While this is focused on deals in the Asheville area, it works for anywhere there are “kids eat free” offers at restaurants. So, if you’re not around here, you can still play. Feed your kids, support local businesses, and send the money you save to Haiti.
Thank you.
And yes, she’ll be playing in Asheville Tuesday night. I can’t wait. Anyone else going?
If you can’t see the video I’ve embedded, it’s because I can’t get it to work. Again. Anyway, give Brandi a listen on You Tube.
Here are some of the techniques I tried to get my kid to vacate the uterine hotel. Have any of you been down this road?
In other news, I have snow fatigue. And I’m tired of my kids. Even though they’re adorable. Any good deals on a hotel room in Asheville for the night? Preferably one with free spa services?
UPDATE: Asheville Brews News in print now, with video of me interviewing Beer Fest organizer while tipsy.
OK, beer lovers, here’s the lastest Brews News for Western North Carolina. Executive summary: Winter Warmer’s sold out, but the Friday night kick-off dinner isn’t. Randall rocks. Highland’s partying and releasing new beers.
Here’s the Brews News from a couple weeks ago that I forgot to link. You know you want to read them both.
Last night I met Ray Daniels of the Cicerone Beer Certification program. Interesting guy and an interesting program. Anyone a certified beer server yet? He tells me there are about 900 of you out there now.
OK, I wrote this when it was 4 fricking degrees outside. Now that it’s 45 and balmy, it seems kind of crazy. But it’s still funny in places.
I’m glad to no longer be living in Arctic Asheville.
In other news, we had a great house concert here on Friday night with sexy singer/songwriter Sarah Blacker. Check out her Web site here.
I’ve been trying to upload a photo, but WordPress is being bitchy. Check photos of lovely Sarah playing guitar in my living room on my Facebook page.
Happy MLK, Jr. day. Remember the greatness.
OK, I looked into my crystal ball for y’all. Here’s some of what I see:
Family dinner conversations will be held via group texting on individual messaging devices that will be attached to your right hand at all times. We’ll all have to learn to eat with our left hands (the first time in history that a device has benefitted lefties). Kids will learn that when mom or dad talks to them directly, using tongues and vocal chords, that they are in big, big trouble.
Read the rest of my predictions here.
Here’s my annual list of memorable moms. It’s always fun to think about. There are several others that I considered, but I didn’t have space for all (max. 700 words for the print version of my column). So who’d I leave out?
Keep those viral e-mails coming, friends. Otherwise, I’d be ill-informed about the world and unlikely to survive.
On a happier note, you can read my article about bread pudding here. Because I know you all have some stale bread or cake just waiting to be transformed into a yummy dessert.
Happy New Year.
Happy holidays from the crazy Mountain Xpress team; i.e., people who care about commas and font styles, most of the time, at least.
Forgot to link to my column this week before now. So here’s the update on Rocky, Asheville’s biggest feline loser.
Also, if you’re celebrating, Merry Christmas. My kids have been awake and wired since 4:30ish (yes, that’s a..m.), so we’re all about to pass out. But it’s been a lovely day.
Now I need to get inspired by my own cat and cut back the carbs.
Kisses and hugs and the dregs of the eggnog.
This week’s column:
If you’re a parent, and you haven’t heard of Zhu Zhu pets, you either live on Mars or you’re my spouse (in other words— oblivious).
Unfortunately, I do know about Zhu Zhu pets — this year’s holiday toy craze.
Zhu Zhus are toy hamster robots with cutesy monikers like Num Nums, Chunk and Mr. Squiggles. They’re “interactive,” which supposedly means they’re almost as much fun as real hamsters. They may be preferable to live rodents, in fact, since they don’t eat or poop or do inappropriate stuff with their hamster friends in front of the kids. At least that’s what the marketers want us to believe.
Read the rest here.
