My first post about my recent trip to Asheville, North Carolina! The store is called Thyme in a Garden and John and Vinnie knew I would love it. Boy, were they right! I could have bought a million things but best of all was the large wild garden in the back with a little stream [...] Read More

Because the holidays are almost upon us I’m thinking a little bit about chocolate! And what better way to go shopping for your chocolate than a “Chocolate Lounge”!!! John and Vinnie took us to just that, The French Broad Chocolate Lounge in Asheville, NC. The brain child of this seemingly charming couple Jael and Dan(see [...] Read More

John was up to his old tricks again. We stayed a total of 4 nights in Asheville – the first 2 nights at the Renaissance which was right in town. But he said we had a change of plans for our last 2 nights which he kept a surprise. So, Thursday morning we checked out [...] Read More

John and Vinnie are househunting in Asheville so we had the pleasure of driving all around, from what seemed like one great neighborhood to the next. Honestly, there were about a million houses I absolutely LOVED!!! I felt like I was in Pasadena, Ca only without the prices! Yes, yes these cottages look amazing in [...] Read More

Look at these leaves!!!!!!! Aren’t they unbelievably fabulous? I think so, but then I am an Autumn nut (is there a pun in there somewhere?). I just returned from a trip which included Florida on the bookends with Asheville, North Carolina inbetween. I’ll post lots from my adventures but wanted to get these gorgeous nature [...] Read More

HOUSES IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA I promise but common, this place ranks super high in COZY! I LOVE this house!!!! Side view And also this one. By the way, both under $500K, maybe even under $400K. John, can you confirm? More Read More

As mentioned in the post below, John and Vinnie just returned from a week in Asheville, North Carolina. After a few days at the Blueberry Cottage they headed back to the city to check out shops, restaurants, real estate and were lucky to come across and had an amazing Farmer’s Market. I love this picture [...] Read More