivace will be serving drinks and food at the pool at the North Hills Alexan apartments on the weekends this summer. I think this is a great idea. People will definitely shell out some money to have good food/drinks delivered to them. Can anyone confirm or deny this story?
If Vivace does start serving drinks/food, will you take advantage of it?
Since I’ve been playing with Google Earth some today, here’s a shot of the pool here at The Alexan.

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Triangle Restaurant Week is next week (May 12-18). The goal of the week is to highlight some excellent local cuisine and encourage people to explore new restaurants and dishes in Raleigh. The best thing about it is that you get an appetizer, main course and desert for one price ($15 for lunch, $25 for dinner). You don’t need any coupons; all you have to do is show up to one of the participating restaurants.
South and Vivace are the two restaurants from North Hills that will be participating. Other restaurants …