Review: Asheville’s Best Asian Food Market, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese Grocery

Huge selection of Japanese sauces

We’ve lived in Asheville area for going on six years.  There has always been a small handful of Asian grocers in the area.  That doesn’t mean finding a large variety of fresh, unexpired, organic, healthy Asian food has been easy. … Continue Reading

Best in Asheville Review: Doughnuts in WNC, who wins best donuts? Map of Asheville doughnut shops, Donut Directory

Dozen Duck Donuts next to Dozen Hole Doughnuts

Holy cow after being on the Whole 30 Diet, and falling off during the Covid, we were running for some sweets. Time to find the best doughnuts in Western North Carolina.  Friends and coworkers have their favorites.  We’ve been hearing… Continue Reading

How to spend Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency with a Visa or Mastercard debit card in the USA – 2020

Leather wallet with Visa card exposed, US currency, $100 bill, one symbolic gold colored Bitcoin, and a microSD card

UPDATED 10/20/2020 As of this writing, for 98% of people alive, including myself, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Litecoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Libra (LIBRA), EOS (EOS) and the hundreds of other cyber money and how… Continue Reading

Holy Cow It’s Really the Best Apple Pie ever: Mountain Fresh Orchards in Edneyville

Home made apple pie fresh out of oven

There are lots of great pie makers in this town.  After all, according to Romantic Asheville, Apple Valley, which includes Edneyville, is the top apple producing county in North Carolina. And North Carolina is the country’s 7th largest apple producing… Continue Reading

Review on purchase of first UTV: Polaris Ranger 570 or Kawasaki Mule SX?

2018 Polaris Ranger 570 Midsize Review

We abandoned city life a mile from Downtown Cleveland, Ohio in late 2015, and retreated to quite mountain nob outside Asheville, NC.  Only a few acres, but rugged terrain meant most of our neighbors had some type of 4-wheeler, UTV,… Continue Reading