Third wedding anniversary

On July 19th, Harrison and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary. To our knowledge, this would be the last one that we'd celebrate while living in Asheville (where we were married). To begin the day, we exchanged gifts. Harrison likes to follow tradition, and this year was leather. We plan to get a leather living room set as our main gift after moving to Auburn, so we did small leather gifts for the meantime. I got him a leather beer mug cover from Wedge Brewery and he got me a leather dog collar with the name 'Bernadette' inscribed! We plan on getting a Pug around Christmas!

We packed a great picnic lunch and drove out to Max Patch. Max Patch is the beautiful place (on the Appalachian Trail) where Harrison popped the question almost four years ago. It was a hazy day, but the mountains were still lovely.

Our lunch consisted of BBQ and mac and cheese (from 12 Bones...Obama's favorite Asheville restaurant), Peach Tazo Tea (our favorite), and apple pie (from Greenlife). It was so good, as was our view:

We sat for awhile at our 'proposal rock' and sipped on a glass of Sangiovese. Eventually we had to say goodbye to Max Patch, as we wondered how long it would be before we'd be back to visit.

For dinner we went to the restaurant at the Inn at the Biltmore Estate. We had our first anniversary dinner there and it was some of the best food that I've ever eaten in Asheville (we had the steak and the duck that time). The staff was so kind to accomodate our request for a seat overlooking the mountains to see the sunset. They also thew in some very welcomed freebies: an extra glass of wine each, two glasses of Champagne to celebrate, and an assortment of chocolates. They were so good to us! The food was very tasty, but Harrison's 'Award winning Pork Tenderloin' was tiny. It was a good thing that he ate all of the bread before the main course. I had the chicken, which was good, but not as mind-blowing as our last experience. We had a great anniversary, and I wonder how we'll be celebrating next year.