Battery Park Ave., Jan. 9

Posted on January 9, 2009June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Recording artists Snugz (left) and Solo Exnihilo who recently collaborated on the song “Busted Window.”

Just bead it

Posted on January 8, 2009October 19, 2021 by Alli Marshall

Madeline and Jamie, on Lexington Ave., Jan. 2009. Madeline bought the beads for her earrings (see below) at Asheville’s Chevron Trading Post & Bead Company.

Asheville Street Style launches

Posted on January 8, 2009January 8, 2009 by Alli Marshall

You should be in pictures. Maybe you already are. Xpress launches a new street fashion blog.

Book Report: American Thighs

Posted on January 8, 2009January 8, 2009 by Alli Marshall

The Sweet Potato Queen returns with a new book of essays dealing with women, the aging process and “preserving your assets.” Jill Conner Browne — the Queen herself — makes an Asheville stop next week.

Streetstyle Intro

Posted on January 7, 2009June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

You’ve landed at Asheville Streetstyle, a photographic record of Asheville’s unique and evolving DIY fashion. Most outfits (and their wearers) are scouted and shot in the streets of downtown Asheville, though this site also includes images from fashion shows, boutiques, concerts, parties and other happenings in and around Western North Carolina. Asheville Streetstyle is a […]

Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by Alli Marshall

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.

SoundTrack

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by Alli Marshall

The French Broad Brewery and Tasting Room is a pretty innocuous establishment. Children, pets and Brews Cruise tourists pack the cozy space. Even so, singer/songwriter Lyndsay Wojcik—she of the Noxzema complexion and shiny locks—looks like she might be more at home at a horse show than on stage at a bar. And then she starts […]

This weekend on a shoestring

Posted on January 6, 2009January 6, 2009 by Alli Marshall

The combination of a tight budget and post-holiday cabin fever can get ugly. But before you Hulu.com yourself into a stupor, check out just how far you can stretch the change in your couch cushions with this round up of free (or almost free) entertainment.