This is my first posting from the Carolina Mornings Blog. Around the office, we spend our days around here setting up reservations for visitors to Asheville and other spots around Western North Carolina–but the best times are the “field trips” we occasionally take to investigate the outside world. I would call this (in the words of my Mississippi grandmother) Galavanting. You might define galavanting as wandering, ranging, or roaming, but I would propose a more subtle understanding–a sort of contented exploration, or the joy of discovery. Or even Entdeckungsvernugen, in the style of a Volkswagen commercial.

And so galavanting is our general theme–we’re interested in comings and goings around the lovely Blue Ridge region, from every peak through every hollow. We’ll be exploring local culture, news, cuisine, trends… and everything in between. Like a river, our interests flow ever onward. Check back for regular musings on Asheville and other local communities. Read on!