It’s been a delightful quick trip to Greensboro, North Carolina. We stayed as driveway guests with Steve & Mary, our former neighbors. Through the years we’ve enjoyed many a wine evening, dinners at one another’s homes, long delightful conversations, and as pod members during the 2020 lockdown we added cocktails to the mix. In fact, their decision to leave our little mountain community and move closer to family greatly influenced our own decision to sell our mountain house and adopt a lifestyle that gives us much more opportunity to spend more time with grandchildren as well as family members across the country. Mary & Steve put a lot of thought into designing the home they built here which includes a wonderfully spacious quilt studio for Mary and a two story woodworking shop for Steve. Besides enjoying meals together and spending time with them in their craft spaces, they treated us to a bit of exploring in Greensboro. One adventure was an in-depth tour of The Forge. We were intrigued to explore this independent maker space and imagined ourselves living here and being able to hang out here and work on craft projects in a collaborative environment but then remembered that there’s a maker space in the Ohio community where we expect to eventually settle. Later in the day the four of us made our way to the O. Henry Hotel for Thursday Night Cocktails & Jazz with guest vocalist Sarah Partridge for an evening of Ella Fitzgerald songs and stories while sipping on some amazing libations. Steve & Mary, thank you for a great visit and for your invitation to return.
What a great visit! See you soon!