One last Weekend in March

Holly and I enjoyed the last w-e of March in Asheville, doing some gardening in the rain, some running on the trail, and visiting with old and new friends. Friday we arrived around 7pm just in time to enjoy dinner with the rest of the world at the Asheville Pizza Co. They were all there to see Benjamin Button for $3. We were there to unwind from the drive and grab an easy dinner. Saturday it rained most of the day, so we caught up on basketball. We met up with Donna Z at the French Broad brewery to listen to music as one of our new favorite bands was playing. The Leigh Glass Band does mostly blues and americana music with a twist. We heard her at the French Broad on Valentine's Day, and she was a hoot. Fun to share her and the band over a Rye Hopper. Sunday we headed back out to the Blue Ridge Parkway to run the trail near Mt Pisgah, where we will launch the big trail trek on April 18th to celebrate good health. We ran about 80 minutes this time and covered the steepest, most difficult section of the trail. It promises to be a hilly Trek even though we are doing the trail to take advantage of the general downward slope. Late afternoon on Sunday we headed out to the Sourwood Inn off the Parkway to take advantage of their local special with rooms half off. Kacia, the chef, cooked for us and one other (local) couple who were also there for the special.

They were a young married couple who work in the music business. He owns a music marketing company (Ani Difranco, Catie Curtis, etc), and she is a disc jockey and music writer. They told us they too had had a commuter relationship early on (Boston-him, Aville-her) until he decided to move down and start his own company in NC. Like so many others, they are making it work though they have both worked remotely now and in the past. She told us the funniest story about doing the DJ thing for a radio station in Wilmington while she jiggled her son on her knee hoping he wouldn't make too much noise for her microphone. On his part, he told us about a woman who owned a clothing store in the same building as his office and how he accidentally learned that she actually does sound for Hollywood movies when she borrowed a fancy sound cable from him once. Amazing what people in Asheville are really doing while we watch basketball or plant camelias and rhododendrons.

I had my monthly blood work this past week and everything was great!

Photos: Holly with the Pisgah mtns in the background. Our weeping cherry tree and Susan's Aunt Janice redbud tree in the background.