It’s that time of year again, when the Zombie Hordes take to the streets. This year, in the form of a Zombie themed pub crawl. Festivities begin at ZaPow Gallery, at 7:00 PM Sunday, and the pub crawl begins at 9. All details can be found at the Ashtoberfest website.
To help get you in the mood, here’s a selection of photos from previous Ashtoberfest events:
For more photos of previous events, check out these ImageAsheville posts:
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This is a survey to gather input from Buncombe, Haywood and Hendersonville residents about transportation needs around WNC. Your input is important because it will help develop opportunities and incentives for people who live in WNC to decrease their personal fuel costs by finding convenient, safe and flexible ways to find bikepool, carpool, vanpool and share rides to work, school, events and activities each day.
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Hey Asheville bloggers: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel is looking for food, music and nightlife bloggers to go on free trips to the casino, hotel and restaurants.
The local company that handles marketing for Harrah’s, the multimillion-dollar casino and hotel 45 min. away in Cherokee, wants local bloggers at specialty press events for its restaurants, music and events.
The last trip was pretty great: Limo transportation and free food from Ruth’s Chris, Paula Deen’s Kitchen and more. The next event for local press is a red-carpet DJ event with Pauly D (free hotel stay may be available with this event) on Friday July 20.
Even if Pauly D is not your thing, my point is: Free food, free concerts, free transportation, trips to Harrah’s and an opportunity to build your blog with exclusive food/entertainment content. Food/entertainment/music writers and LOCAL people willing to cover music and nightlife are what Harrah’s is looking for.
If you’re interested, the signup link is here. You must have a blog, site or some way of reaching local people (radio show, podcast, etc.).
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Cross-posted from Ashvegas. Sorry I haven’t been posting as much to BlogAsheville lately, I just become an Ashvegas.com contributor! But I’m back, and I’d love to have some help. If you’re interested in Asheville and want to contribute, just comment, or contact me at contact (at) blog asheville dot com.
Nothing’s locally sourced. No huevos rancheros. No “breakfast salad.” No tofu chorizo to sub for the Hickory Nut Gap Farms hormone-free, antibiotic-free, all-natural humanely raised local bacon brought in from Fairview this morning by a team of fairies.
No chai, no latte, no soy milk. No 25-minute wait. Probably no outdoor seating and no dogs.
Just breakfast the way it used to be. Here’s the list:
The Rite Aid Coffee Shop: North Asheville
“It’s kind of like family here,” says Randy Burrell, who has been coming to the coffee shop since 1993. He lives nearby and usually comes in on Fridays to kick back with a cup of tea, pancakes, eggs, hash browns and sometimes an apple turnover. “Gnelle makes us all feel at home.”
The Tastee Diner: West Asheville
The servers are sweet and call you “darlin’.” Go for breakfast and TRY to spend more than $5, you’ll be stuffed if you do. It’s delicious and perfect for the value. Make sure you bring cash OR check because they don’t take debit or credit cards- it’s old school.
Five Points Restaurant. Breakfast until 11:30. Outskirts of downtown.
The quintessential diner. Very friendly wait staff of the “more coffee, hon” variety.
Miami Restaurant: Candler
The food is down home southern! Cooked fresh by the owner, the staff have been there forever, and all the locals eat there. Was there this AM and could not get in!! Small area to dine with the old style chairs, but it is all worth it!
The Cornerstone Restaurant: East Asheville
We stayed at the Homewood Suites, so it was very convenient to walk to the Cornerstone. I had the perfect omelette, and my husband was very happy with his Greek Salad. I kept finding reasons to go back, their lemon cake was to die for. TripAdvisor link
Moose Cafe: West Asheville
My backpacking friends wanted to eat at Hardees and get back on the road so we could get to the trail. I strongarmed them to get them to the Moose Cafe. That was six years ago…now, they will not pass Asheville without stopping at the Moose Cafe. TripAdvisor link.
Baba’s Kitchen. Breakfast until 2 p.m. North Asheville.
Only good things to say. Cynthia & I had a late brunch today. We really enjoyed the potato & egg sandwich, the Russian Omelet, the mini-latkes, and most of all the friendly staff and warm feel of the restaurant. We’ll be back with friends soon.
The Mediterranean: Downtown
This is a low key, casual, old-fashioned type place in the center of downtown. I would say that this is a place locals go for a good meal. The inside is charming and the service very good. There’s a counter, as well as a lot of booths.
I only had breakfast. The best over medium eggs I have ever had. And, I’m not usually a grit-eater, but these grits were good – they were yellow grits – perfectly cooked. The meal was SO cheap – like $3-something. It was prepared quickly and the server was very efficient.
The Leicester Family Restaurant: West Asheville
I love this restaurant. It’s totally unpretentious, the food is homemade and delicious and the staff and owners very friendly – a real effort is made to make you feel at home. All kinds of people eat here, from locals to professionals working in the area.
What’d we miss?
(Got something around town you’re passionate about and want to share with Asheville? Your picks for the Best Bloody Mary bars? The best veggie burgers? The best places for miniature golf? Contact us and tell us!)
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The Old Wood Co. is an amazing River Arts District-based business. They have signed up to win a $250,000 grant to support the growth of this great independent creative business and need your vote to win! Please help them by voting! You can log in with your Facebook account and search for “The Old Wood Co.” Click on the one with the most votes! CLICK HERE TO VOTE
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Mother Earth Produce is holding a t-shirt slogan contest. Win a free t-shirt and a free week of organic produce delivered to your front door! Send slogans to [email protected] or post to the MEP Facebook page.
From the excellent West Asheville Watch community Facebook group, news about development along Amboy Road in West Asheville, along the river in a long-neglected floodplain. The developer invites the public to public input meetings on Wednesday (5:30 p.m.) and Friday (noon), and RiverLink is serving as the community liaison.
This is probably just the beginning as far as changes along the river corridor, now that New Belgium has made it a whole new game. Details below.
Dear Friends and Neighbors:
As most of you are by now aware, the property on the north side of Amboy, between Amboy and Joyner, has changed hands, and recently undergone the beginning of clearing and reshaping.
As promised by the developer, talks about the future of that property have been directed to River Link, and they are now acting as community liaison.
The following invitation was forwarded to me by Karen Cragnolin, Executive Director of River Link. It announces two meetings to introduce the developer and plans for the land in question. According to Karen, we can anticipate seeing drawings and having many of our questions answered at these meetings.
I expect as many of you as have an interest will attend one, so we can maximize input. Speaking strictly for myself, I believe this is the time for open communication and civil dialog. I hope that our greenest and most community conscious ideas will be heard and considered for incorporation into site plans.
Sincerely,
Sabra Hammond
PS: Please address any responses or questions to the principals of this meeting, as I am acting strictly as a conduit for communications right now — this is all the information I have.
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——————— Please join us at RiverLink’s Warehouse Studios to learn more about this proposed new residential project planned for Amboy Road
When Wednesday June 6 at 5:30
Friday June 8th at 12 noonWhereRiverLink’s Warehouse Studios
170 Lyman Street
Asheville, NC 28813-0488
[email protected]
828-252-8474, ext 16Come for homemade cookies, sweet tea and important information exchange -get your questions answered and your concerns addressed – thank you
FYI, a May 22 post in the West Asheville Watch Facebook group puts a much darker cast on the activities of this developer:
For being so concerned about what the community thinks, this developer ripped through the woods behind our house with chainsaws, wood chippers, and grading machines in a fury! He tore down YEARS of growth in just a few days – all the while lying about his intentions. He told all the neighbors that he was from the forestry department and was making the area safer and better looking and that he just “got carried away”. He told them all he had no intention of building houses – and now he is looking for community input? And not to mention – he had NO PERMITS to be doing any work there. This smells like slope style houses to me – and this developer was in too much of a hurry to rip through the trees and growth to not be doing anything wrong. This property is just across from the river and he is grading a road in there – we have video of him doing it! During the rains last week you could just watch the clay run down to the drain on Amboy. Not to mention all the small game and bird habitats he ripped through, this whole thing is a shame.
Read the post here.
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May 23 Google Doodle: A "Mini-Goog"
Today’s Google doodle on the Google homepage is an interactive synthesizer (a “Mini-Goog”) that pays tribute to an genius of the music world: The late Bob Moog (rhymes with vogue), an adopted Ashevillean who invented the first commercially available synthesizer–and changed music forever.
Above: Local mural created for Bob Moog’s birthday anniversary today, May 23
Today would have been Bob Moog’s 78th birthday. Honor his legacy locally–and enjoy some delicious Early Girl food–by dining out today: All day, Early Girl Eatery is donating 20 percent of all its sales to the Bob Moog Foundation.
Fun at Early Girl also includes live synth music, a raffle and Moog-inspired art. Details here.
Moog’s legacy lives on right here in Asheville, home to the musical instrument company he founded, Moog Music; the Bob Moog Foundation, the education and innovation nonprofit run by his daughter; and Moogfest, the major electronic music festival held here annuallyn where top musicians honor Moog’s memory as well as rock the house.
Google is celebrating May 23, which would have been Dr. Robert Moog’s 78th birthday, with an interactive homepage logo that looks and plays like a Moog synthesizer. You can use the cursor to adjust the synth’s oscillators, pound on the keys, apply filters and even record and share your own synthesizer creations. At the right-hand side of the doodle, the animated recording equipment generates a sharable link of your creation for you to copy and paste; there’s even a G+ button, for Google+ users to post their songs directly to the social network.
From TIME Magazine: Google’s Moog Doodle: Play a ‘Mini-Goog’, Celebrate the Life of an Electronic Music Pioneer
From Moog Music, a video on how to work the Goog controls and have fun. Moog Music’s site is hosted locally, and has received over 3 million hits today.
Official Google Blog: A tribute to Bob Moog, sonic doodler
Christian Science Monitor: Bob Moog: How he changed music forever
TechCrunch: Today’s Google Doodle Is An Awesome, Playable Moog Synthesizer
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The Mini-Goog interactive synth is live all day. Play and have fun, and think of a world-class local pioneer while you do it.
A lot of people today don’t realize what this man brought to the masses. He brought electronic music to the masses and changed the way we hear music. — Charles Carlini
I see Bob Moog as the father of Asheville’s vibrant creative community. His influence on the world of music is impossible to overstate. The Bob Moog Foundation’s current creative influence on Asheville and our children is at the top of my list of why we are so proud to run a business and raise a family in WNC. — Julie Stehling of Early Girl Eatery
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With the inaugural Asheville Beer Week kicking off on Thursday, May 24, it’s time to renew our spirit and dedication to our city’s favorite beverage, beer.
Sure, we tied with the awesome town of Grand Rapids, MI for BeerCity, USA this year. The nay-sayers of the economic boon our industry brings will say “who cares?” and the neo-prohibitionists say we’re ruining the city by forcing everyone to drink “the alcohol,” but no. We shall not stand for that. We are a hard-working, vibrant, integral cross-section of this community that knows no borders and has no limits. We are a small bunch. We are strong. We work hard for each other. We work hard for others. We are not jerks. We are trying to make a living. And we like beer. And, moreover, we like that you like beer.
Here’s a Step-by-Step way to bring it home during Asheville Beer Week. If all you can think about is beer right now, skip straight to Step One. Otherwise, humor me.
FIVE: Support Southeast Regional Breweries
We get it. Sometimes you’re tired of that regular local beer you always get with the burrito, side of sour cream. Been there. (And I hate sour cream.) Well, expand your local map area and drink something from within the region of the Southeast. There are many great beers by non-NC breweries that are often available from our greater region: Sweetwater (GA), Terrapin (GA), Atlanta Brewing/Red Brick (GA), RJ Rockers (SC), Thomas Creek (SC), Abita (LA). Surely, I am missing many. Even a brew in our general economic region is boost to the industry. And shouldn’t we let the world know we’re not a bunch of light-beer-swillin’ rednecks? It’s great to branch out, but still: the closer to home, the better.
FOUR: Support North Carolina Breweries
Zoom in, go smaller. NC is awash in breweries and start-ups. We’re not even going to pretend to know everything about each one. We don’t. We’re on a mountain and no one tells us anything. But you can go to the North Carolina Brewers Guild Guide and then ask your favorite restaurant, bar, store (or refrigerator) in Asheville to stock your favorite North Carolina beer. If you don’t see something, ASK FOR IT. (Ask a manager. Also, sorry, managers.) There is no shame in it. In fact, you get extra cool points from the beer gods for doing so. This has been proven somewhere. I read it on the internet.
THREE: Support Asheville Beer Week (May 24-June 3, 2012)
This is the biggest beer bash ever to be held in Asheville, North Carolina, a.k.a. BeerCity, USA. A small, yet mighty group of people is working overtime to put on a stellar “week” for you (Okay, it’s 12 days, or something, but no one said we could count. We can’t.) with an insane number of beer events all over town.
During Asheville Beer Week, not only are you supporting the local breweries, restaurants, bars, and retailers, you are also doing your usual gig for many, many, many good causes. During Asheville Beer Week, the beer community is helping out many groups and individuals, including the Asheville Brewers Alliance, The Family of Ben Harris (Redhook Brewery), Habitat for Humanity, Save The French Broad, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of WNC, The WNC Nature Center, and The Appalachian Trail Conservancy to name a few. There are big, fancy dinners and free, fun pint nights. Three fests ranging from free to $16/pp to $40/pp. We’ve got you covered.
You can visit the Official Asheville Beer Week site at http://ashevillebeerweek.com. We’ve also got apps in Android and iPhone markets. You can play with us on Twitter (@AVLBeerWeek), Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare, and Untappd. We even have an Untappd Badge you can earn to show you Asheville Beer Week pride! Use the official hashtags #avlbeer and #avlbeerweek to share your events and get info.
(Oh, and here’s a link for a contest for two free tickets to Beer City Fest from 104.9.)
TWO: Support Asheville Breweries
When you drink a local beer, you don’t just support the brewery. You support the employees in the office to the folks scraping the mash tun; you support their families, their kids. You support the businesses that carry their products, which means you support small businesses. You support EVERYONE. We’ve heard Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery say many times that the very first beer you enjoy every night should always be a local beer. This is not a lie.
ONE: Drink a Local Beer
You’re doing it! Congratulations. Cheers!
(Photo: MountainXPress/Anne Fitten Glenn)
