I am back in Charlotte after a truly wonderful weekend in Asheville studying the Viniyoga method with Gary Kraftsow as part of my 300-hour teacher training at Asheville Yoga Center. While I was there I had the pleasure of staying in a friend’s Airbnb apartment and it was the best Airbnb experience that I’ve ever [...]
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Leslie Kaminoff Weekend at Asheville Yoga Center
October 14, 2019 { 49 comments }You know the mind-blown emoji? That’s the perfect way to describe how I feel after spending a weekend studying with Leslie Kaminoff at Asheville Yoga Center. I joined around 50 other yoga students and teachers for a three-day training with Leslie Kaminoff. It was the first weekend module of my 300-hour teacher training (I have [...]
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Biltmore with a Baby + One Night In Asheville
August 21, 2018 { 37 comments }You know how I promised to have this post up “first thing this morning?” I shouldn’t make such promises with a three month old baby. Here it is noon and I am just sitting down to recap our overnight getaway to Asheville. Asheville is such an easy trip from Charlotte, just a little over two [...]
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Lunch At Rezaz In Biltmore Village + A Peanut Butter Chocolate Bomb
November 18, 2013 { 19 comments }We stopped by Biltmore Village for lunch on our way into Asheville on Saturday. There were several restaurants in the village that I had heard great things about but had not tried so I thought it would be a nice change of pace to get out of downtown and explore another area. We tried to [...]
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Scenes from Girl’s Weekend in Asheville
November 17, 2013 { 21 comments }My girlfriends and I deserve a record for how much we packed into 24 hours in Asheville while still staying totally relaxed and in vacation mode. We ate, drank, shopped, yogaed and talked non-stop. Side note, I think I need a second residence in Asheville. I would be up there all the time to eat, [...]
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Anatomy In Asheville
June 22, 2013 { 11 comments }Guess where I am? The same place that I am 99% of the time when I go out of town and tell you to guess where. Asheville! I actually haven’t been here since last December so I was due a trip. I’m actually here for David Keil’s Beyond Basics Yoga Anatomy Workshop. It’s a three-day workshop that [...]
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Asheville Escape
December 16, 2012 { 25 comments }I’m quite cozy over here. It’s gray and rainy and I’m spending the afternoon hanging out at home with hot tea, a gingerbread candle and Sigur Ros radio on Pandora. I decided to go to Asheville yesterday. It wasn’t what I needed to do from a productivity standpoint but it’s absolutely what I needed on [...]
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One Year Later
September 23, 2012 { 12 comments }One year ago today was my last day working in advertising. After six years of working in advertising and marketing after college, I took off in a new direction to pursue my passion for fitness and health. What a year it’s been. I will be back this week for a deeper reflection on everything that [...]
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Girls Weekend
September 22, 2012 { 22 comments }One guess where I am. Asheville. I just can’t stay away! I have been planning a girls weekend getaway for months and it’s finally here! You all know how much I love Asheville and I’m thrilled to be here on such a beautiful weekend with wonderful friends. I knew today would be crazy trying with [...]
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A Happy Place
June 3, 2012 { 44 comments }I’m home from Asheville where I spent the last three days eating, drinking, hiking, yogaing, wandering and eating some more. It was a beautiful weekend with temperatures in the 70s during the day and the 50s at night. Asheville is one of my favorite places to visit and when I’m there I always feel content [...]
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Asheville Again
June 2, 2012 { 14 comments }Good morning from Asheville! Yes, I love the North Carolina mountains and this city. I’m so lucky to have Asheville just two hours away from Charlotte. This is exactly where I need to be this weekend. Dinner, drinks and dessert last night. (Pretty much identical to my last visit. Seriously. My favorite spots in Asheville!) [...]
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Eating In Asheville
March 24, 2012 { 37 comments }Remember how I mentioned that I had a fun weekend planned? Well, I went to Asheville! The reason for my trip was to practice ashtanga with David Williams at the Asheville Yoga Center but that was such an amazing experience that it deserves its own post. I was excited about my Asheville trip not only [...]
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Asheville Part One: Eat and Drink
September 25, 2011 { 19 comments }Our quick getaway to Asheville was great! The Western North Carolina mountains hold a special place in my heart after spending my summers in college as a counselor at Camp Wayfarer. I worked there for three summers and Brandon joined me for two of them. Asheville is a fun mountain town full of interesting shops, [...]
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On Top of the World
September 24, 2011 { 12 comments }We’re on the way home from our celebration trip to Asheville. Although our trip was short, we managed to cram a ton in. We ate, drank, visited with friends, hiked and more. It was perfect. I’ll share all of the details with you tomorrow but for now here is a quick video that I filmed [...]
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Welcoming the New Year in Asheville
January 1, 2011 { 16 comments }Happy New Year! It’s been a fun two days for us and I am ready to share the highlights with y’all. We spent New Year’s Eve in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina at The Avett Brothers show for the second year in a row. We are really not into going out to bars or big parties [...]