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        An explanation for the non-Euclidian space known as Asheville

Today, Bunny and I headed north east to Berkeley of the East [1], which
houses the Western North Carolina Farmers Market [2] (given that the one in
Brevard [3] was rather lackluster due to weather [4]).

It's a risk driving to Asheville, given that each time we've driven in that
area, Bunny and I get into shouting matches over where we are going and where
we currently are located. I think I know why this is now—unlike Orlando [5]
which is a maze of roads, each of which have five different names which are
never all listed, Asheville is vastly smaller than I think it is.

Back in the late 70s, when I lived in Brevard, Asheville always appeared on
maps and even globes, so it became this huge metropolitan capital-C City in
my mind as a kid. Something on par with New York or London or even Detroit.
Mind you, I never actually saw Asheville, so I never had a chance to
experience it until just a few years ago, with a badly drawn map that had
absolutely no scale to it, which made navigation a “Fun Time” between Bunny
and me.

In reality, Asheville is about twice the area of Boca Raton [6] and about 6%
fewer people and it still hasn't really sunk in. Namely because in this area,
Asheville is huge, but where I come from, it's about average for a city.

Weird how that works.

Anyway, we had lunch at The Moose Cafe [7], right at the entrance to the
farmers market. Food wise, it's like an organic version of The Cracker Barrel
[8] (figures—it's Asheville!) with about the same prices (given that it's
practically on top of a farmers market, it's no wonder). It was quite good—
can't really complain about the food or the service.

The farmers market itself wasn't terribly busy, but unlike Brevard's farmer
market, it's held every day and is less hurt by inclement weather, not that
today was inclement. Crystal blue sky and in the low 60s–not terrible weather
given it snowed just a few days prior.

We picked up some produce (an 8 pound cabbage head! Carrots a foot long!) and
made an uneventful ride back to Brevard.

[1] http://www.ashevillenc.gov/
[2] http://www.ncagr.gov/markets/facilities/markets/asheville/
[3] http://brevardnc.com/
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2014/11/01.1
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2010/06/25.1
[6] http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/pages/
[7] http://eatatthemoosecafe.com/
[8] http://www.crackerbarrel.com/

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