I just have to share my perfect Asheville Monday: eating a Harmony Bowl at Laughing Seed on Wall Street and reading Jerry Sternberg‘s column in Mountain Xpress.
I want to encourage all my Asheville friends who have been disparaging downtown to please come back. It’s beautiful and clean, and you need to be part of all this. We are truly blessed.
— Susan Roderick
Asheville
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Susan, and the people who truly built clean, green Asheville will welcome the next generation of positive energy generators who will rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
Susan Roderick is one of Asheville’s legendary builders of our community.
“I want to encourage all my Asheville friends who have been disparaging downtown to please come back. It’s beautiful and clean, and you need to be part of all this”
It is also incredibly expensive. Too many have been priced out of its restaurants, stores, etc.
Nah, it ain’t too bad. Take the bus downtown $1. Walk over to McCormick field for dollar dog night to watch the Tourists & get your dog on – $11 General Admission + $12 for hot dogs & a beer. Take the bus home, $1. Heck of a good time for $25!
Try that in a big city…we have it pretty darn good :-)
Gave it a try this monday morning to find out that City Bakery is permanently closed. Bummer. Big hotel across the street and still couldn’t make it.
Headed up to High Five with my out of town guest who lives downtown in a big east coast city and she said Asheville smells like pee.