Our 39th anniversary celebration was held at The Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. What started out as a celebratory meal ended up turning into a wonderful one night getaway to the beautiful and charming Omni Grove Park Inn. We had two lovely Continue reading →
Love Waterfalls? Be Safe!
Every year people flock to our county to visit the waterfalls. It is one of the most wonderful things about Transylvania County in North Carolina. The county boasts over 250 waterfalls and many of these are quite easy to get to and view. It is Continue reading →
The Blind Mule – Brevard, North Carolina
Chris and I are enjoying being able to eat out at some of the great restaurants we have missed during the past 18 months or so. While we are not eating out nearly as often as we did pre – Covid days, we are enjoying Continue reading →
An Oasis in a City
One of the things I love about visiting cities is exploring and finding the unusual or the unexpected. What I find is that what “I” think is unusual is actually not and on our recent trip to Jersey City I discovered that there are many Continue reading →
Teatime Treats on Teapot Tuesday
There are so many wonderful things to serve with tea and sometimes it is difficult to decide what to choose. Another trip to the fabulous Book and Bee Tearoom in Hendersonville, NC found me drooling over all of the wonderful selections on their afternoon tea Continue reading →
The Music is BACK!
Music is back in Brevard, North Carolina with opening weekend of the Brevard Music Center occurring over the weekend. Did you ever realize how much you missed something and you didn’t realize it until it was back in your life? To be honest, that was Continue reading →
Street Art in Jersey City
As most of my readers know I am a huge fan of outdoor art installations of any kind. Walking around Jersey City offered a lot of opportunities to see some great artwork and I barely saw any of what was available. Next trip we will Continue reading →
Glimpses from Jersey City
As promised this week I will share a few posts from our recent trip to Jersey City, New Jersey. It is really difficult to believe that we have been home a week already. I am missing Theo (and Micah and Wendy and Corgi Penny) so Continue reading →
Flying After Covid-19 Pandemic
Flying after Covid-19 Pandemic is in full force. After I typed that title I wondered if it was accurate. Are we post pandemic? Realistically we probably are not judging from the cases in other countries but for this post I am kind of assuming that Continue reading →
Stickwork at Biltmore – Part Two
I was thrilled to be able to view Stickwork at Biltmore Estate again on my trip there last week. Stickwork, by Patrick Dougherty, is a large-scale, unique-to-Biltmore outdoor sculpture. The outdoor exhibit, located in Antler Village, is the perfect playground for young ones. The great Continue reading →