Slipped into an aging business center, across from a hospital on the edge of downtown Asheville, N.C., sits an unassuming breakfast place called Biscuit Head. Unassuming is probably overstating it. This isn’t a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it spot. This is a don’t-blink-and-you’re-still-liable-to-miss-it joint. We were in Asheville in early December to listen to Joe Biden — former vice president… Read More Look at the head on that thing
Today, I cleaned out the sinks in our bathroom. Both of them were starting to empty a little slowly, and being the convenient environmentalist I am, I didn’t really want to throw a gallon of whatever toxic sticky stuff Drano has in it down the tube and into the Chattahoochee. Plus, Drano is damn expensive.… Read More You DIY, dammit
Mary Jo, my wonderful wife of (mumblemumble) years, has always been a dog person. Obviously, if she were a cat person, she wouldn’t be getting talked up here. If she were a cat person, we’d have never made it to mumblemumble years. Her first dog, if I’m not mistaken, was Inky (a picture of him,… Read More The patron saint of canines
It’s a start.
We break now from our moratorium on political commentary to highlight a modest but spot-on op-ed piece in the New York Times. And, if you’ll permit, we’ll break from this ridiculously formal first-person plural thing, too. I’ve done more than a little railing about Donald Trump and his lying, and the whole phenomenon of “fake… Read More Duty call
It’s not that we didn’t like Oak Island, the quaint and quiet North Carolina beach town that was the second stop on our Tour, back in mid-October. (Map, here.) It’s nice. It’s warm. I imagine you can find, if you look hard enough, a cool little place on the beach or near the beach or,… Read More The Next Stop Tour: Oak Island, NC
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