Blue Ridge blog

Is this blog looking like a tabloid newspaper yet?

Hark! Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson frees a moment from her busy schedule to indulge this photographer in a moment of playfullness. Mayor Clawson attended the grand opening of the Tot Lot version 2.0. And because this blog doesn't want to get bogged down in political bickering, let it be know to all that Clawson has an opponent during the next election cycle.

And the celebrity faces in the High Country continue...

Check out the adorable Tom Philpott and his crew at Maverick Farm in Valle Crucis. Tom, who writes for Grist was featured in the latest issue of Gourmet Magazine.

You want more scoop?

Do you remember when I wrote about Todd, North Carolina in recent posts? Remember me talking abou the lady in the funny hat? Apparently the New York Times thinks the community of Todd is kinda cool too.
Call me cutting edge;)

And the piece de resistance...

Last, but not least is a photo I did not take because I was on holiday, but my friend Brenda was. Here is a photo of "The Hill" at the presidential hopeful's tour of Blowing Rock last weekend. Westglow Spa was the site of the fundraiser....

Finally, you didn't hear it from me but, lean in closer and I'll whisper it into your ear...
I heard, and this is just silly hillbilly gossip, but Jane Fonda was recently at the Westglow. Next celebrity guest to visit Blowing Rock is this ex-The View hostess .

A new word enters the hillbilly vernacular, sort of

Overheard at the Harris Teeter this morning:

Cashier; "I was only one minute late and my mom went totally Nifong on me. My weekend is gonna blow."

Bag Boy: "She did what now?"

Kathleen Parker is credited with the neologism using Nifong's name when she used it in this column :

"Now we can 'Nifong' someone when we want to trump up criminal charges based on flimsy evidence allegedly for political purposes. In short, when we want to screw up someone's life."

Personally, I thought it would take a bit longer to creep into our language. What's the next neologism?  It'll probably have something to do with Don Imus . The definition of Imus: "To publically put one's foot in one's mouth, resulting in loosing one's job."

Like he did.

I know I promised...

...to post earlier but the day/night/weekend job got in the way again. I attended the Eleganza Gala Saturday evening in Blowing Rock, NC.

**Update** I I deleted some of this post because everything was just a misunderstanding. No harm, No foul. And all is well.

This sweet West Highland Terrier was auctioned off for $2,600.  A lunch date with Joely Fisher goes for $10,000 as does the opportunity to be on the set of American Idol and possibly beat the living daylights out of Simon Crowell.

Wanna see who else was there?