Durham, NC

Full disclosure: I did not attend Duke University.

Having said that, I thought it might be nice to swing by the Duke Bookstore to get something cute for Mrs. Me. I spent about ten minutes in the clothing section of the bookstore, before I realized just how repulsive it was to stare at a bunch of blue and white shirts with "Duke" on them. Maybe I'm bitter because they get top basketball recruits year after year, even when their team isn't that good. Maybe I still don't like Laettner after all these years. Maybe I think Coach Krzyzewski rivals only Gene Keady for the Worst Hair Violation for an NCAA Coach Award.

Beautiful campus though. If you start there, you have a ten minute drive to the Durham Bulls ballpark, complete with the bull from the movie Bull Durham. I spent the 15-minute drive to the airport reciting my favorite lines from the movie. "Hey Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well."