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Category: Asheville Nonsense

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

Asheville, French Broad River, hiking, Influencer Things, Marshall, mountains, north-carolina, Sunday Funday, The Best Way to Spend an Asheville Summer Sunday, travel

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

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, rants, The times, The times they are a changin', wokeness

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, Deep Thoughts, Fleetwood's

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

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, holidays, ireland, irish, Irish things, saint-patricks-day, Social justice warrioring, St. Patrick's Day

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

carhartt, Deep Thoughts, Economics, fashion, How Capitolism Works, lifestyle, Social justice warrioring, style, travel, wokeness

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

Asheville, Asheville Tourists, mountains, north-carolina, tourist things, travel, traveling

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

Deep Thoughts, Overheard on Haywood Road, West Asheville

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

Deep Thoughts, music, Pennsylvania, politics

I Don’t Want a Vibey Christmas

Honestly, while all Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is the cryptic “you,” all I want around the holiday season is … More

Deep Thoughts, Holiday Cheer, music, the war on Christmas, West Asheville

Overheard on Haywood Road: Part 4

I’m back with another edition of Overheard on Haywood Road, my semi-regular series chronicling the hipster nonsense one overhears when … More

Halloween, Haywood Road, Overheard on Haywood Road, West Asheville

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