I can’t contain myself 

After finishing up in Charlotte, I drove to Asheville to see my dad in his new NC home. First stop, Smoky Park Supper Club, built entirely from shipping containers. Great meal, beautiful building.  

   
  

Student Prince

  
Last weekend we stopped off at the Student Prince, hoping against hope that there would be early fiddleheads. No, and the rest of the appetizers were not at their best in the middle of a Sunday afternoon. But, we did get to goggle at the beer stein collection and have a nice glass of some German bräu or other, so not a total loss. 

Fast Eddie’s

2016-02-27 12.25.42Fast Eddie’s made good donuts and burgers, and they hosted the hot rod club on Saturday nights, but they didn’t open last summer, and we figured the owners just gave up and stayed wherever they go in the winter. Now, however, there’s a sign in the window saying they’re accepting applications, so maybe they’ll reopen.

Don’t eat fish on Monday

 All week long, it’s been fresh wahoo on the menu just about everywhere. The first night, it was a big steak cooked pretty rare, yummy. The next night, a smaller slab, cooked through. Also good, but not as luscious. Then, we saw it blackened, creoled, gumbo’d, etc., and it became a joke about how long they could stretch out the fish before finally giving up and tossing it out to the tarpons who hang around the boardwalk waiting for scraps.

Yesterday, then, imagine our surprise to see this walk by… next week’s wahoo!

There’s another commentary here about fishing. Although we didn’t go out on a charter boat this tip, it’s instructive to compare the big cabin cruisers, $300 reels, etc., with the two guys in flip flops with a string who actually catch fish…

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