Faces of Asheville
Check out this blog, Faces of Asheville. It’s pretty cool. I love anyone who has a knack for photography. And anyone who uses her camera to chronicle Ashvegas.
Soap up
WLOSers did the story the other night on Blue Ridge Soap Shed.
Brewgrass Festival
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Brewgrass Festival in September. Buy your tickets now, because lines are incredibly long the day of. It’s a great event – all kinds of craft brews, great bluegrass music. Go to the festival web site here.
Fishing news
It’s time to get out the bait and tackle and go trout fishing. Need to know the latest? Go to the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission’s web site. It’s easy to use and packed with good information.
Need a fishing guide? Check out this guy, On the Fly, which used to be WNC Trout.
Great bread
Pizzas don’t grow on trees, but they sure are cultivated with love at Dogwood Hills Farm in north Buncombe County. Pick a spring or summer Friday night, drive out Ox Creek Road off of Reems Creek, and stop at the farm, also home to the Underwood Baking Company. Owner Michael Olivier keeps the brick oven running Friday nights and anyone can come out, order a pizza, and have a picnic in a beautiful mountain setting near the Blue Ridge Parkway. There’s no charge for the pizza, but a $10 or $12 donation is suggested. You’ve got to check it out.
Hot air balloon rides
Check out gomountains.net for assorted photos and to book a hot air balloon ride over our beautiful mountains.
A work of art
Looking for a beautiful work of art to life your spirits? Check out one of my favorite artists, Carmen Grier. Here’s what she says about how she works:
My most recent work begins with white cloth, which I initially print or dye. From this point on, I am in a state of dialogue with the fabric, giving and receiving, listening and responding as each layer of adding or subtracting color and pattern alters and transforms. When the fabric has reached a resonating level of interest, it is ready to be pieced and juxtaposed. With this repertoire of fabrics, I again listen and intuit, shift and change arrangements until a balance is achieved. Like the polyphony of music, each piece of cloth influences and interacts with each other piece contributing to the mystery and complexity of the completed composition.bq.