A weekend in North Carolina!

Quick scribblings before I forget (to be updated later) . . .

Nice tiny airport in Charlotte, NC

Friendly Kenneth, the Hertz counter guy . . . . . . . . . v e r y s l o w . . . but he did encourage me to rent a convertible!

Stepping out to the rental car curb: pretty fountain with a pink Komen ribbon at the top (who put that there???--it's quite tall!)

Gorgeous sunset that actually made Hertz bus windows look like a painting (no small feat).

Nice breezy drive to my friend's house--adorable dog ("Rascal") who totally loves me!

Scrumptious lobster ravioli with wine for dinner . . .

off to sleep now--more later!

Later:

fun night out in Greenville, SC, after a day of meetings ...

romantic-feeling downtown pedestrian bridge over waterfall

Next day:

after more meetings, a glorious drive through the mountains to Asheville, NC, which feels like a quaint European town on this Saturday morning

feeling quite decadent while relaxing over coffee and a NY Times ...

on to a delightfully random bookstore, complete with a salesman totally excited because he has stumbled upon a used encyclopedia set

and the rest of the weekend/early next week, about which I choose not to write!