Today, I
commenced my second round of twenties and my twenty-first revolution around the
sun. And to celebrate my twenty-first birthday (in a nontraditional way) I spent
time with some great friends and took a roadtrip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
and Asheville, North Carolina. My birthday extravaganza actually began in Richmond,
Virginia when my brother and I took a tour of VCU and also checked out some
local eateries and cool spots to hang out. I concluded that weekend with dinner
with the folks and preparing for the adventure ahead.
That Monday,
I departed for South Carolina where I spent part of the week catching up with
some of my buddies from averett. We checked out some bars and walked the
boardwalk and basically spent the day catching up on old times. That Thursday I
headed back to Danvegas to prepare for part two of my escapade: Asheville, North
Carolina.
Asheville
may be the second greatest city I’ve been to. As soon as the bus arrived
downtown, it immediately became my second love. Downtown Asheville was with
booming with art galleries and independently owned businesses and artists and
writers and free-spirits lined the streets. The coolest thing was that ALL of
the businesses were interconnected with the motto, “KEEP ASHEVILLE INDIE.” and
the fact that I could personally meet business-owners, artists and writers and
hear their stories and inspirations and goals and fears.
That week
was honestly one of the memorable weeks of my life and if there was any lesson
or mantra behind it, it would be to go out and see the world.