After attending that last basketball game, I got some tickets for the next round, and was pretty shocked to find myself sitting in the first row, at half court. I was sitting right behind the sportscasters! Doris Burke was just a few feet in front of me. I hope she enjoyed all my yelling.

The last weekend, Jesse and I went to the mountains. Asheville is a beautiful tiny city, with anything you could want, surrounded by mountains. There are lots of artists' communities there, particularly for metalworking.



I think Asheville has what I love about both New Hampshire and Cambridge, with a freedom I haven't found in either place. It's entirely unpretentious, yet everything is of great quality (and totally delicious!!!). One of their tiny breweries has live music every night. Another one shows movies for $2. It would be the perfect place for Mueller Bros Karaoke!

Jesse and I got to do a lot of hiking in the mountains, close to where "Last of the Mohicans" was filmed. Jesse played in the waterfall!



And I played on the rocks!

I am scheming right now to figure out when we can go again. I want to hike even farther out and up. It's only a 3- hour drive, so we can leave on a friday evening, and get there in time for dinner. Another wonderful thing -- Asheville is known for their spectacular fireworks, and they try to have them 6-8 times each year. I am very excited to see that!