This has been quite the week of traveling. Tuesday through Thursday I spent near Asheville, NC, visiting a special boy, Richard. Friday through Sunday was a girls’ road trip through North Carolina and South Carolina. I’ve certainly covered ground!
Maybe it’s just me, but food just tastes better in crisp mountain air. I introduced Richard to PB-naner oats and taco salads with the amazing Daiya vegan cheese.
Runs are definitely better with hills, nature and that crisp mountain air.
Richard is a flexitarian who appreciates good vegan food, so we made it a point to try his favorite vegetarian restaurant in downtown Asheville, Rosetta’s Kitchen.
Rosetta’s has a funky, local feel with mis-matched chairs and fun wall art. The crowd was varied and definitely included plenty of dreadlocks!
We got the vegan Pad Thai Kitchen Style with tofu and a peanut-apricot sauce. It had a nice twist from typical pad thai, but amazing nonetheless!
We walked downtown after our amazing dinner. It was very hippie and fun for sure. I loved what I saw and can’t wait to go back and really scope out the area!
Recommendations to try out Laughing Seed Cafe have poured in since I first mentioned my visit to Asheville. You all know your stuff so we stopped in for dessert.
We shared a raw vegan ice cream with cacao and candied pecans and a vegan organic peanut butter cookie.
The “ice cream” was incredible- refreshing, dynamic and just sweet enough. The cookie was moist and rich and full of peanut butter goodness.
How do you select restaurants to try out when visiting a new city?
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Oh goodness, Richard is ADORABLE! I hope he is as sweet and kind as he looks.
Is Richard a new boy?!?!?!! You guys are cutee!
Sounds funny, but at times trying to pick a restaurant actually stresses me out, haha. There's just so many options.. especially if I'm only in that city for a short time.. now days, I think the best option is just tweet it out to the world and go with recommendations!
Your life is so exciting!! I love all the pictures!! I pick a restaurant in a new city purely by googling reviews and of course looking up their menu!
I love that last picture of the two of you! What a cutie! I try to do a little research online if I have time when it comes to restaurants. I travel a ton for work and my iphone helps me out a lot!
Looks delicious! The food seems pretty tasty, too.
I am hoping to move to NC in the next year or two. It is calling to me!
Ooh, we like special boys.
I definitely go by word of mouth for restaurant recommendations – definitely much more reliable than internet!
Great pics!! I usually pick restaurants by asking bloggers! Hey – I'm going to (insert name here) – what should I do and where should I eat?! LOL
I love North Carolina in general, and Asheville, specifically! Beautiful!
I'm with the first commenter – Richard is very cute!
I love going to new restaurants, I usually rely on word of mouth, blogs, and yelp to pick them out.
We just got back from Asheville. We were going to go to Rosetta's but ended up at a Mexican place instead. We did go to Laughing Seed which I loved.
that looks like a fantastic time in Asheville! It's such a fun town, I love going there.
Awww, you were in my town, I love living here!
Wish we had some raw vegan restaurants around here! I'd be all over them.
Cute photos.
I love Ashville and I LOVE the Laughing Seed! Looks like you had a great time. The joy pours through the pics!
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