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A super original Asheville, NC travel blog. Consider yourselves motivated, inspired, and influenced.

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Iron and Oak Brisket Company is Underrated (and Fantastic) BBQ

I find many of Asheville’s highly touted “underrated” bbq places sort of overrated. I find Iron and Oak Brisket Company underrated…and fantastic (and I someday want to write an ode to their macaroni salad).

12 Bones Smokehouse, BBQ, Bears, Bears Smokehouse BBQ, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, RIverside Rhapsody Beer Company, Woodfin

My Favorite Asheville Fine Dining Establishment is in a Tunnel Road Strip Mall

Sometimes the best gems are found in strip malls next to orthodontist’s offices.

Copper Crown, East Asheville, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, Highland Brewing, Strip Mall Realness

I Found Capitalism at the Marion Bigfoot Festival

I wanted to believe…I end up just spending lots of money.

Big Foot, How Capitalism Works, Marion Bigfoot Festival, Marion NC, street fair

Clothing Optional Partying on the Laurel River Trail

I was expecting to stumble upon some light partying on the Laurel River Trail. I wasn’t expecting so much nudity.

creek walking, Dogz, hike, hiking, Hot Springs NC, Laurel River Trail, Madison County, Marshall, nudity, Swimming Hole

The Asheville Art Crawl Might Have Made Me a Radical Socialist

I didn’t enter the Asheville art crawl a radical socialist, but I might have left it one.

art, downtown Asheville, galleries, rants, Social justice warrioring, socialist agenda

Tea With a Side of Smugness in West Asheville

Last week, I visited a West Asheville teashop that will remain nameless for this post. Despite being an avid tea…

Deep Thoughts, People Are Awful, rants, Social justice warrioring, tea, West Asheville

Dear Asheville, Pierogies Aren’t Pasta

Pierogies are not pasta Asheville. Stop serving them as such.

fine dining, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, pierogies, rants

No One in Western North Carolina Wants to Talk Northern Breweries With Me

The last two times I saw someone here in Asheville wearing a tee shirt from a northern brewery I was familiar with, I’ve been essentially shunned.

Archetype Brewing, Asheville Tourists, breweries

Overheard on Haywood Road: Part 2

The people of Haywood Road are just as wacky and unique as ever!

Dispatches from the west, Overheard on Haywood Road, West Asheville

I’ve Had It…But Not With Weekday Hikes

I discovered a new podcast about two when who’ve had it with people right as I witnessed three people I’ve had it with…which makes solo week day hikes that much more enjoyable…and needed.

Big Butt Trail, Daymoon Coffee Bar, Deep Thoughts, Flatiron Writers Room, hikes, People Are Awful, Podcasts, rants, wokeness

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