noplasticshowers

Our clan convened in Black Mountain in a GOTV effort just before election day. We came from Virginia, DC, and LA. Sadly, in spite of our work, the country has chosen bigotry and blustering ignorance over progress. Lets hope democracy survives four more years of selfish “leadership.”

Lake Eden Retreat is a beautiful though desperately suburban place. If you’re looking for the countryside, this is not really it. We stayed in the studio. It’s a peculiar structure with the bedroom up some spiral stairs, the massively distributed bathroom downstairs, and a sink in the corner of the living room.

And yes, the shower is plastic. Horrors.

But we were here to work. And work we did under the leadership of walt.

While in the Asheville area (still recovering from the massive floods), we had some great meals.

Itto ramen is a top notch place for lunch.

Sunny point cafe is excellent with fun service and down home cooking.

The mixology at Chemist Spirits is top notch.

Also worth a visit is Firestorm books.

And if you are in Black mountain, Pure and Proper is very good indeed. They can even accommodate an entire state’s worth of McGraws…kinda.

Two showerheads for Lake Eden Retreat. Maybe we’ll try a different building next iteration. Anyway, here’s how we all feel about the election results.