All over the place as we head in college hoops tournament season. I'll be pulling for both of Colorado's squads - the men really need to win out to get a bid, while the women are playing their worst ball at the wrong time and need to turn things around in the PAC-12 tournament to gain some momentum heading into the dance. We've got some hoops, some houses, and some honkytonk to entertain you at the start of your week. (Honkytonk? Forget it, he's rolling.)
Haven't really had the motivation to man the Wrenball beat this season, so a big thank you to OBX Dave for carrying the ball. A big reason for my hoop-driven doldrums is that this season feels like the nadir of the Huge Mistake, the inevitable result of the incomprehensibly stupid decision to fire Tony Shaver when he was about to return a conference favorite squad that could've been the best team in the school's modern history. Fuck. Ing. A.
Beating on, boats and currents, whatever. The 13th-seeded Tribe play 12 seed North Carolina A&T at 2:00 on Friday in the play-in round of the CAA Tournament. I don't even care enough to ask Marls and The Teej if they want to play hooky and watch some hoops. The game will likely be the last one that Dane Fischer coaches in green and gold (unless he goes back to his assistant role at George Mason). Fischer is, by all accounts, a lovely person. And it's not his fault he got this job as a result of a historically awful decision. But it is time for a new Big Whistle in Williamsburg.
My latest online obsession (sliding into place alongside cute animal videos) is an Instagram feed called @old_house_life. Every day, the proprietor posts 2-3 sale listings for interesting old houses, mostly in the rural and/or mountain southeast, and nearly all far cheaper than anything one can find in and around a city. I'm besmitten by the idea of a few acres out in the country 5 or 10 miles from Asheville or some such funky little town, and The Old House Life feeds my real estate kink. My wife, on the other hand, generally rolls her eyes at me when I show her stuff like this:
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| 4 bedrooms, 2 baths with river and mountain views in Alderson, WV. Could be yours for $259,000. Just sayin'. |
The Avett Brothers announced their first studio album in five years last week. It's a self-titled joint that continues their collaboration with Rick Rubin. They released the first single from the record, entitled 'Love of a Girl' which is a kicky little bop that'll probably be a blast to play and hear live.
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I too share unbridled enthusiasm for wraparound porches (not a euphemism), and I would be even more unbridledly enthused to watch a reality TV show where you move to Alderson, WV and drive around with your Elizabeth Warren bumper sticker, walk around in your European soccer kits, and sit on that porch perusing the latest issues of Harper's and Mother Jones.
changing the world, one small town at a time
They would love Rob in rural WV. I'm sure of it.
Rob, don't know if you've ever been to Asheville. If not, you and the missus should take a road trip. Really cool town. Interesting mix of college, artisan, native country. Beaucoup restaurants, brew-pubs (several on rooftops with mountain views). Beautiful vistas. Warren Haynes hosts annual December music-fest with top-shelf attendees.
Not just Rob. Everyone should visit.
A wraparound porch near Asheville will set you back some coin. I'd bet there are places within a reasonable drive that show up on the Old House Life feed. Though trips in the Western NC/ East TN area are longer than they look on a map.
i was in asheville years ago as a much younger man. it's on the list of places my wife and i would like to visit.
Asheville is great. Took a trip there just before the world shut down in 2020. Definitely plan to go back sooner rather than later. It's an easy direct flight from Orlando.
An Asheville mini summit doesn't sound like the worst idea I've ever heard.
Also, is any trip that starts from the Orlando airport easy?
i think the orlando airport is kinda underrated. they run a shitload of people through that place, an inordinate number of them families with kids, and they do it reasonably efficiently given the circumstances. that said, when it's a mess, it's realllly a mess.
I was there about two years ago, and the security line was among the most unpleasant travel experiences I've had in a long time.
They gave Rootsy the rubber glove treatment.
It was burlap
Too soon, guys.
The Orlando airport is largely a shitshow. The city and it's tourism have completely outgrown the current terminal situation. There's a new terminal under construction (shocker: it's way behind schedule) that should substantially improve the flow of outgoing traffic. I try to avoid it and fly out of my tiny local airport (Melbourne) whenever possible but the options on that are pretty limited.
I can get anywhere from our small airport, as long as I go to Charlotte, Atlanta, DC, NY, Philly or Chicago first.
This airport talk has me recalling my days at w&m, when Scooter Hartman and I would go to lunch at the williamsburg jamestown airport. It felt like being an extra in an episode of Wings.
Looks like Charly's Aiport Restaurant is still open there - rated the #1 airport restaurant for 2007 by 100dollarhamburger dot com.
I always have to go through Atlanta or Charlotte out of Melbourne. Not bad but sometimes the price/layovers just aren't worth it.
On a rare occasion I will make the extra 75 minute drive to fly out of Orlando if I'm going cross country or out of.
If the fam an I are going to visit the outlaws, we'll fly out of Orlando Sanford on one of our nation's finer airlines - Allegiant for example. Ever hear of "Flair"? That's right..."ultra-low-cost" Canadian based airline is comin' in hot to Orlando, heh?
Get your super cheap flights to Montreal…Woooooooo!
Flair Airlines?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
god dammit Marls
The Burg airport cafe was a hidden gem. Hartman turned me on to it as well. I need to track him down.
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