Today’s post is being brought to you by the Battery Park Book Exchange. Yes, I might be at the bar hanging out with the spoils of my bookstore tour of Asheville and a glass of Prosecco. Hubby and I have our system worked out for visiting beer towns – he finds breweries, and I find books.
Let’s back up to last night. Some of the other people at our B&B had raved about Modesto (http://modestonc.com/), so Hubby and I decided to give it a try. I have to give chef Hector Diaz credit for taking traditional Italian restaurant fare and giving it a twist.
Our first course was the fried-green tomatoes with tomato sauce, Gorgonzola, and greens. Yes, Asheville restaurants make sure you get your daily dose of greens:
Then for dinner, since I’m sort of trying to be vegetarian, I had the Eggplant Parmesan, which had tomato sauce, fontina and goat cheeses, spinach, and sweet peppers, and was served over vermicelli.
Oh, and of course there was wine, a lovely Super Tuscan:
We finished the evening at Sante, a wine bar, where I had bubbles and Hubby had Bordeaux.
This morning I started my Asheville book tour, as one does, at Malaprops (http://www.malaprops.com/). I got a book and a couple of journals, one for my morning pages and a small one to keep in my purse. Then I made a tea stop and met Hubby at Mojo (http://mojokitchen.biz/) for lunch. I had the half-falafel sandwich and salad combo.
I did some other shopping this afternoon and resumed the book hunt for resources for my talk on hysteria and the occult in Victorian times, which I’ll be giving in about a month at the Steampunk World’s Fair. I began on Lexington at Downtown Books and News (http://www.downtownbooksandnews.com/), where they were helpful but didn’t have exactly what I was looking for. Then I stopped by The Captain’s Bookshelf on Page Avenue, where I found two good ones that had applicable chapters. It was then time for a coffee stop, which was okay, and more shopping!
And now I’m at the Battery Park Book Exchange (http://www.batteryparkbookexchange.com/), where I found another book and a glass of bubbles. It’s been a good day. Stay tuned as to what happens for dinner!