L'Shonah Tovah! and Sunny Italy
This last Thursday and Friday was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. L'Shonah Tovah! It is the year 5768!
Laura at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, 9-13-07 and Sunny Italy, 9-14-07
Laura was kind enough to use her time off of school during the high holiday to come to Boonville, North Carolina. "But I still went to services!" We have been hiding out at the Holiday Inn in the town of Jonesville, NC. We are sneaking in and out of Boonville from time to time, while continuing to explore bits of the surrounding area.
Sunny Italy, North Wilkesboro, NC, 9-14-07
Last night we went to Sunny Italy, a family style restaurant in North Wilkesboro, NC. Sunny Italy is out on a farm, located in an old Chicken House and is lit by gas lanterns, candles, and Christmas lights. Good food and really nice people. Get there, if you can find it.
Sunny Italy was kindly recommended by my last host, Ashley. Ashley lives in East Bend but often wanders into Boonville. We met downtown and she quickly offered me a place to stay. I got a warm shower and she even slept out on her couch, giving me full rights to the bed for two days! I said "no," but she insisted. You can't argue with a southern woman.
Telephone Pole, North Wilkesboro, NC, 2007
Laura arrived on Thursday the 13th and will be flying out on Sunday the 16th. It is great to have company and to see her. Laura and I live together in Brooklyn and seeing each other is not as easy as it might seem. I left home about 50 days ago and we have only seen each other once, now twice. Laura is currently going through Grad School for Social Work in New York and I am on an ten-month cross-country journey. As you might have guessed, stress levels for both of us can be high.
We always do our best to hold each other up, but when you are both in desperate need of forklift-like support, it can be hard. We have done our best to get each other through these times and it doesn't seem fair to only see her for three days, two of them filled with missing-you musings and much-needed, but often stressful and complicated support. This morning we relaxed and read; We are now off to enjoy the Harvest Festival in Yadkenville. Hopefully more relaxing is in the future!
Laura at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, 9-13-07 and Sunny Italy, 9-14-07
Laura was kind enough to use her time off of school during the high holiday to come to Boonville, North Carolina. "But I still went to services!" We have been hiding out at the Holiday Inn in the town of Jonesville, NC. We are sneaking in and out of Boonville from time to time, while continuing to explore bits of the surrounding area.
Sunny Italy, North Wilkesboro, NC, 9-14-07
Last night we went to Sunny Italy, a family style restaurant in North Wilkesboro, NC. Sunny Italy is out on a farm, located in an old Chicken House and is lit by gas lanterns, candles, and Christmas lights. Good food and really nice people. Get there, if you can find it.
Sunny Italy was kindly recommended by my last host, Ashley. Ashley lives in East Bend but often wanders into Boonville. We met downtown and she quickly offered me a place to stay. I got a warm shower and she even slept out on her couch, giving me full rights to the bed for two days! I said "no," but she insisted. You can't argue with a southern woman.
Telephone Pole, North Wilkesboro, NC, 2007
Laura arrived on Thursday the 13th and will be flying out on Sunday the 16th. It is great to have company and to see her. Laura and I live together in Brooklyn and seeing each other is not as easy as it might seem. I left home about 50 days ago and we have only seen each other once, now twice. Laura is currently going through Grad School for Social Work in New York and I am on an ten-month cross-country journey. As you might have guessed, stress levels for both of us can be high.
We always do our best to hold each other up, but when you are both in desperate need of forklift-like support, it can be hard. We have done our best to get each other through these times and it doesn't seem fair to only see her for three days, two of them filled with missing-you musings and much-needed, but often stressful and complicated support. This morning we relaxed and read; We are now off to enjoy the Harvest Festival in Yadkenville. Hopefully more relaxing is in the future!
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