calling all southerners!

drum roll please....

jodi and i are heading to the dirty ole' south from the 20th to the 23rd! where exactly? north carolina with a possible detour to atlanta, georgia! we're leaving wednesday morning around 6am and starting our journey to Charlotte, NC. (7.5 hr drive) we're thinking we'll hang around for the afternoon.. check out the "smelly cat coffeehouse" and the North Davidson Arts District (NODA).. if there's much to offer we'll hang around for the night and find a cheap hotel... if not, we'll head west to the beautyland of Asheville, NC. (2.5 hrs from charlotte to asheville) we've been researching online and have found TONS of awesome adventures and beautiful NON EXPENSIVE places to get lost in amidst Asheville... BUT, if all else fails and we find the urge to continue on the road, Atlanta, GA is an easy 2.5 hrs away with endless awesome routes to persue.

BASICALLY, i'm posting all this because if you happen to come across this blog and you're from the area of exploration... feel free to leave a comment of recommendation to any cool, artsy, musical, friendly, eclectic environment you may know of.

what ARE we trying to gain from this trip? well, after 300$ or so we're planning on spending for 4 days on the road, it'd be cool to make a buck or two back. how? jodi and i are on a mission to create purchasable art, (small painted mirror frames, painted picture frames, original photography greeting cards, jodi's kick ass cd)... and we're going to carry around our newly found (from the depths of my basement) vintage olive-green suitcase, with a sign on the inside for when it's open that will read, "BUY CHEAP ART TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL ADVENTURES!"

haha.. who knows if we'll make any profit.. but it'll be fun, and it's worth a shot, ey? could pay for lunch a day or two.. haha.

but yeah... i suppose the main purpose of our journey will be to endulge in cool conversation, meet interesting people, and have a grand old time exploring the many museums and different theatres and coffee houses of the south.
we've found a few open mic nights for jodi to play at and we'll probably just talk about our little adventure we're on.. and try to advertise our art. haha...


anyway, basically i'm excited as anything.. and trying to spend all of my spare time creating art to sell.


suggestions, comments, and encouragement are welcome by all means! or you know, if you wanna tag along... there's space! (and the hotels would be cheaper! haha)

i'll post some pictures of the mirror frame when i'm done. peace, loves.