Day: June 18, 2008
Small Bites
The new Xpress dining guide: With the explosion of local bars and restaurants, how’s a hungry local to keep up with all their dining options? Here’s how: Pick up a free copy of the Mountain Xpress’ new annual dining guide, Asheville Eats & Drinks. The handy, half-menu-sized guide is hot off the presses and will … Read more
Outdoor Journal
Birds do it: Fall in love, that is. And now you can get a sneak peek into their annual rites. On Sunday, June 22, Chimney Rock Park will host a Breeding Birds Guided Bird Walk, led by Park Ornithologist Simon Thompson. Thompson will point out the family life of downy, hairy and pileated woodpeckers, all … Read more
Garden Journal
This is the last time we’ll tell you: The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) will hold its annual Mountain Farm and Garden Tour on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29, from 1 to 6 p.m. both days. Tour participants will see a surprising diversity of agricultural operations, from generations-old family farms to community-supported agriculture … Read more
Nuts and bolts
“We’ll freely admit we don’t know everything. And if something new comes out, we have to be ready, because we’re going to see it in Asheville—that’s the kind of builders we have here.” So said Building Safety Director Robert Griffin on June 12, seeking to give his listeners a snapshot of the challenges his department … Read more
Remembering the bee trees
I enjoyed the article covering the history of the Bee Tree Reservoir and the building of the dam that created the lake [“Like Water for Asheville: Bee Tree Reservoir Rides Again,” June 4], in which writer Margaret Williams quoted a cousin of mine, Cindy Medlock. As good as the article was, it could have been … Read more
Trial by fire
These days, it seems like everyone and his brother is a musician. If they’re not toting guitars around town and launching concerts on street corners, they’re cranking out albums on their laptops and releasing them over the Internet. It’s almost too easy. If you can’t stand the heat: A gentler Capleton has emerged, but this … Read more
Circumventing the public
There are many reasons for the citizens of Asheville and Buncombe County to be indignant about Mr. Coleman’s plans to build a large condominium [project] next to City Hall. First, the location is terrible, involving the destruction of a historic building, the removal of a fine old magnolia tree and—most significantly—the use by the developer … Read more
Etiquette lesson two
Paul King’s recent letter concerning those who litter with their cigarettes hit home [“Litterbug Etiquette, Anyone?”]. As a motorcyclist, the main problem I have is with those who do not use their vehicle ashtrays, but instead throw their butts out the window. With more motorcycles and scooters on the road, please use your ashtrays. Having … Read more
Act now against global trafficking
I am a 16-year-old student at North Buncombe High School. I am trying to raise awareness of global trafficking in exotic wildlife and the slaughtering of endangered animals such as the rhino and elephant for their tusks (and the tiger for its bones). These tusks are smuggled out of the country [of origin] to be … Read more
