12 of 12

Guess it's time to bring this ol' blog back to life, and what better way to do it than with a 12 of 12. Chad created this cool idea...on the 12th of the month you take 12 pics to show how you spent your day.

I started the day intending to head to the NC Mountain State Fair, but decided not to go due to the legions of people lined up for miles outside the parking lot with the same idea. Instead I decided to hit downtown Asheville for lunch due to a gift certificate to Doc Chey's.



9:00am
Morning Glory vines on the front porch.




1:00pm
Leaving the house, good thing it's protected by Brinks...and Gracie.




1:04pm
Gas is still on the cheap side. Yay!




1:40pm
Doc Chey's Noodle House. Good food, great atmosphere.




2:20pm
Walking off the lunch calories downtown.




2:45pm
Art inside a shop downtown.




3:30pm
Love this sign for the Thirsty Monk. Still need to stop in the place and see what it's like.




3:45pm
Cool gate outside the Trinity Episcopal Church; on the way back to the car.




4:30pm
Nap Time.




7:00pm
Yeah it's bad for me, but it's so damn tasty. Besides, I went out on a random drive (where I just start driving and go whichever direction I haven't been before) and ended up near the place. It was fate, I had to eat there.





7:45pm
Train going by on the way home.



8:04pm
Yeah, odds are it's wasted money. Fun though.

12 of 12

I decided to skip 12 of 12 this month. I've just got too many other things going on right now getting ready for my adventure. I'm hoping I can do it from the Trail next month, but there's no way to know now if I'll have access then. We'll see.

12 of 12

I’ve apparently fallen to a once per month or so posting…that should be changing in the next few weeks and I’ll be posting a lot more. Maybe.

Time for February’s 12 of 12! Many thanks to Chad for creating this cool idea.

Since today also happens to be Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, I thought I’d share my 12 of 12 with him this month and show how he spent his day.




7:58am
Abe gets in the car and heads to work.



9:00am
Abe sends an important fax.



10:30am
Abe is ready to help out in any way he can, just give him a ring.



12:10pm
Abe goes to lunch at Marco’s Italian Restaurant.



12:30pm
Abe finds his soul mate while some weird guy looks on in the background.



12:40pm
Abe slakes his thirst with some refreshing iced tea.



12:55pm
Abe looks forward to the cannoli he’s taking home.



12:56pm
Abe hangs out on some cool artwork at the restaurant.



3:00pm
Abe visits Ford, with much calmer results this time.



3:30pm
Abe takes a much needed break outside.



4:00pm
Abe visits some old friends.



5:00pm
Abe is anxious to walk out the door and get home.

12 of 12

Time for 12 of 12 again. Big thanks to Chad for coming up with the cool concept. On the 12 of the month you take 12 pictures to show how you spent your day. This month's 12th fell on a Monday so most of my pics come from lunch again.



7:45am
Frosty start to the morning at 26ºF

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12:00pm
Cool oak trees at work; heading out to lunch.

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12:02pm
Apartment building near work. It has a very cool courtyard that I keep meaning to snap a shot of, but never have. Maybe next month.

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12:07pm
I have a thing for alleyways, I find them extremely interesting for some reason. This is one in downtown Asheville; afraid I didn't catch the street name.

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12:09pm
Turned the corner of the street and saw this interesting dress standing outside. I love the bricks-for-feet action.

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12:09pm
A few more steps and you can see the saucy window display in the store selling the dress. I love Asheville.

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12:12pm
An empty "Beads and Beyond" cart. I'm sure it would have been loaded with beads if it hadn't been as chilly.

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12:15pm
Lunch at the Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street in downtown Asheville. Great food but it was unusually busy this afternoon. I haven't had anything there that I didn't like.

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12:35pm
The plant that was directly above our table (taken by my friend Lois). Love the angle on this one.

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1:07pm
The "Iron" statue at the corner of Wall Street.

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2:00pm
Dessert from Kilwin's Handmade Chocolates. Yeah, it's a chocolate covered Twinkie. I haven't eaten it yet but I'm sure it'll be nasty and delicious all at the same time.

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5:12pm
Looking west on I-40 on the way home; almost at my exit. Ugly pavement and road construction, but gorgeous sunset off to the left this evening.

12 of 12

Thanks to Chad for the cool "12 of 12" concept. On the 12th of the month you take 12 pictures to show how you spent your day. Go here for bigger versions of the pics.

Chad's recently started a fight with cancer, so it's amazing to me that he's even up to the task of doing this again this month. I've had, and have, my own health issues but the Big C isn't one of them and hopefully never will be. My thoughts and best wishes go out to him.

At any rate, here's how I spent the 12th this month:


7:34 am
Woke up late again this morning. This has been one of those weeks when I've overslept almost almost every day for some reason.


8:17 am
On the way to work. One of the perks of being late for work is that most of the morning traffic has thinned a bit.


12:01 pm
A cool sculpture in a yard near work.


12:08 pm
Lunch at Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company.
Great pizza and amazing micro-brews, although I didn't drink at lunch today...that annoying "go back to work" thing.
Try their "Shiva" beer if you're ever here. It's very tasty.


12:20 pm
A sample of the cool hand-painted walls inside.


12:53 pm
The "Wall of Remote Controls".
I really enjoy the creativity and uniqueness of this place and this town.


1:11 pm
The sundial at the entrance to work, just outside the window to my office.


4:23 pm
The sparsely decorated Holiday Tree in the lobby at work. Huge controversy over its decorations this year, but I won't get into that. Note the crooked pictures and lampshade, and the holiday cards strewn about.


4:46 pm
(Yup, came in late and left early today)
View from my bank's parking lot. This is the last bits of the storm that dumped record snowfall everywhere else but here.


5:17 pm
Stopping by FedEx to drop off some packages.


5:25 pm
Looking back towards Asheville on my way home.
(Ignore the ugly parking lot)


6:03 pm
Leftovers for supper on a Friday night.
Such a glamorous life I lead, no?
It's not the prettiest lasagna I've ever made, but the taste makes up for what it lacks in looks.

12 of 12

Thanks to Chad for the cool 12 of 12 idea. This 12th happened to fall on a weekday so the pics this time may be a bit less than interesting. Also, this ended up being a pretty dreary day here so most of mine were taken during the couple of sunny hours we had around lunchtime here in Asheville. Larger versions of the pics are on my Flickr page here.


7:45am
A dreary autumn morning


8:15am
The house across the street from work that's for sale.


8:30am
My cluttered office (I do my best work amidst chaos)

11:50am
A cool door and handle I spotted on the way to lunch. The doors were at least 10ft high

11:52am
I had lunch at Mela Restaurant off Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville
(very good Indian cuisine)

11:53am
Another cool door, this one at the entrance to Mela. The pic's a bit blurry so it doesn't reflect how truly awesome the door really is.

12:35pm
One of the many cool hidden alleyways in Asheville.

12:36pm
Looking back towards Lexington Avenue.

12:46pm
A view of Lexington's cool sidewalk.

12:48pm
A side street.

12:56pm
A shot of the Vance Monument and Pack Square, taken from inside the car.

1:02pm
Another blurry one, taken from the moving car as I went by.
Cool art project on one of our underpasses.