{"id":169,"date":"2010-08-07T02:36:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2014-08-21T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T17:21:26","slug":"snapshots-around-asheville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/snapshots-around-asheville\/","title":{"rendered":"snapshots around asheville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, the last post about our few days in North Carolina&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20134860cdc1c970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20134860cdc1c970c \" title=\"Asheville3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20134860cdc1c970c-800wi\" alt=\"Asheville3\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96aac970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96aac970b \" title=\"Mellow mushroom\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96aac970b-800wi\" alt=\"Mellow mushroom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe enjoyed delicious meals &amp; treats at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbldecker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Double Decker Coffee Company<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salsas-asheville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salsa&#8217;s<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlygirleatery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Early Girl Eatery<\/a>,\u00a0 &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mellowmushroom.com\/index.php#\/store\/index\/asheville\" target=\"_blank\">Mellow Mushroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96e8e970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96e8e970b \" title=\"Asheville2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e96e8e970b-800wi\" alt=\"Asheville2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe met a few other members that are part of Piper&#8217;s club.\u00a0 Ahhh, the life of living at a store;)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e97003970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e97003970b \" title=\"Asheville1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133f2e97003970b-800wi\" alt=\"Asheville1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe store, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loftofasheville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">L.O.F.T<\/a> (lost objects-found treasures) set up an outside shop for the Bel Chere Festival.\u00a0 I was uber impressed with their efforts&#8230; quite the shopping experience.<\/p>\n<p>This wild cargo van painted by the talented <a href=\"http:\/\/gypsyfolkart.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gypsy Folk Artist<\/a> brought a smile to my face.<\/p>\n<p>I love how this restaurant painted this not-so-pretty cigarette disposal container:)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20134860ceb40970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20134860ceb40970c \" title=\"Asheville4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20134860ceb40970c-800wi\" alt=\"Asheville4\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few treasures we don&#8217;t have in the mitten&#8230; cool art\/craft spaces filled with a large variety of local artists: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woolworthwalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woolworth Walk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekressemporium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kress Emporium<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atelier24lexington.com\/default.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atelier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since it was a steamy weekend, the Bel Chere set up this misting stations to help cool off.\u00a0 I think the Ann Arbor Art Fair should look into these;)<\/p>\n<p>And the views from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueridgeparkway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a>&#8230; 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