Overheard on Haywood Road: Part 6

These were collected between January and May of 2024.  As always, I will try and mostly fail, to give you … More

For Display Only

During Covid, my cousin Mikey lived in Asheville Air BnBs for two months. During his tenure here, we typically ended … More

No One Asked for My Recipe for a Nice Little Sunday, and That’s OK

I’m often tickled by influencers of all success levels (but honestly, in this case, most tickled by those of middling-to-not-very … More

The Extonization of Asheville

There’s a town in the Philadelphia suburbs called Exton that my brother and I always use as a placeholder for … More

Being a Fantastic Host Caused Me to Run Out of Gas For the First Time in Over Fifteen Years

Between the ages of 18-21, I used to run out of gas all the time. I was young and dumb … More

Asheville Needs to Up Its St. Patrick’s Game

My first two years in Asheville were all messed up by a little thing called Covid (it’s wild how long … More

The Carhartt-ization of Asheville

Just this past weekend, at an unnamed boutique downtown, I watched two women purchase a combined $425.00 worth of Carhartt … More

Cosplaying Tourists on the Asheville Pubcycle

Even though the bulk of the economy is built on and around it, the people of Asheville largely hate tourists. … More

Overheard on Haywood Road: Part 5

It’s that time again for me to share in my eavesdropping and judging of the Haywood Road hipsters. It’s the … More

Taylor Swift Lyrics Can Skillfully Eviserate Both Asheville’s Left and Right

Arguably, no one had a better 2023 than my fellow Pennsylvania ex-pat Taylor Swift.  Everyone wanted a piece of her.  … More