A rainy day and Brad feeling a little bit under the weather, we took the day off from riding. We had breakfast at the Early Girl Eatery; we each ordered an egg, bacon and cheese biscuit with stone-ground grits and home fries. We came back to the house for a nap and blogging and out again for driving around town.
I was jonesy for a sampler platter of beer from Dirty Jack's Brewing Co./Green Man Ale and eventually wore Brad down to take me out for a drink (or five). We brought a growler from the French Broad Brewery for our neighbor taking care of our little guys (cats), shopped at the Chocolate Fetish and 4 p.m. came around and off we went to Dirty Jack's for "taste testing" from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Being the small world that it is, Brad ran into someone he knew from Lancaster way back from the opening of Marion Court days. We (I) enjoyed some awesome beer as Brad was nursing a sore throat. Someone at the bar told us tonight is the night for Dine to be Kind night at about 50+ restaurants in Asheville.
Dirty Jack's is the brewery for Green Man Ales. It is in a garage/warehouse with a tap bar. Tonight was Dirty Divas (Women's night out/alter ego of "Dirty Jack's") but after our adventure at dinner, we did not go back out-the old fogies we are.
We decided on Barley's Taproom for the best pizza in town and they were on the list for Dine to be Kind, too. They also had another fundraiser going on - for the owner's son's elementary school. Within fifteen minutes, the place was filled with 30 - seven year-olds or less. Luckily I ordered a seasonal, Foothills Brewing Sexual Chocolate and was well into a mellow mood.
We did enjoy ourselves even with the overwhelming little people and noise. Our home had a couple dozen DVDs and movie channels so we zoned out on "Employee of the Month" and "Belle Epoque".
