Why I love Asheville: The Chocolate Lounge, climbing gym, temperate climate, rosewater cardamon pistachio hot chocolate, sweet potato tempura sushi, Izzy's the tragically hip coffee shop where I absolutely do not belong, snow cleared sidewalks where I can walk the dog in high heeled Chilean cowboy boots, Liquid Logic, an entire store of belt buckles, gorgeous women sending v6, Astral Buoyancy, Rumbling Bald, and most of all- Yonton.I am so happy that I met him ten years ago at a strange little school in the hills of Vermont. Stumbling upon Yonton back when we were both teenagers is a good example of my sometimes phenomenal, mostly stupendous, often miraculous good luck.