Asheville residents....

[Flaxbee]

My husband and I are thinking of heading down to Asheville (from Virginia) sometime this coming weekend (Mar. 20-21) for a few days to look around again; we've been flirting with the area for years and think we might make a move sometime this spring/early summer.

Anyway, two questions:

1) Is anything going on in the area this weekend that would make it hard to get a hotel room?

2) Anybody wanna meet a fellow DU'er for a drink or coffee one of the days we're there?

Thanks for the info, I hope my husband and I can meet some of you!

[JanMichael]

1. We are thinking of being there that weekend too

for the protests.

This is Stephanie typing; Michael is downstairs cooking dinner...I lived in Asheville for years...

Shoot us a PM closer to the weekend, and I will PM you our cell phone number!

[Flaxbee]

2. OK, this sounds dumb, but what protests?

I haven't been keeping track of local events...

[citizen snips]

3. It is the No to War Protests.

On March 20.

http://www.ncpeacehub.org

[Flaxbee]

4. Thanks... I just did a google search and found the info...

I appreciate the heads-up.

[brainshrub]

5. There are protests going on here on the 20th.

The cops arrested a bunch of us last year.

[Flaxbee]

6. I'm gonna kick this again...

n/t

[JanMichael]

7. Kick...Again.

Need some more NC DU'ers in Asheville!

[Lex]

8. Doggone it!

I'm not in Asheville! *But* as a native North Carolinian I'd like to say that Asheville is a beautiful, beautiful place. Seems like a pretty progressive place in some ways--at least that's the sense I got there when visiting. I've enjoyed July's "Belle Chere" music/street festival several years in a row. I always have lots of fun then.

Also, "Malaprops" bookstore downtown is cool and the grocery store called "Earth Fare" too.

Good luck--I hope you have a great time!

If you're ever in Durham, NC this fellow DU'er will meet you for a cuppa joe.

[Flaxbee]

9. Thanks for the info Lex!

and thanks, JanMichael/Stephanie for the info and kicks. I'll know more about our schedule in a few days. We may postpone a bit to avoid large crowds b/c we're going to be looking closely at available land & housing. I know both are quite costly in the Asheville area.


If we do drive through Durham, I'll email you!