Hannah + I went to Asheville on Saturday (8/22/09) with our good friend, Alison. (she knows downtown Asheville where as we don't...she used to live in Asheville.) We'd been planning on doing this for months + decided to JUST DO IT!! this particular day...
Here's Hannah ready to head out. Still at our house right before we left.
In Alison's car heading to the 'BIG CITY.'
Walking in downtown Asheville.
These drawings were on a stockade fence between 2 buildings. They were amazing. The artist community here is terrific.
We ate a really cool Pan Asian restaurant, DOC CHEY'S Noodle House. We sat at the 'bar' (which was really a granite counter with some cool fiber optic lights in it. tried to take a picture of the lights...but it wouldn't show up in the photos.) The picture of Me is a silly one...trying to 'look Asian' I guess!!! LOL!! But in actuality just being silly. :) The 'girl' in the bottom picture was our server. She worked the bar. She was very nice + patient with me. ;) I'm not one for anything out of the ordinary when it comes to my food intake so I had a few questions about their menu. ;) The dining area wasn't very big + the wait would have been very long had we not eaten at the counter. Oh...And the food was good, too!!! :D
SCENERY OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE..........
Hannah at the 'bead store' spending the Gift Certificate that Alison gave her last year for her birthday! Better late than never!! She had a wonderful time going through all they had. Very cool store.
Absolutely loved this mural on the side of a building. Had to have Hannah take a picture of me!
That pretty much finishes our day in Asheville. I got so excited about being in a 'CITY' that you would think I was in New York City!! Asheville is a very eclectic city with people from all different walks of life. Very cool. :)
The Mark Schultz concert at the new Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center. Very nice facility (with extremely fancy bathrooms!!!!). The concert was FANTASTIC!! Very uplifting. Will definately see him in concert again if we get the chance.
Kevin + I after the concert outside the Perforning Arts Center.Thanks all for letting me go on + on about our adventures this summer. Sorry it's taken me so long to post on my blog. 'Need' to update it at least every other week. (or at least 'try!!') I'll 'try' to be better at it from now on!!
