Will Play for Tequila

Lunch & afternoon cocktails in downtown Asheville, NC

Lunch @ Lab~Lexington Avenue Brewery

 Staci Townsend and I made the trip up to Asheville, NC to visit Whitney Rice! Whitney was a fabulous host ~ when we arrived at she and Nick's house, Whit had made salad and homemade pizza. We sat around on the porch drinking wine and catching up about old times!

On Saturday morning, Whit took us to Beaver Lake for a 3-mile walk. Afterwards, we hit up downtown Asheville for lunch at LAB ~ Lexington Avenue Brewery. I ordered the flatbread pizza, Staci had the hummus and WhitRice had the portabella mushroom sandwhich. And it was so nice to have Mrs. Heather Ellis Blalock come and join us!

After lunch @ LAB, we went to a few of the shops downtown. Well, only two. We had places to go - like The Vault Martini Bar around the corner. I was able to visit the fabulous Tops shoe store. If you are ever in Asheville, you must go. It's like three stories and they carry every brand name shoe from Michael Kors and Cole Haan to Chaco's. This was my second stop at Tops - I had first fallen in love last May when Austin and I were in town for the Ellis/Blalock wedding.

And check out Austin's new shoes!

While at the Vault, we were sitting around on the patio drinking some Blood Orange martini's when about five or six people sat down at the table next to us. It was obvious that they were a band...so in exchange for a few tequila shots this bluegrass-playing group of people agreed to play us a few songs!

They were so good!

After our mini bluegrass concert at The Vault, we went back to Whit's to shower and sit on the porch.

Then we were off to a house party/30th birthday party for one of Whit's friends!

What a great weekend! Makes me miss my North Georgia days.

And I had to share this sweet picture of Miss Ella! On Sunday evening, we celebrated Austin's grandfather's 90th birthday! This is her singing "Happy Birthday, Cha Cha Cha!" OPERA-STYLE. This little girl sure does make me laugh!