FORT TILDEN

LEFT ON MY LOOM

this drawing is so sweet, i had to post it.
i found it sittting on my loom one day after lunch.

VIRGO/LIBRA BIRTHDAY MADNESS

begins....

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

what makes an experience meaningful are the people.
here are just a few whom were so kind enough to befriend a li'l 'ole yankee island girl.

ALL YOU CAN EAT DELICIOUSNESS

The food at penland is reason enough to visit. It was all you can eat deliciousness. I admit i complained alot, not because it was lacking but because it felt like eating almost became the main event and then you were left to fit studio time in between the meals. I felt I was constantly eating and even though i sat at a loom all day and exercised maybe twice while i was there, i was strangely and incredibly ravenous when it came time to eat. Eventually you just weren't hungry anymore but ate because the food was so good you couldn't not eat it. Plus if you didn't eat during the allotted 45 minute window, you were stuck to fend for yourself.

ASHEVILLE PART II

So near Asheville is the Biltmore Estate. The house was built by George Vanderbilt and is considered to be America's largest privately owned home. It is essentially America's version of Versaille. It was a pretty ridculous entrance fee at $55 plus $10 audio tour (i mean i feel like Versaille was half that much) but i figured the chances of me coming down here again are pretty slim so i splurged. I also love this kind thing....furniture...history....totally right up my alley and don't get me wrong, it is spectacular; i'm talkin' leather embossed wallpaper, frescoes imported from italy, real silver woven into velvet upholstery. The house is even equipped with indoor swimming pool and a bowling alley and this is at a time when toilets barely existed.
Olmstead designed the gardens surrounding the estate which adds to the splendor of this place.
Unfortunately, pictures of the interiors were not allowed so only got exterior shots.
If ever in the area, suck it up just pay the $60, it's pretty fantastic.