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Food & Travel Writer Since 2007
Eat-Drink-Travel-Live Food & Travel writer since 2007. Culinary focus on the Carolinas, most often WNC.

Event creator & producer: Restaurant Week, Small Plate Crawl.

My sister, a Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community resident, surprised me by inviting Bill and me to a Fine Dining di...
06/24/2026

My sister, a Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community resident, surprised me by inviting Bill and me to a Fine Dining dinner. They happen monthly in a seperate dining room and are indeed fine dining with white tablecloths, very attentive service, and course options you'd find at restaurants.

I had NO idea this was a thing at Deerfield. Maybe other communities, like Carolina Village, do this also? Residents sign up for these optional meals and pay via their dining accounts. Elevated dress is common, but not required.

Everything was terrific from Starters to Dessert. Full menu in pictures.Thanks, Sis!

Dessert for Breakfast? Yes, please! It's good to be a "grownup"😉Just look at this French Toast. Happened today at First ...
06/23/2026

Dessert for Breakfast? Yes, please! It's good to be a "grownup"😉Just look at this French Toast. Happened today at First Watch, 281 Long Shoals Roadm, Arden. For me, anyway. Bill went with a healthier choice. 🙂

This is our daughter, Dr Audrey Huff Bijold. She's an Aquatic Ecologist in Alaska, spending a week or two at a time doin...
06/23/2026

This is our daughter, Dr Audrey Huff Bijold. She's an Aquatic Ecologist in Alaska, spending a week or two at a time doing field research during the warmer months. The rest of the year it's lab work and research. She said it's a "little buggy" where they are now. 😅

When you build websites, like I built CarolinaEpicurean[.]com, this is what you shoot for. GTmetrix results like this ar...
06/22/2026

When you build websites, like I built CarolinaEpicurean[.]com, this is what you shoot for. GTmetrix results like this aren't always easy to achieve.

06/21/2026

One of the best things about spending a couple weeks on a river cruise through Germany was early hours sitting outside on our water-level balcony. I was trying to record the mist on the river when these swans decided to swim by. 💖 Love the tail wag in the 2nd video. Volume up!

We got back less than a week ago, so still processing all the wonderful things we saw and did with our friends.

This isn’t about bikes vs cars, bike lanes, narrow roads, bikes on the same trails with hikers.This is about the absolut...
06/20/2026

This isn’t about bikes vs cars, bike lanes, narrow roads, bikes on the same trails with hikers.

This is about the absolute, gut-wrenching, debilitating heartbreak at the loss of one of our daughter’s closest childhood friends from 3rd grade to now, and her boyfriend who were biking when they were hit and killed by a drunk driver. A drunk driver that had multiple priors and was driving with a revoked license. He is now charged with two counts of murder. Their friend has major injuries, but is alive.

Both Kellie Standish and Colby Tucker, and their friend were extremely experienced and safety-conscious riders. Kellie had a friendly, super engaging personality and was an energetic outdoorswoman. You were lucky if you knew her.

Ojai Valley News article https://www.ojaivalleynews.com/news/county/update-charges-filed-against-alleged-drunk-driver-who-killed-two-ventura-cyclists-near-solimar-beach/article_5333bd0e-3339-4e4d-a027-84f960bc4882.html

Multiple Celebrations of Life are planned/happening for Kellie and Colby. Today and tomorrow with support from Ventura Coffee Ride and another was held by Sisar Canyon Run Club this week.

Please, everyone – bikers, cars, walkers/runners - share the road carefully and with patience. And DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!

BEST THING EVER happened when we were in the Colonial Williamsburg's Govenor's Palace courtyard recently. I asked a woma...
06/19/2026

BEST THING EVER happened when we were in the Colonial Williamsburg's Govenor's Palace courtyard recently. I asked a woman about the book she was reading. She said it was by the same author that wrote Veggie Tales, and was I familiar?

To that I sang, "Oh, where is my hairbrush? Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh, where, Oh, where, oh, where, oh, where, oh, Where, ... is my hairbrush?"

THEN a Dad with a little girl across the courtyard sang, "Oh, where is my hairbrush? Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh, where, Oh, where, oh, where, oh, where, oh, Where, ... is my hairbrush?" 💖

AND THEN, another Dad with a couple kids just leaving through the gate turned around and sang, "Back there is my hairbrush. Back there is my hairbrush. Back There, back there, oh, where, back there, oh, where, oh, where, back There, ... is my hairbrush!" 💖

Congrats Jason C Reasoner and Stephanie Reasoner, Postero owners! Confirmation, again, of the truth when I say we have c...
06/18/2026

Congrats Jason C Reasoner and Stephanie Reasoner, Postero owners! Confirmation, again, of the truth when I say we have chefs and restaurants in Hendersonville that rival those found in larger cities. Been saying it for decades.

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