Wed, Feb 16

02.16.05

Brenda was not feeling great this morning, so we got a later than expected start. We spent the entire afternoon at Biltmore, and decided to spend another night here so we could see Chimney whatever tomorrow.

Biltmore is an interesting place – we think we understand where Microsoft learned its pricing policies. The entrance fee was only $39 apiece, and the cafe sold a ham and cheese sandwich for about $11. If we would have signed up for the tours that sounded interesting we could have probably gotten out of there for under $500. After we spent nearly 4 hours touring the main house we stopped off for a snack and Brenda had a cup of soup and something simple to drink and it was under $10 before the tip. Harlan almost bought a burger but wouldn’t pay $12 for something that had to be cooked at least medium-well.

After “lunch” we tried to tour the garden and conservatory, but the garden was dead and the conservatory had enough mold growing everywhere that neither of use could stand it. We also drove by the winery thinking maybe we should take them up on their free wine tasting coupon (a glass of wine with lunch costs $7) but we just couldn’t muster the needed energy.

We left the estate, filled the beast with gas again (what an appetite!), then headed to the grocery store for water and fruit.

Dinner was at the Little Pigs. Great hushpuppies, and their pulled pork, ribs, and chicken are OK too.

Back at the hotel, we watched TV and did more work on the photo album (thanks for the comments, Eddie and Gary!).

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One Response to “Wed, Feb 16”

  1. Eve says on February 18th, 2005 at 2:07 am :

    You are wondering about the correct use of the apostrophe in parent. As a self-appointed grammarian, I will help you with the placement of the apostrophe used with parent in the possessive form. Although parent is plural rather than singular, the apostrophe does go after the “t” instead of after the “s”. Clarifying this will make your day, right?