Holy hell. My oldest kid has started middle school.
Author: Anne Fitten Glenn
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Bringing in the brew bucks
This year’s 14th annual Great Smokies Craft Brewers Brewgrass Festival may not bring as many people to Asheville as that other local fest (Bele Chere), but Brewgrass does deliver bucks. About half of the folks attending the sold-out event travel here to do so — spending cash on hotel rooms, restaurants, shops and, of course, […]
Edgy Mama: One kid’s perspective on our food “system”
Eleven-year-old Birke Baehr recently was the youngest of a group of mostly teens who presented their big ideas at the inaugural TEDxNextGenerationAsheville event.
Brews News
So you just bought a draft beer at a bar or restaurant. If you’re in Asheville, you’re typically paying anywhere from $3.75 to $6 for a pint. But wait. Did you get a full pint for your cash? A standard American pint equals 16 fluid ounces. But not all “pint” glasses are equal. Some may […]
Edgy Mama: Feeding our kids, enough and well
September is Hunger Action month, which sounds like the title of a Steven Seagal movie, but it’s not. It’s pretty damn serious. Especially for our kids.
Edgy Mama: LAAFFing with kids
It’s time again for that funkiest and most family-friendly of Asheville street fests: the Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival.
Brews News: We have a winner!
Congrats to Millie Bryant, who won the beer-naming contest to re-christen Asheville Brewing Company’s brown ale as Stuntman Brown Ale.
Edgy Mama: School uniforms and the Randolph experiment
I wore a school uniform for eight years, and, for the most part, it worked for me. I jumped out of bed at the last possible minute, threw on the same outfit as the previous day, grabbed breakfast and went to school.
Asheville’s honest pint project
Our Brews News reporter takes to the streets to find out just how many ounces of craft beer you get for your cash.
Asheville Pizza Wars raise money for charity (and show that AVL has high pie style)
On Friday, Aug. 13, local pizza lovers gathered at the Garage at Biltmore in south Asheville for the inaugural Asheville Pizza War. Thirteen local pizzerias participated.
Edgy Mama: Free-range kids, local-style
Free-range isn’t just for chickens anymore. Nowadays, free-range also refers to a way of raising kids. To briefly recap from a column I wrote a few weeks back: Free-range parents tend to give their kids lots of age-appropriate independence. They step back and let the young ‘uns learn from experience. The basic idea is to
Brews News: This week’s roundup of what’s happening in the world of beer
New releases, new tasting room and fests galore.
Beers, bands, but no baseball
Last Saturday, August 7, the second annual Baseball & Beers Festival was held at McCormick Field. While baseball wasn’t on the agenda, four local bands provided tunes while a number of local and national brewers offered tastes of their suds.
Edgy Mama: Summer’s ending early — thank you, snow
This summer constitutes the shortest break ever for most of the schools in Western North Carolina (at least for students in the public school systems).
Packing and unpacking: the fun part of family vacations
I had the best weekend ever. I mean, really. Cause we were, like, packing for the beach? And you know when you have kids? And you’re going on a trip? And you have to pack for, like, three people and a dog?
Brews News: A peek inside what’s happening in the world of local beer
This week’s Brews News includes an opportunity to name an Asheville Brewing Company brew. Also, McCormick Field’s Baseball and Beer Fest returns, Barley’s Taproom introduces beer flights and more.
Edgy Mama: Fit moms equals fit kids — plus health and happiness and sanity
What flies out the window for moms after that first baby is birthed? A whole lot. That damn stork drops off the baby then takes off with stuff like sleep and exercise.
Edgy Mama: In case of emergency, apply aluminum foil deflector beanie to braincase
If I personally were to tip toward a specific personality disorder, it’d most certainly be paranoia.
Brews news
Second Annual Hops Farm Tour It’s time to check out a couple of up-and-coming WNC hops farms with all your hophead friends. Hops trellising and more: Participants in 2009's first Hops Farm Tour admire the hops growing at Winding River Hops Farm in Weaverville. The second annual Hops Farm Tour takes place on July 31. […]
Brews News: This week’s roundup of what’s happening in the world of beer
Local hops farms on on the rise and open to the public; the ABC is infusing beer and praise for well-written draught boards.
Edgy Mama: Why do so many moms love Twilight?
Have any moms you know suddenly stopped eating garlic? Are they looking pale and a bit lovelorn? Are they carrying around door-stopper-sized books with black covers? If so, they just might be Twilight Moms.